Box device
AssigneeNifco Inc.
InventorsItsuo Honda, Atsushi Takahashi, Kazuomi Sakata
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Abstract
A box device includes a box body having a housing portion with an upper opening, and a front movable member and a rear movable member slidably disposed in front and rear directions in the box body for opening and closing the upper opening of the housing portion. The box device further includes a first guide portion engaging the front movable member for guiding the front movable member to slide in the front and rear directions; a second guide portion engaging the rear movable member for guiding the rear movable member to slide in the front and rear directions; and an engaging device for connecting and disconnecting the front movable member and the rear movable member.
Claims6
A box device for retaining an article, comprising:
- a box body having a housing portion with an upper opening,
- a front movable member and a rear movable member slidably installed in front and rear directions in the box body for opening and closing the upper opening of the housing portion,
- a first guide portion formed in the box body for engaging and guiding the front movable member to slide therein,
- a second guide portion formed in the box body for engaging and guiding the rear movable member to slide therein, and
- engaging means attached to the front movable member and the rear movable member for connecting and disconnecting the front and rear movable members, said engaging means connecting the front movable member and the rear movable member to be on a same level when the front and rear movable members are in a closed position, said engaging means disconnecting the front and rear movable members when the front and rear movable members are moved to an open position so that the front and rear movable members are separated and disposed above and below relative to each other at the open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.