Safety catch for storage box lid

摘要

A glove box furnished with a safety catch includes a housing (H), a lid (B) switch-movably supported inside the housing (H), a biasing member (11) for keeping the lid (B) constantly biased in an opening direction, and a lock device (13,12) for controlling the switching motion of the lid (B). The lid (B) is caused by the operation of the lock device (13,12) to be locked at a shutting position thereof inside the housing in spite of the action of the biasing member (11) and, by pushing it into the housing (H), is allowed to be released from the locked state and moved automatically in the opening direction from an opening part of the housing. For manifesting the safety function, the storage device further includes a rotary member (1) having a stopper arm (1A) and an inertia follower arm (1B) and rotatably disposed on the lid (B), and a spring member (3) for biasing the rotary member (1) so as to urge the stopper arm (1A) in a direction of a position on the inside of the rear terminal edge of the lid (B). The rotary member (1) is rotated only during the presence of inertial force in spite of the pressure of the spring member (3) to cause the stopper arm (1A) to collide against a deep wall surface of the housing (Ha).