Push button assembly for opening and closing a glovebox for a vehicle

An opening and closing assembly for an associated storage compartment provided on an associated structure of a vehicle comprising:

• a first housing for mounting on the associated vehicle structure;
• a push button movably supported on the first housing, the push button including an overstroke member for preventing the push button from being overstroked past a predetermined length and a first slider having a first inclined face at a rear end thereof;
• a second housing mounted to one of the first housing and the associated vehicle structure, the second housing including a guide member;
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• a second slider supported on the second housing and movable on the guide member, the second slider having a second inclined face on one end corresponding to the first inclined face of the first slider, the second slider being movable in a transverse direction relative to the first slider to unlock the associated storage compartment when the second inclined face is biased transversely by the first inclined face, the second slider including an elongated channel having an open first end portion dimensioned to slidably receive the guide member and a second end portion longitudinally spaced from the first end portion and closed by the second inclined face.

An opening and closing assembly for a glovebox provided on a dashboard of a vehicle comprising:

• a first housing for mounting on one of the glovebox and the dashboard;
• a push button movably supported within the first housing, the push button including a first slider having a first inclined face at a rear end thereof, the first inclined face projecting outwardly from a rear end of the first housing;
• a second housing separate from the first housing and mounted to a flange extending outwardly from the first housing, the second housing including a guide member provided on an inner surface thereof;
• a second slider supported on and extending through the second housing, the second slider having an elongated channel dimensioned to slidably receive the guide member and a second inclined face corresponding to the first inclined face of the first slider, the second slider being movable in a transverse direction relative to the first slider and engaging a striker projecting at least partially through an opening in the flange of the first housing to unlock the glovebox when the second inclined face is biased transversely by the first inclined face;
• at least one biasing member associated with the first housing for biasing the first slider away from the second slider;
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• at least one biasing member associated with the second housing for biasing the second slider toward the first slider.