Storage box
AssigneeToyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
InventorNaoyuki Fukui
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Abstract
The storage box includes: a box body having an opening toward a vehicle upper side; a fixed lid provided on a vehicle rear side of the opening; a movable lid provided on a vehicle front side of the opening; first shafts provided on a vehicle front side of the movable lid; a second shaft provided on a vehicle rear side of the movable lid; and a guide including first rails guiding the first shafts and second rails guiding the second shafts, to move the movable lid from a fully-closed position to a fully-opened position through a sliding operation and a turning operation. The second rails include slope portions guiding the second shaft so that the movable lid moves to an inner side of the box body relative to the fixed lid when the movable lid starts the sliding operation from the fully-closed position.
Claims8
A storage box comprising:
- a box body having an opening toward a vehicle upper side;
- a lid body including a fixed lid provided on a vehicle rear side of the opening, and a movable lid provided on a vehicle front side of the opening;
- a support member including at least one first shaft provided on a vehicle front side of the movable lid, and a second shaft provided on a vehicle rear side of the movable lid;
- and
- a guide including at least one first rail configured to guide the at least one first shaft, and a second rail configured to guide the second shaft, the guide being configured to move the movable lid from a fully-closed position to a fully-opened position through a sliding operation and a turning operation, wherein
- the at least one first rail includes a straight portion configured to guide the at least one first shaft to a vehicle rear side, and an arc portion configured to guide the at least one first shaft to a vehicle lower side, and
- the second rail includes a slope portion configured to guide the second shaft so that the movable lid moves to an inner side of the box body relative to the fixed lid when the movable lid starts the sliding operation from the fully-closed position, and a guide portion extending continuously from the slope portion and configured to guide the second shaft so that the movable lid moves to the fully-opened position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.