Console box

A console box, comprising:

• a box main body that includes an accommodation portion provided with an upper opening;
• a lid that is detachably coupled to the box main body, and opens and closes the upper opening;
• a lock mechanism that locks the lid in a state in which the lid closes the upper opening;
• and
• at least one push-up mechanism that pushes up the lid from the box main body in response to unlocking of the lid by the lock mechanism, wherein
• the box main body and the lid have shapes that allow the lid to be detached from and coupled to the box main body regardless of which one of surfaces in a thickness direction of the lid faces upward,
• the push-up mechanism includes:
• at least one recess that opens in a side surface of the lid;
• a striker pivotally supported by the box main body with a shaft;
• and
• an urging member that urges the striker in an urged pivoting direction in which the lid is pushed up,
• a portion of the lid that includes at least one of the surfaces in the thickness direction is formed to be softer than the striker, and
• the striker includes:
• a first push-up portion that enters the recess in a closed state in which the upper opening is closed by the lid, is removed from the recess as the lid is raised, and applies a push-up force to an inner wall surface of the recess when the first push-up portion is inside the recess;
• and
• a second push-up portion that is located on a trailing side in the urged pivoting direction of the first push-up portion, is separated downward from a lower surface of the lid in the closed state, and is brought into contact with the lower surface to apply a push-up force to the lower surface after a push-up action by the first push-up portion.