US 11,885,171 B2
Vehicle interior component
Thomas Scott Hodgson, Holland, MI (US); Rick Alan Anderson, Grand Haven, MI (US); Dennis Jack VanHouten, Wyoming, MI (US); and Randy Len Arendsen, Zeeland, MI (US)
Assigned to Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd., Novi, MI (US)
Filed by Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd., Novi, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/682,490.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/912,907, filed on Oct. 9, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/900,844, filed on Sep. 16, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/774,970, filed on Dec. 4, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0173217 A1, Jun. 4, 2020
Int. Cl. B60R 5/00 (2006.01); E05F 3/22 (2006.01); B60R 7/06 (2006.01); E05F 1/16 (2006.01); E05B 83/28 (2014.01); E05B 77/06 (2014.01); E05C 1/08 (2006.01); E05C 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC E05F 3/22 (2013.01) [B60R 5/00 (2013.01); B60R 7/06 (2013.01); E05B 83/28 (2013.01); E05F 1/16 (2013.01); E05B 77/06 (2013.01); E05C 1/085 (2013.01); E05C 3/12 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/638 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/538 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A component for a vehicle interior configured for use in a vehicle by an occupant and subjected in operation to at least one external force such as an applied force comprising:
a base comprising a bin;
a cover configured for movement relative to the base between a closed position to cover the bin and an open position to allow access to the bin; and
a mechanism configured to provide a retracted position and an extended position;
wherein the cover is configured to provide (a) a latched state to retain the cover at the closed position and (b) an unlatched state to allow movement of the cover of between the closed position and the open position and (c) a blocked state to prevent movement of the cover toward the open position;
wherein the mechanism is configured to move from the retracted position to the extended position to hold the cover in the blocked state;
wherein the cover is configured to provide an interface for application of an applied force by the occupant underneath the cover when the cover is in the blocked state so that the cover can be pulled by the occupant toward the open position;
wherein the cover is configured to move the mechanism from the extended position to the retracted position in response to the applied force by the occupant at the interface when the cover is pulled directly away from the base by the occupant from the blocked state toward the open position;
wherein the cover is configured to be moved between the open position and the closed position when the mechanism is in the retracted position.