US 11,932,153 B2
Vehicle having deployable sliding work desk
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US); Hussein H. Berry, Dearborn, MI (US); David Brian Glickman, Southfield, MI (US); Ryan Welch, Ottawa Lake, MI (US); Dustin Shedlarski, Commerce Township, MI (US); and Micah Jones, Pleasant Ridge, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on May 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/826,462.
Prior Publication US 2023/0382285 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B60N 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 3/001 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a body defining a cabin having an interior and a passenger door;
a seat located in the interior of the cabin, wherein the passenger door is generally located on a lateral side of the seat;
an interior panel comprising a dashboard located in the interior of the cabin forward of the seat;
a track located in the passenger door within the interior of the cabin; and
a desk operably housed in the interior panel and slidably coupled to a slot in the interior panel and the track to move between a stowed position within the dashboard and a deployed position extending outward from the dashboard, wherein the desk has a support arm extending toward and movably coupled to the track such that the track supports the desk in the deployed position.