Swinging cup holder
OwnerPeter Franksinventor
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Abstract
A suspension holder for a beverage cup or other container comprises a support member terminating in a hook or eye removably receiving a hook formed at the upper end of a hanger/cup-holder formed from a single length of wire and comprising an offset spine, a cup-encircling ring and a supporting base. By positioning the hanger hook generally axially relative to both the cup-encircling ring and the base, the cup-holder does not tip on insertion or removal of a cup. The support arm is pivotally mounted on a bracket formed with a number of a separate recesses to permit positioning of the arm in any one of a number of predetermined positions.
Claims6
A suspension holder for a beverage cup and which comprises;
- a mounting member adapted to be secured upon a structural member and having upper and lower flanges extending in a generally horizontal manner therefrom, registering opening means formed in said upper and lower flanges, upstanding lug means formed around said upper flange, and defining therebetween a plurality of recesses spaced radially around said opening;
- a support member comprising elongated arm means, and joint means incorporating pivot means whereby a portion of said elongated arm means may be swung relative to another portion thereof, and a generally vertical leg at an inner end of said elongated arm means, shaped and dimensioned to fit rotatably within said registering openings in said upper and lower flanges, and an adjacent portion of said elongated arm means being shaped and dimensioned to fit between two adjacent said lug means whereby to secure said elongated arm means in a predetermined rotational position relative to said mounting means, and being adjustable between said rotational positions by raising of said leg means and swinging of said arm means into a new position between two further said lug means;
- coupling means at the free end of said elongated arm means;
- a hanger comprising a linear spine portion and an upper portion extending from an upper end of said spine angularly upwardly with respect thereto;
- releaseable hook means at the upper end of said hanger, being releaseably interengeable with said coupling means whereby said hanger may be suspended therefrom, and,
- a cup-holder secured to the lower end of said spine portion of said hanger, and said hook means on the upper end of said hanger being disposed generally axially relative to said cup holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.