Support structure for a lid of a vehicle storage receptacle

Abstract

A storage receptacle assembly for a vehicle includes a lid support structure having a base, a wall extending from the base, and a slot having a first edge formed in the base and a second edge formed in the wall. A projection engagement structure is positioned below the slot and includes a floor, a shoulder extending upwardly from the floor, and a ramp extending upwardly from the shoulder. A lid includes a projection structured to extend into the slot and to reside above the ramp when the lid is positioned in a closed orientation. The projection is structured to contact the ramp, slide down the ramp to the shoulder, and slide off the shoulder into contact with the floor during rotation of the lid from the closed orientation to an open orientation. The lid may be maintained in any of multiple open orientations without lid props or similar devices.