Cup holder
AssigneeNifco Inc.
InventorsTakefumi Adachi, Tsuyoshi Hamaguchi
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Abstract
The cup holder includes a base adapted to be fixed to an attached portion; a lid body provided switchably between a closed position and an open position by turning relative to the base, overlapped with the base in the closed position, and supporting the cup from a lower side thereof in the open position; and a holder supported at the base or the lid body through an arm, and moving in association with a turning of the lid body to become a housed state when the lid body is in the closed position, and to become a used state when the lid body is in the open position. The arm includes a support portion controlling the lateral movement of the cup in the used state of the holder.
Claims4
A cup holder, comprising:
- a base adapted to be fixed to an attached portion;
- a lid body provided switchably between a closed position and an open position by turning relative to the base, overlapped with the base in the closed position, and supporting a cup from a lower side thereof in the open position so as to receive a bottom of the cup;
- an arm turnably attached to the base or the lid body;
- and
- a holder supported by the arm, and moving in association with turning of the lid body to become a housed state, in which the holder is housed between the lid body and the base, when the lid body is in the closed position, and to become a used state, in which the holder controls a lateral movement of the cup, when the lid body is in the open position, and
- wherein the arm includes a support portion controlling the lateral movement of the cup in the used state of the holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.