Container holder
OwnerKarim Lagobiinventor
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Abstract
The invention provides a device having a plier clamp-like structure with jaws designed to bite onto a support, and at least one of the handles shaped like a ring in order to serve as a receptacle for holding a cup-like container. A user may easily attach the device to a solid support in order to hold a liquid container. The holder may be used in work areas such as desks, tables and the like in order to prevent beverage spillage. The invention provides multiple designs that enable a device to adapt to supports with various thicknesses.
Claims6
A container holder removably attachable to a support, without requiring permanent mounting of any of its parts to said support, said holder comprising:
- a pair of gripping elements arranged in a plier clamp fashion each comprising a jaw section and a handle section, wherein the handle section of at least one of said gripping elements is generally ring-shaped for providing a receptacle allowing a cup-like container to be inserted in said ring-shaped handle section;
- a bridging element connecting said pair of gripping elements, said bridging element providing at least one pivot axis enabling said pair of gripping elements to move relatively to one another about said at least one pivot axis so that said jaw sections of said pair of gripping elements are moved by applying a user's hand force to said handle sections;
- at least one biasing means for constantly exerting a biasing force that urges the jaw sections toward one another resulting in a clamping action of the jaws when placed around a support.
A container holder removeably attachable to a support, without requiring permanent mounting of any of its parts to said support, said holder comprising:
- a pair of gripping elements each comprising a jaw section and a handle section, wherein the handle section of at least one of said gripping elements is generally ring-shaped for providing a receptacle allowing a cup-like container to be inserted in said ring-shaped handle section, and wherein at least one of said gripping elements comprising disjointed jaw section and handle section, wherein said disjointed gripping element further comprises a first shape feature allowing said disjointed handle to come in contact with said disjointed jaw section, and a second shape feature allowing said disjointed handle section to come in contact with the alternate gripping element of the pair;
- a bridging element connecting said pair of gripping elements, said bridging element providing at least one pivot axis enabling said pair of gripping elements to move relatively to one another about said at least one pivot point so that said jaw sections of said pair of gripping elements are caused to be pried open by applying force to said handle sections;
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- at least one biasing means for constantly exerting a force that urges the jaw sections toward one another resulting in a clamping action of the jaws when placed around a support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.