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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tomoo Eguchi, Inagi, JP;
Assignee:
Nifco Inc., Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 7/04 ; E06B 9/15 ; B65D 4/320 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 7/04 ; E06B 9/15 ; B65D 4/320 ;
Abstract
A storage device is provided with a sliding lid slidably contacting guide rails formed at both side ends of an opening of the storage device, and when the sliding lid is stored in an accommodating section formed continuously to a rear end of the opening, the sliding lid opens at the storage device. In the storage device, in sliding sections where the guide rails and sliding lid slidably contact each other, there are formed buffer sections for allowing the sliding lid to be displaced toward a direction orthogonal to a sliding direction. Therefore, the buffer sections are deformed during the opening and covering movements, so a play can be eliminated.