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US 4,040,549 AGranted
Three in one car cup and holder
OwnerClyde John Sadlerinventor
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A cup and holder assembly including a cover wherein the assembly may be mounted on a surface such as the dashboard of a vehicle to provide the driver or passengers in the vehicle with a drinking cup which may be secured in the holder to prevent spillage of the contents in the cup which may be coffee or may be coins carried for the payment of tolls. The holder has a generally flat bottom surface to which a double adhesive panel may be bonded to permit attachment of the holder to the dashboard and has a cylindrical outer wall for retaining the cup when the cup is positioned in the holder. Two generally vertical slots are diametrically opposed in the inner surface of the outer cylindrical wall and at the bottom of each slot are circumferential slots extending in opposite directions from the vertical slots with said circumferential slots tapered to narrower widths away from the vertical slots. The cup is of generally conventional configuration and may include a handle with the base of said cup fitting closely within the outer cylindrical wall of the holder and has two outwardly extending tabs which are insertable into the vertical slots. The base of the cup rests on the inner surface of the bottom of the holder thereby permitting the cup to be rotated to cause the tabs to frictionally lock in the tapered circumferential slots thereby preventing the contents of the cup from being spilled due to tipping of the cup. The cover includes a circular disc with an outer downwardly extending wall and an inner downwardly extending lip which frictionally fit over the upper edge of the cup when the cup is positioned on the cup holder. The cover also fits over the outer cylindrical wall of the holder when the cup is not in the holder thereby retaining coins or the like in the holder.
A non-spilling cup and coin holder assembly for mounting in vehicles or the like, said assembly comprising a holder having a bottom with an upwardly projecting side wall forming an inner bore, said inner bore having generally vertical slots connecting with circumferential slots extending from the vertical slots, an adhesive attachment means for fastening the holder to the dashboard of the vehicle, a cup having an upper lip and a generally cylindrical base of a diameter smaller than the diameter of said inner bore and insertable into said inner bore, said cup having outwardly directed tabs insertable into said vertical slots and circumferential slots, and a cover means having an internal diameter slightly larger than both the cup's upper lip and the holder's side walls and being selectively attachable to said upper lip of the cup or to an upper portion of said upwardly projecting sidewall of said holder when said cup is not positioned in said holder thereby providing a covered cup which is securely held in position by the holder to prevent any spilling from the cup and also to provide a covered holder for retaining coins and the like when the cup has been removed from the holder and the cover means has been attached to the holder.
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