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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2020
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Ryan C. Harris, Saline, MI (US);
Scott L. Frederick, Brighton, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a driver seat, a front passenger seat and a console assembly located between the driver seat and the front passenger seat. At least one of the driver seat and the front passenger seat is spaced from the console assembly in a vehicle lateral direction forming a gap between the console assembly and the at least one of the driver seat and the front passenger seat. A retractable cover assembly includes a flexible, sheet-form cover that is connected to a retract device that takes up or pays out the cover between extended and retracted configurations.