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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2011
Megan Lovejoy, Dearborn, MI (US);
Irene Shu, Canton, MI (US);
Cornel Lewis Gardner, Romulus, MI (US);
Denis Patrick Igoe, Livonia, MI (US);
Megan Lovejoy, Dearborn, MI (US);
Irene Shu, Canton, MI (US);
Cornel Lewis Gardner, Romulus, MI (US);
Denis Patrick Igoe, Livonia, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle storage compartment is provided having a housing defining a storage space and a shelf disposed within the housing such that the compartment is divided. The shelf includes translucent material coated with flock and has non-flock areas. A light source is operatively coupled to the shelf to provide light illumination through the translucent material such that light illumination is illuminated into the compartment through the non-flock areas.