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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Annette Lynn Huebner, White Lake, MI (US);
Ryan Welch, Monroe, MI (US);
Joshua Greiner, Detroit, MI (US);
Kristin Ann Hellman, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Matthew Rutman, Canton, MI (US);
Vichit Chea, Berkley, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A storage system for a motor vehicle includes a floor panel, a cargo space overlying the floor panel, a storage compartment underlying the floor panel and a versatile tonneau cover. The tonneau cover is displaceable between a storage position in the storage compartment and at least one use position in the cargo space. A shelf support is provided in the cargo space above the floor panel. In one use position, the tonneau cover rests on the shelf support forming a shelf to hold different items.