# US 10,871,014 B2 · Hook for opening and closing console box

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- Number: US 10,871,014 B2
- Document ID: US10871014B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/913,112
- Filed: 2018-03-06
- Published: 2018-07-12
- Granted: 2020-12-22
- Earliest claimed: 2015-09-08
- Assignees: Nifco Korea Inc.
- Applicants: Nifco Korea Inc.
- Inventors: Tae Hyung Cho
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10871014B2

## CPC

- E05C 3/14: with operating handle or equivalent member rigid with the latch {(E05C3/122 takes precedence)}
- B60R 7/06: mounted on or below dashboards
- E05B 83/32: for console boxes, e.g. between passenger seats
- E05C 3/008: {parallel to the wing edge}
- E05C 19/12: pivotally mounted {around an axis (E05C3/045, E05C3/40 take precedence)}
- E05C: BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS (latching means for sideboard or tailgate structures for vehicles B62D, {B62D33/02}; fastening devices for constructional or engineering elements E04, F16B; locks, fastening devices structurally or operatively combined or having significant cooperation with locks E05B; means for operating or controlling wing fasteners in conjunction with mechanisms for moving the wing E05F)
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- E05B: LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS

## Abstract

A hook device for opening and closing a console box with a console lid includes a hook body, a hinge shaft formed in the hook body and adapted to engage a lower front of the console lid, a knob protruding from the hook body in one direction at a center front where the hinge shaft is formed at the upper part, and a latch protrusion formed at a lower part of the hook body and protruding in a direction opposite to the one direction in which the latch protrusion is arranged to engage with and release from a latch formed at a front end of an upper surface of the console body. The hinge shaft protrudes to left and right sides at an upper part of the hook body.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A hook device for opening and closing a console box with a console lid, the hook device comprising:
a hook body;
a hinge shaft formed in the hook body and adapted to engage a lower front of the console lid, the hinge shaft protruding to left and right sides at an upper part of the hook body;
an engaging portion including a first section protruding upwardly from the hinge shaft at the upper part of the hook body, and a second section extending from one end of the first section in one direction and adapted to engage an engaged portion of the console lid;
a knob protruding from a front portion of the hook body in another direction, opposite to the one direction, at the upper part of the hook body, and including at least one non-slip protrusion formed on a bottom surface thereof;
a latch protrusion protruding from a lower part of the hook body in the one direction, the latch protrusion being adapted to engage with and release from a latch formed at a front end of an upper surface of a console body of the console box; and
an elastic bumper integrally formed in the hook body at a rear portion opposite to the knob and linearly extending from the latch protrusion toward the hinge shaft, terminating at a horizontal position of the knob to absorb frictional sound when the hook body contacts the console body and the console lid when the latch protrusion is engaged with the latch.