Compression rail for sliding cup holder tray
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorN. Saenz
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Abstract
According to one aspect of the invention, a cup holder assembly includes a support frame, a cup holder and a dampener. The support frame has spaced apart walls. The cup holder is slidably engaged with the walls of the support frame for movement between a stowed position disposed between the walls of the support frame and a use position extending outwardly from the support frame. The dampener is coupled to the walls of the support frame. The dampener has an arcuate spring member formed integrally therewith to provide an interference fit with the cup holder for dampening the sliding movement of the cup holder relative to the sleeve between the stowed and use positions.
Claims12
A cup holder assembly comprising:
- a support frame having spaced apart walls;
- a cup holder slidably engaged with the walls of the support frame for movement between a stowed position disposed between the walls of the support frame and a use position extending outwardly from the support frame;
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- a dampener coupled to the walls of the support frame, the dampener having an arcuate spring member formed integrally therewith to provide an interference fit with the cup holder for dampening the sliding movement of the cup holder relative to the support frame between the stowed and use positions.
A dampener for dampening the motion of a sliding accessory relative to a support frame, said dampener comprising:
- a longitudinally extending wall having opposite outer and inner surfaces, the inner surface adapted to be fixedly secured to one of the sliding accessory or the support frame;
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- an arcuately shaped spring member formed integrally with the longitudinally extending wall of the dampener, the spring member extending outwardly from the one of the sliding accessory or the rigid frame member for providing an interference fit between the sliding accessory and the support frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.