Glove compartment for motor vehicle
US4596416A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 30, 1985 |
| Grant date | Jun 24, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R7/06
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A glove compartment in the dashboard of a motor vehicle is closed by a movable door having brackets which carry pins slideably retained in arcuate guide tracks provided in the side walls of the glove compartment. By virtue of the appropriate curvature of guide tracks, the door, while being opened, is able to move along the outer contour of the dashboard and inside of the dashboard. The glove compartment is preferably divided into upper and lower compartments. A spring acts between the compartment and the door and one of the pairs of guide tracks have depressions into which the spring pulls the pins to retain the door in either the fully closed position closing both compartments and a partly closed position opening the upper compartment.
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