Patent ID: 7487884
Filing Date: 2009-02-10
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A tray comprising: a latch provided in a lower side of a front surface of a housing and configured to receive a resilient hooking protrusion, and a door installed at a front surface of the housing, the door selectively opening/closing the front surface of the housing, the resilient hooking protrusion mounted on the door; a connecting member fixed at each opposite end of the door to receive a force that opens the door when the latch is released, the connecting member including a first extending portion having a connecting groove provided at a side thereof and a second extending portion having a guide protrusion on a side thereof, the first extending portion and the second extending portion spaced apart from each other; a rotary member configured to interconnect with the connecting groove of the connecting member at one end thereof, the rotary member configured to be hinged to a rotary shaft provided on the housing, the rotary member having an arc shaped toothed portion formed at another end thereof, and rotatably installed at a side surface of the housing; a resilient member that opens the door by moving the connecting member hinged to the rotary member by rotating the rotary member, one end of the resilient member being disposed in a fixing groove provided in the rotary member and another end of the resilient member being disposed on a fixing protrusion provided in the housing; a damper fixed to the housing, the damper having a toothed circular portion, the teeth of which engage with the teeth of the arc shaped toothed portion of the rotary member; and a guide protrusion inserted in a guide rail in order to guide a moving path of the door moved by the damper member, the guide protrusion protruded at one side of the connecting member to receive a force by the rotary member; and the guide rail fixed at a housing side surface to guide the guide protrusion during opening/closing of the door, the guide rail having a groove shape to guide a direction of the door.