Patent ID: 6371533
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: B60N,Y10T

Abstract:
A pop-up mechanism comprising:a base body, at least one pair of flip-flop members, each having one end rotatably linked to the base body and the other end opposite to said one end, said flip-flop members having a folded state where the flip-flop members are substantially located close to the base body and a pop-up state where the flip-flop members are turned upwardly, an ascending and descending member rotatably attached to the other ends of the flip-flop members, urging means attached to at least one of the flip-flop members for urging said one flip-flop member in the pop-up state, locking means for locking the flip-flop members in the folded state, and at least one strut immovably fixed on at least one of an upper surface of the base body and a lower surface of the ascending and descending member, said at least one strut having a predetermined height so that in the pop-up state, a tip of the strut abuts against one of portions formed immovably on the other of the upper surface of the base body and the lower surface of the ascending and descending member to stably hold and support the ascending and descending member in the pop-up state.