Automobile ashtray device
AssigneeNifco Inc.
InventorToshihide Kimisawa
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Abstract
An automobile ashtray device includes a housing open at the front end thereof, an ashtray body slidably disposed within the housing, a link mechanism including one pair of stays of equal length, a biasing device provided upon the link mechanism for elongating the link mechanism and biasing the ashtray body toward the opening of the housing, and a lock device for locking the ashtray body at an accommodated position within the housing against the biasing force of the biasing device. The stays are pivoted to each other in a manner having the configuration of the figure X and each of the stays has one end connected to the housing and the other end in contact with the ashtray body. The lock device is set releasable.
Claims11
An automobile ashtray device, comprising:
- a housing open at the front end thereof;
- an ashtray body slidably disposed within said housing
- a link mechanism including at least one pair of stays of equal length, said stays being pivoted to each other in such a manner so as to have a configuration of that of the FIG. X wherein each stay has one end connected to said housing and the other end in contact with said ashtray body;
- biasing means provided upon said link mechanism for elongating said link mechanism and biasing said ashtray body toward said open end of said housing;
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- releasable lock means for locking said ashtray body at an accommodated position within said housing against the biasing force of said biasing means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.