Patent ID: 7219943

Claim:
A control unit storage device, comprising: a storage member having a recess portion for retaining a control unit therein and having an opening facing downwardly, an engaging and releasing unit attached to the storage member adjacent to the recess portion for engaging one end of the control unit and releasing the one end from an engagement state, and a supporting unit formed in the storage member adjacent to the recess portion for supporting the other end of the control unit so that the control unit does not fall from the recess portion when the engaging and releasing unit releases the one end of the remote control unit from the engagement state; wherein said engaging and releasing unit includes a guide case, U shaped member slidably situated in the guide case and having claws formed at tips of parallel portions of the U shaped member for engaging the control unit, a spring situated between the guide case and the U shaped member for urging the U shaped member in the guide case in a direction that the claws protrude from the guide case, and a release lever situated adjacent to the guide case for pushing the U shaped member in a direction opposite to the direction that the claws protrude when the control unit is released.