Patent ID: 6749244
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An overhead-storage system for the interior of a motor vehicle having a roof and a headliner and defining a passenger compartment, said overhead-storage system comprising:a housing including at least one convenience feature supported in said housing and adapted for use by a passenger of the vehicle, said housing operatively supported for rotational movement relative to the headliner and about a rotational axis of said housing such that said at least one convenience feature may be selectively moved angularly relative to said rotational axis into close proximity of the passenger; and a rail operatively supported relative to the headliner and defining a longitudinal axis, said housing supported by said rail for rectilinear movement along said longitudinal axis within the passenger compartment of the vehicle, said rail also defining a longitudinally extending channel that opens downwardly in the direction of the passenger compartment of the vehicle through an opening in the headliner, said housing including at least one bushing supported for rectilinear movement along said channel.