JP2000052837A - Cup holder for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve a cup holder to contain and hold drink containers of different sizes and forms in a stable condition. SOLUTION: In a cup holder for a vehicle to contain and hold drink containers, the cup holder is composed of a main body 1 in the form of an oval container having drink containing parts 1A, 1B on both sides in a length direction, and a separator 2 to separate the inside of the main body 1 at a center position in the length direction, a support part 14 to position and support the separator 2 is formed at the center position inside the main body 1, and the separator 2 is installed on the support part 14 to be direction-changeable at least to two directions at 90 deg. from each other. In this case, the separator 2 is so formed that a width along the length direction of the main body 1 is changed in each installation direction, thereby sizes of the drink container containing parts 1A, 1B on both sides can be changed to match drink containers of different sizes by changing the installation direction of the separator 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle cup holder capable of stably holding various kinds of beverage containers.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a cup holder installed in a vehicle interior, a cylindrical container having a slightly larger diameter than a beverage container is used.
A container type container for storing the beverage container therein, or a tray having a through hole slightly larger in diameter than the beverage container is disposed at an intermediate position in the vertical direction of the beverage container above the base on which the beverage container is placed. There is a tray type in which the beverage container inserted in the through hole is held. Further, the container-type cup holder includes a double container type in which an oval-shaped container is provided with a separator in the center of the inside to partition the container left and right, and a beverage container is stored and held on each of the left and right sides.

In general, commercially available beverage containers include cans, paper cups, paper packs and the like. The outer diameter of the can container or the paper cup has a normal size and a large size. Further, the paper pack differs in shape from a can container or a paper cup, and has a cubic shape. The cup holder is set to the size of the largest large can, so that beverage containers of various sizes and shapes can be stored and held, and smaller ordinary cans, paper cups, paper packs, etc. Stability is not good when stored.

Therefore, conventionally, a cup holder is provided with one side surface of an inner peripheral surface or one side of an opening peripheral edge of a through hole.
There is one provided with a support which is movable or rotatable and reduces the inner diameter of the cup holder (Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 6-50969).
No. 6-78066). The support is normally urged by a spring or the like in a direction to reduce the inner diameter of the cup holder, so that when the beverage container is stored, the support is pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the beverage container.

[0005]

However, the support is pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the beverage container by the urging force of the spring. Therefore, in a can container or the like, a slightly protruding hemming portion at the lower peripheral edge is caught by the support, and the beverage container is closed. There is a problem that it is difficult to take out from the holder, and it is difficult to take out paper cups and the like due to deformation due to the pressing force of the support. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a cup holder capable of holding beverage containers having different sizes and shapes in a stable state.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a vehicle cup holder for storing and holding a beverage container, wherein the cup holder has an oval container shape and a beverage container storage portion on both sides in the length direction, and A separator for partitioning the inside of the main body at the center position in the longitudinal direction, a support portion for positioning and supporting the separator at the center position is formed inside the main body, and the separator is attached to the support portion at least by approximately 90 °. It is installed so that it can change direction in two directions, the separator is formed in a shape that the width along the length direction of the main body changes for each installation direction, and the size of the beverage container storage section on both sides can be changed according to the installation direction of the separator (Claim 1). By changing the direction of the separator and adjusting the size of the beverage container storage part to the size of the beverage container to be stored therein, the beverage container can be stably stored, and the beverage container is not pressed down, so that the beverage container is not pressed down. There is no problem in taking out the container.

[0007] The separator is supported on the support portion so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction along the width direction of the main body,
The separator is provided with locking means for locking the separator to the main body at first and second rotation positions where a rotation angle difference is substantially 90 °, and the separator is provided with a second rotation position.
The width along the length direction of the main body at the rotational position is formed to be larger than the width at the first rotational position (claim 2). By rotating the separator by 90 °, the size of the beverage container storage section can be easily changed, and the operability is good.

The separator is detachable from the support portion, and the first and second separators have a vertical rotation angle difference of approximately 90 ° along the width direction of the main body.
Locking means for locking the separator to the main body at a third installation position where the horizontal rotation angle difference between the first installation position and the first installation position is approximately 90 °, and the separator is provided with a second The width along the length direction of the main body at the installation position is formed to be larger than the width at the first installation position, and at the third installation position, on both side surfaces facing the beverage container storage sections on both sides, respectively. A concave portion is formed to fit the side surface of the rectangular beverage container stored in the beverage container storage section (claim 3). By converting the separator into three installation directions, various types of beverage containers having different sizes and shapes in each installation direction can be stably held.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, the cup holder comprises a main body 1 of a container body for accommodating a beverage container on both left and right sides, and a separator 2 installed at a central position inside the main body 1 and partitioning the inside of the main body 1. Both sides in the length direction of the main body 1 partitioned by 2 become beverage container storage portions (hereinafter, storage portions) 1A and 1B.

The main body 1 is an oval container made of a synthetic resin, and has a length capable of accommodating two large cans at an interval, and peripheral walls 11a and 11b opposed in the width direction are perpendicular to each other. The peripheral walls 12a at both ends in the longitudinal direction are planar,
12b is an arc-shaped vertical wall surface along the outer peripheral surface of the large can. Further, the width of the main body 1 is substantially matched to the diameter of the large-sized can, and the depth of the main body 1 is substantially the same as the width. A flange 13 projecting outward is provided around the entire opening edge of the main body 1. The main body 1 is fitted in an opening formed on the upper surface of a dashboard, console box, or the like in the vehicle interior, and is installed in the vehicle interior with the flange 13 being engaged with an opening edge of the opening.

A support portion 14 that stands vertically from the bottom surface and supports the separator 2 is integrally formed in the center of the main body 1. The support part 14 is a plate-like body widened in the width direction of the main body 1, and its height is approximately ／ of the depth dimension of the main body 1, and a through hole 15 is formed at the upper end of the support part 14. It is. On the bottom surface of the main body 1, bulging portions 16 slightly protruding inside the main body 1 are provided near both sides of the support portion 14, respectively.

The separator 2 is a thick disk made of a synthetic resin and has a diameter slightly smaller than the width of the main body 1 so as to be set in the main body 1 in the width direction. A through hole 21 is formed at the center of the separator 2. On a part of the peripheral surface of the separator 2, a triangular protrusion 22 tapering outwardly from a range of approximately ４ of the outer periphery is integrally formed. The separator 2 is provided with a slit 23 along the circumferential direction of the outer periphery over a range of approximately ／ of the remaining outer periphery, leaving the outer periphery on which the projections 22 are formed.

The separator 2 is inserted into the main body 1 from above, the support portion 14 is inserted into the split 23, and the support shaft 17 penetrates the through hole 21 of the separator 2 and the through hole 15 of the support portion 14. Are supported so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction along the width direction. In this case, the peripheral surface of the separator 2 is in contact with the bulging portion 16 on the bottom surface of the main body 1.
The rotation range of the separator 2 is from the first rotation position (FIG. 1B) where the projection 22 abuts on the upper edge of one of the peripheral walls 11 a in the longitudinal direction of the main body 1. The rotation angle up to the second rotation position (FIG. 1 (C)) contacting the surface is within a range of 90 °. Free rotation of the separator 2 is suppressed by frictional resistance between the peripheral surface and the bulging portion 16 on the bottom surface of the main body 1.

The separator 2 has two side surfaces 24 facing the storage portions 1A and 1B when in the first rotation position (FIG. 2).
a and 24b are each formed into a curved surface with a vertical arcuate shape along the entire side surface along the outer peripheral surface of the large diameter can 4, and the first end surface 25 serving as the upper surface is a concave lens having a narrow intermediate portion. It has a shape. In the first rotation position, the separator 2 has a substantially large-diameter cylindrical shape for accommodating the large-diameter can 4 between the side surfaces 24a and 24b and the peripheral walls 12a and 12b at both ends of the main body 1 opposed thereto. Storage section 1
A and 1B are formed.

On the other hand, when the separator 2 is rotated by 90 ° to the second rotation position (FIG. 3), the second end surfaces 26 serving as the upper surface and the lower surface correspond to the peripheral walls 1 at both ends of the main body 1.
2a and 12b are opposed to the side surfaces 24a and 24b.
The second end face 26 is wider than the first end face 25. Therefore, the diameter of the storage portions 1A and 1B on both sides along the length direction of the main body 1 is smaller than that at the first rotation position, and the normal can 5 is stored.

In the present embodiment, the cup holder is operated by a simple operation of rotating the separator 2 by 90 °.
The diameter of the storage sections 1A and 1B can be switched according to the diameter of the beverage container.

FIGS. 4 to 7 show another embodiment of the present invention.
It will be described based on. The basic structure of this embodiment is almost the same as that of the previous embodiment, and the description will focus on the differences. The main body 1 has substantially the same shape as that of the previous embodiment. Inside the main body 1, a plate-like supporting portion 14 which projects vertically upward at the center position of the bottom surface and is widened in the width direction of the main body 1 is integrated. The separator 3 is detachably attached to it.
Let me support you.

The separator 3 is a rectangular parallelepiped made of a synthetic resin, and has substantially the same length, width and height, and fits in the main body 1 in any direction according to the width of the main body 1. It is possible. On one side surface (the bottom surface in FIG. 4) of the separator 3,
A first slit 31 extending in the width direction is formed, and a second slit 32 orthogonal to the first slit 31 is formed.
Is formed. Further, a third slit 33 extending in the vertical direction is formed on the other side surface (the front surface in FIG. 4) adjacent to the one side surface of the separator 3.

The separator 3 includes first, second and third separators.
The support portion 14 of the main body 1 is fitted into any one of the slits 31, 32, and 33 and is detachably installed. Separator 3
Can be taken out of the main body 1 and turned in the other direction for installation.
The first installation position (FIG. 5) in which the support portion 14 is fitted into the third slit 33 by rotating the support portion 14 by 90 ° in the vertical direction along the width direction of the main body 1 from the first installation position. 90 ° horizontally from the installation position (FIG. 6) and the first installation position
By rotating, the direction can be changed to a third installation position (FIG. 7) in which the support portion 14 is fitted into the second slit 32.

When the separator 3 is in the first installation position, both side surfaces 34a and 34b facing the peripheral walls 12a and 12b at both ends of the main body 1 are each formed in a vertical arc shape along the outer peripheral surface of the large diameter can 4. The upper surface 35a and the lower surface 35b have a concave lens shape. On both side edges of the front surface 36a and the rear surface 36b which are continuous with the both side surfaces 34a, 34b, shallow arc-shaped recessed surfaces 37a, 37b are formed, respectively. Thereby, the front 3
6a and the rear surface 36b are wider in the length direction of the main body 1 than the upper and lower surfaces 35a and 35b. On the front surface 36a and the rear surface 36b, concave portions 38a and 38b are formed in the center, respectively, and extend in a groove shape in the vertical direction.

When the separator 3 is set at the first installation position (FIG. 5), the storage portions 1A, 1B between the side surfaces 34a, 34b and the peripheral walls 12a, 12b at both ends of the main body 1 facing these. Are large enough to accommodate the large-diameter cans 4 respectively. When the second installation position (FIG. 6) is set,
The diameter of the storage portions 1A and 1B in the length direction of the main body 1 becomes smaller than the first installation position, and the storage can 1 stores the normal can 5. Further, when the third installation position (FIG. 7) is set, the concave portions 38a, 3
The surfaces 36a and 36b on which the surfaces 8b are formed face the peripheral walls 12a and 12b at both ends of the main body 1, respectively.
b, the storage portions 1A and 1B each have a rectangular shape for storing the paper pack 6.

In the present embodiment, the cup holder can change the direction of the separator 3 in three directions to change the diameter and shape of the storage portions 1A and 1B according to the size and shape of the beverage container.

[0023]

According to the cup holder for a vehicle of the present invention, the size of the storage section can be changed by changing the installation direction of the separator which partitions the container-like main body and forms the storage section on both sides. It is possible to stably store and hold beverage containers having different sizes and shapes. Also,
Since the storage portion does not press the side surface of the beverage container, the paper beverage container is not deformed and the beverage container can be easily taken out from the cup holder.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a vehicle cup holder of the present invention.
1A is an exploded perspective view, FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional view in a state where a separator is in a first rotation position, and FIG. 1C is a cross-sectional view in a state where the separator is in a second rotation position. It is.

FIG. 2 shows a state where the separator of the cup holder for a vehicle according to the present invention is in a first rotational position, and FIG.
Is a perspective view thereof, and FIG. 2B is a plan view thereof.

FIG. 3 shows a state in which the separator of the cup holder for a vehicle according to the present invention is in a second rotational position, and FIG.
Is a perspective view thereof, and FIG. 3B is a plan view thereof.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of another vehicle cup holder of the present invention.

FIG. 5 shows a state where the separator of the other vehicle cup holder of the present invention is in the first installation position.
(A) is a perspective view thereof, and FIG. 5 (B) is a plan view thereof.

FIG. 6 shows a state where the separator of the other vehicle cup holder of the present invention is in the second installation position.
(A) is a perspective view thereof, and FIG. 6 (B) is a plan view thereof.

FIG. 7 shows a state where the separator of the other vehicle cup holder of the present invention is in the third installation position.
FIG. 7A is a perspective view thereof, and FIG. 7B is a plan view thereof.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body 1A, 1B Beverage container storage part 14 Support part 2, 3 Separator 22 Locking means (projection) 31, 32, 33 Locking means (slit) 4, 5, 6 Drinking container

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A cup holder for a vehicle for storing and holding a beverage container, wherein the cup holder has a shape of an elliptical container, and both sides in the length direction are respectively beverage container storage portions, and the inside of the body is arranged in the length direction. It is composed of a separator partitioned at the center position, and a support portion for positioning and supporting the separator is formed at the center position inside the main body, and the separator is installed on the support portion so that the direction can be changed in at least two directions by approximately 90 ° at a time. A vehicle wherein the separator is formed in a shape in which the width along the length direction of the main body changes in each installation direction, and the size of the beverage container storage portion on both sides is variable depending on the installation direction of the separator. For cup holder. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the separator is rotatably supported on the support portion so as to be rotatable in a vertical direction along a width direction of the main body, and the first and second separators have a rotation angle difference of approximately 90 °. A locking means for locking the separator to the main body at a second rotation position is provided, wherein the separator includes:
The vehicle cup holder according to claim 1, wherein a width along a length direction of the main body at the second rotation position is formed to be larger than the width at the first rotation position. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the separator is detachable from the support, and the separator has first and second installation positions at which a vertical rotation angle difference along a width direction of the main body is substantially 90 °. A locking means for locking the separator to the main body is provided at a third installation position at which a horizontal rotation angle difference from the first installation position is substantially 90 °, and the separator is provided at the second installation position. The width along the length direction of the main body is shaped to be larger than the width at the first installation position, and the beverage containers are respectively provided on both side surfaces facing the beverage container storage portions on both sides at the third installation position. The vehicle cup holder according to claim 1, wherein a concave portion is formed to fit a side surface of the rectangular beverage container stored in the storage portion.