Patent ID: 7721926

Claim:
A vehicle storage structure comprising: a vehicle trim component including a mounting portion and a pair of generally parallel tracks at least partially defining an access opening of the trim component; and a flexible lid slidably disposed between the tracks for movement between a closed position and an open position relative to the access opening, the lid including a flexible portion and a reinforcement portion coupled to the flexible portion, the flexible portion being further configured and arranged to span the access opening when the lid is in the closed position, the reinforcement portion having a plurality of sliding members, each sliding member having a corresponding hard, rigid reinforcement insert, the reinforcement insert being a one-piece metallic member embedded in an outer reinforcing material and completely surrounded by the outer reinforcing material, the plurality of sliding members being disposed at generally parallel spaced apart locations with opposite free ends of each of the sliding members and corresponding reinforcement inserts being located in the tracks, respectively, and the free ends of each of the sliding members and corresponding reinforcement inserts being dimensioned such that the free ends of each of the reinforcement inserts are spaced apart from respective surfaces of the tracks with only the outer reinforcing material contacting surfaces of the tracks.