Patent ID: 7878567

Claim:
A center console for a motor vehicle, the center console comprising: a basic body having an upwardly open storage compartment and disposed between front seats; a cover having a support part with an armrest disposed over said basic body, said armrest being displaceable with respect to said supporting part, said armrest being displaceable from a pushed-back position between the front seats in a direction of a dashboard into a front position, said support part being mounted pivotably on said basic body; and a locking mechanism having an actuating element via which, by means of different actuation, a pivoting movement of said armrest together with said support part and a displacement movement of said armrest relative to said support part can be released, said locking mechanism configured such that said locking mechanism permits a pivoting movement of said armrest together with said support part exclusively if said armrest is in the pushed-back position.