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Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 29, 2017
Applicants:

Dorinel Neag, Commerce Township, MI (US);

Jeffery E Long, Canton, MI (US);

Kyle Neighbors, Milford, MI (US);

Jimmy L Suder, Ortonville, MI (US);

Stuart E Collins, New Haven, MI (US);

Steven J Schenten, Oxford, MI (US);

Inventors:

Dorinel Neag, Commerce Township, MI (US);

Jeffery E Long, Canton, MI (US);

Kyle Neighbors, Milford, MI (US);

Jimmy L Suder, Ortonville, MI (US);

Stuart E Collins, New Haven, MI (US);

Steven J Schenten, Oxford, MI (US);

Assignee:

FCA US LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 7/04 (2006.01); B60N 2/62 (2006.01); B60N 2/68 (2006.01); B60N 2/30 (2006.01); F16B 1/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/90 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 7/043 (2013.01); B60N 2/3047 (2013.01); B60N 2/62 (2013.01); B60N 2/682 (2013.01); B60N 2/919 (2018.02); B60Y 2410/132 (2013.01); F16B 2001/0035 (2013.01);
Abstract

An automotive vehicle has an expandable underseat storage compartment. An elongated seat support member supports a row of vehicle seats and has a middle portion and right and left end pedestals. A front panel assembly extends laterally across the vehicle in front of the right and left end pedestals and is movable between retracted and extended positions position wherein when the front panel assembly is in the extended position the storage space of the storage compartment is larger than when the front panel assembly is in the retracted position.


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