Cup holder

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9561745-B2
Application number	US-201514618005-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 10, 2015
Priority date	Mar 4, 2014
Publication date	Feb 7, 2017
Grant date	Feb 7, 2017

Abstract

There is provided a cup holder including a holder body, an opening formed in a side wall of the holder body, a support supported on the side wall so as to advance into or retreat from a storage space through the opening, and a leaf spring disposed between the support and the side wall and biasing the support in a direction in which the support advances into the storage space. The support has a turning shaft serving as a center of swinging of the support and a swinging portion swinging around the turning shaft by turning of the turning shaft. On a peripheral edge of the opening formed in the side wall, a nipped portion protrudes to the outside of the side wall and swingably holds the support by being nipped between the turning shaft and the swinging portion while the support advances or retreats.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cup holder comprising:
a holder body having a cylindrical side wall surrounding a storage space;
an opening formed in the side wall of the holder body;
a support supported on the side wall that advances into and retreats from the storage space through the opening; and
a biasing member disposed between the support and the side wall and biasing the support in a direction in which the support advances into the storage space, wherein
the support has a turning shaft serving as a center of swinging of the support, a pair of side surfaces that slide perpendicularly relative to the opening formed in the sidewall of the holder body, and a swinging portion disposed at a predetermined distance from the turning shaft and swinging around the turning shaft by turning of the turning shaft,
the swinging portion of the support being rod-shaped, protruding from the pair of side surfaces and extending in parallel with the turning shaft,
the side wall of the holder body has, at positions facing each other through the opening, a rear wall protruding from the side wall to a rear side opposite to the storage space, and
the rear wall has a nipped portion that swingably holds the support by being nipped between the turning shaft and the swinging portion while the support advances or retreats.

2. The cup holder according to claim 1 , wherein the nipped portion has a bearing portion that turnably holds the turning shaft and a guide portion that guides swinging of the swinging portion.

3. The cup holder according to claim 1 , wherein the nipped portion has a holding surface that holds a portion facing the rear side of the turning shaft.

4. The cup holder according to claim 2 , wherein the nipped portion has a turning shaft guiding portion that guides the turning shaft from the outside of the turning shaft in the radial direction.

5. The cup holder according to claim 2 , wherein the nipped portion has a swinging portion guiding portion that guides the swinging portion from the outside of the swinging portion in the radial direction.

6. The cup holder according to claim 1 , wherein the biasing member is configured by a cantilevered spring having a fixed end held on the side wall of the holder body and a free end disposed on the outside of the support.

7. The cup holder according to claim 6 , wherein the cantilevered spring is configured by an arc-like spring.

8. The cup holder according to claim 6 , wherein the cantilevered spring is configured by a leaf spring.

9. The cup holder according to claim 1 , wherein the rear wall has a base portion having a protruding portion on the upper side of the nipped portion, and the support has an arc-like groove in which the protruding portion is movably fitted.

10. A cup holder comprising:
a holder body having a cylindrical side wall surrounding a storage space;
an opening formed in the side wall of the holder body;
a support supported on the side wall that advances into and retreats from the storage space through the opening,
a biasing member disposed between the support and the side wall and biasing the support in a direction in which the support advances into the storage space, wherein
the support has a turning shaft serving as a center of swinging of the support, a pair of side surfaces that slide perpendicularly relative to the opening formed in the sidewall of the holder body, and a swinging portion disposed at a predetermined distance from the turning shaft and swinging around the turning shaft by turning of the turning shaft,
the swinging portion of the support being rod-shaped, protruding from the pair of side surfaces and extending in parallel with the turning shaft,
the side wall of the holder body has, at positions facing each other through the opening, a pair of rear walls protruding from the side wall to a rear side opposite to the storage space, and
the rear walls each have a single nipped portion that swingably hold the support by being nipped between the turning shaft and the swinging portion while the support advances or retreats.

Assignees

• Toyoda Gosei Kk

Inventors

• Sawada Shinichi
• Yokota Nobuhiko
• Nakayama Tomoyuki
• Kondo Kunihito

Classifications

• B60N3/10 Primary

  of receptacles for food or beverages, e.g. refrigerated · CPC title

• B60N3/106

  with adjustable clamping mechanisms · CPC title

• B60N3/101 Primary

  fixed · CPC title