Patent ID: 7527166

Claim:
A storage apparatus, comprising: a base in which an assembly frame is demarcated; a box buried in the assembly frame, and having a surface in which a storage opening is opened; a cover covering the storage opening, which opens and closes the storage opening; and a guide structure, for opening and closing the cover, having a guide portion disposed on at least the assembly frame among the assembly frame and the box, and a guided portion disposed on the cover and being guided by the guide portion, wherein: the cover is assembled with the box, and the box is assembled with the base; the cover opens and closes the storage opening by pivoting around a pivot axis of the box with respect to the box; the guide portion and the guided portion are disposed at a middle in an axial direction of the pivot axis; an interval between the guide portion and the guided portion is minimized at least at a closed position, at which the cover closes the storage opening, among the closed position and an open position, at which the cover opens the storage opening; the guided portion engages the guide portion at least in the closed position of the cover; and the interval between the guide portion and the guided portion is an interval that is formed in the axial direction of the pivot axis between the guide portion and the guided portion.