Cup holder and method of manufacturing the same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsByung Seok Kong, Kwan Woo Lee, Sung Hwan Kim
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Abstract
A cup holder may include a holder body having a holding groove opened at an upper portion thereof, and provided such that a container is inserted into the holding groove, a guide integrally or monolithically formed in the holder body with an elastic adjustment body interposed therebetween, so as to protrude inward from the holding groove, the guide tightly supporting a side of the container in a state in which the guide protrudes inward from the holding groove, and the elastic adjustment body integrally or monolithically formed in the guide and the holder body so as to provide an elastic restoring force in order for the guide to elastically protrude.
Claims12
A cup holder comprising:
- a holder body having a holding groove opened at an upper portion of the holder body, wherein a container is configured to be inserted into the holding groove;
- a guide integrally or monolithically formed in the holder body with an elastic adjustment body interposed therebetween, to protrude inward from the holding groove, the guide supporting a side of the container in a state in which the guide protrudes inward from the holding groove;
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- the elastic adjustment body integrally formed in the guide and the holder body to provide an elastic restoring force in order for the guide to elastically protrude,
- wherein the guide comprises:
- a front portion curved and having a bent shape in a predetermined portion;
- and
- a side portion integrally formed at each of both sides of the front portion,
- wherein an upper end of the front portion is integrally connected to the holder body,
- wherein the front portion of the guide covers an upper portion of the elastic adjustment body in an overmolding manner,
- wherein the upper portion of the elastic adjustment body is in a strip shape to form a strip-shaped upper portion with a predetermined width,
- wherein the strip-shaped upper portion of the elastic adjustment body is laminated and integrally and fixedly bonded to a central portion of the front portion of the guide and a front of the strip-shaped upper portion is exposed through a slit formed along the central portion of the front portion of the guide, and
- wherein upper and lower ends of the guide are laminated and integrally and fixedly bonded to the elastic adjustment body, such that the elastic adjustment body is not exposed in the upper and lower ends of the guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.