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US 4,303,109 AGranted
Beverage dispenser holder which is readily mountable on a vehicle dashboard
AssigneeTravel-Drink, Inc.
InventorDonald P. Cohen
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AssigneeTravel-Drink, Inc.
InventorDonald P. Cohen
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A beverage dispenser holder which is adapted for ready installation on a vehicle dashboard, such as an automobile dashboard, and which may be easily removed for installation in another vehicle, when desired, includes a body portion for holding the dispenser in dispensing position, a strip of material for supporting the body portion to an upper surface of the vehicle dashboard, as by a hook and loop type fastener, and strip means for holding the body portion to (and away from) a lower portion of the dashboard, preferably also by a hook and loop fastener. It is preferred that the holder be of a synthetic organic polymeric material of suitable strength and flexibility for the desired purpose and that the beverage dispenser be held in inverted dispensing position, with a dispensing valve at the bottom end (when inverted) thereof. The holder preferably includes means for supporting a cup below the beverage dispenser and the strips for fastening onto upper and lower portions of the dashboard may be transversely scored or weakened to facilitate cutting or bending, as desired, so as to conform to the dashboard. Also within the invention are a combination of a beverage dispenser and a holder, as described, installed on a vehicle dashboard, and a dispensing valve-seal combination for a beverage container, especially useful for dispensing beverage from such a container, in inverted position.
A combined holder for a beverage dispenser and a support for a receiver of a dispensed beverage, adapted for installation on any of a plurality of different types of vehicle dashboards having upper surfaces of different shapes, and having lower surfaces of different shapes, which comprises means for holding such beverage dispenser in dispensing position when the combined holder and support is installed on such a dashboard, means for supporting such receiver in alignment with such beverage dispenser, so that beverage dispensed from the dispenser will be dispensed into such supported receiver, flexible means for conforming to any of a plurality of different upper surfaces of any of such vehicle dashboards and supporting said dispenser holding means and receiver supporting means by fastening of an upper portion of said holding means to such upper dashboard surface, and means for conforming to any of a plurality of different lower surfaces of any of such vehicle dashboards and for holding said combined holder and support to said lower dashboard surface by fastening of a lower portion thereof to such lower surface.
A holder for a beverage dispenser, adapted for installation on any of a plurality of different types of vehicle dashboards having upper surfaces of different shapes and having lower portions of different shapes, which comprises means for holding such beverage dispenser in dispensing position in the holder when the holder is installed on such a dashboard, flexible means for conforming to any of a plurality of different upper surfaces of any of such vehicle dashboards and for supporting said dispenser holding means by fastening of an upper portion thereof to such upper dashboard surface, and means for contacting lower surfaces of any of such vehicle dashboards, for holding said dispenser holding means to said lower dashboard surface by fastening of a lower portion of said dispenser holding means to a surface of such lower dashboard portion.
A combination of a beverage dispenser, a cup and a combined holder for the beverage dispenser and support for the cup which comprises a beverage dispenser, a cup, and a combined holder for the dispenser and support for the cup, which combined holder and support is adapted for installation of any of a plurality of different types of vehicle dashboards having upper surfaces of different shapes and having lower surfaces of different shapes, and which comprises means for holding such beverage dispenser in a dispensing position when the combined holder and support is installed on such dashboard, means for supporting such cup in alignment with such beverage dispenser, so that beverage dispensed from the dispenser will be dispensed into such supported cup, flexible means for conforming to any of a plurality of different upper surfaces of any of such vehicle dashboards and supporting said dispenser holding means and cup support by fastening of an upper portion of said holding means to such upper dashboard surface, and means for conforming to any of a plurality of different lower surfaces of any of such vehicle dashboards, for holding said combined holder and support to said lower dashboard surface by fastening of a lower portion thereof to such lower surface.
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