A bed liner has a bottom panel with two upwardly extending side panels and a front panel extending upwardly between the side panels. A front rail extends frontwardly from the front panel and has a lip which extends downwardly. The front rail is adapted to overlie the front rail of a vehicle truck box. The bed liner is thermoformed such that two undercut tabs extend rearwardly from the front rail lip beneath a truck box front rail. The tabs engage within a cavity formed in the front rail and snap...

A portable bag holder comprising a substantially flat support having first and second bag holders at the opposite ends thereof. The bag holder may be used to support a single garbage bag thereon or may be used to support a pair of garbage bags thereon when the trash is to be segregated into recyclable and non-recyclable items. A pair of bungee cords are attached to the holder to maintain the bag or bags thereon.

The invention relates to a glove compartment for a motor vehicle, comprising a first storage compartment (106), separate from a second storage compartment (108), and a first cover (110) for covering the first storage compartment and a second cover (114) for covering the second storage compartment, the first cover being configured in such a manner as to conceal a joint (121) between the first and the second cover.

An ergonomic operator compartment access system may be deployed on a machine having an operator compartment. The ergonomic operator compartment access system may include a door to the operator compartment having an open position and a closed position and an actuator connected to the door for moving the operator compartment from a closed position to the open position. Additionally, the ergonomic operator compartment access system may include a plurality of vertically separated steps disposed on t...

A side wall formed in one piece with an outer shell of a side sill from high-strength sheet steel is described. The side wall merges without gradation into the adjoining side sill in the region of at least one vehicle pillar, so that the sheet steel is subjected to significantly less strain. A side sill of shell construction for a motor vehicle is partially formed by a side wall which may be composed of high-strength sheet steel. The side sill includes, in one case, at least one inner shell and ...

Vehicle body frame includes a main frame section that is made of light metal and extends in a band shape from a front end portion to a rear end portion of the vehicle body frame to thereby form a compression wall portion, and a sub-frame section that is made of steel and fixedly mounted along the band-shaped main frame section. The sub-frame section forms a hollow structure in conjunction with the main frame section and forms a tension wall portion. The main frame section has a greater thickness...

A bumper with an override feature for a vehicle has at least one impact resisting member having at least one bumper beam with a bumper face and at least one override member having at least one override face extending from the bumper beam to increase an effective face area of the bumper beam.

A pull cup in a vehicle door is fitted to a door trim panel substrate and is connected to the inner door panel of the vehicle door by way of a bracket. The bracket is oriented to resist vertical loads and tension loads such that the bracket is allowed to deflect in compression loading in the event of a side impact. In one embodiment the bracket has horizontal slots through which shoulder fasteners are fitted to attach the bracket to the inner door panel. This configuration allows deflection in c...

A vehicle body floor structure includes: a floor panel; a floor cross member provided on the floor panel and joined to left and side sills provided on left and right sides of the floor panel; and left and right front floor frames provided on the floor panel and extending from a dashboard cross member to a substantial middle region of the floor panel through a recessed portion of the floor cross member. The left and right front floor frames each have a rear section located rearwardly of the floor...

A vehicle trunk cover assembly includes two coupled guide rod units which are connectable to the cover and the vehicle body such that the cover is movable between a closed position covering the trunk, a roof transport position in which the front cover end is lifted relative to the trunk, and a loading position in which the rear cover end is lifted relative to the trunk. A locking lever connectable to the vehicle body includes a lock which is movable from an engaged position to a disengaged posit...