# US 10,369,914 B2 · Retaining feature for off-road cup holders > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,369,914 B2 - Document ID: US10369914B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/685,625 - Filed: 2017-08-24 - Published: 2019-02-28 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2017-08-24 - Assignees: CNH Inudstrial America LLC - Applicants: CNH Industrial America LLC - Inventors: Shane M. Scott; Salvatore Virgilio - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10369914B2 ## CPC - B60N 3/101: {fixed} - A47G 19/2261: {with integral means to prevent the glass from slipping or tipping-over (non-integral means A47G23/0216)} - A47G 23/0216: {for one glass or cup} - B65D 25/2811: {Vertical, e.g. U-shaped} - F16B 1/00: Devices for securing together, or preventing relative movement between, constructional elements or machine parts - A47G 2200/106: Permanent - B65D 1/265: {Drinking cups (B65D81/3865 takes precedence, holders for plastic cups A47G23/0208)} - B65D 2313/04: of magnetic type - F16B 2200/83: Use of a magnetic material - B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B) - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D) ## Abstract A beverage retaining system for an off-road vehicle. The beverage retaining system includes a cup holder tray that has a cup receiving portion with a bottom wall, and at least one magnetic element located subjacent to the bottom wall of the cup receiving portion. The magnetic element is configured to provide a magnetic retention force. The beverage retaining system also includes a beverage container that has a bottom end and at least one retaining element located on the bottom end. The beverage container is configured to be moveable between a secured position in which the at least one retaining element substantially engages with the magnetic retention force of the at least one magnetic element and an unsecured position in which the at least one retaining element substantially disengages with the magnetic retention force of the at least one magnetic element. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A beverage retaining system for an off-road vehicle, comprising: a cup holder tray including a cup receiving portion with a bottom wall, a clocking feature adjacent to the cup receiving portion, and at least one magnetic element located subjacent to the bottom wall of the cup receiving portion and configured to provide a magnetic retention force; and a beverage container having a bottom end and at least one retaining element located on the bottom end, the beverage container being configured to be moveable between a secured position in which said at least one retaining element substantially engages with the magnetic retention force of said at least one magnetic element and an unsecured position in which said at least one retaining element substantially disengages with the magnetic retention force of said at least one magnetic element. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The beverage retaining system of claim 1, wherein said clocking feature is in the form of a depressed arcuate section extending between a first radius and a second radius. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The beverage retaining system of claim 2, wherein said beverage container further includes a protrusion in the form of a handle having a bottom end. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The beverage retaining system of claim 3, wherein a rotational movement of said beverage container within said cup holder tray is limited by the clocking feature as a rotational movement of said handle of said beverage container is bounded by the first radius and the second radius of the clocking feature such that said beverage container is in the unsecured position at a point of said handle being proximate to the first radius and said beverage container is in the secured position at a point of said handle being proximate to the second radius. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The beverage retaining system of claim 1, wherein in said secured position said at least one retaining element and said at least one magnetic element are substantially aligned with one another such that said beverage container is vertically held within the cup holder tray, and in said unsecured position said beverage container may be freely lifted from the cup holder tray. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The beverage retaining system of claim 1, wherein said at least one retaining element is at least one of a ferrous element and a magnetic element. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The beverage retaining system of claim 1, wherein said at least one retaining element is in the form of two retaining elements that are positioned opposite one another. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The beverage retaining system of claim 1, wherein said at least one magnetic element is in the form of a permanent magnet including at least one of a neodymium, a samarium-cobalt, an alnico, and a ceramic magnet. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The beverage retaining system of claim 1, wherein said at least one magnetic element is in the form of two magnetic elements that are disposed opposite one another and subjacent to the bottom wall of the cup receiving portion of the cup holder tray. ### Claim 10 A cup holder tray, including: a cup receiving portion with a bottom wall, said cup receiving portion being configured to receive a beverage container; a clocking feature adjacent to the cup receiving portion and configured to limit a rotational movement of the beverage container between a first position and a second position; and at least one magnetic element located subjacent to the bottom wall of the cup receiving portion and configured to provide a magnetic retention force such that in the second position the beverage container is held within the cup receiving portion as at least one member of the beverage container substantially engages with said magnetic retention force, and in the first position the beverage container is freely removable as the at least one member of the beverage container is not substantially engaged with said magnetic retention force. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The cup holder tray according to claim 10, wherein said clocking feature is in the form of a depressed arcuate section extending between a first radius and a second radius. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The cup holder tray according to claim 10, wherein said at least one magnetic element is in the form of a permanent magnet including at least one of a neodymium, a samarium-cobalt, an alnico, and a ceramic magnet. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The cup holder tray according to claim 10, wherein said at least one magnetic element is in the form of two magnetic elements that are disposed opposite one another and subjacent to the bottom wall of the cup receiving portion of the cup holder tray. ### Claim 14 A method for retaining a beverage in an off-road vehicle, comprising the steps of: providing a beverage retaining system that includes a cup holder tray including a cup receiving portion with a bottom wall, and at least one magnetic element located subjacent to the bottom wall of the cup receiving portion and configured to provide a magnetic retention force, and a beverage container having a bottom end and at least one retaining element located on the bottom end, said beverage container is configured to be moveable between a secured position in which said at least one retaining element substantially engages with the magnetic retention force of said at least one magnetic element and an unsecured position in which said at least one retaining element substantially disengages with the magnetic retention force of said at least one magnetic element; placing said beverage container within said cup holder tray; rotating said beverage container until said beverage container is in said secured position; rotating said beverage container until said beverage container is in said unsecured position; and removing said beverage container from said cup holder tray. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, wherein said cup holder tray further includes a clocking feature adjacent to the cup receiving portion. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method according to claim 15, wherein said clocking feature is in the form of a depressed arcuate section extending between a first radius and a second radius. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method according to claim 16, wherein said beverage container further includes a protrusion in the form of a handle having a bottom end. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method according to claim 17, wherein a rotational movement of said beverage container within said cup holder tray is limited by the clocking feature as a rotational movement of said handle of said beverage container is bounded by the first radius and the second radius of the clocking feature such that said beverage container is in the unsecured position at a point of said handle being proximate to the first radius and said beverage container is in the secured position at a point of said handle being proximate to the second radius. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, wherein in said secured position said at least one retaining element and said at least one magnetic element are substantially aligned with one another such that said beverage container is vertically held within the cup holder tray, and in said unsecured position said beverage container may be freely lifted from the cup holder tray.