Patents Examined by Mickk D. Murray
  • Quarter side storage compartment
    Patent number: 6059341
    Abstract: A quarter side storage compartment accessible from outside the vehicle includes a simplified operating arrangement. The vehicle's endgate is used as an impediment to operation of the compartment latch's release handle. The release handle is positioned so that actuation thereof is not possible without opening the endgate. Preferably, but not necessarily, the endgate is lockable in the closed position, meaning that advantageously, the release handle does not require an individual lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Jensen, David K Rock, James L Turner