Releasable double-hinge device for an automobile console box

Abstract

A releasable double-hinge device for an automobile console box that makes the box lid capable of being opened from either lateral side by simply sliding it sideways. The opened lid can be closed by a simple action of pushing it down. A number of pivotal pillars 3, each provided with a lock shaft 3b, are pivotally arranged on respective anchor pins 3d and kept upright along each of the lateral edges of the box main body 1 by means of respective recoil springs 4. A same number of lock sections 2a are arranged along and under each of the lateral edges of the box lid 2 in such a manner that the lock shafts of the pivotal pillars are received in respective slots 2b of the lock sections 2a to form a hinge. With such an arrangement, the box lid 2 may be opened by simply moving it sideways so that the pivotal pillars 3 are tilted against the resilient force of the recoil springs until all the lock shafts 3 b on a lateral edge are released from the respective lock sections 2a and the box lid 2 is rotated around the other lateral edge. The opened box lid 2 may be closed by simply pushing it down until the lock shafts 3b are tilted as they are pressed by the respective inclined edges 2d of the corresponding lock sections 2a and then made to slide into the respective slots 2 by the resilient force of the recoil springs 4.