Patent ID: 8579151

Claim:
A roller shutter storage container comprising: a container body having an opening; a roller shutter accommodating portion arranged along a first direction so as to be adjacent to the container body; a pair of guide grooves formed in the opening of the container body and the roller shutter accommodating portion at both sides in the widthwise direction, which is a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, each of the guide grooves forming a straight shape in the opening, at least a portion of each guide groove being curved in the roller shutter accommodating portion, the guide grooves extending along the first direction; and a roller shutter guided by the two guide grooves, wherein the roller shutter includes a plurality of slats arranged along the first direction and connected together in a bendable manner, each of the slats having two ends in the second direction and shafts at the ends, as the shafts of each of the slats slide in the corresponding guide grooves, the roller shutter slides between an open position, at which the roller shutter is accommodated in the roller shutter accommodating portion to open the opening, and a close position, at which the roller shutter extends out from the roller shutter accommodating portion to close the opening, each of the guide grooves has a vertical wall surface extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the second direction, and each one of the shafts is spaced from the corresponding one of the vertical wall surfaces, the shafts of at least some of the slats have projections formed of soft material and projecting outward along the second direction, each of the projections has a length greater than an interval between each shaft and the vertical wall surface of the corresponding guide groove, each of the projections is bent and has a bent portion extending toward the first direction and a side of the bent portion elastically presses against the corresponding vertical wall surface.