Built-in ashtray and beverage container receiver combination for a vehicle
Assigneefischer automotive systems GmbH & Co. KG
InventorFalk Schaal
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Abstract
A built-in combination (10) for use in a motor vehicle includes an ashtray (14) that is displaceable forwards into an inaccessible position and rearwards into an accessible position. A receiving element (24) having an insertion opening (28) for a beverage container is arranged at the rear side of the ashtray (14). The receiving element is pivotally connected to the ashtray (14), thus taking up a position of use when the ashtray (14) is displaced forwards. In the position of use, a beverage container can be inserted into the insertion opening (28).
Claims4
Built-in combination for use in a means of locomotion, having a receptacle open at the top and having a receiving element for a beverage container, wherein said receiving element has an insertion opening for a beverage container, characterized in that the built-in combination (10) comprises a cover (12), wherein said cover (12) is intended for an approximately horizontal arrangement in the means of locomotion, said cover (12) having an opening (22) and beneath which the receptacle (14) and the receiving element (24) are arranged, wherein the built-in combination (10) comprises a sliding guide (16, 18), wherein said sliding guide slidingly guides the receptacle (14) approximately horizontally on an underside of the cover (12) to beneath the opening (22) of the cover (12) and away from the opening (22) of the cover (12), and wherein the receiving element (24) and the receptacle (14) are connected with one another so that the receiving element (24) is moved with its insertion opening (28) to beneath the opening (22) in the cover (12) when the receptacle (14) is displaced away from the opening (22) in the cover (12) and so that conversely, the receiving element (24) is moved away from the opening (22) in the cover (12) when the receptacle (14) is displaced to beneath the opening (22) in the cover (12).
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