Vehicle armrest

Claim 1

For use in conjunction with a vehicle having a seat mounted on a floor of the vehicle and said floor having a transmission hump which protrudes upwardly from the floor and has two sides, an armrest assembly comprising: a base having an upper end, a lower end, and two side panels, said side panels having tail sections which extend downwardly along the sides of the transmission hump, means for securing said tail sections of said base side panels to the transmission hump so that said upper end of said base is spaced upwardly from the transmission hump, an elongated cushion, means for pivotally mounting one end of said cushion to said upper end of said base; wherein said pivotal mounting means comprises a pair of spaced plates secured to the top end of said base, said one end of said cushion positioned in between said plates, and said pivotal mounting means extending between said plates and said cushion; means for limiting the pivotal position of said cushion in one direction so that a surface of said cushion lies in substantially a horizontal plane, said limitng means comprising a pin secured to said one end of said cushion and a notch formed in one of said plates, said pin nesting in said notch when said cushion is in said limited position; and wherein said limiting means and said pivotal mounting means together comprise the sole means for supporting said cushion so that said surface lies in said horizontal plane.