Patent ID: 7858891

Claim:
A button configuration comprising: a vehicle console having a console surface; a user-operable push button having a central region and a peripheral region, said peripheral region encircling said central region and defining a surface plane; said central region of said user-operable push button and said peripheral region of said user-operable push button forming said console surface; said user-operable push button having an active state and an inactive state; said central region of said user-operable push button protruding from the surface plane such that said console surface forms a protrusion on said vehicle console when said user-operable push button is in the active state and said protrusion on said vehicle console provides a push button function; and said central region of said user-operable push button extending substantially in said surface plane and providing no push button function when said user-operable push button is in the inactive state such that said console surface forms a substantially flat surface when said user-operable push button is in the inactive state.