Glove box on vehicular instrument panel

A glove box for the upper surface of a vehicle dashboard wherein the glove box has a housing with an upwardly facing pocket for articles and a generally horizontal lid for covering the pocket, the improvement comprising, the lid having a pair of downwardly depending arms pivotally mounted on the side of housing for opening the pocket by pivotally moving the lid forwardly, a hook member pivotally mounted on the side of the housing, said hook member having weight means located below said pivotal mounting for urging said hook member, by gravity, toward a first position, said lid arms and hook member having interengaging means for said hook member to prevent opening forward movement of said arms and lid in a second position of said hook member, and said hook member being pivoted to said second position upon deceleration of the vehicle.

A glove box for recessed mounting in an opening in the upper surface of a vehicle dashboard, comprising, a housing adapted to fit in that opening and having an encircling flange for supporting the housing on the dashboard to close that opening, said housing having an upwardly facing pocket for receiving articles, a lid for covering said pocket, said lid having integral downwardly depending arms on each internal side, said housing having slots on each lateral side adjacent said flange for the said arms to pass through, means pivotally connecting said arms to the outer sides of said housing, a slot in the upper front of said housing adjacent said flange for allowing the lid to pass through upon forward pivoting of said arms to open the glove compartment, a hook member pivotally mounted on the outer side of the housing rearwardly of the pivotal mounting of said arms, said hook member having a forwardly and upwardly extending portion with a hook shape, said arm adjacent said hook member having an engagement portion for interengagement with the hook shaped portion of said hook member with the said lid closed, and weight means on said hook member below the pivotal mounting thereof for causing pivoting of said hook member into said interengagement with said arm engagement portion upon deceleration of the vehicle to maintain the lid closed.