Article holder for motor vehicle body

Claim 2

A container comprising a boxlike receiver having side and bottom walls and a top opening, a pair of closed complementary weight-receiving receptacles on opposite sides of the boxlike receiver, weighted material in each of the weight-receiving receptacles, and an integral, flexible hinge portion joining each weight receptacle to a respective sidewall of the receiver to form a one-piece structure, with the receptacles being swingable to rest upon surfaces of various configurations and contours.

Claim 3

The invention defined in claim 1 characterized in that said sidewalls extend downwardly beyond said bottom wall, said weight-receiving receptacles being joined by said hinge portions to the lower marginal edge of one opposed pair of sidewalls and the remaining pair of sidewalls being concave along their lower marginal edges to fit a correspondingly curved convex surface.

Claim 4

The invention defined in claim 1 characterized in that each weight-receiving receptacle includes an open top provided with a lid integrally hinged to a wall thereof, and with the bottom surface of said receptacles exhibiting projecting pointed prongs adapted to engage a surface upon which the container rests to retain the container thereon.

Claim 5

The invention defined in claim 3 characterized in that said receptacle lid has a projecting flange adapted to overlie the receptacle sidewalls when the lid is closed, with cooperating projections on the flange and walls forming shoulders interengageable to releasably lock the lid closed.

Claim 6

The invention defined in claim 1 characterized in that each weight receptacle contains weighted material in the form of a loose granular material sealed in a flexible bag, with the bag enclosed in the receptacle.

Claim 7

The invention defined in claim 1 characterized in that the entirE container is plastic and of an integral, one-piece molded construction with said hinge portions being relatively thin, flat straps of plastic and a part of said one-piece construction.

Claim 8

The invention defined in claim 1 characterized in that said boxlike receiver includes a pair of compartments separated by an upright wall, one of said compartments having a bottom and enclosing sidewalls and open at the top, with at least two opposed sidewalls having a bead along the upper marginal edges thereof, and a cover for said compartment having a depending flange with an inturned bead for cooperating engagement with said wall bead when the cover is slidably received on the container to releasably retain the cover in place.

Claim 9

The invention defined in claim 7 characterized in that said cover exhibits an opening therethrough for the insertion or removal of articles such as facial tissues and the like.

Claim 10

A container for use with an automobile body having a linearly extending tunnel hump comprising a boxlike receiver having side and bottom walls defining a plurality of compartments for the storage of articles, a pair of complementary weight-receiving receptacles on two opposite sides of the receiver each joined to the lower marginal edge of a respective wall by a relatively thin flexible strap integral with the receiver and receptacles, each receptacle including a lid swingably joined thereto by an integral hinge portion and cooperating interlocking projections on the lid and receptacle sidewalls to releasably retain the lid in closed position, a plurality of integral pointed prongs projecting from the underside of each receptacle, and a loose granular material sealed in a flexible bag disposed in each of said receptacles, the remaining opposed pair of sidewalls of said boxlike receiver spaced from said receptacles each having a concave lower marginal edge for engagement with the convex contour of said automobile tunnel hump with said receptacles adapted to be freely swingable on said straps to overlie various contours of the tunnel hump and with said pointed prongs engaging the tunnel hump surface to retain the container in the desired position thereon.

Claim 11

A container for use with an automobile body having a linearly extending tunnel hump comprising a boxlike receiver having side and bottom walls defining a plurality of compartments for the storage of articles, a pair of complementary weight-receiving receptacles on two opposite sides of the receiver each joined to the lower marginal edge of a respective wall by a relatively thin flexible strap integral with the receiver and receptacles, each receptacle including a lid swingably joined thereto by an integral hinge portion and cooperating interlocking projections on the lid and receptacle sidewalls to releasably retain the lid in closed position, a plurality of integral pointed prongs projecting from the underside of each receptacle, and a loose granular material sealed in a flexible bag disposed in each of said receptacles, the remaining opposed pair of sidewalls of said boxlike receiver spaced from said receptacles each having a concave lower marginal edge for engagement with the convex contour of said automobile tunnel hump with said receptacles adapted to be freely swingable on said straps to overlie various contours of the tunnel hump and with said pointed prongs engaging the tunnel hump surface to retain the container in the desired position thereon.