Patent ID: 8540127

Claim:
A vehicle instrument support and storage apparatus for a vehicle having a driver's seat for a driver, comprising: a) a frame having a plate configured for attachment to the interior of the vehicle; b) the frame having first and second docking stations; c) a rotary bearing that is attachable to the vehicle; d) a support panel, and a support arm having inner and outer end portions, the arm inner end portion being connected to the rotary bearing; e) the support panel being affixed to the outer end portion of the support arm; f) a locking portion that interlocks the support panel to one of the docking stations; g) wherein an interlock of the support panel with the first docking station places the support panel in a first position that is in front of the driver's seat when the apparatus is installed in the vehicle; h) wherein an interlock of the support panel with the second docking station places the support panel in a position that is spaced away from said first position; i) the locking portion including a handle that enables the driver to grasp the handle to: 1) move the support panel to either one of the docking stations; and 2) selectively connect the support panel to or disconnect the support panel from a selected one of the docking stations; and j) wherein the support panel has an opening and the selected one of the docking stations occupies said opening when the support panel is interlocked with the selected one of the docking stations.