Slidable closure for a pivoting cover
OwnerHans-Joachim Dembowsky, Rainer Sussenbach +1inventors
InventorsHans-Joachim Dembowsky, Rainer Sussenbach, Wolfgang Hesse
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Abstract
A slidable closure for a pivoting cover of a storing compartment in a vehicle. The slidable closure comprises an integral one-piece plastic member comprising a closure member and a resiliently deformable spring member. The closure member has a gripping portion, a catch and a flange. The slidable closure when mounted within an opening of the pivoting cover, is slidably guided by the flange slidably engaging one side of the pivoting cover and by the catch and the spring member slidably engaging the other side of the pivoting cover, such that the closure member is slidably displaceable relative to a fixedly supported end of the spring member in a longitudinal direction between opening and closing positions.
Claims20
A slidable closure for a pivoting cover of a storing compartment in a vehicle, comprising:
- a) a closure member comprising
- a gripping portion for actuating the slidable closure,
- a catch integral with said gripping portion,
- a flange integral with said gripping portion, and
- b) a resiliently deformable spring member having an end integral with said closure member and an opposite free end adapted to be fixedly supported at said pivoting cover,
- c) said closure member and said spring member being an integral one-piece member which when mounted to said pivoting cover is slidably guided within an opening of said pivoting cover by said flange slidably engaging said pivoting cover on one side thereof and said catch and said spring member being resiliently supported against said pivoting cover on an opposite side thereof, such that said closure member is displaceable in a longitudinal direction relative to said fixedly supported free end of said spring member between a closing position wherein said catch engages behind a retaining tongue at a fixed wall of said storing compartment and an opening position wherein said catch is adapted to be moved past said retaining tongue for opening said pivoting cover, with said spring member being resiliently deformed as a result of such displacement of said closure member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.