Patent ID: 8127962

Claim:
A storage compartment, comprising: a housing having an opening portion; an accessory panel having a penetration opening and disposed in front of said housing; a lid body slidably attached to the housing to open and close the opening portion; a first slider slidably provided in said housing in a front-back direction; a second slider slidably provided in said housing in the front-back direction, and linked to said lid body; a first spring member provided between said housing and said first slider and urging said first slider to a housing frontward side; a second spring member provided between said first slider and said second slider, and urging said second slider to a housing backward side; a first latch device releasably locking said first slider in a housing backward position relative to said housing; and a second latch device releasably locking said second slider in a housing frontward position relative to said housing; wherein said lid body can selectively take a closed lid position closing said opening portion with an approximately vertical condition, and said lid body is fitted and disposed in said penetration opening; an open lid stored position wherein in the closed lid position, by releasing locking of said second slider by said second latch device, said second slider moves to the housing backward side by a spring force of said second spring member, so that said lid body is turned from the approximately vertical condition to an approximately horizontal condition, and moved to the housing backward side, and said lid body is entirely stored at a back of said accessory panel; and a closing lid preparation position wherein in the open lid stored position, by releasing locking of said first slider by said first latch device, said first slider moves to the housing frontward side together with the second slider by the spring force of said first spring member, so that the lid body in the approximately horizontal condition is pushed forward and projects to a housing front, and said lid body projects to a front of said accessory panel and is exposed.