A storage device is provided for an object in a motor vehicle, that includes, but is not limited to a base and a side wall that defines a receiving space for the object, as well as including, but not limited to at least one elongate, elastic band element, which is mounted in the area of its two ends at least in the side wall. The band element can be transferred from a position abutting against the side wall into a position connecting wall sections, in which it divides the receiving space. In the area of its respective end the band element, a bearing pin at the top and at the bottom is received, the upper bearing pin being mounted in the area of the upper end of the side wall in said side wall and the lower bearing pin being mounted in the base, adjacent to the side wall.