Patents by Inventor Gerald L. Elson

Gerald L. Elson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Storage device for vehicle luggage compartment
    Patent number: 5626380
    Abstract: The luggage storage box is mounted within the automobile luggage compartment by first and second laterally spaced apart slide tracks which are positioned respectively on opposite sides of a spare tire storage recess in the floor of the luggage compartment. The storage box includes a floor with an opening therein to allow access to the spare tire storage recess. An access panel is hingedly mounted to the box to normally close the opening in the floor panel and can be selectively raised to an open position to permit unobstructed access to the spare tire storage recess without requiring removal of the storage box from the vehicle luggage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1997
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald L. Elson, Barbara A. Sanders, David G. Hlavaty