Patent ID: 6176385
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: B60N,B60R,E05B

Abstract:
Coverable container that can be installed beside seats in vehicles comprising: a box-shaped housing open at the top, with a lid pivotable around a pivot axis integral with the housing and simultaneously designed as an arm rest, for covering the housing opening, and with a latching device operable between the housing and the lid for locking the lid in pivot positions that modify the height of the arm rest on the housing, the latching device including a latching strip with latching holes arranged vertically above one another and at least one spring-loaded latching pin that drops into the latching holes for locking,wherein the latching device is located on a side of the housing that is opposite the pivot axis,wherein the at least one spring-loaded latching pin of the latching device is aligned parallel to the pivot axis of the lid and guided displaceably lengthwise in the lid, andwherein the latching strip is provided on a housing wall of the housing that extends transversely to the lengthwise axis of the latching pin.