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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 1991
Filed:
May. 25, 1989
Gebr. Happich GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
A container, like an ashtray, particularly for use in a vehicle. A housing with an open side and a drawer like insert slidably guided for movement into and out of the housing. A plurality of guide members fastened to each of the opposite sidewalls of the housing past which the insert is moved. Each guide member includes a plate at the housing sidewall and outward projections on the plate, which are received in a respective guide groove defined on the respective opposite sidewall of the insert. Each projection includes a forwardly bent portion and a curved fillet connection to the respective plate. The outward projections are integral with the plate of the guide member and of the same resilient material as and is resiliently movable both generally parallel to the plane of the plate of the guide member and also perpendicular to that plate. The guide projections are engaged with vertical and horizontal tension in the guide grooves. The guide member is supported to the housing sidewall on a support surface and is held there by a resilient clip in an opening defined in the sidewall.