# US 10,246,028 B1 · Cup holder with integrated, deployable purse and parcel hook

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- Number: US 10,246,028 B1
- Document ID: US10246028B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 15/705,573
- Filed: 2017-09-15
- Published: 2019-03-21
- Granted: 2019-04-02
- Earliest claimed: 2017-09-15
- Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicants: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Inventors: James Hadley Muiter
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10246028B1

## CPC

- B60R 11/00: Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
- B60N 3/101: {fixed}
- B60R 7/04: in driver or passenger space {, e.g. using racks (B60R7/005, B60R7/08 take precedence)}
- B60R 2011/0007: {Mid-console}
- B60R 2011/0085: {with adjustment by rotation in their operational position}
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

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; and
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.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, further including a biasing element biasing said post toward said stowed position.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The apparatus of claim 2, further including a rail adjacent said body, said rail rising above said partition.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The apparatus of claim 3, wherein said hook extends across said rail when in said deployed position.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The apparatus of claim 4, further including a guard feature adjacent said striker receiver to protect said striker receiver.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said hinge is a locking leaf hinge.