The gap between the driver's seat and the centre console in most
cars is a black hole which consumes phones, keys, credit cards,
loose
change... Any object dropped into this crevice settles into a
position
where it can be touched by the fingertips yet not actually
retrieved.
Attempts to
jam your hand further into the gap merely cause the
object to sink lower, and leave you with bruised hand-backs.
The usual way to retrieve objects lost in this way is to stop the
car,
get out, and then try moving the seat back and forth whilst
grovelling in the front and rear footwells. An alternative is to
drive
into something smartly, so that the lost thing is thrown forward
into
the front footwell.
Object-lost-in- seat-side-gap woes begone!!
MaxCar (Unc.) is pleased to introduce its range of retrofittable Car
Seat Gutters. The gutter consists of a fabric V-shaped pocket
mounted on a springy steel frame, which in turn is carried on a
Slide-
O-Mat sliding slide, which is fixed to the centre console. The
pocket
itself is compressed between the centre console and the seat, and
its
Velvetette covering allows full and normal movement of the seat.
Any object dropped down the seat side will be caught in the Car
Seat Gutter, where it will nestle safely. At a convenient or
opportune moment, the gutter is slid forward on its Slide-O-Mat
sliding slide, allowing convenient in-car retrieval of the treasured
item.
The Car Seat Gutter, available for most makes of car, is
reassuringly
priced.