# US 9,517,923 B2 · System for delivering cold beverages to a vehicle cabin

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- Number: US 9,517,923 B2
- Document ID: US9517923B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/870,304
- Filed: 2015-09-30
- Published: 2016-04-07
- Granted: 2016-12-13
- Earliest claimed: 2014-10-01
- Applicants: Muneer Al-Hakim
- Inventors: Muneer Al-Hakim
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9517923B2

## CPC

- B67D 1/0894: {for the vessel to be filled}
- B67D 1/0004: {the beverage being stored in a container, e.g. bottle, cartridge, bag-in-box, bowl}
- B67D 1/10: Pump mechanism (in general F04)
- B67D 1/124: {the flow being started or stopped by means actuated by the vessel to be filled, e.g. by switches, weighing}
- B67D 1/0804: {Shape or materials}
- B67D 2001/0812: {Bottles, cartridges or similar containers}
- B67D: DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes B08B9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for B67C; water supply E03; pipe systems F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus G07F)

## Abstract

A beverage delivery system is provided. The system allows a user to easily and repeatedly retrieve a desired volume of refrigerated beverage at a desired temperature and at a desired time all by using one hand and without the need to leave their seat. A container portion houses refrigerated fluid containers and pumps that are fluidly interconnected to a cup holder and cup. The cup received in the cup holder may be moved from an inactive configuration to an active configuration, selectively delivering refrigerated fluid from the container portion's fluid containers and through the bottom plate of the cup, which is sealed in the inactive configuration.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A liquid delivery system, comprising:
a cup holder comprising:
a holder base plate and at least one sidewall forming a holder cavity; and
at least one pipe chamber extending from the base plate so as to protrude into the holder cavity; and
a cup comprising:
a cup base plate forming at least one plate hole aligned with the at least one pipe chamber; and
a valve attached to the cup base plate so as to be biased in a sealed configuration, sealing the at least one plate hole, wherein the valve is adapted to be urgeable into a flow configuration allowing fluid through the at least one plate hole;
a spring biasing mechanism biasing the cup holder in an inactive configuration;
at least one first connector disposed along the holder base plate so as to protrude into the holder cavity;
a compression plate within the holder cavity, wherein the compression plate forms at least one pipe hole aligned with the at least one cavity hole;
at least one second connector disposed along the compression plate so as to face and be aligned with the at least one first connector; and
the spring mechanism disposed between the holder base plate and the compression plate so that the compression plate is biased in the inactive configuration yet movable so that the first and second connectors engage in the active configuration,
wherein in an active configuration the at least one pipe chamber slidably protrudes through the at least one plate hole, and the valve is urged to the flow configuration.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The liquid delivery system of claim 1, further comprising at least one cavity hole formed in the holder base plate for the at least one pipe chamber to protrude through.