Mercedes-benz Aktiengesellschaft

Klaus Weitbrecht

Jurgen Korber

A coverable container for the seat-area of vehicles, having a box-like housing which is open towards the top, and a flap or cover which can be pivoted on the housing and is designed as an arm rest for a seat occupant. To provide a vertically adjustable arm rest, a support lever is articulated on the underside of the flap at a distance from the pivot axis of the flap, which support lever, by means of a latching lug, can latch, into latching grooves arranged one above the other. The support lever is guided, by means of a guide pin, in a guide track which has two separate, spaced-apart track sections connected by upper and lower junctions to provide a continuous guide track. A mechanism is provided for effecting a changeover of the guide pin in the junction such that an upwards movement of the guide pin takes place only in the track section in the vicinity of the latching strip, and a downwards movement of the guide pin takes place only in the track section remote from the latching strip, so that in its downward movement the latching lug of the support lever bypasses the latching groves.

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Neuweiler, Germany

Klaus Weitbrecht