Patent ID: 7770953

Claim:
A vehicle console with an adjustable armrest comprising, a console box having a storage well that has an opening on an upper surface of the console box; a base member hinged to the console box to rotate between a first position where said base member extends along said opening of said storage well and a second position where said base member extends obliquely to said upper surface of said console box; an armrest body slidably supported by said base member; one or more grooves on an exterior surface of the console box and extending in a fore-and-aft direction of said armrest body; a plurality of catch holes said grooves; one or more latch members slidably supported by said armrest body and projectable and retractable with respect to said armrest body; an operation knob rotatably attached to said armrest body; and a mechanism for reciprocating said latch members and operated by said operation knob to change length of a projecting part of said latch members so that said latch members are engaged with said grooves and said catch holes, said latch members being engaged with said grooves but disengaged from said catch holes, or said latch members being disengaged from said grooves and said catch holes.