Patent ID: 6643897
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: B60N,B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for connection with a vehicle portion adjacent a vehicle occupant compartment, said apparatus comprising:a grab handle; a grab handle hinge supporting said grab handle on the vehicle portion for pivotal movement relative to the vehicle portion between a stored position adjacent the vehicle portion and an operative position spaced apart from the vehicle portion; a cap including a cap portion for blocking visibility of part of said grab handle hinge from the vehicle occupant compartment when said grab handle is in the stored position; and a cap hinge supporting said cap for pivotal movement between a cap stored position covering the grab handle hinge and a cap operative position spaced apart from the vehicle portion and from said part of said grab handle hinge, said cap further including spaced first and second hook portions extending transverse to said cap portion from opposite lateral edges of said cap portion, said first and second hook portions being adapted to support a garment when said cap is in said cap operative position.