Patent ID: 7360849
Filing Date: 2008-04-22
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
1. A storage device, said device comprising: a housing having a flanged opening with at least a left raised dimple and a right raised dimple on a bottom wall of the housing and a rotating door closure member, which rotates open or closed in either direction, comprised of a vertical wall having on one side a pivot tube and a tray projecting from the vertical wall, wherein the pivot tube is pivotally and centrally connected via pivot pins to the opening of said housing such that the vertical wall is offset from the pivot pins; where said at least left raised dimple and right raised dimple are positioned on opposing sides of the pivot pins, the raised dimples rising to a height just above a lower edge of the vertical wall where said raised dimple restrains but does not prevent rotation, wherein in the closed position the tray is inside the housing, and in the open position the tray is outside the housing, such that operatively when the closure member is closed said at least left raised dimple and right raised dimple are behind the vertical wall, and when the closure member is open said at least raised dimple and right raised dimple are in front of the vertical wall, and where, depending on the direction of rotation, said vertical wall engages either the left or the right dimple when the closure member is pushed open or closed, said push of sufficient force to overcome the raised dimple to let the vertical wall to move over the restraining raised dimple, said pushed open or closed movement having a snap open and snap shut operation.