Adjustable cup holder
AssigneeDrink Clip, LLC
InventorJohn M. Barnes, Jr.
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Abstract
An adjustable cup holder incorporates an elongated clamp assembly and cup support assembly. The clamp assembly has a proximal end and a distal clamping end. The cup support assembly is connected at the proximal end of the clamp assembly, and comprises a body portion and a pair of arcuate cup-encircling arms having respective spaced-apart free ends. A pivot pin enables pivot adjustment of the cup support assembly at the proximal end of the clamp assembly, such that the cup support assembly is movable between a desired in-use position depending from the clamp assembly, and a folded stowed position beside the clamp assembly. In the stowed position, the clamp assembly passes between the spaced-apart free ends of the cup-encircling arms and into an area defined between the cup-encircling arms.
Claims12
An adjustable cup holder, comprising:
- an elongated clamp assembly having a proximal end and a distal clamping end;
- a cup support assembly located at the proximal end of said clamp assembly, and comprising a body portion having a base, and an angled foot located at said base and adapted for engaging a bottom of a cup carried by said cup holder;
- a pivotable assembly connector adjacent the proximal end of said clamp assembly for pivotably interconnecting said clamp assembly and said cup support assembly, such that said cup support assembly is movable between a desired in-use position depending from said clamp assembly, and a folded stowed position beside said clamp assembly;
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- a locking tab extending from the distal clamping end of said clamp assembly, and wherein said angled foot of said cup support assembly defines a complementary slot for releasably receiving said locking tab with said cup support assembly in the folded stowed position.
An adjustable cup holder, comprising:
- an elongated clamp assembly having a proximal end and a distal clamping end, and said clamp assembly comprising a spring-biased pivoted handle with cooperating upper and lower jaws;
- a cup support assembly located at the proximal end of said clamp assembly, and comprising an angled foot adapted for engaging a bottom of a cup carried by said cup holder;
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- a pivotable assembly connector adjacent the proximal end of said clamp assembly for pivotably interconnecting said clamp assembly and said cup support assembly, such that said cup support assembly is movable between a desired in-use position depending from said clamp assembly, and a folded stowed position beside said clamp assembly;
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- a locking tab extending from the distal clamping end of said clamp assembly, and wherein said angled foot of said cup support assembly defines a complementary slot for receiving said locking tab with said cup support assembly in the folded stowed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.