Patent ID: 8857881

Claim:
A drawer device, comprising: a box-shaped housing with a front face opening; a tray with an upside opening, provided in the housing so as to be capable of being inserted in and withdrawn out from the housing and having a first abutting portion; a cup holder plate disposed on an upside of the tray, and provided in the housing so as to be capable of being inserted in and withdrawn separately from the tray, the first abutting portion abutting against the cup holder plate to move the cup holder plate along with the tray towards an inside of the housing; and a connecting mechanism connecting or disconnecting the cup holder plate and the tray, the connecting mechanism having an engaging member provided in the tray and moving between a disengaged position in which the tray is in a maximum drawn position wherein the cup holder can freely move relative to the tray in an inserting direction and a withdrawing direction, and an engaging movement position in which the tray is positioned in a position other than the maximum drawn position wherein the connecting mechanism connects the cup holder plate and the tray; wherein the engaging member comprises a cam-shaped portion formed in the housing, and a cam follower portion engaging the cam-shaped portion, under the cam-engagement, the engaging member moves between the disengaged position and the engaging movement position due to the tray moving in the inserting or withdrawing direction relative to the housing, when the cup holder plate and the tray are housed inside the housing after the cup holder plate and the tray are drawn to the maximum drawn position, the engaging member is in the engaging movement position and connects the cup holder plate and the tray, when the tray is housed inside the housing after only the tray is drawn to the maximum drawn position, the cup holder plate and the tray are disconnected, and when the tray is housed inside the housing in a condition that the cup holder plate is not drawn to the maximum drawn position, the engaging member is in the engaging movement position, and does not connect the cup holder plate and the tray in the withdrawing direction.