Patent ID: 8033588

Claim:
A center console for storing objects in a vehicle, comprising: a pair of generally parallel spaced sidewalls extending in horizontal and vertical directions; guide rails extending along the sidewalls; a back wall connecting the sidewalls; a front wall connecting the sidewalls and opposite the back wall, the front wall, the back wall, and the guide rails cooperating to define an opening to a cargo area of the center console; a sliding lid traveling along the guide rails to define an opening direction and a closing direction, the sliding lid including an interior face facing the cargo area and an exterior face opposite the interior face; and a guard extending between the sidewalls and including an apex pointing in the closing direction of the sliding lid, the guard being affixed to the sidewalls so as to be longitudinally spaced from the front wall and the back wall, wherein the guard prevents objects that are on the exterior face of the sliding lid from being relocated past the guard.