Patent ID: 9669746
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: B60N,B60R,B62D

Claim:
1. A vehicle storage compartment assembly comprising: a vehicle body structure including a floor and a side wall that at least partially define a vehicle cargo area, the side wall having an upper end structured with an overhanging portion that extends inboard from the side wall above the floor; a storage compartment assembly having a main body including an inboard panel and an outboard panel spaced apart from one another and fixedly coupled to one another defining a storage compartment therebetween, the storage compartment assembly being moveable between an uninstalled orientation in which the main body is separated from the side wall and an installed orientation in which the outboard panel of the main body is directly fastened to the side wall, the main body further defining an opening along an upper end thereof providing access to the storage compartment, the inboard panel having an inboard facing surface facing the vehicle cargo area that includes a hinge attachment portion and an elongated support projection adjacent to and below the hinge attachment portion, the elongated support projection having an elongated top surface; and a lid having a first lid portion and a second lid portion rigidly fixed together, the first lid portion having a first outer surface section and the second lid portion having a second outer surface section, the first outer surface section and the second outer surface section being angularly offset from one another, the lid being pivotally supported to the storage compartment assembly by a hinge mechanism fixedly attached to the hinge attachment portion of the inboard panel, the hinge mechanism extending in a direction parallel to the side wall with the storage compartment assembly in the installed orientation, the lid being movable between a closed orientation covering the opening and concealing the storage compartment, and an open orientation uncovering the opening and exposing the storage compartment, with the lid in the closed orientation the first outer surface section faces upward and is inclined in a downward direction from an outboard side to an inboard side thereof and the second outer surface section is upright extending downward from the first outer surface section, with the lid in the open orientation the first and second outer surface sections are both inclined relative to horizontal with the second outer surface section of the lid contacting the elongated support projection in the open orientation such that the lid is supported by the elongated top surface of the elongated support projection with an area of the second outer surface section adjacent to the hinge mechanism resting on the elongated support projection such that the elongated support projection defines a stop for the lid, and with the area of the second outer surface section of the lid resting on the elongated support projection the hinge mechanism is located directly above the elongated support projection with the lid in the open orientation.