Chrysler Corporation

Randolph C Smith

Henry Jon Ziaja

Ian Dupret

Carl J Schultz

Paul Lester

Mark Deadrick

An installation is provided in a cargo area of a vehicle for the stowage of a vehicle jack and tools useful in the changing of a wheel of the vehicle. The installation includes a receptacle in a recess in a deck of the cargo area. The receptacle includes an open top container having space to accommodate the jack and the tools. A cover plate across the top of the container covers a portion of the top only, leaving an access opening through which the jack and the tools may be inserted into and removed from the space in the receptacle.

Vehicle jack and tool bag installation

A multi-functional vehicle door system includes a common lower door adapted to selectively cooperate with one of a door cassette and a side curtain assembly. The common lower door defines a cavity which opens adjacent an upper surface of the common lower door. The door cassette includes a frame defining a window opening and a lower portion adapted to be substantially inserted into the cavity of the common lower door. The side curtain assembly includes a frame and a flexible window. The frame includes a plurality of downwardly extending locating pins. One of the locating pins is adapted to engage an aperture provided in the upper surface of the common lower door. The other locating pins are adapted to engage apertures provided in a trim plug removably insertable into the opening of the common lower door.

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White Lake, MI, United States of America

Randolph C Smith