Abstract: An item catcher for an automobile console gap, which is utilized to removably cover a gap between an inside surface of a vehicle seat and a vehicle console adjacent to the vehicle seat and collect small items which may otherwise fall into the gap. The item catcher includes an elongated, flexible, thin parallelepiped body which has an obround aperture centered near one end of the body to accommodate passage of a seat belt therethrough. The body folds along a central longitudinal axis from a flat first position into a folded second position in which the body is maintained while pressing the to body downwardly between the inside surface and the console and then is released into it a third position in which a body first side is pressed against the inside surface and a body second side is pressed against the console.