Storage structure in vehicle compartment

Abstract

In a storage structure in a vehicle compartment, in which a drawer-type tray (1) is provided in an instrument panel (10), a storage section (18) is provided on the lower surface of the tray (1). The tray (1) is preferably provided slidably in a ceiling portion (41) of a glove box (4) so as to be drawn out, whereby the article storage section (18) is housed in the storage space (40) of the glove box (4) when the drawer-type tray (1) is stored in the ceiling portion (41).

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an instrument panel 10 of a motor vehicle provided with a drawer-type tray 1 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which a tray 1 provided with an article storage section 18 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention is drawn out;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view in which a tray 1 in a drawn-out state is viewed from below;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of an essential portion shown by portion A of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line B-B of FIG. 3; and

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line C-C of FIG. 5.

Claims

1. A storage structure in a vehicle compartment comprising: a drawer-type tray provided in an instrument panel, and an article storage section provided on a lower surface of the drawer-type tray.

2. The storage structure in a vehicle compartment according to claim 1, wherein an open space is formed under the article storage section, and an article insertion port of the article storage section is provided so as to face to an inside of the vehicle compartment.

3. The storage structure in a vehicle compartment according to claim 2, wherein the instrument panel is provided with a glove box; said open space is formed as a storage space of the glove box; the drawer-type tray is provided slidably in a ceiling portion so as to be drawn out; whereby the article storage section is housed in the storage space of the glove box when the drawer-type tray is stored in the ceiling portion.

4. The storage structure in a vehicle compartment according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the article storage section has a flat pocket shape corresponding to a shape of a booklet-form article, and is provided in a far side portion of the lower surface of the drawer-type tray and the article insertion port is recessed from a near end of the drawer-type tray with a predetermined distance so as to store the booklet-form article in a partially exposed state through the article insertion port on a lower side of the drawer-type tray.

5. The storage structure in a vehicle compartment according to claim 2, wherein the article insertion port is provided with a locking means which can lock the booklet-form article stored in a partially exposed state through the article insertion port.

6. The storage structure in a vehicle compartment according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the drawer-type tray is supported slidably so as to be drawn out along an arcuate slide path thereby a flat upper surface thereof is arranged horizontally in a drawn out position and is tilted to the far side in a stored position; and an inner bottom surface of the article storage section has an arcuate cross section curved along said slide path.