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A storage apparatus includes a base, an assembly frame, a box, a cover, and an open/close mechanism. The assembly frame is demarcated in the base. The box is buried in the assembly frame, and has a surface in which a storage opening is opened. The cover covers the storage opening and can be opened o

A storage apparatus includes a base, an assembly frame, a box, a cover, and an open/close mechanism. The assembly frame is demarcated in the base. The box is buried in the assembly frame, and has a surface in which a storage opening is opened. The cover covers the storage opening and can be opened or closed. The open/close mechanism includes a guide portion, a guided portion, and an interval disposed between the guide portion and the guided portion. The guide portion is disposed on the assembly frame and/or the box. The guided portion is disposed on the cover and is guided by the guide portion. The interval is minimized at one of an open position, at which the cover opens the storage opening, and a closed position, at which the cover closes the storage opening.

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What is claimed is: 1. A storage apparatus, comprising: a base in which an assembly frame is demarcated; a box buried in the assembly frame, and having a surface in which a storage opening is opened; a cover covering the storage opening, which opens and closes the storage opening; and a guide struc

What is claimed is: 1. A storage apparatus, comprising: a base in which an assembly frame is demarcated; a box buried in the assembly frame, and having a surface in which a storage opening is opened; a cover covering the storage opening, which opens and closes the storage opening; and a guide structure, for opening and closing the cover, having a guide portion disposed on at least the assembly frame among the assembly frame and the box, and a guided portion disposed on the cover and being guided by the guide portion, wherein: the cover is assembled with the box, and the box is assembled with the base; the cover opens and closes the storage opening by pivoting around a pivot axis of the box with respect to the box; the guide portion and the guided portion are disposed at a middle in an axial direction of the pivot axis; an interval between the guide portion and the guided portion is minimized at least at a closed position, at which the cover closes the storage opening, among the closed position and an open position, at which the cover opens the storage opening; the guided portion engages the guide portion at least in the closed position of the cover; and the interval between the guide portion and the guided portion is an interval that is formed in the axial direction of the pivot axis between the guide portion and the guided portion. 2. The storage apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein: the cover is formed as a long rectangular shape in the axial direction of the pivot axis; and the guide portion and the guided portion are disposed at a middle in the major direction of the cover. 3. The storage apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the interval between the guide portion and the guided portion is minimized at the closed position and the open position. 4. The storage apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein: the guide portion is a guide rib extending in an opening/closing direction of the cover; and the guided portion is a guided dent in which the guide rib is accommodated. 5. The storage apparatus set forth in claim 4, wherein the difference between a rib width of the guide rib and a dent width of the guided dent is minimized at least at the closed position among the closed position and the open position. 6. The storage apparatus set forth in claim 4 further comprising a space in which the cover is accommodated at the open position, wherein: the cover comprises a plurality of comb-shaped teeth for inhibiting small articles from coming into the space; and the guided dent is demarcated between a pair of neighboring comb-shaped teeth of the comb-shaped teeth. 7. The storage apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein: plural guide portions and plural guided portions corresponding to the plural guide portions are arrayed in the axial direction of the pivot axis; and the interval between the guide portion and the guided portion, which are disposed at a middle in the axial direction among the plural guide portions and the plural guided portions, is minimized at least at the closed position among the closed position and the open position. 8. The storage apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the guide portion is disposed over an entire track of the guided portion when the cover opens and closes the storage opening. 9. The storage apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein when the guided portion engages the guide portion, the guided portion engages opposite sides of the guide portion. 10. The storage apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the box includes a body having the storage opening in an upper surface, a cover accommodating portion on the side of the body, and an arcuate guide wall on which the guide portion is formed. 11. The storage apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the guided portion engages the guide portion at least at a closed position and a fully open position of the cover. 12. The storage apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the guided portion engages the guide portion at least at a closed position and a fully open position of the cover, and the guided portion is disengaged from the guide portion at an intermediate position of the cover. 13. The storage apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the guided portion includes a pair of opposed teeth, and the guide portion is located between the opposed teeth. 14. The storage apparatus set forth in claim 13, wherein a width dimension of the guide portion, which is measured in the direction of the pivot axis, varies such that the guide portion disengages from the opposed teeth when the cover is moved to an intermediate position between a fully open position and the closed position. 15. The storage apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the guided portion engages a pair of opposite surfaces of the guide portion, and a distance between the opposite surfaces of the guide portion varies in the direction of the pivot axis such that the guided portion engages the guide portion at least at fully open and fully closed positions of the cover, and the guided portion is disengaged from the guide portion at an intermediate position of the cover. 16. The storage apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the guide portion is an arcuate rib and the guided portion includes a pair of teeth, which are spaced apart from one another in a direction of the pivot axis, and the teeth are adapted to engage opposite sides of the rib when the guided portion engages the guide portion. 17. The storage apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the box includes an arcuate wall, and the arcuate wall includes an arcuate member that forms the guide portion. 18. The storage apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein, when the cover is accommodated at the closed position, the guided portion is engaged with the guide portion, which is formed at the assembly frame among the guide portions formed at the assembly frame and the box.