Patent ID: 8286844
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A holder for an item in a motor vehicle, comprising: a storage bin for holding the item; a bottom of the storage bin for holding the item; and a plurality of side walls for the storage bin, a first sidewall of the plurality of side walls comprising a variable-shape insert that can be transferred from a position following a contour of the first sidewall into a curved position in a direction of a second sidewall of the plurality of side walls that is opposite the first sidewall, wherein the plurality of side walls comprise a plurality of variable-shape inserts on a mutually facing side of the plurality of side walls that can be transferred from the position following the contour into the curved position in which the plurality of variable-shape inserts are curved toward one another, wherein the plurality of side walls comprise a plurality of grooves disposed substantially parallel to a bottom for receiving the plurality of variable-shape inserts, and wherein the plurality of variable-shape inserts are supported against a side wall at a front, and in a region of an opposite side wall, a slider is displaceably mounted in the storage bin that contacts the plurality of variable-shape inserts on another front side.