Abstract: An overhead storage assembly is disclosed. The overhead storage assembly comprises a tray, a housing structure, and a first and second pair of track members. The first pair of track members are slidably moveable with respect to the housing structure. The second pair of track members are slidably moveably with respect to the first pair of track members. The tray is attached to the second pair of track members. A method of cycling the overhead storage assembly is also disclosed.

Abstract: A mounting device for a display device comprising a mounting bracket coupled to the underside of a body and a pivot bracket coupled to the mounting bracket. A pivot bracket is coupled to the mounting bracket at one end thereof. A tilt block is coupled to the pivot bracket and is rotatable about an axis substantially parallel to the body. A carriage bolt is coupled to the tilt block and is rotatable about an axis substantially perpendicular to the body. A display system bracket is operatively connected to the carriage bolt. An interface bracket is connected to the display system bracket and is capable of engaging a display device.

Abstract: An inner shell (10) for vehicle bodies molded from a foam plastic includes at least one flap (14) which can move optionally between a non-usage position to a usage position. Preferably the flap (14) serves as a sun visor, allows access to a function element or a cavity (16), or both. According to the invention the flap (14) is formed as a part of the inner shell (10) and in its non-usage position closes essentially surface-flush with the areas of the inner shell (10) adjacent to the flap (14).

Abstract: A vehicle roof panel includes a roof portion and roof rack portion with an integrally embossed portion defined by longitudinally extending spaced apart side portions. A side rail is attached to each of the side portions. A cross member has connectors for selectively and slidably interconnecting to the side rail thereby retaining the cross member elevated above the planar surface of the roof panel.

Abstract: A luggage loft assembly and installation method for supporting articles over the seating area of a mass transit vehicle passenger compartment. The assembly includes a rack configured to carry objects for storage and at least two spaced-apart generally parallel inboard stanchions connected at respective lower ends to an inboard side of the rack. At least two spaced-apart generally parallel outboard stanchions are connected at respective inboard ends to an outboard side of the rack. The rack comprises at least two spaced-apart generally parallel support arms and a plurality of generally parallel spaced-apart rails carried by the support arms. The outboard stanchions have respective outboard ends connectable to a vehicle structure such as a wall. The inboard stanchions have respective upper ends that are connectable to a vehicle ceiling. The rack and stanchions are pre-assembled and positioned in a vehicle as a unit and the stanchions are then connected to an interior of the vehicle.

Abstract: A truck rack with a platform mounts over a pickup bed and within a pickup canopy, leaving a generally unobstructed view through the pickup rear window. The platform is supported above the cab rear window in its store position but lowered on one end for loading as the other end pivots on a frame. To minimize valuable space within the canopy above the window, the platform locates in store position between upper frame members. In a preferred embodiment, the rack is supported in a supplemental frame that pivots on a primary frame forward in the truck bed. When released from a lock position, the rack moves longitudinally, forward and rearward in the truck bed, in the supplemental frame for ease of loading.

Abstract: A signaling system for mounting to an exterior surface of an emergency vehicle is provided. The signaling system includes a light bar and a pair of mounting feet. The light bar can include a plurality of signaling devices supported on and distributed along a base member and enclosed by a cover. The light bar can be secured to the mounting feet via a plurality of fasteners. The mounting feet can be connected to the emergency vehicle via roof straps. Each mounting foot can include a base, which can have a support portion, a contoured portion, and a pair of compartments; a pair of seals associated with each compartment; a pair of covers, which can be translucent, removably mounted to the base to enclose the compartments; and a roof strap secured to the base. Each compartment can house a signaling device, such as a lamp assembly.

Abstract: A console assembly for use with a vehicle includes a console housing adapted to be attached to the vehicle and having an aperture. An electronic module is attached to the console housing and includes a circuit board and a face plate having an integral fastening element that secures the circuit board to the face plate. The face plate further has an appearance surface and is positioned proximate the aperture of the console housing such that the appearance surface is viewable from an interior passenger compartment of the vehicle when the console assembly is installed in the vehicle.

Abstract: A cover for a foldable convertible top has a highly stretchable outer foil having an inner face, and a foam-plastic core layer bonded over the entire bonding-foil inner face and itself having an inner face. The outer foil can be a one-piece slush-molded foil or it can be highly stretchable and a thin thermoplastic bonding foil can be provided between the outer foil and the core layer.

Abstract: A fixture device for installing a display apparatus includes a block for installation, to be fixed to a rail provided in a ceiling portion of a vehicle. The block has an installation window in a side portion and a latch hole in the installation window. A fixture block is installed on said display apparatus body. The fixture block includes an arm having a projection section to be inserted into said installation window. A base plate is fixed to said display apparatus and rotatably connected to said arm. A release lever has a cut-and-raised portion serving as a latch that enters said latch hole in the installation window and prevents said projection section from separating from the installation window when said projection section is inserted into the installation window.

Abstract: A console for motor vehicles comprises a bezel and a divider. The bezel defines an opening for receiving one or more modules. The divider is releasably attached to the bezel to divide the opening into a plurality of slots. Each slot is provided for receiving a separate module.

Abstract: A vehicle cargo rack is provided with a carrier member and a carrier positioning device for positioning the carrier member. The carrier member is positionable in at least a deployed position and a stored position.

Abstract: An overhead-storage system for the interior of a motor vehicle having a headliner and defining a passenger compartment includes a housing having at least one convenience feature supported in the housing and adapted for use by a passenger of the vehicle. The housing is operatively supported for rotational movement relative to the headliner and about a rotational axis of the housing such that the at least one convenience feature may be selectively moved angularly relative to the rotational axis into close proximity of the passenger.

Abstract: An overhead-storage system for the interior of a motor vehicle having a headliner and defining a passenger compartment includes a housing having at least one convenience feature supported in the housing and adapted for use by a passenger of the vehicle. The housing is operatively supported for rotational movement relative to the headliner and about a rotational axis of the housing such that the at least one convenience feature may be selectively moved angularly relative to the rotational axis into close proximity of the passenger.

Abstract: This invention relates to a control panel for a vehicle interior. The control panel includes a housing defining a recess formed therein. A panel is movably attached to the housing, such as by a pivot. The panel has at least one control mechanism mounted thereon. The panel is movable between first and second positions. In the first position, the panel generally covers at least a portion of the recess. In the second position, the panel generally exposes the recess. Preferably, the housing defines a first surface within the recess, and a second control mechanism is mounted on the first surface.

Abstract: A stowage cabinet installs within a motor vehicle frame using cabinet and roof cleats. The cabinet cleat mounts to the stowage cabinet before installing the cabinet within the motor vehicle. The cabinet cleat engages a roof cleat that is fastened to the roof. The stowage cabinet is held in place by the cabinet cleat nested within the roof cleat while the stowage cabinet is fastened at other locations to the vehicle frame.

Abstract: A vehicle roof includes a roof panel having at least one longitudinal side, an upward extending bead integrally formed along the longitudinal side, at least one claw fixedly attached to the bead, and at least one cross member attached to and extending from the claw, across an upper surface of the roof panel. The bead preferably extends along a substantial length of the longitudinal side, and includes an inward relief formed therein to enable attachment of the claw. A roofliner may also be fixedly attached to and run across a lower surface of the roof panel. The vehicle roof, and roofliner preferably define a prefabricated unit.

Abstract: A roof and rack assembly (10) for an automotive vehicle includes a roof panel (12) received from polymeric organic material that has a top surface (14) and edges (16), (18) extending between a first or front (20) and a second or rear (22) ends of the roof panel (12). The roof panel (12) includes retaining elements (30) that are integrally formed and extend upwardly from the top surface (14) of the roof panel (12). The roof and rack assembly (10) further includes a track (24) for receiving a roof rack (26) and slidably adjusting the position of the roof rack (26) along the track (24), and a mounting member (28) for securing the track (24) to the retaining elements (30). The roof and rack assembly (10) provides an effective and a quick way of fastening the roof rack (26) to the roof panel (12) and is efficient, not time consuming and easy way to install the roof rack (26).

Abstract: There is provided a display apparatus which can avoid different visibility according to positions of seats in an automobile and which can supply information to passengers seated on all the seats. The display apparatus 1 comprises a rotary portion 5 adapted to be mounted on a ceiling wall of the automobile, an arm portion 6, and a display unit 7. The rotary portion 5 has a base part 5a which is rotatable around a rotation axis 5b intersecting the ceiling wall 3. The arm portion 6 is supported by means of the rotary portion 5 so as to rotate around a rotation axis 10a. The display unit 7 is supported by means of the arm portion 6 so as to rotate around rotation axes 12a, 13a.

Abstract: A truck rack with a platform mounts over a pickup bed and within a pickup canopy, leaving a generally unobstructed view through the pickup rear window. The a platform is supported above the cab rear window in its store position but lowered on one end for loading as the other end pivots on a rack frame. To minimize valuable space within the canopy above the window, the platform locates in store position between upper frame members. Supporting legs are length adjustable to position the frame and platform above the rear window. Sleeves mountable to a truck bed side have a hole through the sleeve receives a frame leg. Each leg has a plurality of holes matching the sleeve hole. To select a preferred leg length in positioning the upper frame and platform above the rear window, a bolt passes through a selective leg hole aligned with the sleeve holes.

Abstract: A structure for holding switches in a passenger compartment of a vehicle. The structure includes a switchboard arranged on a panel in the passenger compartment. The switches are mounted on the switchboard. An accommodating case is arranged adjacent to the switchboard. A common shaft, which is shared by the switchboard and the accommodating case, pivotally supports the switchboard and the accommodating case. The switchboard and the accommodating case are each pivoted about the common shaft between a retracted position and an operational position. The switchboard and the accommodating case are each accommodated in the panel when located at the retracted position and exposed from the panel when located at the operational position. The switchboard remains at the retracted position when the accommodating case is located at the operational position.

Abstract: A vehicle roof assembly includes a roof panel having longitudinal edges, each of which define a rim, structural bars disposed within and running along at least a portion of the rims, and frame rails running along at least a portion of each of the longitudinal edges. The rims abut the frame rails, and the structural bars are fixedly attached to the frame rails. Preferably, the rims are glued to the frame rails. The structural bars each include a web portion disposed between a contact surface abutting the roof panel, and a contact surface abutting the frame rails. Top-carriers including top-carrier cross braces are selectively attachable to the roof panel, and the structural bar. A roof liner is attached to a bottom surface of the roof panel, and an intermediate layer of plastic foam is disposed between the roof liner and the roof panel.

Abstract: Disclosed is a clip for mounting an article, comprising a base member being of a plate shape and having a through hole thereon; a pair of flanges extended from opposite ends of the base member in a direction perpendicular to a lengthwise direction of the base member; a pair of insertion parts extended from opposite sides of the base member and bent upwardly to be in contact with each other; and a pair of anchoring plates which are downwardly cut from the center area of each insertion part, are projected outwardly, are elastically deformable, and have a stepped part formed with inward and outward bent parts at a free end of each anchoring plate. With this configuration, the present invention provides a clip for firmly and easily mounting article on a support structure and for easily separating the article from the support structure.

Abstract: A vehicle cargo rack is provided with a carrier member and a carrier positioning device for positioning the carrier member. The carrier member is positionable in at least a deployed position and a stored position.

Abstract: A PV roof assembly (6) includes a roof (12) mountable to an electric vehicle (4), and a PV assembly (10) at the upper part of the roof. The PV assembly may be mounted to a separate roof surface (34) or the PV assembly may itself constitute all or part of the roof. The vehicle may include a secondary PV assembly (96) coupled to a display unit (92) to provide an independent indication of the intensity of solar irradiation. The roof may have mounting element recesses (68) to accommodate mounting elements (70) of the PV assembly, the mounting elements configured so as not to shade the PV panel (14). The roof may also be configured to accommodate a global positioning device (80). The roof preferably includes a peripheral gutter (88). The roof body preferably includes hand-hold recesses (90) housing hand-hold elements (42) at positions to provide a horizontal setback (92) from the lateral sides (93) of the roof body.

Abstract: A modular overhead console assembly and headliner combination for a vehicle includes a structural member having an upper surface attachable to a vehicle roof and a lower surface having a slot including at least one receiving surface formed through the structural member. At least one accessory module having a storage area defined within a housing to retain materials is removably secured to the at least one receiving surface associated with the slot in the headliner by at least one arm extending from a top surface of the housing of the at least one module. A method of assembling the overhead console and headliner combination is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for fixing a roof rack to a vehicle roof. Particularly, the present invention relates to an apparatus for facilitating mounting and dismounting of a roof rack for loading various kinds of freight thereon by structurally improving a vehicle roof to employ a unified single roof molding. According to the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for fixing a roof rack to a vehicle roof of the type comprising a roof panel 100 in which roof molding engagement portions 110 are longitudinally formed to be depressed along both sides of the vehicle roof, and roof moldings 200 inserted into and engaged with the roof molding engagement portions 110 of the roof panel 100. Further, the apparatus of the present invention comprises engagement openings 210 formed to pass through the roof moldings, and movable covers 300 placed in the interiors of the roof moldings to allow the engagement openings 210 to be resiliently opened and closed.

Abstract: A mount assembly for a flat mirror or monitor has an outer frame fixed in a motor-vehicle roof and forming an opening, a member forming a side of the opening and pivotal in the frame about a horizontal first axis, and an inner frame fittable in the opening adjacent the member and carrying the flat mirror or monitor. A connector is pivotal in the member about a second axis transverse to the first axis. A slide joint secures the connector to the inner frame for movement of the inner frame parallel to the transverse second axis on the connector. The slide joint includes a slot formed in the connector and a screw seated in the movable frame and extending transversely through the slot.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a storage pack for storing gas under pressure for providing an onboard supply of the pressurized gas. The pressurized gas may be used as a medicinal gas, e.g. oxygen, on emergency medical vehicles, or the gas may be used as a fuel source for a motorized vehicle having a motor that runs on combustible gas. The gas storage pack includes a pressure vessel formed from a plurality of hollow chambers, which have either an ellipsoidal or spherical shape, interconnected by a plurality of relatively narrow conduit sections disposed between consecutive ones of the chambers. The pressure vessel includes a reinforcing filament wrapped around the interconnected chambers and interconnecting conduit sections to limit radial expansion of the chambers and conduit sections when filled with a fluid under pressure. The gas storage pack further includes a gas transfer control system attached to the pressure vessel for controlling gas flow into and out of the pressure vessel.

Abstract: A pull-down stowage bin assembly (10) for a vehicle includes a frame (14), a bin (12) coupled to the frame for reciprocative movement between an open position and a stowed position, and a restraint assembly (20) disposed within the bin to selectively restrain objects located within the bin when objects are located in the bin and the bin is in the open position.

Abstract: A shelf for bus wherein shelf brackets are fitted into first and second rails to enable the shelf brackets to be uniformly intervened therebetween, thereby allowing shelf plates to be identical in length thereof thus, reducing production cost. A lens is rotably and slidably opened and closed relative to a shelf plate, enabling easy replacement of the lens and lamp. The shelf includes a first rail extensively secured lengthwise to a roof frame of the bus, a second rail securely installed at a side panel of a bus interior in the same length as that of the first rail, a shelf bracket formed at both ends thereof with a first and a second fitting part and secured at the first and second rails for sliding while fitted into the first and the second rails, and a shelf plate fixed at an upper surface of the shelf bracket.

Abstract: A shelf for a vehicle interior is provided. The shelf comprises a front section configured to receive a visor, a center section structured to mount to the vehicle interior and a rear section configured to contact the vehicle interior. In one aspect of the invention, the shelf is attached to the vehicle interior only by the visor mounting system. When objects are placed on the shelf, a torque is produced about the mounting system and one edge of the shelf is designed to resist the torque.

Abstract: A combination grab handle and garment hook assembly comprises a base slidably coupled to an interior trim panel of a vehicle and an elongated handle. A pivot mechanism pivotally couples the handle to the base for providing rotational movement of the handle relative to the base along a plane generally parallel to the base between a stowed position and a deployed position projecting into the interior of the vehicle. In the stowed position, the handle may be used as a grab handle to support a passenger within the vehicle and in the deployed position, the handle may be used as a garment hook for supporting a larger capacity of garments inwardly of the interior trim panel. The assembly further includes a locking mechanism for locking the handle in each of the stowed and deployed positions. Still further, the assembly includes a track system for sliding the base along trim panel and providing a variety of positions of the assembly within the interior of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle roof mounted video display is disclosed. The display is rotatable 180° about a first axis, between a stored position within a housing and a second position in which the display lies flat against the vehicle roof. The display is also rotatable at least 60°, and preferably 90°, about a second axis that intersects and is substantially perpendicular to the first axis. Each axis includes self-tensioning hinges to hold the display in any position. The display self aligns as it reaches either of the first and second positions so that the display is substantially parallel to the roof. When the display is in the storage position, the display screen faces, and is safely enclosed by, the housing. The invention also includes a number of built-in features to provide passengers with a wide range of entertainment options.

Abstract: A storage system for a motor vehicle having a floor includes a plurality of retainer brackets adapted to be secured to the floor, and a base having a body and a plurality of mounting brackets attached to the body. The body has first and second inclined tracks. The mounting brackets are engageable with the retainer brackets so as to secure the base to the floor. At least one of the mounting brackets is moveable with respect to the body so that the at least one mounting bracket may be engaged with a respective retainer bracket after the body is positioned with respect to the floor. Furthermore, the storage system includes a movable storage unit having a plurality of wheels that are engageable with the tracks.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a flat bed television on a door mounted on a ceiling, or a cabinet which is mounted to a ceiling. The door and television are selectively pivoted between a retracted storage position and an extended television viewing position. Drive nut assemblies threadingly engage and are adapted to travel along drive screws which are rotatably driven by selectively reversible motors. Cables extend over guide wheels rotatably supported on the drive nut assemblies and extend and are connected to the door. As the drive nut assemblies are caused to travel along the drive screws, the cable lengths extending to the door are selectively lengthened and shortened for thereby selectively pivotally extending and retracting the door and television between the respective viewing and storage positions.

Abstract: A ceiling-mountable display monitor system for the passenger compartment of a vehicle. The display monitor system includes a display monitor coupled to a housing assembly. In one exemplary embodiment, the housing assembly is selectively adjustable for mounting in different vehicles having different ceiling configurations. In another exemplary embodiment, an upper portion of the housing assembly is mountable above the vehicle headliner, while a lower portion of the housing assembly is mountable below the headliner. Optionally, the upper and lower portions of the housing assembly clamp onto the headliner. The upper and/or the lower portions may be adjustable for mounting in different vehicles.

Abstract: A vehicle roof mounted video display is disclosed. The display is rotatable 180° about a first axis, between a stored position within a housing and a second position in which the display lies flat against the vehicle roof. The display is also rotatable at least 60°, and preferably 90°, about a second axis that intersects and is substantially perpendicular to the first axis. Each axis includes self-tensioning hinges to hold the display in any position. The display self aligns as it reaches either of the first and second positions so that the display is substantially parallel to the roof. When the display is in the storage position, the display screen faces, and is safely enclosed by, the housing. The invention also includes a number of built-in features to provide passengers with a wide range of entertainment options.

Abstract: The invention provides a ceiling-mountable display monitor system with an improved monitor retention system. The display monitor system includes a display monitor that is mounted on the ceiling portion of a vehicle by a mounting assembly. The monitor system includes a display surface and a retention system adapted to selectively engage a catch on the display monitor to retain the monitor in a stowed configuration proximate the ceiling portion of the vehicle. Upon actuation by the user, the retention system releases the monitor for pivotal or other movement away from the ceiling portion of the vehicle to a viewing configuration. In the viewing configuration, the viewing surface is oriented to viewing by passengers of the vehicle. The retention system includes a retainer pivotally mounted about a pivot axis and an actuator with a user-manipulable element adapted to selectively pivot the retainer relative to its pivot axis.

Abstract: Overhead parcel rack and HVAC duct for public transportation vehicles such as buses and trains. Modular overhead parcel rack includes inboard and outboard vertical and bottom horizontal surfaces formed from composite material panels. Modular HVAC duct includes bottom horizontal and inboard vertical surfaces with attachment of overhead parcel rack to HVAC duct vertical surface. Longitudinally extending rail member attaches to inboard vertical surfaces of modular overhead parcel rack sections and is suspended from vehicle ceiling by means of formed hanger brackets. Modular sections of parcel rack and modular sections of duct are joined together by notched and formed unequal-length longitudinal strips.

Abstract: A digital-video-disc vehicle television has a thin ceiling-mountable TV housing (1) having a front edge (2) from which a preferably flat TV screen (3) pivots adjustably downward from a stowage space (4) and having a rear edge (5) with a digital video disc (DVD) slot (6). The TV housing is preferably oval-shaped with a major length of about fifteen inches and a major width of about eight inches. Thickness is about one-to-three inches, depending on type and plurality of components it uses. Intermediate the stowage space and the DVD slot are dome lights (9) that preferably are adjustable for reading and a rearward-facing control panel (7) that preferably has pushbutton control and is backlit. Audiovisual signaling (18, 19) is received selectively from remote or in-vehicle broadcasting sources and from the DVD player (15) and transmitted to a speaker (14) and to the TV screen as controlled by a control unit (17).

Abstract: An overhead console assembly for a vehicle includes accessory module compartments selectively positioned and removably secured to the overhead console for storing materials within the compartments. The overhead console includes a first console housing disposed to an miner surface of a structural member of a headliner assembly on a roofline of a vehicle, a second console housing disposed on the structural member of the headliner spaced apart from the first console housing and a center console housing disposed between the first and second console housings. At least one accessory module is removably secured to the center console housing. The at least one accessory module includes a housing, a storage area defined within the housing to retain materials stored within, and at least one securing member coupling the at least one module to a securement surface provided on the center console housing.

Abstract: A roof storage compartment assembly is provided for a vehicle having a roof. The roof storage compartment assembly includes a plurality of storage compartments to be operatively connected to the roof and one of the storage compartments being a tray assembly to be disposed within the vehicle and for pivotal connection to the roof.

Abstract: A PV roof assembly (6) includes a roof (12) mountable to an electric car (4), and a PV assembly (10) at the upper part of the roof. The PV assembly may be mounted to a separate roof surface (34) or the PV assembly may itself constitute all or part of the roof. The PV assembly may include a monolithic PV panel (14) with a plurality of PV cells (20). The roof may define a storage region (32) accessible through a closable access opening (44). The roof may include a circumferential lip (24) which extends around and above the PV assembly to help prevent damage to the PV panel. The roof may include a protective, at least semi-transparent top layer (60), an at least semi-transparent bottom layer (62) and a semi-transparent PV layer (64) secured between and in contact with the top and bottom layers to create a roof which is itself semi-transparent. The ratio of PV cells to the number of battery cells may be chosen to create a self-regulating design.

Abstract: A storage assembly for an overhead console of a vehicle including a storage member connected to the vehicle for pivotal movement from a retracted position to a deployed position, a tracking device mounted to the vehicle and defining a first guide track, and an arm member having a first end connected to the storage member for pivotal movement and a second end connected to the tracking device for sliding movement along the first guide track

Abstract: A modular overhead console assembly for attachment to a vehicle roof which can be formed by attaching a plurality of modules having different controls and convenience packages. Preferably, the console assembly includes a main console and at least one wing portion. The main console is attached to the roof and extends longitudinally along the roof. The wing portion extends from a side of the main console towards a lateral edge of the roof. The wing portion is positioned behind and adjacent a visor pivotally attached to the roof.

Abstract: In a vehicle ceiling-mounting electric equipment assembly of the invention, an FPC (12) is welded by heat to a casing (11) of a lamp unit (2), and an FFC (16) for external connection is electrically connected to the FPC (12) by press-clamping or welding. Switches (13) and lamp socket holes (14a) are provided at the FPC (12). An end portion of the FPC (12) is folded to be inserted into a fitting portion (11a) of a recess-shape in which an optional member (26) can be mounted, and a circuit pattern is exposed to a side surface of the fitting portion (11a) to form a connection portion. Therefore, the compact, lightweight design can be achieved, and parts, such as a connector, are unnecessary, thus reducing the number of the component parts.

Abstract: A display unit is provided, the display unit including a housing configured for mounting in an interior region of a vehicle, and a screen mounted on the housing for movement between a stowed position wherein the screen is at least partially contained within the housing and a deployed position wherein the screen projects from the housing to reveal a viewing surface of the screen The display unit further includes a lock mechanism adapted to selectively retain the screen in the stowed position. Upon release of the lock mechanism, however, the screen is free to be pivoted away from the stowed position, and in one embodiment, is automatically pivoted at least partially away from the stowed position.

Abstract: A vehicle pull handle assembly includes a housing adapted for mounting in a vehicle and a pull handle connected to the housing. A storage bin is pivotally connected to the housing and configured to receive a pair of sunglasses. The pull handle and storage bin are positioned longitudinally in end-to-end or side-by-side relationships with respect to each other.

Abstract: The invention relates to a container (10) for storing a pair of spectacles (54) which can be inserted into the space between a spectacle holder (56) and a pivotable housing lid (20). When the housing lid (20) is closed, two rubber bands (28), which are held under tension in a housing (12) of the container (10) beneath the housing lid (20), press the spectacles (54) against an inner side of the housing lid (20) so that the spectacles (54) are held securely in the housing lid (20) so as not to rattle.