Glove box for vehicle

A glove box for a vehicle, said glove box adapted to be opened and closed at an opening of an instrument panel facing a passenger compartment within the vehicle, said glove box comprising:

• a main body portion adapted to be provided in the opening of the instrument panel, said main body portion having a rear face and an extended portion extending from a peripheral area of said rear face rearwardly so as to extend toward the passenger compartment when said main body portion is in the opening portion of the instrument panel;
• a reinforcing member of a substantially plate-like configuration extending in a widthwise direction of said main body portion;
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• a plurality of support portions extending from an inner surface of said extended portion toward an inside of said extended portion to form protrusions for supporting a peripheral surface of said reinforcing member.

A glove box provided in an instrument panel in a passenger compartment of a vehicle, said glove box comprising:

• a main glove box body provided in said instrument panel with an opening at an upper side thereof to permit containing of small items in said main glove box body;
• a lid provided on a rear surface of said main glove box body;
• a reinforcing member having a grid configuration, interposed between said main glove box body and said lid in order to effectively absorb shock upon collision of the vehicle;
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• a supporting member formed around said reinforcing member and behind said main glove box body to surround said reinforcing member.

A glove box for a vehicle, said glove box adapted to be opened and closed at an opening of an instrument panel facing a passenger compartment within the vehicle, said glove box comprising:

• a main body portion adapted to be provided in the opening of the instrument panel, said main body portion having an interior and an exterior;
• a lid portion coupled to said main body portion to form a closed section with a first surface of said main body portion;
• a reinforcing member of a substantially plate-like configuration within said closed section of said main body portion;
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• a plurality of support portions extending from an inner surface of said main body portion to form protrusions extending toward the interior of said closed section of said main body portion for supporting a peripheral surface of said reinforcing member therewithin.

A glove box for a vehicle, said glove box adapted to be opened and closed at an opening of an instrument panel facing a passenger compartment within the vehicle, said glove box comprising:

• a main body portion adapted to be provided in the opening of the instrument panel, said main body portion having an interior and an exterior;
• a reinforcing member of a substantially plate-like configuration extending in a widthwise direction of said main body portion;
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• a plurality of support portions extending from an inner surface of said main body portion to form protrusions extending toward the interior of said main body portion for supporting a peripheral surface of said reinforcing member.