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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1998
Dean T. Miller, Wyoming, MI (US);
Douglas A. Fischer, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Douglas C. Miller, Hersey, MI (US);
Mark R. Litke, Holland, MI (US);
Lear Donnelly Overhead Systems L.L.C., Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A console and method of installing a console for a motor vehicle or the like including a passenger cabin. The console includes an accessory module for use by occupants of the vehicle and has a housing with fasteners adapted to mount the console within the vehicle cabin. A chamber having an open side is formed in the console and receives an accessory module. At least a portion of the housing comprises an expanded polymeric material, preferably expended polypropylene, to provide a soft surface within the vehicle cabin. A decorative skin covers a surface of the housing that confronts the vehicle cabin in another embodiment