Patent ID: 8789867

Claim:
A console box assembly comprising: a console box having a rear housing, the rear housing including a holder receiving groove and left and right recessed portions depressed in a rear portion of the rear housing, the left and right recessed portions positioned adjacent to and extending downwardly form opposing sides of the holder receiving groove; a cup holder pivotally mounted to the rear housing and forming a storage space between the cup holder and the rear housing when the cup holder is in an open position, the cup holder including left and right side portions pivotally coupled to the rear portion of the rear housing and an elastic member elastically biasing the cup holder, wherein an upper portion of the cup holder extends into the holder receiving groove and the left and right side portions extend into the left and right recessed portions, respectively, when the cup holder is in a closed position; a flap pivotally and elastically coupled to a rear portion of the cup holder and configured for supporting a stored container in the cup holder; a flap spring installed on a hinge connection portion connecting the flap to the cup holder to provide an elastic restoring force to the flap for rotating the flap upward with respect to the hinge connection portion; a hooked portion formed on the rear portion of the cup holder whereby the flap is hooked to restrict an upward rotation of the flap; and a container support portion protruding from the holder receiving groove of the console box and configured for supporting the stored container; wherein the flap is automatically folded by the elastic member while a front end of the flap is configured for contact with the container support portion when the cup holder is closed by the elastic member; and wherein a direction of a contact surface of the container support portion and the shape of the front end of the flap are designed such that a contact repulsive force, which is a force in a direction perpendicular to the contact surface of the container support portion with which the front end of the flap is in contact when the flap is in contact with the container support portion, is applied as a rotational moment in a direction that the flap is folded in a state where the flap is hooked by the hooked portion on the rear portion of the cup holder.