Holder for a drinks container

Details Holder for a drinks container Holder for a drinks container

2001-10-17

2003-11-18

Cronin, Stephen K. (Department: 3727)

Package and article carriers

Vehicle attached

Carrier attached to dashboard

C224S281000, C224S282000, C224S926000, C248S311200, C296S037800, C296S037900, C296S037120, C297S188170

Reexamination Certificate

active

06648194

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a holder for a drinks container, for example a can, a beaker or a cup.
Holders of that kind for installation in motor vehicles are known per se in an enormous multiplicity of constructional forms. The known holders have a holding part, which has an insertion opening for inserting the drinks container, and a supporting part, for example of a planar shape, or even bar-shaped, arranged underneath and spaced apart from the holding part, on which supporting part the drinks container inserted into the insertion opening stands. It is known to provide the holders with a guide means so that they can be extended, pivoted out or pulled out into a use position. When the holder is not needed, it can be moved into a retracted position, for example in a door panel or a dashboard of a motor vehicle. The guide means can be in the form of, for example, a sliding guide means, which guides the holder so that it can be pulled out in the manner of a drawer, or a pivotal mounting, by means of which the holder can be pivoted out from the door panel, the dashboard or the like.
Starting from a holder of the kind described above, the invention is based on the problem of making good use of the installation space required for the holder.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The problem is solved according to the invention by the features of claim
1
. The holder according to the invention has a receptacle, for example a storage compartment or an ash-tray, which is integrated with the holder. ‘Integrated’ within the context of the invention is understood to mean that, when the receptacle, holding part and supporting part are in the basic position, the receptacle is arranged in the same installation space as that in which the holding part and supporting part are also located. The receptacle is accordingly located between the holding part and the supporting part or, vice-versa, the holding part and supporting part are located within the receptacle. As a result, the same installation space is used for accommodating both the receptacle and also the holding part and supporting part. The installation space required for the holder according to the invention is therefore not larger than, or only slightly larger than, the installation space required for the holding part and supporting part without the receptacle. The invention consequently has the advantage that the otherwise unused installation space for the holding part and supporting part is additionally used for accommodating the receptacle. The holder according to the invention is preferably so constructed that contents placed inside the receptacle do not impede or prevent a drinks container from being inserted into the insertion opening of the holding part and placed on the supporting part. In an embodiment of the invention, the receptacle is arranged at a level between the holding part having the insertion opening for the drinks container and the supporting part for the drinks container.
The holding part and the supporting part of the holder according to the invention are preferably connected to one another; they are especially constructed integrally with one another so that they are always moved together. In principle, a common guide means for the holding part and supporting part is sufficient.


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