Patent ID: 6883850

Claim:
A structure for accommodating a CD changer, comprising: an accommodating recess which is provided in a luggage-chamber forming wall forming a luggage chamber and which accommodates a CD changer having an opening in its front surface for insertion and withdrawal of a CD; and a turning support means which is provided between a support frame for supporting the CD changer in a floating manner and a pair of left and right stationary base plates; the turning support means being capable of turning the CD changer between a protruding position in which the front surface of the CD changer protrudes from an inner surface of the luggage-chamber forming wall into the luggage chamber and a accommodated position in which the CD changer is accommodated in the accommodated recess; the turning support means being adapted to bias the CD changer toward the protruding position; the CD changer being covered with a lid plate adapted to close an open end of the accommodating recess in a state in which the CD changer is in the accommodated position; wherein an engagement portion is provided on the lid plate mounted to the support frame and capable of sliding between a disengaged position on a front side in a longitudinal direction of the CD changer and an engaged position on a rear side in the longitudinal direction; wherein each of the base plates has a locking portion which engages with the engagement portion to maintain the CD changer at the accommodated position in a state in which the lid plate is at the engaged position, and which releases the engagement with the engagement portion, in response to the sliding of the lid plate to the disengaged position, to permit the CD changer to turn to the protruding position; and wherein a locking mechanism capable of locking the lid plate at the engaged position and releasing the locked state by a manual operation is provided between the lid plate and the support plate.