Complementary To Vehicle Patents (Class 224/539)
  • Patent number: 5501384
    Abstract: A storage system for a vehicle includes a molded bin configured to fit within a trunk or rear storage area of the vehicle. A bin cover is pivotally secured to the bin to cover the bin for safe storage of articles in the bin. The bin cover includes an opening, and a second cover is pivotally secured to the primary cover over the opening so that the bin can be selectively accessed by opening either the bin cover or the secondary cover. Dividers are pivotally secured to the bottom of the bin and also to the bin cover so that they can be selectively raised to subdivide the space over the bin bottom and the bin cover for laterally supporting articles placed on the bin bottom and the bin cover, respectively. A modified storage system having a molded bin and adjacent covers is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignee: Prince Corporation
    Inventor: Chester R. Wisniewski
  • Patent number: 5490623
    Abstract: A portable utility bag has a plurality of flexible walls defining a first receptacle having an opening thereinto and a plurality of flexible panels attached to each other and to at least some of the walls to define a second receptacle adjacent to the first receptacle and having an opening thereinto oriented perpendicular to the opening into the first receptacle. A strap suspends the bag so that the opening into the first receptacle faces upward. The second receptacle is designed to hold a container and is collapsible when not being used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Assignee: Talus Corporation
    Inventor: Michael P. McConnell
  • Patent number: 5476200
    Abstract: A rack positionable within a bed of a pick-up truck for supporting a plurality of bicycles in a parallel, spaced relationship. The rack includes a pair of transverse members positionable against opposed front and rear sides of wheel wells within the truck bed. A plurality of bicycle wheel receiving channels extend orthogonally over the transverse members to support a bicycle within each one of the channels. Each channel is provided with a vertically extending upright member which attaches to the bicycle to support the same in a vertical orientation. Because the transverse members engage front and rear sides of the wheel wells, no additional mounting means is needed to preclude movement of the rack within the truck bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Inventor: Gene L. Wong