Patent ID: 7237636
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A side-mounted storage device for a vehicle, the vehicle including a frame assembly in support of a forward-mounted drive unit configured to drive the vehicle on a plurality of wheel assemblies in a forward direction of travel, the frame assembly having a first side and a second side opposite the first side relative to a central longitudinal axis of the frame assembly, the side-mounted storage device comprising: a fixed storage compartment mounted at one of the first and second sides of the vehicle, the fixed storage compartment defining a first storage area therein; and a pivotal storage compartment that defines a second storage area therein, the pivotal storage compartment pivotally coupled at the forward end of the fixed storage compartment relative to the forward direction of travel, wherein the pivotal storage compartment is pivotally coupled to swing from a closed position to an open position in a radially outward direction with respect to the central longitudinal axis of the frame assembly.