Patent ID: 8225634

Claim:
A container for an emergency key comprising at least a cover and a casing, wherein: opening/closing means consisting of the cover pivotably mounted about a rotational axis on the casing, allow the cover and the casing to be mobile in relation to one another, at least in rotation, about the rotational axis, between an open position providing access to a housing of the container configured to position and hold the emergency key, and a closed position, wherein means for locking/unlocking the cover and the casing at least in a closed position, comprise a locking/unlocking control member which is mobile in translation along a translation axis, and wherein the rotational axis is perpendicular to a top surface of the cover and a bottom surface of the casing, wherein the locking/unlocking means comprise a button slidably mounted in a cavity of the cover between a pushed-in position and a raised position, wherein the button is configured to actuate additional locking means which act on the rotatable mounting of the cover on a body of the casing so as to prevent the rotation of the cover in the raised position and to allow rotation of the cover in the pushed-in position, wherein the locking/unlocking means comprise an elastic element tending to bring the button back into a locked position, and wherein the casing comprises, on the side of a rear face, a tubular cylindrical section, the cover having a circular orifice extended to the inside of the casing by a cylindrical sleeve, provided with a base, having two opposing circular slots, said cylindrical sleeve engaging in the tubular cylindrical section, wherein the button is engaged in the cylindrical sleeve and comprises two elastic axial tabs passing through said circular slots, and each elastic axial tab having an internal protuberance.