Patent ID: 7794003

Claim:
A modular storage system for use with a utility vehicle, the utility vehicle having a storage space with a floor, a front wall, a rear door and two parallel spaced apart side walls extending between the front wall and the rear door, the floor also having a first wheel well spaced apart from a second wheel well, the first wheel well and the second wheel well extending up from the floor to a predetermined wheel well height, said modular storage system comprising: a plurality of compartment bins extending across the floor and having: a central elongated bin located between the two wheel wells and extending generally between the front wall and the rear door of the storage space, said elongated central bin having an open side and a bottom wall extending between a pair of side walls, said pair of side walls generally parallel and spaced apart from each other; said pair of side walls having at least one aperture and an inner surface with a plurality of vertical grooves, said pair of side walls also having an outer surface with a first tongue-and-groove fitting; a central bin cover attached to said central elongated bin and dimensioned to cover said open side of said central elongated bin; a side bin located between said central elongated bin and one of the two parallel spaced apart side walls of the storage space, said side bin having an open side and a side wall with a second tongue-and-groove fitting; said second tongue-and-groove fitting engaged with said first tongue-and-groove fitting such that said side bin is attached to said central elongated bin; said side wall of said side bin also having an aperture that aligns with said at least one aperture of said pair of side walls of said central elongated bin when said at least one side bin is attached to said central elongated bin; a fastener extending through said aperture of said attachment wall and said at least one aperture of said side walls; and a side bin cover attached to said at least one side bin and dimensioned to cover said open side of said at least one side bin; said central elongated bin with said central bin cover and said side bin with said side bin cover having a height that is generally equal to the wheel well height.