Holder for beverage containers and the like
OwnerJoseph R. McFarlandinventor
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Abstract
A beverage container holder including an upper arm which extends upwardly and a pair of lateral arms connected with the upper arm which are bent to form a frusto-conical cup-holding receptacle whose size is adjustable through the use of a series of slots in which a hook can be engaged. A tongue extends through a respective one of a second series of slots to prevent undesired relative movement of the two cup-holding arms. A spacer is foldable away from the cup-holding arms to stabilize the beverage container holder when it is suspended alongside a vertical surface. The beverage container holder can be inverted, with the lateral arms joined to form a cylindrical, can-holding, receptacle, and the upper arm used to stabilize the holder by being gripped between seat cushions of a motor vehicle.
Claims15
A holder for beverage containers and the like, of flexible sheet material having a generally three-armed shape when flat, comprising:
- (a) a first arm having a distal portion and a proximal portion;
- (b) a second arm extending laterally with respect to said first arm and being connected with said proximal portion of said first arm, said second arm having a hook portion;
- (c) a third arm extending generally oppositely away from said second arm and being connected with said proximal portion of said first arm, said third arm including a tapered tongue portion extending away from said second arm;
- (d) first slot means defined in said second arm for adjustably receiving said tapered tongue portion therein;
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- (e) second slot means defined in said third arm for selectively receiving and holding said hook portion of said second arm with said second and third arms configured to encircle a beverage container as a generally frusto-conical receptacle in a selected one of a plurality of sizes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.