Patent ID: 8132516

Claim:
A work surface/storage system for a motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle has a passenger compartment with a driver seat, a passenger seat, and a passenger restraint belt, the system comprising: a dash panel configured to be placed in front of the passenger seat; a removable unit comprising: a main body section including at least one flat surface for providing a writing support for a person in the driver seat, including at least one storage bin, and including a bottom surface for positioning on the passenger seat; a belt receptacle at a rearward end of the main body for capturing the passenger restraint belt so that tension in the passenger restraint belt loads the rearward end against the passenger seat; and a front wing section extending forward and upward from the main body section to a distal end, wherein the distal end includes an attachment tab; and a bay in the dash panel including a holder for removably capturing the attachment tab, whereby the interconnection of the attachment tab to the holder and the loading of the rearward end by capturing the passenger restraint belt by the belt receptacle provide stability for the writing support.