JPH10258672A - Beverage container holder for vehicles - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle beverage container holder capable of obtaining sufficient holding stability without making the bottom of a container housing portion deep, and to easily cope with a difference in outside diameter of the beverage container. A vehicle beverage container holder is provided. SOLUTION: The configuration of the vehicle beverage container holder is configured such that a frame-shaped member 4 whose one end is pivotally supported and which can be tilted upward is disposed on a substantially horizontal plane 3 such as a center console 2. . According to this, by inclining the frame-shaped member in the upright direction, a high position of the beverage container can be held by the frame-shaped member, so that sufficient holding stability can be obtained even with a tall beverage container. In particular, if the frame-shaped member is composed of the two portions 5 and 6 which are stretchably combined, it is possible to easily cope with the difference in the outer diameter of the beverage container.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a beverage container holder for a vehicle, and more particularly to a beverage container holder for a vehicle capable of reducing the depth of a container receiving portion.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A slide member slidable along an opening surface of a recess provided in a center console is provided, and by adjusting the position of the slide member, the outer diameter of a beverage container such as a cup or can is affected. In addition, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-31621 discloses a vehicle cup holder configured to reliably hold beverage containers of various sizes.

[0003]

In such a holder, in order to stably hold the beverage container, it is preferable to hold the beverage container above the center of gravity of the container in which the liquid is contained. In a place where there is not enough room for the depth dimension of the concave part that accommodates the container, it can be held only at the part near the bottom of the container, especially in the case of a tall container,
Retention tends to be unstable.

[0004] The present invention has been devised to solve such disadvantages of the prior art, and its main objects are as follows.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicle beverage container holder capable of obtaining sufficient holding stability without making the bottom of the container accommodating portion deep. Further, a second object of the present invention is to provide, in addition to the above objects,
An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle beverage container holder which can easily cope with a difference in the outer diameter of the beverage container.

[0005]

In order to achieve such an object, in the present invention, the structure of the vehicle beverage container holder 1 is changed to a frame-like member 4 having one end pivotally supported and capable of tilting upward. It is arranged on a substantially horizontal plane 3 such as the console 2. According to this, by inclining the frame-shaped member in the upright direction, a high position of the beverage container can be held by the frame-shaped member, so that sufficient holding stability can be obtained even with a tall beverage container.

[0006] In particular, if the frame-shaped member is composed of two parts 5 and 6 which are extendably combined, it is possible to easily cope with a difference in the outer diameter of the beverage container.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The construction of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

1 to 3 show a beverage container holder constructed according to the present invention. FIG. 1 shows a state in which a beverage container is not held, and FIG. 2 shows a beverage container having a relatively small outer diameter. FIG. 3 shows a state in which a beverage container having a relatively large outer diameter is held.

The holder 1 includes, for example, a front wall 2a on which an ashtray A is provided on the upper surface of the center console 2.
Is provided at a position adjacent to the center console, and is recessed stepwise from the general surface 2b on the upper surface of the center console 2 to place a beverage container such as a paper cup or a can, and the bottom surface is substantially horizontal. 3 and a holding frame 4 which cooperates with the recess 3 to hold the outer peripheral surface of the beverage container.

The holding frame 4 has a substantially U-shape in plan view as a whole, and includes a pair of left and right arm portions 5 that can be tilted upward about one end pivotally mounted on the center console 2, and an arm portion. The movable part 6 is telescopically combined with the free end of the movable part 5 so as to extend and contract. And arm 5
Can be held in a state where the space between the arm portion 5 and the movable portion 6 is extended (see FIG. 3). A large-diameter container can be held.

The holding frame 4 is always resiliently urged by a torsion spring (not shown) incorporated in the center axis of its rotation in a direction to flip up the movable portion 6 side. A well-known alternate latch mechanism 7 (FIG. 2) using a heart cam is provided at an appropriate position on the opposing surfaces of the movable portion 6 and the bottom surface of the concave portion 3. Is pushed in, the latch mechanism 7 is engaged to hold the holding frame 4 in the down state, and when the rear end of the movable portion 6 is slightly pushed in, the latch mechanism 7 is released and held by the urging force of the torsion spring. The frame 4 stands up.

On the front wall of the recess 3, two arc-shaped surfaces 8 having a curvature corresponding to the outer contour of the large-diameter container are formed side by side. The movable part 6 is formed with two arcuate surfaces 9 having a curvature corresponding to the outer peripheral contour of the large-diameter container in a state where the movable part 6 is lifted and extended.

In the bottom surface of the concave portion 3, a shallow dent 10 having a substantially perfect circular contour and having a part of the circumference in contact with the arc surface 8 of the front wall of the concave portion 3.
Are formed side by side. This depression 10
Corresponds to the outer contour of the bottom of the small diameter container.

As shown in FIG. 4, the telescopic portion of the arm portion 5 and the movable portion 6 are engaged with each other at a matching position in order to provide a sense of moderation at both the contracted position and the extended position. Convex part 1
1 and a concave portion 12 are formed. These are holding frame 4
Are resiliently engaged with each other with the elasticity of the synthetic resin material itself.

According to the above-described apparatus of the present invention, the arcuate surface 8 of the front wall of the concave portion 3 formed on the center console 2,
Two large-diameter containers are stably held side by side with the arc surface 9 of the movable portion 6 in the extended state. The two small-diameter containers are stably held side by side between the arc surface 8 of the front wall of the recess 3, the arc surface 9 of the movable portion 6 in the contracted state, and the two shallow depressions 10. It will be. In a state where the ashtray A is not used, there is no protrusion on the center console 2, so that it is possible to avoid a problem in using the ashtray A or the like.

In the above embodiment, the case where two containers are held side by side has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and appropriate modifications can be made according to the installation location. Alternatively, the holding frame 4 may be manually lifted without incorporating a spring on the rotation center axis of the arm portion 5. In this case, the holding frame 4 may be lifted from the projection 11 and the recess 12 similar to those shown in FIG. The click means may be provided at an appropriate position between the arm 5 and the center console 2 (near the pivot portion).

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the holding frame of the beverage container is configured to be tiltable, if the free end side is lifted upward, the holding position of the beverage container can be raised. In addition, a tall beverage container can be reliably held without increasing the depth dimension of the beverage container housing portion. Therefore, since a deep container housing portion is not required, the holding stability of a tall beverage container can be sufficiently improved even in a place where there is no margin in the height dimension. Further, by configuring the holding frame to be extendable and contractible, it is possible to easily cope with a difference in the outer diameter of the beverage container.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a beverage container of the device of the present invention is not held.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state of holding a beverage container having a relatively small outer diameter of the apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state of holding a beverage container having a relatively large outer diameter of the apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view of a telescopic joint between an arm and a movable part.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Holder 2 Center console 3 Concave part 4 Holding frame 5 Arm part 6 Movable part 7 Latch mechanism 8 Circular surface 9 Circular surface 10 Depression 11 Convex part 12 Concave part

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A beverage container holder for a vehicle, wherein a frame-like member having one end pivotally supported and capable of tilting upward is disposed on a substantially horizontal plane such as a center console. 2. The beverage container holder for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the frame-shaped member includes two parts that are combined so as to be able to expand and contract.