Device for holding a container adjacent to a vehicular vent

A beverage container holding device for coupling to slats in a vehicle vent such that said container is positioned generally adjacent to the vent, said device comprising:

• a first annular member for removably receiving the container, said annular member having a inner surface and an outer surface, a plurality of flanges being integrally coupled to said inner surface of said annular member and extending toward a central portion of said annular member, each of said flanges comprising an elastomeric material;
• a second annular member for removably receiving the container;
• a first coupler for removably coupling said first annular member to said slats, said first coupler comprising;
• first and second tubular members, each of said first and second tubular members being elongate and having a first end and a second end, each of said first ends having an opening therein;
• a first bar being integrally coupled to each of said second ends of said first and second tubular members such that said first and second tubular members are spaced from each other and extend away from said bar in a generally parallel direction with respect to each other;
• a first pair of shafts, each of said first pair of shafts having a first end and a second end, each of said first pair shafts having a bend therein positioned nearer said second end than said first end such that hooks are defined between said bends and said second ends, each of said first ends of said first pair of shafts having a plate thereon, each of said first ends of said first pair shafts being positioned in one of said first and second tubular members such that said shafts extend outwardly of said first ends of said first and second tubular members, each of said hooks being removably coupled to said slats;
• said first annular member extending between and being integrally coupled to said first and second tubular members, said first annular member being positioned in a plane defined by said first and second tubular members and said bar coupled to said first and second tubular members;
• a second coupler for removably coupling said second annular member to said slats, said second coupler comprising;
• third and fourth tubular members, each of said third and fourth tubular members being elongate and having a first end and a second end, each of said first ends having an opening therein;
• a second bar being integrally coupled to each of said second ends of said third and fourth tubular members such that said third and fourth tubular members are spaced from each other and extend away from said bar in a generally parallel direction with respect to each other;
• a second pair of shafts, each of said second pair of shafts having a first end and a second end, each of said second pair shafts having a bend therein positioned nearer said second end than said first end such that hooks are defined between said bends and said second ends, each of said first ends of said second pair of shafts having a plate thereon, each of said first ends of said second pair shafts being positioned in one of said third and fourth tubular members such that said shafts extend outwardly of said first ends of said third and fourth tubular members, each of said hooks being removably coupled to said slats;
• said second annular member extending between and being integrally coupled to said third and fourth tubular members, said second annular member being positioned in a plane defined by said third and fourth tubular members and said bar coupled to said third and fourth tubular members;
• a plurality of biasing members for biasing said plates toward said first ends of said tubular members, each of said biasing members comprising a spring positioned in one of said tubular member and located between said first ends of said tubular members and one of said plates;
• a plurality of supports for supporting said first and second couplers in a spaced relationship from each other and retaining a generally coaxial relationship between said first and second annular members, wherein said first tubular member is positioned over said second tubular member and said third tubular member is positioned over said fourth tubular member, a first of said supports extending between and being integrally coupled to said first and fourth tubular members and positioned generally adjacent to said first and second bars, a second of said supports extending between and being integrally coupled to said second and third tubular members and positioned generally adjacent to said first and second bars, a third of said supports extending between and being integrally coupled to said first and fourth tubular members and positioned generally adjacent to said first ends of said tubular members, a fourth of said supports extending between and being integrally coupled to said second and third tubular members and positioned generally adjacent to said first ends of said tubular members.