US-12623611-B2 - Auxiliary storage box

US12623611B2US 12623611 B2US12623611 B2US 12623611B2US-12623611-B2

Abstract

An auxiliary storage box is stored inside a storage box including a box body and a lid body and is detachable from the storage box. The auxiliary storage box includes: an auxiliary box body; an auxiliary lid body; and a lid receiving portion. The auxiliary box body is detachable and stored inside the box body. The auxiliary lid body is detachably held on a back surface side of the lid body in such a manner that a first surface faces the auxiliary box body. The auxiliary lid body closes an opening of the auxiliary box body when the lid body closes the box body. The lid receiving portion is disposed in the opening in an upper portion of the auxiliary box body. The first surface of the auxiliary lid body elastically contacts the lid receiving portion to seal the opening when the auxiliary lid body closes the opening.

Inventors

Tomoaki KUWANO
Yusuke YAZAKI
Sakura TSUJI
Ryunosuke AKECHI
Tomoya YOKOI

Assignees

Subaru Corporation

Dates

Publication Date: 20260512
Application Date: 20230926
Priority Date: 20221007

Claims (13)

1 . An auxiliary storage box that is stored inside a storage box comprising a box body and a lid body and is detachable from the storage box, the auxiliary storage box comprising: an auxiliary box body that is detachable and stored inside the box body; an auxiliary lid body that is detachably held on a back surface side of the lid body via support parts provided at a rear of the lid body, the support parts configured to swingably support the auxiliary lid body, in such a manner that a first surface faces the auxiliary box body, the auxiliary lid body being configured to swing integrally with the lid body to open and close the opening of the auxiliary box body, wherein the lid body comprises slits provided on a front portion of the lid body on a back surface of the lid body facing the box body, and the auxiliary lid body comprises fixing portions configured to be detachably fixed to the slits; and a lid receiving portion disposed in the opening in an upper portion of the auxiliary box body, wherein the first surface of the auxiliary lid body is configured to, when the auxiliary lid body closes the opening, elastically contact the lid receiving portion to seal the opening.
2 . The auxiliary storage box according to claim 1 , wherein the first surface of the auxiliary lid body is configured to elastically contact the lid receiving portion via a seal member to seal the opening.
3 . The auxiliary storage box according to claim 2 , wherein the auxiliary lid body has a second surface opposite to the first surface, the auxiliary box body comprises a support part configured to swingably support the auxiliary lid body in a state where a side of the second surface faces the opening, and the auxiliary lid body is configured to form a second tissue storage portion between the auxiliary lid body and the auxiliary box body when the auxiliary lid body is swung to close the opening.
4 . The auxiliary storage box according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary lid body comprises a flat plate portion and a side wall portion protruding from a periphery of the flat plate portion to a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the auxiliary lid body forms a first tissue storage portion between the auxiliary lid body and the lid body.
5 . The auxiliary storage box according to claim 4 , wherein the auxiliary lid body forming the first tissue storage portion between the auxiliary lid body and the lid body swings integrally with the lid body.
6 . The auxiliary storage box according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary lid body has a second surface opposite to the first surface, the auxiliary box body comprises a support part configured to swingably support the auxiliary lid body in a state where a side of the second surface faces the opening, and the auxiliary lid body is configured to form a second tissue storage portion between the auxiliary lid body and the auxiliary box body when the auxiliary lid body is swung to close the opening.
7 . The auxiliary storage box according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary lid body is configured to be detached from the lid body and attached to the auxiliary box body when the auxiliary storage box is taken out from the storage box, and the opening is openable and closable by the auxiliary lid body when the auxiliary lid body is attached to the auxiliary box body.
8 . The auxiliary storage box according to claim 7 , wherein the auxiliary box body comprises a pair of support parts provided at a rear of the auxiliary box body, each support part of the auxiliary box body having a pair of projecting parts and a shaft supported between the pair of projecting parts, and wherein the auxiliary lid body comprises a pair of attachment portions protruding from a rear of the auxiliary lid body, each attachment portion having an arc-shaped locking groove at a protruding end configured to selectively and detachably lock to the shaft of a corresponding one of the support parts on the lid body or the shaft of a corresponding one of the support parts on the auxiliary box body.
9 . The auxiliary storage box according to claim 7 , wherein the auxiliary lid body includes an outward flange, and the outward flange abuts against a second outward flange of the auxiliary box body when the auxiliary lid body closes the opening of the auxiliary box body.
10 . The auxiliary storage box according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary lid body has a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the lid receiving portion comprises a first outward flange configured to be contacted by the first surface of the auxiliary lid body when the lid body closes the box body, and a second outward flange disposed on an upper portion of an outside of the first outward flange, the second surface being configured to contact the second outward flange when the auxiliary lid body closes the auxiliary box body in a state where a side of the second surface faces the opening.
11 . The auxiliary storage box according to claim 1 , wherein each of the support parts comprises a pair of projecting parts and a shaft supported between the pair of projecting parts.
12 . The auxiliary storage box according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary lid body comprises a pair of attachment portions protruding from a rear of the auxiliary lid body, each attachment portion having an arc-shaped locking groove at a protruding end configured to detachably lock to a shaft of a corresponding one of the support parts on the lid body.
13 . The auxiliary storage box according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary lid body is configured to swing about shafts of the support parts in a state of being attached to the lid body.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION The present application claims priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2022-162799 filed on Oct. 7, 2022, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. BACKGROUND The disclosure relates to an auxiliary storage box of a storage box provided in a vehicle interior of a vehicle. Conventionally, a storage box for storing an article is provided in a vehicle interior of a vehicle. In recent years, such a storage box is intended to cope with storage of various articles in order to improve convenience for a user. For example, as is well known, in a center console, a dashboard, or the like, a large-capacity storage box such as a console box or a glove box is provided by using a wide space inside. In order to further improve the convenience of such a large-capacity storage box, various techniques have been conventionally proposed. For example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. H07-266993 discloses a storage box (auxiliary storage box) that is detachably attached to the inside of a console box. The auxiliary storage box can be installed and used at an appropriate place in the vehicle. Further, the auxiliary storage box is provided with a pivoting lid having a holder hole in an opening on an upper surface. The pivoting lid having a holder hole is used as a lid for a garbage container or a lid for a small article container. Furthermore, a container containing a can, a bin, and food can be inserted into and held in the holder hole. SUMMARY An aspect of the disclosure provides an auxiliary storage box that is stored inside a storage box including a box body and a lid body and is detachable from the storage box. The auxiliary storage box includes an auxiliary box body, an auxiliary lid body, and a lid receiving portion. The auxiliary box body is detachable and stored inside the box body. The auxiliary lid body is detachably held on a back surface side of the lid body in such a manner that a first surface faces the auxiliary box body. The auxiliary lid body is configured to close an opening of the auxiliary box body when the lid body closes the box body. The lid receiving portion is disposed in the opening in an upper portion of the auxiliary box body. The first surface of the auxiliary lid body is configured to, when the auxiliary lid body closes the opening, elastically contact the lid receiving portion to seal the opening. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate an embodiment and, together with the specification, serve to describe the principles of the disclosure. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a console box; FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the console box in a state where an auxiliary storage box is stored and an auxiliary lid body is opened with respect to a lid body; FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the console box in a state where the auxiliary storage box is stored and the auxiliary lid body is closed with respect to the lid body; FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an auxiliary box body as viewed from diagonally front right; FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line V-V in a state where the lid body of FIG. 3 is closed; FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VI-VI in a state where the lid body of FIG. 3 is closed; FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the auxiliary storage box in a state where the auxiliary lid body is opened with respect to the auxiliary box body in a state where the auxiliary lid body is attached to the auxiliary box body; and FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the auxiliary storage box in a state where the auxiliary lid body is closed with respect to the auxiliary box body in a state where the auxiliary lid body is attached to the auxiliary box body. DETAILED DESCRIPTION When the auxiliary storage box as described above is used as a trash box, it is desirable to further improve functionality based on a sanitary viewpoint or the like. It is desirable to provide an auxiliary storage box that can achieve high functionality even when used as a trash box. Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that, in the drawings used in the following description, scales are different for each component in order to make each component recognizable in the drawings. Therefore, the disclosure is not limited only to the illustrated form with respect to the quantities of components, the shapes of components, the ratios of the sizes of components, the relative positional relationship of components, and the like described in these drawings. A configuration of a console box will be described as an example of a storage box to which the auxiliary storage box in the present embodiment is applied. The console box of the present embodiment is provided in a center console (not illustrated). Note