Self-opening receptacle assembly with adjustable rollers

Claim 1

A self-opening receptacle assembly comprising: a housing adapted to be supportingly secured in a motor vehicle and having an opening at one end thereof; a container assembly movably supported for movement inwardly and outwardly with respect to said housing through said opening, said container assembly including a closure member positionable in overlying relationship to said opening when said container assembly is in a closed position; means defining a pair of elongated arcuately shaped guide channels provided on opposite lateral sides of one of said housing and said container assembly and projecting into the space between said container assembly and said housing, said channels including first and second spaced substantially parallel surfaces and an inner end wall extending between said first and second surfaces; a plurality of axially adjustable elongated rollers positioned in an arcuate spaced relationship on each of the opposite lateral sides of the other of said housing and said container assembly; said rollers being received within said arcuate guide channels and cooperating therewith to provide the sole support for and to guide inward and outward arcuate movement of said container assembly with respect to said housing, each of said rollers being axially adjustable to enable accurate alignment of said closure member with respect to said housing and to assure free and easy movement of said container assembly inwardly and outwardly of said housing and including a generally cylindrical surface engageable with one of said first and second surfaces and an end surface engageable with said end wall at a substantially point contact; biasing means operative to urge arcuate movement of said container assembly outwardly with respect to said housing; and releasable latch means for retaining said container assembly in said closed position.