JP2002067810A - Vehicular storage case - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely and easily take out cards, if falling, without blocking the opening/closing operation of a cover. SOLUTION: A flexible falling preventive sheet 9 is arranged over a cover storage portion 4. The falling preventive sheet 9 has one end mounted at the end of the cover 6 and the other end mounted on a wall face 4a of the cover storage portion 4, opposed to a cup storage portion 3, and an opening of the cover storage portion 4 is covered with the falling preventive sheet 9. A central portion of the falling preventive sheet 9 is suspended down into an approximately U-shape in a side view in the state of closing the cover 6 for permitting the movement of the cover 6 down to the cover storage portion 4 when the cover 6 is opened.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement in a storage case for a vehicle, and more particularly to a measure for preventing small articles such as sheets and coins from falling.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 7-179151 discloses a storage case for a vehicle which is provided with a fall prevention measure. The storage case of this publication example is a telephone storage case provided on a center console between a driver's seat and a passenger's seat of a vehicle. It is designed to be stored in the gap between the console body and the storage section. And by providing a rib in the middle of this gap, when the lid is opened, even if the cards placed on it enter the gap, the ribs catch the lower end of the cards and the cards are completely I try not to fall into the gap.

In the above-mentioned publication, as another embodiment, a sheet made of felt is arranged in the gap, one end of the sheet is fixed to the inner wall of the console body, and the other end of the sheet is placed along the lid. The elastic material is disposed between the inner wall of the console body and the seat, and the sheet is pressed against the lid by the elastic force of the elastic material, and the cards in the gap are received by the elastic material and the sheet to complete the cards. There is also disclosed an example in which the liquid does not fall into the gap.

[0004]

However, all of the above two measures for preventing the fall are only to catch the cards in the gap in the middle, and to remove the cards in the gap, it is necessary to remove the cards or the like. After the occupant notices that the player has entered the gap, he must close the lid once and pick out the cards that are slightly projecting from the gap with one finger at a time,
Extraction work is difficult.

[0005] Further, in the latter countermeasures against dropping, since the elastic force of the elastic material always acts on the lid, the resistance when opening and closing the lid is increased, and the opening and closing operation is difficult.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to reliably and easily take out dropped cards without hindering the operability of opening and closing a lid.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention employs a sheet as in the latter embodiment of the above-mentioned publication as a fall prevention means, and devises a method of mounting and a structure thereof. It is characterized by having done.

Specifically, according to the present invention, an article storage section having an upper opening, a cover for opening and closing the article storage section in a vertical direction, and a lid provided adjacent to the article storage section and opening the lid are provided. The following solution was taken for a vehicle storage case provided with a lid storage portion for storing a lower portion of the lid in the state.

That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a flexible fall prevention sheet is disposed in the lid storage portion, and one end of the fall prevention sheet is located at the end of the lid and the other end is located at the other end. When opening the lid, the lid storage unit is attached to the wall facing the article storage unit and covers the opening of the lid storage unit,
In a state where the lid is closed, the central portion hangs downward so as to allow the lid to move downward to the lid storage portion, and has a substantially U-shape when viewed from the side.

With the above arrangement, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when the lid is opened, even if cards placed on the lid fall into the lid storage portion, the lower end thereof is received by the fall prevention sheet. And the cards do not drop completely. When the occupant notices that the cards have fallen into the lid storage section, the occupant closes the lid, and the closing operation returns the fall prevention sheet to a substantially U-shape, and the cards are automatically lifted upward from the lid storage section. It protrudes greatly. Therefore, the occupant can easily pick the cards with his / her finger, and the cards can be reliably and easily removed from the lid storage section. In addition, since the fall prevention sheet is disposed with a margin in a state where the fall prevention sheet is slack, the fall prevention sheet does not become a resistance when the cover is opened and closed, and the opening and closing operability is good.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the lower end of the fall prevention sheet in a state where the lid is opened removes cards fallen into the lid storage section from the lid storage section. It is characterized in that it is set at a possible position.

According to the above-mentioned structure, in the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to avoid a situation in which the cards fallen into the lid storage section are caught by the opening edge of the lid storage section and cannot be taken out.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the article storage section and the lid storage section communicate with each other via a communication section, and correspond to the communication section of the fall prevention sheet. An opening through which small items such as coins can pass is provided at the location.

With the above arrangement, according to the third aspect of the present invention, even if the falling object is a small object such as a coin and is not taken out of the lid storage portion, the falling object can cover the opening of the fall prevention sheet. Then, it falls to the bottom of the lid storage unit, and moves to the article storage unit via the communication unit due to vibration of the vehicle body or the like. Therefore, the falling object is reliably taken out of the article storage section.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the one end of the fall prevention sheet faces the wall surface of the lid storage portion on the article storage portion side in a state where the lid is opened. It is characterized in that it is attached to the rear surface of the end of the lid.

With the above arrangement, according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when the lid is opened, even if the lower end of the lid hits the wall surface of the lid storage portion on the article storage portion side, it does not directly hit the wall surface. Since it is a fall prevention sheet, the fall prevention sheet serves as a cushioning material to absorb shocks and does not generate loud noises.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, a cup holder is provided on a center console between a driver's seat and a passenger seat of the vehicle.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, an example of the storage case is embodied.

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 6 shows a center console 1 provided between a driver's seat and a passenger seat of a vehicle. The center console 1 has a cup holder 2 as a vehicle storage case according to the embodiment of the present invention. Is provided,
However, it is not limited to this.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the cup holder 2 has two cup storage sections 3 as article storage sections arranged side by side in the vehicle width direction, and these cup storage sections 3 are open at the top. It is formed in a cylindrical shape with a bottom having a circular space. A lid storage section 4 having a rectangular space elongated in the vehicle width direction is integrally provided next to the cup storage sections 3, and each cup storage section 3 and the lid storage section 4 are communicated via a communication section 5. .

The two cup housings 3 are provided with a finger hook 6
a, which is openably and closably covered with a single rectangular lid 6 having a. A bracket 8 having a support shaft 7 is integrally formed on both sides of the lid 6 in the vehicle width direction, and the support shaft 7 is rotatably attached to both sides of the cup housings 3 so that the cover 6 can be attached. It opens and closes vertically.
Then, as shown in FIG. 2, with the lid 6 opened,
Almost half of the lower part of the lid 6 is stored in the lid storage section 4.

A flexible fall prevention sheet 9 as a feature of the present invention is disposed in the lid storage section 4. The fall prevention sheet 9 is formed in a rectangular shape, for example, by felt or the like. One end is attached to the back surface of the end of the lid 6, and the other end is connected to each of the cup storage sections 3 of the lid storage section 4.
And is attached to the upper end of the wall surface 4a opposite to the above, and covers the opening of the lid storage section 4.

Two openings 9a, through which small items such as coins B can pass, are formed in a rectangular shape at a position corresponding to the communication portion 5 of the fall prevention sheet 9, and the fall prevention sheet 9 is formed by a solid line in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, when the lid 6 is closed, the central portion hangs downward to form a substantially U-shape when viewed from the side. Is located in the vertical part of the side. The reason why the fall prevention sheet 9 is substantially U-shaped is to allow the lid 6 to move downward to the lid storage section 4 when the lid 6 is opened,
The substantially U-shaped vertical portion on the cup housing 3 side makes this possible. And, this substantially U-shaped cup storage portion 3
As shown in the imaginary line in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the vertical portion on the side is lowered downward with the lid 6 opened, and has a substantially linear shape when viewed from the side. The cards A dropped from the gap C between the console body 1a and the lid 6 into the lid storage section 4 are set at a position where the cards A can be taken out from the lid storage section 4. That is, the cards A do not fall completely into the lid storage section 4, and at least the upper end has the lid storage section 4.
So that it does not fall below the opening edge of the opening. When the lid 6 is opened, each of the openings 9a is obliquely positioned at the lowermost end, and small articles such as coins B that have fallen are opened.
a to reach the bottom surface of the lid storage section 4. Further, the attachment position of the fall prevention sheet 9 on the lid 6 side is
The wall surface 4 of the lid storage unit 4 on the cup storage unit 3 side
b.

As described above, since the fall prevention sheet 9 is disposed in the lid storage section 4, when the lid 6 is opened,
Even if the cards A placed on the top fall into the lid storage section 4,
The lower end can be received by the above-mentioned fall prevention sheet 9, whereby the cards A can be prevented from completely falling into the lid storage section 4. Then, when the occupant who notices this closes the lid 6 and returns the fall prevention sheet 9 to a substantially U-shape, the cards A can be automatically lifted and greatly protruded upward from the lid storage portion 4. .

Therefore, the occupant can easily and reliably take out the cards A which are protruding from the lid storage section 4 by easily picking the cards A with fingers. Moreover, since the fall prevention sheet 9 is arranged with a margin in a state where the cover is loosened in the lid storage portion 4, the fall prevention sheet 9 does not become a resistance when the lid is opened and closed, and the lid 6 can be easily opened and closed without resistance. Can be.

Since the lower end of the fall prevention sheet 9 with the cover 6 opened is set at a position where the cards A that have fallen into the cover storage section 4 can be taken out of the cover storage section 4, the fall prevention sheet 9 can be dropped. It is possible to avoid a situation in which the cards A are caught on the opening edge of the lid storage unit 4 and cannot be taken out.

Further, the opening 9 is formed in the fall prevention sheet 9.
a, and the opening 9a is made to correspond to the communicating portion 5 between the cup storage portion 3 and the lid storage portion 4, so that small objects such as coins B fall into the lid storage portion 4 and from the lid storage portion 4. Even if it cannot be taken out, the fallen object is guided to the bottom of the lid storage section 4 through the opening 9a of the fall prevention sheet 9, and is moved to the cup storage section 3 through the communication section 5 by vibration of the vehicle body or the like. Can be. Therefore, a falling object such as the coin B can be reliably taken out of the cup storage unit 3.

In addition, one end of the fall prevention sheet 9 is attached to the back surface of the end of the lid 6 so as to face the wall surface 4b of the lid storage unit 4 on the cup storage unit 3 side with the lid 6 opened. Therefore, when the lid 6 is opened, even if the lower end of the lid 6 hits the wall surface 4b of the lid storage portion 4 on the cup storage portion 3 side by the momentum,
Since the fall prevention sheet 9 directly hits the wall surface 4b, the fall prevention sheet 9 serves as a cushioning material to absorb the shock and prevent a loud noise from being generated.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the lid is closed, the fall prevention sheet which is substantially U-shaped when viewed from the side is disposed in the lid storage portion, and the fall prevention sheet is provided. Since one end is attached to the end of the lid and the other end is attached to the wall face of the lid storage section facing the article storage section, the cards that have fallen can be received by the fall prevention sheet to prevent complete dropping. In addition to the above, the cards can be automatically lifted up by the closing operation of the lid and can be reliably and easily taken out. Further, the fall prevention sheet does not become the opening and closing resistance of the lid, and the opening and closing operability is improved. it can.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view taken along line II of FIG.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a state where a lid is opened along a line II-II in FIG. 5;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. 5;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a fall prevention sheet as a solid line in a cup holder as a vehicle storage case according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a cup holder as a vehicle storage case according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a center console provided with a cup holder as a vehicle storage case according to the embodiment of the present invention, the cup holder being indicated by a solid line.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 cup holder (vehicle storage case) 3 cup storage part (article storage part) 4 lid storage part 4a wall surface on the front side of the vehicle body (wall surface facing the goods storage part) 4b wall surface on the rear side of the vehicle body (wall surface on the article storage part side) 5) Communication part 6 Lid 9 Fall prevention sheet 9a Opening A Cards B Coin

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Hiroshi Ohno 3-1 Shinchi, Fuchu-cho, Aki-gun, Hiroshima Mazda Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Masayoshi Ono 3-1 Shinchi, Fuchu-cho, Aki-gun, Hiroshima Mazda Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Tsuyoshi Shimono 175 Ojihara, Hachimotomatsu-cho, Higashihiroshima-shi, Hiroshima F-term within Daikyo Co., Ltd. 3D022 CA07 CA16 CB01 CD06 CD13 CD17 CD18 CD23 3E084 AA05 AA14 AB10 BA02 CA03 DA03 DB09 FA06 GA06 GB06 GB17 JA20

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An article storage section having an open top, a lid for opening and closing the article storage section so as to be openable and closable in an up and down direction, and a lower side of the article storage section adjacent to the article storage section with the lid opened. A storage case for a vehicle, comprising: a lid storage part for storing a part; a flexible fall prevention sheet is disposed in the lid storage part; one end of the fall prevention sheet is an end of the lid; The other end is attached to a wall surface of the lid storage unit facing the article storage unit to cover the opening of the lid storage unit, and when the lid is opened, the lid can be moved downward to the lid storage unit. A storage case for a vehicle, wherein a central portion hangs downward with the lid closed, and is substantially U-shaped when viewed from the side. 2. The vehicle storage case according to claim 1, wherein a lower end of the fall prevention sheet with the lid opened is set at a position where cards fallen into the lid storage can be taken out from the lid storage. A storage case for a vehicle, wherein the storage case is made. 3. The storage case for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the article storage section and the lid storage section communicate with each other via a communication section, and a coin corresponding to the communication section of the fall prevention sheet is provided. A storage case for a vehicle, characterized in that it has an opening through which small items can pass. 4. The vehicular storage case according to claim 1, wherein one end of the fall prevention sheet faces the wall surface of the lid storage section on the article storage section side in a state where the lid is opened. A storage case for a vehicle, wherein the storage case is attached to a vehicle. 5. The storage case for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the storage case is a cup holder provided on a center console between a driver's seat and a passenger's seat of the vehicle.