Patent ID: 8210590

Claim:
A trim panel assembly for an automotive vehicle, the trim panel assembly comprising: a panel having an exterior surface to face interiorly of the vehicle, the panel defining at least a portion of a side of the trim panel assembly, the panel including a recessed portion; a pocket door mounted to the panel over at least part of the recessed portion such that the pocket door and the recessed portion define a storage pocket in the panel assembly, the storage pocket having a bottom wall, an outboard side wall, and an inboard side wall, the outboard side wall being defined by the recessed portion and the inboard side wall being defined by the pocket door; the pocket door being mounted to the panel so as to be translationally moveable between a first position and a second position, in the first position the pocket door defining a first width of the storage pocket between the outboard side wall and the inboard side wall, in the second position the pocket door defining a second width of the storage pocket between the outboard side wall and the inboard side wall, the second width being greater than the first width at both top and bottom extents of the pocket door.