Patent ID: 8596714

Claim:
A vehicle seat assembly comprising: a lower seat portion having a foremost extremity; a bin fixed within the lower seat portion, the bin defining a compartment within the lower seat portion for storing an item, the bin having substantially parallel opposing side walls, each side wall defining a respective slot and having an extension near a forward end of the respective slot; a lid connected to the bin, the lid having: sides that that taper toward one another in a rearward direction; side flanges that widen in the rearward direction and have edges that are substantially parallel with one another and with the opposing side walls, each side flange having a respective tab extending therefrom; wherein the lid has a closed position in which the compartment is closed by the lid and an open position in which the compartment is substantially uncovered; wherein the bin and the lid are configured such that the flanges ride in the slots as the lid slides between the closed position and the open position; wherein the bin and the lid are configured so that the lid slides forward and downward with respect to the foremost extremity of the lower seat portion to the open position; wherein the extension of each of the side walls interferes with the respective tab to stop forward movement of the lid in the open position; and wherein the lid is at least partially lower in the open position than in the closed position.