Storage compartment for use in inner area of motor vehicle at center console between driver's seat and front passenger seat, has locking device locking cover part in intermediate position between normal and opening positions

摘要

The compartment has a cover part (3) supported at a base body (2) and rotatable between a normal position and an opening position by a rotating device. The base body has a retaining opening (5), which is covered by the cover part. A locking device (16) locks the cover part in an intermediate position between the normal position and the opening position, and formed as a ball locking device. The locking device has a ball element (17), which is retainable in a corresponding locking retainer (18) in the intermediate position of the cover part.