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Granted Patent B2
US 10,479,424 · App. 15/683,843 · Granted Nov 19, 2019

Tool storage device used in a vehicle

Inventor: Teruki Ono (Aichi-ken, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B62D43/10B60R11/06B60R2011/0036
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Patent No.
US 10,479,424
App. No.
15/683,843
Granted
Nov 19, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tool storage device used in a vehicle includes a first member storing tools and made of a first material, and a second member receiving the first member to be arranged below a vehicle floor and having a plate shape extending along a floor surface of the vehicle floor, the second member made of a second material different from the first material.

Claims (41)

1. A tool storage device configured for use with a vehicle floor of a vehicle comprising:

a first member configured to store tools and made of a first material; and

a second member receiving the first member to be arranged below the vehicle floor and having a plate shape configured to extend along a floor surface of the vehicle floor, the second member made of a second material different from the first material, wherein

when a spare tire is disposed below the vehicle floor within an opening of a storage recess of the vehicle, the second member is configured to be opposite to a tire main body of the spare tire.

2. The tool storage device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first member and the second member are fit together.

3. The tool storage device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first member includes a lower portion that stores the tools therein and an upper portion having a projected portion having a flange shape and projecting outward from the upper portion,

the second member has an insertion hole through which the lower portion of the first member is received, and

the lower portion of the first member is mounted in the insertion hole of the second member from an upper side such that the projected portion overlaps a hole edge portion of the second member adjacent the insertion hole.

4. The tool storage device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first material is foamed resin and the second material is non-foamed resin.

5. The tool storage device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first member includes a lower portion that is configured to store the tools therein,

the lower portion has a bottom surface that is configured to be opposite to a bottom surface of a wheel recess of the spare tire disposed below the vehicle floor.

6. The tool storage device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first member includes a lower portion that is configured to store the tools therein and an upper portion having a projected portion projecting outward from the upper portion,

the second member includes a plate portion, an insertion hole extending through the plate portion, and a hole edge portion adjacent the insertion hole, and

the lower portion of the first member is received through the insertion hole of the second member and the projected portion of the first member overlaps the hole edge portion of the second member.

7. The tool storage device according to claim 6 , wherein

the projected portion extends around a periphery of the upper portion of the first member and the hole edge portion of the second member extends around the insertion hole.

8. The tool storage device according to claim 6 , wherein

the upper portion of the first member has an upper surface,

the plate portion of the second member has an upper surface, and

the upper surface of the first member and the upper surface of the second member are substantially on a same level.

9. The tool storage device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second member is configured to extend outwardly beyond the opening of the storage recess.

10. The tool storage device according to claim 1 , wherein

when the tool storage device is used with the vehicle floor of the vehicle, the first and second member are configured to be liftable together to expose the spare tire disposed below the vehicle floor within the opening of the storage recess.

11. A tool storage device configured for use with a vehicle floor of a vehicle comprising:

a first member configured to store tools and made of a first material; and

a second member receiving the first member to be arranged below the vehicle floor and having a plate shape configured to extend along a floor surface of the vehicle floor, the second member made of a second material different from the first material, wherein

the first member includes a lower portion that is configured to store the tools therein and an upper portion having a projected portion projecting outward from the upper portion,

the second member includes a plate portion, an insertion hole extending through the plate portion, and a hole edge portion adjacent the insertion hole,

the lower portion of the first member is received through the insertion hole of the second member and the projected portion of the first member overlaps the hole edge portion of the second member,

the hole edge portion includes an inclined wall portion and a flange portion,

the inclined wall portion extends from an insertion hole-side edge of the plate portion and is inclined downward toward a center of the insertion hole,

the flange portion extends toward the center of the second member to define the insertion hole from a lower end of the inclined wall portion so as to be parallel to the plate portion, and

when a spare tire is disposed below the vehicle floor within an opening of a storage recess of the vehicle, the second member is configured to be opposite to a tire main body of the spare tire.

12. The tool storage device according to claim 11 , wherein

the projected portion has an outer peripheral edge surface that is opposite the inclined wall portion and inclined along the inclined wall portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2017
From: ONO, TERUKI
To: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 043370/0895 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-166618 · Aug 29, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180057079A1 · Mar 1, 2018