Horizontally supported planar surfaces – With structural installation – Vehicle supported
Patent
1993-03-29
1994-08-16
Brown, Peter R.
Horizontally supported planar surfaces
With structural installation
Vehicle supported
2482234, A47B 3700
Patent
active
053376773
ABSTRACT:
Vehicle snack tray with at least one keyhole-shaped opening for supporting a beverage container with or without a handle. Below the opening is a platform for resting the beverage container when it is placed loosely within the opening. A plurality of beamsprings extend radially into the opening to stabilize the beverage container from horizontal motion. The snack tray has a mounting bracket for attachment to a vehicle dashboard. One bracket embodiment is fixedly attached to the tray. Another embodiment has dovetail-shaped surfaces which slidably engage the tray. Still another bracket embodiment is fixedly attached to the vehicle dashboard. Bracket alternatives are designed to fit predefined features of specific vehicles such as minivans. One alternative embodiment has three parallel male members which friction fit into a rectangular orifice in the minivan dashboard. Another embodiment has two pair of upward and downward facing hook-shaped members which engage top and bottom lips of an ashtray in the minivan dashboard.
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Anderson Gerald A.
Brown Peter R.
Kock Ronald W.
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