Vehicle storage box with closure system

A storage box for use with vehicles comprising:

• a) a base structure;
• b) a lid, pivotally connected to the base structure, shaped to enclose a portion of the base structure;
• and
• c) lid coupling means, connected to the lid and the base structure, for releasably coupling the lid to the base structure, and having a first coupling position occurring when the lid is in an opened position;
• and
• d) the lid coupling means including a lid latch coupled to the lid, and means, rotatably coupled to the base structure, for engaging and latching the lid latch while in the first coupling position;
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• e) the means for engaging and latching the lid latch including a hooking cam for facilitating closing and securing the lid to the base structure, the hooking cam on a lid actuator engages the lid latch while the lid is in an opened position such that, as the lid actuator is rotated, the lid latch tracks along the hooking cam of the lid actuator wherein the lid is pulled down, the lid being securely closed upon complete travel of the lid latch along the hooking cam;
• wherein the lid actuator rotates substantially 180 degrees along the hooking cam such that the lid latch is forced through cam action motion.

A vehicle storage box, comprising:

• a) a base structure;
• b) a lid, pivotally connected to the base structure, shaped to enclose the base structure;
• and
• c) a lid coupler, connected to the lid and the base structure, shaped to releasably couple the lid to the base structure, the lid coupler having a first coupling position occurring when the lid is in an opened position, the lid coupler including an adjustable lid actuator and an adiustable lid latch, each rotatable in a common plane substantially parallel to a front of the base structure.

A vehicle storage box, comprising:

• a base structure;
• a lid, pivotally connected to the base structure;
• and
• a lid coupler configured to releasably couple the lid to the base structure, the lid coupler having a first coupling position in which the lid coupler engages the lid when the lid is in an opened position.