Patent ID: 7854486

Claim:
A container equipped on a vehicle, comprising: a drawer for accommodating a small article; an accommodation case for accommodating said drawer for sliding movement; an intermediately open stopping mechanism for stopping said drawer at an intermediately open position when said drawer is pulled out from a closed position toward a fully open position; a resilient mechanism provided on said accommodation case for resiliently biasing said drawer at a fully closed position toward the fully open position until the fully open position is reached; and a stopping cancel mechanism provided on said accommodation case for canceling the stopping by said intermediately open stopping mechanism by first operating the drawer in the closing direction, wherein said drawer can be opened to the fully open position after said drawer is operated in the closing direction from the intermediately open position and the stopping by said intermediately open stopping mechanism is canceled by the stopping cancel mechanism, wherein said intermediately open stopping mechanism includes: an arm member provided for horizontal pivotal motion on said drawer or said accommodation case and having a pin-like projection at a tip end thereof; and a groove group extending in the sliding direction of said drawer on said accommodation case or said drawer for guiding said pin-like projection, said groove group includes: a first guide groove for guiding said pin-like projection from the fully open position to the fully closed position of said drawer; a second guide groove extending substantially linearly from a start point thereof at the fully closed position separately from said first guide groove for guiding said pin-like projection from the fully closed position to the intermediately open position of said drawer; a blind alley portion provided at an end portion of said second guide groove for stopping said pin-like projection at the intermediately open position; and a communicating groove extending in an inclined relationship from said blind alley portion to the fully closed position side and intersecting with a mid portion of said first guide groove, wherein when said drawer is opened, as said pin-like projection advances along said second guide groove extending linearly, said pin-like projection is stopped at said blind alley portion, and then, as said drawer is returned slightly, said pin-like projection advances along said communicating path and enters said first guide groove, then, as said drawer is pulled out, said pin-like projection advances along said first guide groove and comes to the fully open position, but when said drawer is closed, as said pin-like projection advances along said first guide groove, said pin-like projection moves from the fully open position to the fully closed position.