Beverage cup holder convertible to self-venting ash tray
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDavid Huelke, Eric Axel Smitterberg
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Abstract
A beverage cup holder is provided. That beverage cup holder is convertible to a self-venting ash tray. The beverage cup holder includes a beverage cup holder body having a light source and a vent port. The beverage cup holder also includes an ash cup insert including a vent port interface and an illumination ring. The ash cup insert optionally nests in the beverage cup holder body with the vent port interface in communication with the vent port and the illumination ring illuminated by the light source.
Claims20
An apparatus for converting an illuminated beverage cup holder in a motor vehicle console into an ash tray, comprising:
- an ash cup insert received in a body of said illuminated beverage cup holder, said ash cup insert including an illumination ring illuminated by a light source in said illuminated beverage cup holder.
A beverage cup holder convertible to a self-venting ash tray, comprising:
- a beverage cup holder body including a light source and a vent port;
- an ash cup insert including a vent port interface and an illumination ring, said ash cup insert optionally nesting in said beverage cup holder body with said vent port interface in communication with said vent port and said illumination ring illuminated by said light source.
A method of converting a beverage cup holder in a motor vehicle console into an ash tray, comprising:
- inserting an ash tray insert into a body of said beverage cup holder;
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- aligning a light source in said beverage cup holder with an illumination ring carried on said ash cup insert.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.