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US 12,280,705 B2Granted
Beverage holder with textile compensation elements
OwnerBernd Gayer, Marc-Lieven Heth +1inventors
InventorsBernd Gayer, Marc-Lieven Heth, Michael Alborg
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Abstract
A beverage holder (1) for a motor vehicle has a receptacle (2) with a side wall (5) extending from a bottom wall (3) to an open top (4) that is farther upward. At least one elastic compensation element (7) is provided for holding differently sized drinking vessels (6). The side wall (5) has at least one opening (8), and an elastic covering (10) penetrates the opening (8) due to its biasing to form the elastic compensation element (7).
Claims11
A beverage holder (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a receptacle (2) having a bottom wall (3), a side wall (5) extending from the bottom wall (3) and an open top (4) arranged upward from the bottom wall (3), plural openings (8) penetrating the side wall (5) at circumferentially spaced positions around the side wall (5);
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- an elastic covering (10) surrounding at least parts of the side wall (5) and penetrating the plural openings (8) due to inherent resiliency of the elastic covering (10), parts of the elastic covering that penetrate the plural openings forming plural elastic compensation elements (7) for holding differently sized drinking vessels (6), the elastic covering (10) being connected to the receptacle (2) at plural connection locations (18, 19, 20) wherein the plural connection locations (18, 19, 20) comprise at least one first connection location (19) disposed below the open top (4) and above the plural openings (8) and at least one second connection location (20) disposed below the plural openings (8).
A method for manufacturing a beverage holder (1), comprising:
- providing a receptacle (2) having a bottom wall (3), a side wall (5) extending from the bottom wall (3) and an open top (4) opposite the bottom wall (3), the side wall (5) tapering outward at farther distances from the bottom wall (3) and having plural openings formed through the side wall (5);
- unrolling the elastic covering (10) from a tube and moving the elastic covering (10) over the side wall (5);
- fixing the elastic covering (10) to the receptacle (2) at first regions (16) disposed on the side wall (5) between the openings (8) and the open top (4);
- fixing the elastic covering (10) to the receptacle (2) in a second region (17) disposed on the side wall (5) below the openings (8) and/or in a third region (18) disposed on the bottom wall (3) of the receptacle (2), wherein
- portions of the elastic covering (10) that align with the openings penetrate into the openings due to inherent biasing of the elastic covering.
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