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US 10,246,028 B1Granted
Cup holder with integrated, deployable purse and parcel hook
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorJames Hadley Muiter
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided capable of holding one or more drink cups and a purse, pocketbook or like parcel. The apparatus includes a body having a first cup well and a second cup well. A hook is carried on the body. The hook is displaceable between a home position, wherein the hook is aesthetically integrated into the body, and a deployed position wherein the hook is available for holding the purse, parcel or pocketbook.
Claims6
An apparatus, comprising:
- a body including a first cup well, a second cup well and a partition wherein said partition is positioned between said first cup well and said second cup well;
- a hook carried on said body, said hook being (a) displaceable between a home position and a deployed position and (b) an integral part of said partition;
- a hinge connecting said hook to said body, said hinge being carried on a post held in said body and displaceable between a stowed position and a raised position;
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- a push-push latch releasably securing said hook in said home position, wherein said push-push latch includes a striker carried on said hook and a striker receiver carried on said partition, and wherein said striker receiver is a spring loaded piston.
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