CN217374276U

CN217374276U - Automobile cup holder

Info

Publication number: CN217374276U
Application number: CN202221121249.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 林实; 吴大波
Original assignee: Shenzhen Dongfangjun Industrial Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Dongfangjun Industrial Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-05-11
Filing date: 2022-05-11
Publication date: 2022-09-06
Anticipated expiration: 2032-05-11

Abstract

The utility model discloses an automobile cup stand, including saucer cap and saucer body, saucer cap one end opening, the saucer body corresponds and sets up in the opening part of saucer cap, saucer body one end is rotated through the bottom of first pivot with the saucer cap and is connected, the top joint of the saucer body other end and saucer cap, the both ends cover of first pivot is equipped with first torsional spring, first torsional spring one end and first pivot fixed connection, the first torsional spring other end with saucer cap fixed connection, first torsional spring is used for driving the saucer body and rotates towards the direction of keeping away from the saucer cap, the lateral wall of saucer body rotates and is equipped with the gear, the arc wall has been seted up to the position that saucer cap inner wall corresponds the gear, the inner wall of arc wall is equipped with the rack, rack and gear engagement. The utility model provides an automobile cup stand, which can ensure that a cup stand body rotates in place by itself.

Description

Automobile cup holder

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an automotive interior accessory technical field especially relates to an automobile cup stand.

Background

An automobile cup stand belongs to an automobile interior trim part, is generally arranged on an auxiliary instrument desk and can be used for placing a water cup, bottled water or cola and the like. Current car saucer generally includes saucer cap and saucer body, saucer cap fixed mounting is on vice instrument desk, and the opening outwards, the fixed pivot and the spacing axle of being equipped with in both ends of saucer body, and the saucer body rotates through the pivot to be installed in the saucer cap, during the use with the saucer body from the saucer cap in roll-out, supports the saucer cap through spacing axle and makes the saucer body keep the level to be convenient for place the drinking cup.

When the cup stand body is rotated out from the cup stand shell cover, the cup stand body is manually pulled out from the cup stand shell cover, and then the gravity of the cup stand body is utilized to drive the cup stand body to rotate until the cup stand body rotates to a horizontal position. Because the weight of saucer body self is not very big to the speed that leads to the rotation whereabouts of saucer body can be relatively slow, can appear stopping phenomenon midway even, needs the user to turn the saucer body in person, and it is inconvenient to use, can make the user distract moreover, brings danger at the in-process of driving.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide an automobile cup stand can ensure that the saucer body rotates by oneself and targets in place.

The utility model discloses a technical scheme that car saucer adopted is:

an automobile cup stand comprises a cup stand shell cover and a cup stand body, wherein one end of the cup stand shell cover is open, the cup stand body is correspondingly arranged at the opening of the cup stand shell cover, one end of the cup stand body is rotatably connected with the bottom end of the cup stand shell cover through a first rotating shaft, the other end of the cup stand body is clamped with the top end of the cup stand shell cover, a limiting shaft is arranged at one end, close to the first rotating shaft, of the cup stand body, the limiting shaft is positioned at one side, close to the cup stand shell cover, of the first rotating shaft, limiting grooves are formed in the two sides of the cup stand shell cover, corresponding to the limiting shaft, and are respectively inserted into the limiting grooves, the limiting grooves are used for limiting the rotating angle of the cup stand body, a first torsion spring is sleeved at the two ends of the first rotating shaft, one end of the first torsion spring is fixedly connected with the first rotating shaft, the other end of the first torsion spring is fixedly connected with the cup stand shell cover, the first torsion spring is used for driving the cup stand body to rotate towards the direction far away from the cup stand shell cover, the cup stand comprises a cup stand body and is characterized in that a gear is rotatably arranged on the side wall of the cup stand body, an arc-shaped groove is formed in the position, corresponding to the gear, of the inner wall of a cup stand shell cover, a rack is arranged on the inner wall of the arc-shaped groove, and the rack is meshed with the gear.

As preferred scheme, the holding tank has been seted up to the saucer body near saucer cap one side, the open end of holding tank is equipped with the centre gripping arm, centre gripping arm one end is connected with this rotation of saucer through the second pivot, the perisporium cover of second pivot is equipped with the second torsional spring, second torsional spring one end and centre gripping arm fixed connection, the second torsional spring other end and saucer body fixed connection, the second torsional spring is used for driving the centre gripping arm and rotates towards the direction that is close to the holding tank.

Preferably, the number of the accommodating grooves is multiple, and the number of the clamping arms corresponds to the number of the accommodating grooves.

According to the preferable scheme, a clamping groove is formed in the top end of the cup stand shell cover, a first buckle is arranged in the clamping groove, a second buckle is arranged at the position, corresponding to the first buckle, of the cup stand body, and the second buckle is inserted into the clamping groove and clamped with the first buckle.

According to the preferable scheme, the first buckle is connected with the bottom end of the clamping groove through a first elastic piece, the first elastic piece is used for driving the first buckle to move towards the direction far away from the clamping groove, a sliding groove is formed in the side wall of the clamping groove, a limiting bulge is arranged at the position, corresponding to the sliding groove, of the first buckle and inserted into the sliding groove, a key is arranged at one end of the second buckle, the key is located on one side, far away from the cup stand shell cover, of the cup stand body, the key is connected with the cup stand body through a second elastic piece, and the second elastic piece is used for driving the key to move towards the direction far away from the cup stand body.

Preferably, the limiting groove is arc-shaped, the limiting groove protrudes in the direction away from the first rotating shaft, and two ends of the limiting groove are respectively located above and below the first rotating shaft.

Preferably, a reinforcing frame is fixedly arranged on one side, away from the cup stand body, of the cup stand shell cover, two ends of the first rotating shaft respectively penetrate through two sides of the reinforcing frame, and the reinforcing frame is rotatably connected with the first rotating shaft.

As a preferred scheme, the first rotating shaft and the reinforcing frame are both made of metal materials, plastic shaft sleeves are fixedly sleeved at two ends of the first rotating shaft, and the first rotating shaft is rotatably connected with the cup stand shell cover and the reinforcing frame through the plastic shaft sleeves.

Preferably, an elastic clip is fixedly arranged on one side, away from the shell cover of the cup holder, of the reinforcing frame, and the elastic clip is used for fixing the reinforcing frame.

As the preferred scheme, the both sides of strengthening the frame are equipped with the installation department, seted up a plurality of mounting holes on the installation department.

The utility model discloses a beneficial effect of car saucer is: the cup stand shell cover is fixedly arranged on an auxiliary instrument desk of an automobile, the opening faces outwards, when the automobile cup stand needs to be used, the cup stand body is detached and separated from the top end of the cup stand shell cover, the torsion spring is always compressed when the cup stand body is fixed in the cup stand shell cover, so after the cup stand body is detached and separated from the top end of the cup stand shell cover, the cup stand body can rotate towards the direction away from the cup stand shell cover under the driving of the restoring force of the torsion spring and the self gravity, thereby ensuring that the cup stand body can rotate in place by self, the cup stand body does not need to be rotated by hands of a user, the use by the user is convenient, when the limiting shaft rotates to the top end of the limiting groove along with the cup stand body, the cup stand body can not rotate any more, a water cup can be placed, in addition, the gear can also rotate along the rack under the driving of the cup stand body in the rotating process, and generates friction force, the falling speed of the cup stand body is reduced, so that the cup stand body is prevented from being impacted with the cup stand shell cover when the cup stand body rotates in place under the combined action of the elasticity of the torsion spring and the gravity of the cup stand body, and the cup stand body and the cup stand shell cover are damaged. Set up the torsional spring through the both ends at first pivot, drive the saucer body and rotate towards the direction of keeping away from the saucer cap, ensure that the saucer body can rotate by oneself and target in place, set up the gear at saucer body lateral wall simultaneously, rotate along the rack, reduce the falling speed of saucer body, reduce the striking between spacing axle and the saucer cap, protect spacing axle and saucer cap.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the cup holder of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of another state of the cup holder of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the cup holder housing cover of the automobile cup holder of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of fig. 3 at a.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of the cup holder body of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of the clamping arm of the cup holder of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of the cup holder key of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of the automobile cup holder reinforcing frame of the present invention.

10. A cup holder housing cover; 11. a limiting groove; 12. a card slot; 121. a chute; 20. a cup holder body; 21. accommodating grooves; 22. a clamp arm; 23. pressing a key; 31. a first rotating shaft; 32. a second rotating shaft; 33. a limiting shaft; 41. a first torsion spring; 42. a second torsion spring; 50. a plastic shaft sleeve; 61. a gear; 62. a rack; 71. a first buckle; 72. a second buckle; 81. a first elastic member; 82. a second elastic member; 90. a reinforcing frame; 91. an elastic clip; 92. an installation part; 93. and (7) installing holes.

Detailed Description

The invention will be further elucidated and described with reference to the following embodiments and drawings in which:

referring to fig. 1 to 5, an automobile cup holder includes a cup holder housing cover 10 and a cup holder body 20, one end of the cup holder housing cover 10 is open, the cup holder body 20 is correspondingly disposed at the opening of the cup holder housing cover 10, one end of the cup holder body 20 is rotatably connected to the bottom end of the cup holder housing cover 10 through a first rotating shaft 31, the other end of the cup holder body 20 is connected to the top end of the cup holder housing cover 10 in a snap-fit manner, one end of the cup holder body 20 close to the first rotating shaft 31 is provided with a limiting shaft 33, the limiting shaft 33 is disposed at one side of the first rotating shaft 31 close to the cup holder housing cover 10, two sides of the cup holder housing cover 10 corresponding to the limiting shaft 33 are provided with limiting grooves 11, two ends of the limiting shaft 33 are respectively inserted into the limiting grooves 11, the limiting grooves 11 are used for limiting the rotation angle of the cup holder body 20, two ends of the first rotating shaft 31 are sleeved with a first torsion spring 41, one end of the first torsion spring 41 is fixedly connected to the first rotating shaft 31, the other end of the first torsion spring 41 is fixedly connected to the cup holder housing cover 10, the first torsion spring 41 is used for driving the cup stand body 20 to rotate towards a direction far away from the cup stand shell cover 10, the side wall of the cup stand body 20 rotates to be provided with a gear 61, an arc-shaped groove is formed in the position, corresponding to the gear 61, of the inner wall of the cup stand shell cover 10, a rack 62 is arranged on the inner wall of the arc-shaped groove, and the rack 62 is meshed with the gear 61.

The cup stand shell cover 10 is fixedly arranged on an auxiliary instrument desk of an automobile, the opening faces outwards, when the automobile cup stand needs to be used, the cup stand body 20 is detached and separated from the top end of the cup stand shell cover 10, because the cup stand body 20 always compresses a torsion spring when being fixed in the cup stand shell cover 10, after the cup stand body 20 is detached and separated from the top end of the cup stand shell cover 10, the cup stand body 20 can rotate towards the direction far away from the cup stand shell cover 10 under the driving of the restoring force of the torsion spring and the self gravity, so that the cup stand body 20 can rotate in place by self, a user does not need to rotate the cup stand body 20 with the hands, the use of the user is convenient, when the limiting shaft 33 rotates to the top end of the limiting groove 11 along with the cup stand body 20, the limiting shaft 33 abuts against the cup stand shell cover 10, the cup stand body 20 can not rotate any more, a water cup can be placed, in addition, in the rotating process of the cup stand body 20, the gear 61 can also rotate along the rack 62 under the driving of the cup stand body 20, the friction force is generated, the falling speed of the cup stand body 20 is reduced, and therefore the cup stand body 20 is prevented from being impacted greatly with the cup stand shell cover 10 when the cup body rotates in place under the combined action of the elasticity of the torsion spring and the gravity of the cup stand body 20, and the cup stand body 20 and the cup stand shell cover 10 are damaged.

Specifically, referring to fig. 5 and 6, an accommodating groove 21 is formed in one side of the cup holder body 20 close to the cup holder shell cover 10, an opening end of the accommodating groove 21 is provided with a clamping arm 22, one end of the clamping arm 22 is rotatably connected with the cup holder body 20 through a second rotating shaft 32, a second torsion spring 42 is sleeved on a peripheral wall of the second rotating shaft 32, one end of the second torsion spring 42 is fixedly connected with the clamping arm 22, the other end of the second torsion spring 42 is fixedly connected with the cup holder body 20, and the second torsion spring 42 is used for driving the clamping arm 22 to rotate towards a direction close to the accommodating groove 21. More specifically, the number of the receiving grooves 21 is plural, and the number of the clamp arms 22 is set corresponding to the receiving grooves 21.

Holding tank 21 is convenient for place the drinking cup, and simultaneously, centre gripping arm 22 is under the effect of second torsional spring 42, and the orientation extrusion drinking cup that is close to holding tank 21 can make the drinking cup place more firm, prevents to rock because of the car and leads to the drinking cup to drop. In addition, the clamping arm 22 is rotatably arranged on the cup holder body 20, and the rotating angle of the clamping arm 22 can be automatically adjusted according to the size of the water cup, so that the water cups with various body sizes can be fixed, and the cup holder is wide in application range. In this embodiment, the number of the accommodating groove 21 and the number of the holding arms 22 are two, and the holding arms 22 are configured in an arc shape, so as to be more fit with the surface of the cup.

Specifically, referring to fig. 3 to 7, a clamping groove 12 is formed at a top end of the cup holder housing cover 10, a first buckle 71 is disposed in the clamping groove 12, a second buckle 72 is disposed at a position of the cup holder body 20 corresponding to the first buckle 71, and the second buckle 72 is inserted into the clamping groove 12 and clamped with the first buckle 71. More specifically, the first buckle 71 is connected with the bottom end of the clamping groove 12 through the first elastic member 81, the first elastic member 81 is used for driving the first buckle 71 to move towards the direction away from the clamping groove 12, the sliding groove 121 is formed in the side wall of the clamping groove 12, a limiting protrusion is arranged at the position, corresponding to the sliding groove 121, of the first buckle 71, the limiting protrusion is inserted into the sliding groove 121, the key 23 is arranged at one end of the second buckle 72, the key 23 is located on one side, away from the cup holder shell cover 10, of the cup holder body 20, the key 23 is connected with the cup holder body 20 through the second elastic member 82, and the second elastic member 82 is used for driving the key 23 to move towards the direction away from the cup holder body 20.

When the cup stand shell cover is opened, the key 23 is pressed towards the direction close to the cup stand shell cover 10 to extrude the second elastic piece 82, meanwhile, the second buckle 72 moves towards the direction close to the cup stand shell cover 10, after the key 23 is loosened, the pressure on the second elastic piece 82 disappears, and under the driving of the self restoring force of the second elastic piece 82, the second buckle 72 and the key 23 can move towards the direction far away from the cup stand shell cover 10, so that the second buckle 72 is separated from the first buckle 71 and is not clamped, and the cup stand body 20 can be opened conveniently; when the door is closed, the second buckle 72 extrudes the first buckle 71, the first elastic part 81 is extruded, the second buckle 72 and the first buckle 71 are clamped conveniently under the reaction force of the first elastic part 81, and in addition, the limiting protrusion moves along the sliding groove 121 to prevent the first buckle 71 from being ejected out of the clamping groove 12 under the action of the first elastic part 81.

Specifically, referring to fig. 3, the limiting groove 11 is arc-shaped, the limiting groove 11 protrudes in a direction away from the first rotating shaft 31, and two ends of the limiting groove 11 are respectively located above and below the first rotating shaft 31.

The saucer body 20 is at the pivoted in-process, and spacing axle 33 also rotates along spacing groove 11 simultaneously, and when spacing axle 33 slided to the upper end of spacing groove 11, spacing

axle

33 and 11 one end butt in spacing groove, spacing axle 33 can't slide again, and then the rotation of restriction saucer body 20, and spacing groove 11 still plays the effect of direction simultaneously.

Specifically, referring to fig. 8, a reinforcing frame 90 is fixedly disposed on a side of the cup holder housing cover 10 away from the cup holder body 20, two ends of the first rotating shaft 31 respectively penetrate through two sides of the reinforcing frame 90, and the reinforcing frame 90 is rotatably connected to the first rotating shaft 31.

When the drinking cup is placed on the saucer body 20, the saucer body 20 bears the pressure brought by the weight of the drinking cup, because the saucer body 20 is rotationally connected with the saucer shell cover 10 and the reinforcing frame 90 through the first rotating shaft 31, part of the pressure of the saucer body 20 acts on the saucer shell cover 10 and the reinforcing frame 90 through the first rotating shaft 31 at the same time, the other part of the pressure of the saucer body 20 acts on the saucer shell cover 10 through the limiting shaft 33, the pressure borne by the saucer shell cover 10 is reduced, and meanwhile, the reaction force of the saucer shell cover 10 to the first rotating shaft 31 and the limiting shaft 33 is also reduced, so that the saucer shell cover 10 is protected, the first rotating shaft 31 and the limiting shaft 33, further, the service life of the automobile saucer is prolonged, and the bearing capacity of the automobile saucer is improved.

Specifically, referring to fig. 2 and fig. 5, the first rotating shaft 31 and the reinforcing frame 90 are made of metal, plastic bushings 50 are fixedly sleeved at two ends of the first rotating shaft 31, and the first rotating shaft 31 is rotatably connected with the cup holder housing cover 10 and the reinforcing frame 90 through the plastic bushings 50.

The metal hardness is high, is difficult for taking place to warp to can bear great pressure, and then can improve the bearing capacity and the life of car saucer, in this embodiment, the specific metal material of first pivot 31 is carbon steel or alloy steel, and the specific metal material of reinforcing frame 90 is the nickel-plated iron. In addition, because the first pivot 31 of metal material and the direct friction of reinforcement frame 90, the abnormal sound is big, and the friction loss is big moreover, and replacement cost is high, so fix the plastic axle sleeve 50 of establishing at the both ends of first pivot 31, avoid first pivot 31 and reinforcement frame 90 direct friction, reduce the abnormal sound, reduce the friction loss.

Specifically, referring to fig. 8, an elastic clip 91 is fixedly disposed on a side of the reinforcing frame 90 away from the cup holder housing cover 10, and the elastic clip 91 is used for fixing the reinforcing frame 90. The reinforcing frame 90 has mounting portions 92 on both sides thereof, and the mounting portions 92 have a plurality of mounting holes 93 formed therein.

The user can select the mounting mode of the automobile cup holder according to the specific situation of the automobile auxiliary instrument desk, and the cup holder can be fixed on the automobile auxiliary instrument desk through the elastic clamp 91 or the mounting part 92.

The utility model provides an automobile cup stand, the cup stand shell cover is fixedly arranged on the auxiliary instrument desk of the automobile, the opening faces outwards, when the automobile cup stand is needed to be used, the cup stand body is detached and separated from the top end of the cup stand shell cover, because the torsion spring is always compressed when the cup stand body is fixed in the cup stand shell cover, after the cup stand body is detached and separated from the top end of the cup stand shell cover, the cup stand body can rotate towards the direction away from the cup stand shell cover under the driving of the restoring force of the torsion spring and the self gravity, thereby ensuring that the cup stand body can rotate in place by itself, the cup stand body does not need to be rotated by hands of a user, the use is convenient, when the limiting shaft rotates to the top end of the limiting groove along with the cup stand body, the limiting shaft supports the cup stand shell cover, the cup stand body can not rotate any more, a water cup can be placed, in addition, the cup stand body rotates, the gear also can rotate along the rack under the driving of the cup stand body, the friction force is generated, the falling speed of the cup stand body is reduced, and therefore the cup stand body is prevented from being impacted with the cup stand shell cover when the cup body rotates in place under the combined action of the elasticity of the torsion spring and the gravity of the cup stand body, and the cup stand body and the cup stand shell cover are damaged. Set up the torsional spring through the both ends at first pivot, drive the saucer body and rotate towards the direction of keeping away from the saucer cap, ensure that the saucer body can rotate by oneself and target in place, set up the gear at saucer body lateral wall simultaneously, rotate along the rack, reduce the falling speed of saucer body, reduce the striking between spacing axle and the saucer cap, protect spacing axle and saucer cap.

It should be finally noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, but not to limit the scope of the present invention, and although the present invention is described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the technical solutions of the present invention can be modified or replaced equivalently without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the present invention.

Claims

1. An automobile cup stand is characterized by comprising a cup stand shell cover and a cup stand body, wherein one end of the cup stand shell cover is opened, the cup stand body is correspondingly arranged at the opening of the cup stand shell cover, one end of the cup stand body is rotatably connected with the bottom end of the cup stand shell cover through a first rotating shaft, the other end of the cup stand body is clamped with the top end of the cup stand shell cover, a limiting shaft is arranged at one end, close to the first rotating shaft, of the cup stand body and is positioned at one side, close to the cup stand shell cover, of the first rotating shaft, limiting grooves are formed in the positions, corresponding to the limiting shaft, of the two sides of the cup stand shell cover, the two ends of the limiting shaft are respectively inserted into the limiting grooves, the limiting grooves are used for limiting the rotating angle of the cup stand body, a first torsion spring is sleeved at the two ends of the first rotating shaft, one end of the first torsion spring is fixedly connected with the first rotating shaft, and the other end of the first torsion spring is fixedly connected with the cup stand shell cover, the cup stand comprises a cup stand body and is characterized in that the first torsion spring is used for driving the cup stand body to rotate towards a direction far away from a cup stand shell cover, a gear is arranged on the side wall of the cup stand body in a rotating mode, an arc-shaped groove is formed in the position, corresponding to the gear, of the inner wall of the cup stand shell cover, a rack is arranged on the inner wall of the arc-shaped groove, and the rack is meshed with the gear.

2. The automobile cup holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein a receiving groove is formed in a side of the cup holder body close to the cup holder housing cover, an opening end of the receiving groove is provided with a clamping arm, one end of the clamping arm is rotatably connected with the cup holder body through a second rotating shaft, a second torsion spring is sleeved on a peripheral wall of the second rotating shaft, one end of the second torsion spring is fixedly connected with the clamping arm, the other end of the second torsion spring is fixedly connected with the cup holder body, and the second torsion spring is used for driving the clamping arm to rotate towards a direction close to the receiving groove.

3. The vehicle cup holder according to claim 2, wherein said receiving groove is plural in number, and said holding arm is provided in number corresponding to the receiving groove.

4. The automobile cup holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein a slot is formed at a top end of the cup holder shell cover, a first buckle is disposed in the slot, a second buckle is disposed at a position of the cup holder body corresponding to the first buckle, and the second buckle is inserted into the slot and clamped with the first buckle.

5. The automobile cup holder as claimed in claim 4, wherein the first buckle is connected to the bottom end of the slot through a first elastic member, the first elastic member is used for driving the first buckle to move in a direction away from the slot, a sliding slot is formed in a side wall of the slot, a position of the first buckle corresponding to the sliding slot is provided with a limiting protrusion, the limiting protrusion is inserted into the sliding slot, one end of the second buckle is provided with a button, the button is located on a side of the cup holder body away from the cup holder shell cover, the button is connected to the cup holder body through a second elastic member, and the second elastic member is used for driving the button to move in a direction away from the cup holder body.

6. The cup holder according to claim 1, wherein the retaining groove is curved, the retaining groove protrudes in a direction away from the first axis, and two ends of the retaining groove are respectively located above and below the first axis.

7. The automobile cup holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein a reinforcing frame is fixedly arranged on one side of the cup holder shell cover away from the cup holder body, two ends of the first rotating shaft respectively penetrate through two sides of the reinforcing frame, and the reinforcing frame is rotatably connected with the first rotating shaft.

8. The vehicle cup holder according to claim 7, wherein the first shaft and the reinforcing frame are made of metal, and plastic sleeves are fixed to both ends of the first shaft, and the first shaft is rotatably connected to the cup holder cover and the reinforcing frame through the plastic sleeves.

9. An automobile cup holder according to claim 7, wherein a spring clip is fixedly arranged on the side of the reinforcing frame away from the cup holder shell cover, and the spring clip is used for fixing the reinforcing frame.

10. The cup holder according to claim 7, wherein the reinforcing frame has mounting portions on both sides thereof, and the mounting portions have a plurality of mounting holes.