Patent ID: 7487729

Claim:
A console, comprising: a flat console top fixed in a horizontal orientation and defining a working surface of the console, the console top having an opening defined therethrough, by which a compartment within the console may be accessed, the console further comprising a first member configured to move within the compartment, and a second member designed to fit within the opening in the console top to form a portion of the working surface of the console when in a closed configuration, such that in the closed configuration the flat working surface of the flat console top and the second member together approximate a contiguous working surface of the console, the second member being moveably connected to the first member by a connecting member having a first pivot attached to the first member and a second pivot attached to the second member, wherein the first and second members are arranged to be movable between the closed configuration in which the first member is arranged in a stowed position and the second member closes the opening in it the console top to form the contiguous working surface of the console, and a open configuration in which the second member extends away from the console top to allow access to the first member or the compartment through the aperture in the console top.