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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2020
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Yoon Kim, Northville, MI (US);
Alan Perelli, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 3/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a table that is moveable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The table extends behind an external surface of an instrument panel such that the table is stored within an instrument panel structure when in the stowed position. When in the deployed position, the table is moveable between a plurality of use positions between a driver and a passenger.