Adaptable bin with moveable shelf

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8960481-B2
Application number	US-201313803031-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2013
Priority date	Mar 14, 2013
Publication date	Feb 24, 2015
Grant date	Feb 24, 2015

Abstract

An adaptable bin includes a bin floor and at least two bin walls. The bin floor and the bin walls define a storage volume. An opening is defined by the bin walls, and allows access to the storage volume. The adaptable bin includes a moveable shelf, which has a shelf floor and a shelf connector mated to one of the bin walls. The shelf connector is rotatable, relative to the bin walls, about an axis. The moveable shelf also includes a shelf arm connecting the shelf floor to the shelf connector. The moveable shelf is selectively rotatable about the axis between a first position and a second position. The first position substantially blocks access to the bin floor from the opening. The second position allows substantially-unimpeded access to the bin floor from the opening.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An adaptable bin, comprising:
a bin floor;
at least two bin walls, wherein the bin floor and the bin walls define a storage volume;
an opening defined by the bin walls, wherein the opening allows access to the storage volume; and
a moveable shelf, including:
a shelf floor;
a shelf connector mated to one of the bin walls, wherein the shelf connector is rotatable about an axis relative the bin walls; and
a shelf arm connecting the shelf floor…

Assignees

• Gm Global Tech Operations Inc

Inventors

• Brinas Gerard

Classifications

• B60R7/04 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic