US Patent 7281742 Vehicle compartment divider

A vehicle compartment structure includes a vehicle storage compartment defining a storage area with a floor. A rigid compartment divider is pivotally coupled to the floor of the storage compartment between a first substantially horizontal storage position and a second substantially vertical dividing position. In the horizontal storage position, the storage area is substantially unobstructed by the rigid compartment divider. In the second substantially vertical dividing position, the compartment divider divides the storage compartment into two separate spaces.