Seat mounted utility console

Claim 1

A vehicle utility console comprising, in combination: a rectangular shaped frame having a first set of sidewalls defining a rear compartment cavity of shallow depth and having a second set of sidewalls defining a forward compartment cavity of relatively greater depth than the depth of said rear compartment cavity; said frame having an L-shaped side profile in which the forward compartment cavity forms the foot thereof; each of said compartment cavities having bottom walls merging with said first and second sets of sidewalls, respectively; the bottom wall defining said rear compartment cavity being adapted to ride on the seat of a vehicle and the sidewalls defining said forward compartment cavity being adapted to depend downwardly beyond the forward edge of a vehicle seat; an upstanding flange formed on a rear compartment portion of said frame and about which a seatbelt can be secured for anchoring the rear compartment of the console onto a seat of a vehicle; and, said forward compartment cavity being disposed at the distal end of said frame whereby the weight of articles within said forward compartment cavity tends to produce a rotational moment of the frame about said flange, with the rotational moment being reacted through a seatbelt secured about said flange when said console is installed onto a vehicle seat.