JPH021100Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the idea] The present invention relates to a cup holder.

The spread of paper cups and PS cups is not just limited to the field of cold drinks, but is also expanding into the field of hot drinks. Along with this, many paper cups and cup holders with handles have been released. This invention was developed in consideration of the high manufacturing cost of paper cups with handles.
To provide a cup holder that allows a cup without a handle to be conveniently used for hot drinks in the same way as a cup with a handle. Of course, this cup holder can be used conveniently and usefully for cold drink cups as well. In particular, the cup holder of this invention has at least 3 cups in one cup holder.
It is characterized by being able to freely hold seeds or larger-sized cups.

Until now, the same type of cup holder is one in one.
It was a so-called dedicated holder that held only one type of cup, but with this, for example, Company A's vendor used a 7-ounce cup, while Company B's vendor used a 7-ounce cup.
If you use a 6.5-ounce cup and purchase drinks from both vendors, you will have to have two types of holders for each, and it is difficult to tell the size at a glance. The cup often wobbled in the holder and lacked stability, and sometimes the drink spilled from the mouth and stained clothes. The present invention aims to eliminate all of these drawbacks, and is intended to eliminate all of these drawbacks by using a single holder, which is currently used by many vendors.
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a versatile holder that can simultaneously firmly hold ounce, 6.5 ounce, or 6 ounce cups as well as the applicant's bowl-shaped royal insert cup.
In addition to the above-mentioned multiple-use cup holder, the present invention is not limited to specific dimensions.
To also provide a cup holder capable of holding a so-called one-size-fits-all cup. A specific example will be described below.

FIG. 1 shows a cup holder 24 that can hold, for example, a 7oz cup 1, a 6.5oz cup 2, and a royal insert cup 3 (registered trademark name of the applicant) with one device. 58−
Shows what was disclosed in No. 46636. This holder 2
4 includes a cup side receiving portion 12 in the shape of a mortar;
Consisting of a cup bottom receiving part 14, a stand part 16, and a handle (not shown), which is known per se,
Preferably, it is integrally molded from synthetic resin.

Thus, the cup side receiving portion 12 has the same taper α as the taper α of the body side wall of the 7oz cup. For this reason, the 7oz cup 1 is attached to the holder 2 at the portion regulated by the aperture d of the upper end 18 of the holder 24 and at the lower part.
It is firmly held by the side upper part 12a of 4.
Note that even if the bottom of the cup 1 floats above the cup bottom receiving part 14 of the holder 24, the side body of the cup is firmly held, so that the cup remains in the holder 2.
There is no wobbling within 4. The reason why the bottom of the cup 1 floats above the cup bottom receiving part 14 is mainly due to molding reasons. Therefore, if sufficient precision in the molding process can be obtained, the taper of the cup side receivers 12 should be reduced to a single taper so that the cup bottom is held directly to the cup bottom receiver 14 as shown in FIG. It can also be α (the same taper as the taper of the body side wall of a 7oz cup).

On the other hand, in the case of the 6.5 oz cup 2, which is generally shorter in height than the 7 oz cup and has a larger taper β of the body side wall, the upper side wall is fitted and held in the upper end portion 18 of the holder 24 in the same manner as described above. In order to hold the bottom part, a plurality of protrusions 22, preferably about three protrusions 22, are formed near the middle of the side receiving part 12. The diameter defined by the inner surface of the plurality of protrusions 22 is adapted to match the diameter of the corresponding portion of the 6.5 oz cup. As a result, the 6.5 oz cup is firmly held by the upper end 18 and the protrusion 22 of the holder 24 against the upper and lower side walls, respectively. The protrusions 22 have a height, number, and shape that do not impede the insertion of the 7oz cup into the holder 24.

The present invention is a further improvement of the holder shown in FIG.

FIGS. 2A, 2B, and 2C show an embodiment of the present invention. Cup holder 30 of this embodiment
includes a cup holding portion 32, a movable handle 34,
Consists of. The cup holding part 32 has an opening 33 in the center.
It has a flat cup bottom receptacle 36 generally similar to that of FIG. The inner wall of the holding portion 32 preferably has a taper α similar to the body side wall of a 7oz cup, and the outer wall is provided with a protrusion 38 extending in the vertical direction. The holding portion 32 is provided with an opening 40 that extends from the inner wall to the outer wall via the protrusion 38 .
Further, a groove 42 extending in the circumferential direction is provided on the upper inner wall of the bottom receiving part 36 of the holding part 32. Projection 38
A key-shaped groove 44 as shown in FIG. 2A is formed in the upper portion of the holder.

On the other hand, the movable handle 34 has a central grip portion 46
and a mounting rod portion 48 integrally provided at the upper end.
The groove 4 of the cup holding part 32 is integrally provided in the lower part.
2, and a band-shaped portion 50 extending from the opening 40 in both circumferential directions.

The mounting rod portion 48 extends from the inner wall of the holding portion 32 to the opening 4.
0 and is fitted into the key groove 44 of the protrusion 38. By fitting both protrusions of the mounting rod portion 48 into the key groove 44, the rod portion 48 is restricted from freely coming out of the key groove 44. On the other hand, the strip portion 50 at the lower end of the handle is fitted into a groove 42 provided in the inner wall of the cup holding portion 32. Connecting portion 5 between gripping portion 46 and band-like portion 50
2 has a width W substantially the same as the width W of the protrusion 48 (FIG. 2B) and fits tightly into the opening 40 to prevent the handle 34 from wobbling. As can be seen from FIG. 2C, the strip 50
The circumferential length of the groove 42 is shorter than the circumferential length of the groove 42.

When a cup is inserted into the holder of FIG. 2A and handle 34 is lifted, holder 30 exerts a downward force due to the weight of the drink within the cup. Thus, the upward force of the holder 30 causes the handle 34 to rotate counterclockwise in FIG. Go to the right. As the band 50 moves, the diameter of the bottom of the holder 30 decreases, thereby pressing the cup to one side of the holder 30 and holding it tightly. Meanwhile, the royal insert cup is held within the opening 33 in the same manner as described above.

In this embodiment, the number of cups accommodated is limited only by the diameter of the holder, and other than that, any size cup can be properly held.

In this way, the present invention can appropriately hold cups of various sizes with one holder, and provides a highly practical cup holder that is extremely useful as a multiple cup holder, rather than the conventional so-called dedicated holders. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a diagram showing a state in which the cup holder according to the previous application holds a plurality of different types of cups, Fig. 2A is a cross-sectional view showing a specific example of the present invention, and Fig. 2B is a diagram showing the state in which the cup holder according to the previous application is held. B sectional view and FIG. 2C are sectional views taken along the line CC in FIG. 2A. Explanation of symbols, 1, 2, 3... Cup, 30...
Cup holder, 32... Cup holding part, 34...
...Handle, 36...Cup bottom receiver, 48...
Projection part, 50... band-shaped part.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A cup holder 32 that accommodates and holds a cup, and a movable handle 34 that supports the cup holder 32.
A cup holder 30 comprising: a movable handle 34; a central grip portion 46; The lower connecting part 52 is provided at the end of the lower connecting part 52 that enters inside the cup holding part 32 through the lower side wall opening 40 of the cup holding part 32, and extends in the left-right direction from the opening 40 along the inner wall surface of the cup holding part 32. A belt-shaped portion 50,
A cup holder that integrally has.