Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Slidable receiver
Patent
1996-08-09
1998-10-20
Luebke, Renee S.
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Slidable receiver
224926, B60N 310
Patent
active
058234101
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Different versions of holding devices for liquids containers for use in motor vehicles are commercially available. Often, such devices are built into the motor vehicle by the manufacturer directly. Preferred constructions are those which, when not in use, are housed in the dashboard, in the central console or in an arm rest, and which can be moved by the user, as required, from this storage position into a position of use, in which drinks cans or drinking cups can be placed in the device.
In order to hold the liquids containers steady, in these known models they are supported in the holding device firstly at their bottom surfaces and additionally, at the greatest possible vertical distance therefrom, are supported by means of a ring-shaped holder at their circumferential surfaces.
In order to make sure that such relatively bulky holding devices take up as little space as possible for storage when they are not in use, they are generally composed of several moving parts which can be folded up to occupy a substantially smaller volume as the holding device is pushed into a protective housing arranged in the motor vehicle.
Because of this construction, the holding devices are restricted to the absolutely necessary elements, which support the liquids containers merely by point-contact whilst the main part of the containers is suspended "freely in space".
There is consequently a risk that liquids, which spill over out the liquids containers as a result of vibrations or accelerations, will be able to flow unchecked over the interior furnishings of the motor vehicle.
Holding devices which are supposed to compensate for sloping positions of the liquids containers by gimbal mountings, thus preventing spilling of liquids, are commercially available. But the construction of such devices is very complicated and unwieldy and is therefore unsuited for storage in a space-saving manner in a protective housing. Such devices also provide no effective protection when liquids spill over as the liquids containers are set down in the holding device or taken up therefrom.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The problem underlying the invention is to provide a holding device for liquids containers, especially for installation in motor vehicles, which is housed in the storage position in a space-saving manner in a protective housing and is constructed so that liquid which spills over from an inserted liquids container is caught in the holding device and is not able to flow over the interior furnishings of the motor vehicle.
The features provided according to the invention solve this problem.
By means of the drip tray located beneath the holder, it is possible to ensure that liquid which spills over from the cans or cups placed in the holder because of vibrations, accelerations or the manner of handling the containers is caught in the holding device, and is not able to flow over the interior furnishings of the motor vehicle.
For space-saving housing when not in use, the holder and the drip tray can be nested into one another, thereby approximately halving the volume.
The movement apart of holder and drip tray as they are moved out of the protective housing frees the holder so that a liquids container can be inserted from above and is supported at its circumferential surface by the holder and at its bottom surface by the drip tray.
The drip tray can be movably joined directly or by way of a carrier to the holder. The latter option provides the advantage that the drip tray can be removed from the holding device for cleaning purposes. This could be effected, for example, by folding the holder upwards or by pulling the drip tray out forwards.
In a preferred construction, the holder moves out of the protective housing whilst the drip tray is lowered beneath the holder. It would, of course, also be possible, in kinematic reversal, for the drip tray to move out of the housing and the holder to move upwards out of the drip tray.
The movement apart of the holder and drip tray could be effected by spring force, and the nes
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fischerwerke, Arthur Fischer GmbH & Co. KG
Luebke Renee S.
Striker Michael J.
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