Carrier Attached To Dashboard Patents (Class 224/483)
  • Patent number: 5593124
    Abstract: An article hanger including a base plate having a plurality of transverse slots at different elevations and a hanging member at a front side for holding things, each transverse slot having two pairs of vertically spaced tongues and an opening between the two pairs of vertically spaced tongues, a plurality of clamps coupled to the vertically spaced tongues, each clamp having a mounting rod at one end and a clamping plate at an opposite end for clamping on the louvers of an automobile's air conditioner, the mounting rod having a neck for coupling to one pair of vertically spaced tongues, and a plurality of stop rods respectively coupled to the pairs of vertically spaced tongues and stopped against the instrument board of the automobile, each stop rod having a plurality of necks for coupling to one pair of vertically spaced tongues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1997
    Inventor: Chin-Yang Wang
  • Patent number: 5593075
    Abstract: A holder for parking garage keys and rectangular documents is to be used for storing credit card sized pass-keys, credit cards and similarly dimensioned items inside motor vehicles. The holder has a fold-and-finish construction. The holder comprises a back face, a front face connected to the back face at the bottom of the holder, and two side faces connected to the back face at the sides. The front face has a substantial indentation and beveled top edge so as to allow easy access to the contents of the holder. The holder is intended to be mounted in an motor vehicle in order to provide ready availability of parking garage pass-keys or other cards or documents, such as credit cards and visas, that might be necessary while travelling by motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1997
    Inventor: Donald A. Schumer
  • Patent number: 5573164
    Abstract: The present device has a plurality of accessories, including a cup, an office supply kit and a cosmetics kit, each having a base portion of like dimensions including a flat, extended bottom flange. The base portions fit and latch interchangeably into a base mount which is installed on a vehicle dash or console.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Inventor: Carl F. Law
  • Patent number: 5529271
    Abstract: A bracket mounting system encompasses both an apparatus and method enabling the mounting of a portable cellular phone in a manner which provides safety and utility to the user. The bracket system includes a bracket support which is attached to a vehicle dash or console from a pivoting hinge. The bracket support of the bracket system can reversibly engage the pivoting hinge to present either a first surface or a second surface to the driver. The first surface of the bracket support has a strike plate and some other engagement structure to facilitate the wear resistant mounting, removal, and re-mounting of a portable cellular phone. The second surface has a Velcro-type material, preferably of hook members, which engage a complementary surface of hook members which may be attached to a portable cellular phone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Inventor: Richard Dunchock
  • Patent number: 5495971
    Abstract: An audio cassette holder is made of a folded flexible sheet, preferably a single folded sheet of fabric, having a pair of three cassette-holding loose open-at-the-top pockets on a front side of the folded sheet. A hooks and loops fastener first element is fixedly attached to the rear side of the folded sheet. The holder, more particularly, the fastener first element, is detachably mounted on a complementary hooks and loops fastener second element which second element is adhesively fixed to a holder-supporting surface such as an auto dashboard, auto door inner surface or auto seat, so that a cassette can be easily inserted into and suspended in each pocket and can be safely and easily accessed and removed from a pocket by the auto driver and inserted into a cassette tape player or in the case of a compact disc, removed in its package from a pocket and inserted into a CD player. A closable rear flap is provided to prevent spillage of cassettes when the holder is being hand carried or packed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Inventor: Melba J. Holliday
  • Patent number: 5465891
    Abstract: A low profile beverage container holder having a base support for supporting the beverage container and a wall which extends around the base and thereby defines a cavity for receiving the beverage container. The holder is also provided with a wedging structure. In the preferred embodiment, the wedging structure comprises an annular rib disposed in the cavity and projecting upwards from the base support. Thus, when the beverage container is tipped, the annular rib contacts the concavity on the bottom surface or the beverage container and the container is thereby wedged between the annular rib and the low sidewall. A plurality of beverage containers which are adapted to be received within the beverage container holder are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1995
    Assignee: Aladdin Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: John A. Bridges
  • Patent number: 5462212
    Abstract: A cigarette lighter keeper comprising a one-piece base plate formed of a rigid material in a rectangular configuration having short parallel side edges with a vertical center line therebetween and long parallel upper and lower edges with a horizontal center line therebetween, the one-piece base plate having a front face and a rear face parallel with respect to each other; and forwardly extending brackets integrally formed with the front face of the base plate, each of the brackets extending outboardly from the base plate essentially perpendicular to the front face at the inboard extents then arcuately curved away from the horizontal center line and then formed with an opposite curve at the outboard extents thereof, the intermediate extents of the brackets together constituting the greater portion of a circular cross-section for receiving and supporting a cigarette lighter therein, the bracket being fabricated of a resilient material to allow the positioning and removal of a cigarette lighter within the interm
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Inventor: Robert N. Hertel, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5460309
    Abstract: A container for installing in a vehicle has a housing having an open front side, a cover pivotally mounted on the housing at the open front side, a storage receptacle formed as a storage tray and connected to the cover so that when the cover is opened the storage tray is displaced out of the housing into a removal position, a slide guidable and lockable in the housing, the storage tray being hingedly mounted on the slide, a drive member moving the slide toward the open front side of the housing, and a coupling link which connects the storage tray to the cover and having a control pin connected to the storage tray and displacing the storage tray outside the housing into the removal position in which the storage tray is partially uprightly oriented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: Fischerwerke, Artur Fischer GmbH & Co. KG.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Nehl, Torsten Bieck
  • Patent number: 5449105
    Abstract: An apparatus for storing coins in a vehicle includes a housing adapted to be located in a vehicle. A carrier is movably connected with respect to the housing and includes a coinholder. The carrier is movable between a stored position inside the housing to conceal the coinholder and a use position outside the housing to expose the coinholder to a user. A spring and latch are provided to facilitate movement between the stored and the use positions. Responsive to a push from a user, a carrier travels from the stored position to the use position. The carrier may be returned from the use position to the stored position by a further push from the user. A method for providing coin storage in a vehicle is also contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Assignee: Atlantic Automotive Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon D. Schiff, Daniel R. Vander Sluis