Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of manufacturing vehicle trim component having beverage retainer
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Application No.: US14797455Application Date: 2015-07-13
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Publication No.: US09701352B2Publication Date: 2017-07-11
- Inventor: Kim Langenbacher , Steve Dreher , Scott H. Dunham , Ammad Bhatti
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Price Heneveld LLP
- Agent Vichit Chea
- Main IPC: B21D53/88
- IPC: B21D53/88 ; B62D65/02 ; B60R7/04 ; B60R13/02 ; B60N3/10 ; B60N2/46 ; B29C45/00

Abstract:
A vehicle trim assembly is provided having a beverage retainer formed in a storage compartment on the door of an automotive vehicle. The trim assembly includes a storage receptacle and a trim component such as a trim panel arranged to define at least a portion of the storage receptacle. The trim panel includes a base portion connected to a beverage retainer portion via a living hinge. The beverage retainer portion is pivoted about the living hinge into position within the storage receptacle. The trim assembly may include a trim component assembled onto a pillar and pivoted about the living hinge between a use position and a stored position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150314819A1 VEHICLE TRIM COMPONENT HAVING BEVERAGE RETAINER AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2015-11-05
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