Patent ID: 7997635

Claim:
A bistable opening/closing device for a storage compartment, the opening/closing device being mounted at the opening of the compartment, the opening/closing device comprising: an opening delimited on a first side by a fixed member and delimited on a second side by a flexible movable member, each of the fixed member and the movable member having two ends defining ends of the opening, the movable member being articulated with the fixed member at the two ends of the movable member, the movable member having two stable positions, a first of the two stable positions in which the movable member is adjacent to the fixed member and a second of the two stable positions in which only the two ends of the movable member are adjacent to the fixed member, the movable member being an elongated strip having a longitudinal direction and two natural stable positions with opposite convexities, the fixed member and the movable member together delimiting a totality of the opening, the opening providing access to the compartment; and a guide slot, at least one end of the strip being slideable in the guide slot.