US 5,897,089 AGranted

Container holder

OwnerKelly A. Lancaster, Bruno Conte +2inventors

InventorsKelly A. Lancaster, Bruno Conte, Gregory M. Ejsmont, Paul C. Schutter

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Abstract

A container holder adapted to be mounted within a vehicle interior compartment is provided comprising a housing which mounts at least one pivotable arm which defines a container-receiving area. The arm is pivotable by a user between a retracted and an extended position to vary the usable size of the container-receiving area. After a beverage container is placed within the housing, a user can pivot the arm into contact with an outer surface of the beverage container so that the beverage container is securely retained during operation of the vehicle. The beverage container is thereby retained in the housing in a stable manner. A release assembly is also provided which returns the arm to the retracted position when the beverage container is removed.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A container holder for supporting a container and comprising:

a housing having a front and a back;
a drawer movably mounted within the housing between a stored position within the housing and a use position where the drawer extends beyond the front of the housing;
first and second arms movably mounted to the drawer in complementary relationship for interrelated movement between a retracted position and an extended position, the first and second arms having a shape to define a container receiving area of varying size therebetween;
a spring to bias at least one of the first and second arms outwardly of the drawer;
the first and second arms are structurally linked together to move in complementary fashion to each other;
a first positioning member mounted to one of the arms and the drawer, and a second positioning member mounted to the other of the one of the arms and the drawer and releasably engagable with the first positioning member to releasably retain the arms in a plurality of adjusted positions with respect to the drawer so that the container receiving area can be releasably set in different sizes to accommodate different size containers.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 08/757,450Filed 27 Nov 1996 · continuation in part
Priority: 11 Jan 1994
Granted: 27 Apr 1999
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

B60N 3/102
Of receptacles for food or beverages, e.g. refrigerated: storable or foldable in a non-use position
B60N 2/753
Arm-rests: movable to an inoperative position
B60N 3/106
For receptables of different size or shape: with adjustable clamping mechanisms
Y10S 224/926
Package and article carriers: vehicle attached carrier for beverage container or bottle