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US 9,428,092 B2Granted
Sliding and removable cup holder assembly for vehicle
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsCordell L. Bosma, David M. Salmonowicz, Neal W. Luginbill, Michael J. Narazaki, Robert A. Skapof, David W. Carter
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Abstract
A shelfless sliding and removable cup holder assembly for a vehicle includes a console structure disposed within the vehicle. The console structure includes first and second lateral side walls defining a storage bin therebetween. The first lateral side wall defines a recessed track. The cup holder assembly further includes cup holder member slidably and removably mounted within the console structure. The cup holder member has a guide removably received in the recess track and slidably movable along the recessed track.
Claims20
A shelfless sliding and removable cup holder assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
- a console structure disposed within the vehicle, the console structure includes first and second lateral side walls defining a storage bin therebetween, the first lateral side wall defines a recessed track;
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- a shelfless cup holder member slidably and removably mounted within the console structure, the cup holder member defining at least one upward facing circular cup recess for receiving an associated cup, the cup holder member having a guide removably received in the recessed track and slidably movable along the recessed track to slidably move the cup holder member longitudinally relative to the console structure, wherein a lower side of the guide supports the cup holder member relative to the console structure, the lower side of the guide resting on an upward facing surface of the recessed track, the cup holder member completely removable and detachable from the console structure via the guide being removable from the recessed track by lateral movement away from the recessed track followed by upward pivotal movement relative to the recessed track with the guide moving upward relative to the recessed track.
A cup holder assembly of a vehicle, comprising:
- a console structure defining a storage compartment therein;
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- a cup holder member slidably disposed within the storage compartment of the console structure for sliding movement between a forward sliding position and a rearward sliding position, the cup holder member defining a circular cup holder recess and being readily removable from the console structure to permit the storage compartment to be used without the cup holder member, wherein the storage compartment is defined by laterally spaced apart walls, the laterally spaced apart walls defining recessed tracks therein for slidably mounting the cup holder member, wherein the laterally spaced apart walls extend from a floor of the storage compartment to an upper extent of the storage compartment, and wherein a lateral dimension across the top of the cup holder member is less than a lateral dimension between the laterally spaced apart walls at the upper extent, and wherein the cup holder member is laterally movable relative to the console structure to fully disengage the cup holder member from at least one of the recessed tracks for pivoting the cup holder member and vertically removing the cup holder member from the console structure, and further the cup holder member includes one spring biased guide received in one of the recessed tracks and one fixed guide received in the other of the recessed tracks.
A console assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
- a console structure defining a storage compartment;
- a cup holder member slidably and removably mounted to the console structure within the storage compartment, the cup holder member slideable between a forward position disposed adjacent a front wall of the console structure and a rearward position disposed adjacent a rearward wall of the console structure;
- recessed tracks defined in lateral walls of the console structure;
- detents defined at spaced apart locations along the recessed tracks for defining locking positions for the cup holder member;
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- guide portions of the cup holder member removably received in the recessed tracks for guiding sliding movement of the cup holder member between the forward position and the rearward position, the guide portions removably receivable in the detents to lock the position of the cup holder member relative to the console structure, and the guide portions laterally retractable from the recessed tracks to fully remove the guide portions from the recessed tracks.
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