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Embodiments of a vehicle storage cabinet which fits on the floor of the cargo compartment of a utility vehicle. Articles may be safely and securely stored or transported inside the vehicle storage cabinet and other articles may be stored or transported on top of the vehicle storage cabinet. Storage

Embodiments of a vehicle storage cabinet which fits on the floor of the cargo compartment of a utility vehicle. Articles may be safely and securely stored or transported inside the vehicle storage cabinet and other articles may be stored or transported on top of the vehicle storage cabinet. Storage compartments are provided which are accessible through the top of the vehicle storage cabinet and other compartments are provided which are accessible only when the cargo compartment of the utility vehicle is opened. The vehicle storage cabinet is portable and may be transferred to and from the vehicle with relative ease.

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A vehicle storage cabinet for a utility vehicle wherein the vehicle includes a cargo compartment having a floor space having a right side and a left side, opposed side walls which define a height of the cargo compartment, opposed wheel wells and a cargo compartment door at a rear of the utility vehi

A vehicle storage cabinet for a utility vehicle wherein the vehicle includes a cargo compartment having a floor space having a right side and a left side, opposed side walls which define a height of the cargo compartment, opposed wheel wells and a cargo compartment door at a rear of the utility vehicle; said vehicle storage compartment comprising: a left section adapted to rest on the floor space of the cargo compartment of a utility vehicle having the general shape of a flat box and having a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall, and outside wall, and an inside wall; the left section being slightly smaller than half the floor space of the cargo compartment of a utility vehicle; the half being the left side of the utility vehicle looking from the rear of the vehicle toward a front of the vehicle; said left section being of a height less than half the height of the cargo compartment; and the front wall of said left section being the wall closest to the cargo compartment door of the utility vehicle; a right section adapted to rest on the floor space of the cargo compartment of a utility vehicle being identical to said left section, but the right section being a mirror image of said left section taken along an inner face of the inside wall of said left section; the inner face of the inside wall of said left section being the face closest to a plane taken through a center of the vehicle perpendicular to the plane of the wheels; a plurality of hinges affixed to and connecting said left section and said right section; the hinges being affixed to the top wall of said left section and to the top wall of said right section such that said left section and said right section may be rotated upon said hinges until the top walls of said left and right sections are in close proximity to each other; a left opening adapted to face the cargo compartment door of the utility vehicle in the front wall of said left section; and a right opening adapted to face the cargo compartment door of the utility vehicle in the front wall of said right section; whereby the vehicle storage cabinet may be folded upon said hinges and placed upon the floor of the cargo compartment of a utility vehicle and then unfolded to cover the floor of the cargo compartment and whereby articles may be placed upon the top wall of the vehicle storage cabinet for storage or transport and other articles may be inserted through the openings in the front walls of said left section and said right section and safely and securely stored or transported within said left section and said right section; and whereby said left section and said right section may be folded upon said hinges and removed from the vehicle.