Patent ID: 8794473

Claim:
A console box comprising: a housing defining an article accommodating space therein and having an opening formed at a front side thereof; a cover having hinge couplers provided at opposite sides thereof, the cover being coupled to the front side of the housing through the hinge couplers; dampers, each being disposed between each of the hinge couplers of the cover and the housing and controlling an opening speed of the cover; and a torsion spring disposed between each of the hinge couplers of the cover and the housing and elastically supporting the cover, wherein the housing further comprises first arcuate external gears disposed at opposite sides thereof, and second arcuate internal gears disposed outside the first external gears to be concentric with the first external gears, the cover further comprises third external gears formed on circumferences of the hinge couplers at the opposite sides of the cover to engage with the first external gears, and each of the dampers is secured to an inner side of each of the hinge couplers of the cover, and is formed on an inner surface thereof with a fourth external gear engaging with the second internal gear of the housing corresponding thereto and arranged concentric with the corresponding third external gear.