Patent ID: 8282161

Claim:
A debris and item storage device for use in a vehicle having a front passenger seat and a front driver's seat, a center console separating the passenger seat from the driver's seat, said center console having a gap between at least the driver's seat and said console, said device for filling a gap of a vehicle disposed between either a passenger seat or driver's seat of a vehicle and a center console of a vehicle and having a shape and width defined by said gap, said device having an interior and being of a resilient deformable material and thereby allowing the device to spring into place conforming to said gap and adapted to retain therein items falling into the interior of said device, said device having a first side wall, a second side wall extending at an angle to said first side wall, said first and second side walls each having a top and bottom and being interconnected along their bottoms forming a generally V-shaped cross-section; said first side wall extending from a first end to a second end and terminating at its top in an outwardly extending elongated flange; said second side wall extending from a first end to a second end terminating at its top in an elongated lip, said lip being lesser in width than said flange and both said lip and said flange lying in horizontal planes of differing heights with respect to the overall heights of said side walls; and said first end of said first side wall being connected to the first end of said second side wall forming a first end wall, the second end of said second side wall being connected to the second end of said first side wall forming a second end wall, and the interior of said device between said first and second side walls and said first and second end walls providing an enclosed area for holding items deposited therein.