US 12,286,080 B2
Storage system suitable for installation in or on a vehicle
Giles Frederick Matthews, Balwyn (AU); Antony Angelo Stolfo, Indented Head (AU); Yi Yuan, Reservoir (AU); Jeffrey West, Diamond Creek (AU); David Richard Chapman, Thornbury (AU); Blake Jordan Fuller, Glen Iris (AU); and Louis David Mills, St Kilda (AU)
Assigned to IMPACT IMPORT GROUP PTY LTD, (AU)
Filed by Impact Import Group Pty Ltd, Leopold (AU)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/677,192.
Claims priority of application No. 2021900462 (AU), filed on Feb. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0266755 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 5/04 (2006.01); B60P 7/08 (2006.01); B60P 7/10 (2006.01); B60Q 3/30 (2017.01); B60R 25/00 (2013.01); E05B 65/46 (2017.01); E05B 73/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 5/04 (2013.01) [B60P 7/0815 (2013.01); B60P 7/10 (2013.01); B60Q 3/30 (2017.02); B60R 25/00 (2013.01); E05B 65/46 (2013.01); E05B 73/00 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A storage system, comprising:
a frame, the frame comprising two opposing frame side walls, a frame rear wall, a frame top wall and a frame base, which collectively define a drawer receiving space;
the frame having a front opening;
a drawer receivable in the drawer receiving space through the front opening;
the drawer comprising first and second opposing drawer side walls, a drawer base, a drawer front wall and a drawer rear wall, which collectively define a drawer storage space, the drawer having a top opening for receiving contents into the drawer storage space;
a drawer position retainer for releasably retaining the drawer in any one of at least two drawer positions relative to the frame, the at least two drawer positions comprising:
a closed position, wherein the drawer is received within the frame; and
a partially open position, wherein the drawer is partially received within the frame; and
an actuator mounted to or adjacent the drawer front wall for manually actuating the drawer position retainer,
wherein the drawer position retainer is movably mounted to the underside of the drawer base, with the drawer position retainer selectively receivable in a first receiving aperture provided in the frame base for releasably retaining the drawer in the closed position, the drawer position retainer also being selectively receivable in a second receiving aperture provided in the frame base for releasably retaining the drawer in the partially open position.