Retractable container holder
AssigneePrince Corporation
InventorRick A. Anderson
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Abstract
A container holder assembly comprises a four-bar linkage which is mounted to a slide assembly slideably mounted within a frame such that when extended, the container holder defined by an upper link having an aperture therein and a lower link having a floor therein is raised above and extends outwardly from a vehicle armrest. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the container holder includes a locking member for interengaging said frame when the container holder is pivoted to a use position, thereby locking the container holder in an extended use position once pivoted outwardly from the slide subassembly.
Claims20
A container holder assembly for a vehicle comprising:
- a frame subassembly having a bezel and a slide-receiving support;
- a slide subassembly having a member slideably extending in said support and legs extending therefrom in parallel spaced relationship with pins extending from said legs at an end opposite said member;
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- a container holder subassembly including a parallelogram linkage in which at least two of the links form a container support base and container support ring coupled in parallel spaced relationship to said container support base, said container subassembly pivotally and slideably mounted to said pins of said slide subassembly.
A container holder assembly for a vehicle comprising:
- a frame having a pair of parallel spaced legs extending from a member shaped for attachment to a vehicle, each of said legs including an elongated slot having parallel spaced-apart edges and terminating at one end in an enlarged circular aperture;
- a slide assembly having a member slideably extending in said slots between said legs of said frame;
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- a container holder including a container support base pivotally mounted to said slide assembly, said container holder including at least one locking member extending into one of said slots of said frame, said locking member shaped to present a first dimension allowing said member to slide within said slot and a second dimension greater than said first dimension such that when said container holder is rotated to a use position with said locking member positioned in said circular aperture, said locking member is lockably held in said circular aperture of said slot.
A container holder for a vehicle comprising:
- a container support base mounted to a container support ring by links pivotally coupling said base and ring for movement between a spaced-apart position for use and a collapsed position for storage;
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- a slide and means for mounting said slide to a vehicle for movement of said container holder between a retracted stored position and an extended use position, and means interconnecting said slide and one of said base and ring for moving said base and ring away from each other to said spaced-apart position for use as said ring is pivoted with respect to said slide, wherein said mounting means includes a frame having at least one leg with an elongated slot, and wherein said slide includes a member extending within said slot for guided support of the movement of said slide.
A container holder for a vehicle comprising:
- a container support base mounted to a container support ring by links pivotally coupling said base and ring for movement between a spaced-apart position for use and a collapsed position for storage;
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- a slide and means for mounting said slide to a vehicle for lineal movement of said container holder between a retracted stored position and an extended use position, and means interconnecting said slide and one of said base and ring for moving said base and ring away from each other to said spaced-apart position for use as said ring is pivoted with respect to said slide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.