Patent ID: 8905455

Claim:
A drawer system for use on a vehicle, the drawer system comprising: a track assembly, including— one or more brackets attached to a frame of the vehicle, a plurality of track rollers attached to the brackets, and one or more fixed stops attached to the frame of the vehicle; and a drawer assembly, including— a drawer extending transversely across generally an entire width of the vehicle, wherein the drawer is configured to extend out both a driver's side and a passenger's side of the vehicle, one or more track rails attached to the drawer and positioned adjacent the track rollers of the track assembly, wherein the track rollers and the track rails facilitate the transverse extension and retraction of the drawer with respect to the vehicle, and one or more latch bars attached to the drawer, wherein the one or more latch bars include a plurality of catch points, wherein the catch points of the one or more latch bars are operable to engage the one or more fixed stops to secure the drawer in one or more preferred positions, wherein a driver's side of the one or more latch bars includes at least two of said plurality of catch points, wherein a passenger's side of the one or more latch bars includes at least one of said plurality of catch points, wherein a location of each of the plurality of catch points relative to a passenger's side and a driver's side of the one or more latch bars enables the drawer to be extended from the passenger's side of the vehicle farther than the drawer is enabled to be extended from the driver's side of the vehicle, such that said at least two of said catch points on the driver's side are positioned between approximately one-tenth to approximately one-half of a length of the drawer from an end of the drawer closest to the driver's side to prevent less than fifty percent extension of the drawer on the driver's side.