JP2000272400A - Storage type cup folder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a storage type cup holder allowing the movement form stored position to cup held position in one operation, while the area and volume for the storage is reduced. SOLUTION: A holder storage portion 4d is formed at the rear end face of a console box 4. A support bracket of the holder storage portion 4d turnably supports a receiving plate 7. At the same time, a folding prevention member 8 is supported by the first link 11 and the second link 14. To the second link 14, an L-shaped engagement groove 16a is formed, while to the receiving plate 7, a engagement pin 16b to be engaged with the L-shaped engagement groove 16a is formed, for structuring a guide member 16. A folding prevention member 8 is disposed keeping a predetermined distance apart above the receiving plate 7 in the cup holding position. By turning the receiving plate 7 to the stored position in this state, the folding prevention member 8 is stored in the receiving plate 7, then the holder is stored in the holder storage portion 4d.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cup holder for holding a cup containing beverage liquid in a vertical state in a swinging room of an automobile or the like. Related to retractable cup holder.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional retractable cup holder,
For example, when the instrument panel of the automobile and the console box are close to each other, a saucer for receiving the lower surface of the cup is formed on the upper surface of the console box, and the instrument panel is located at a position kept a predetermined distance above the saucer. By disposing the fall prevention member that receives the body of the cup so that it can slide in the front and rear direction, the fall prevention member is stored in the instrument panel when not in use, and the fall prevention member is pulled out from the instrument panel when in use. Some are configured to be arranged at predetermined intervals on a saucer.

[0003]

However, in the conventional retractable cup holder, since the upper surface of the console box is used as a receiving tray, only the fall prevention member has to be stored. There is an unsolved problem that the method cannot be applied to a case where a saucer cannot be arranged on the lower side, such as a front end surface or a rear end surface of a console box or a back surface of a front seat back.

In order to solve this unsolved problem, a tray and a fall prevention member are separately provided, and these are rotatable with respect to each other, and are rotated and stored in the same direction so as not to interfere with each other. However, in this case, the storage area becomes large, and it cannot be mounted on a small mounting surface such as the front and rear end surfaces of the console box. There is a new problem that the storage position or the cup holding position cannot be set by the number of operations.

Further, the tray and the fall prevention member are separately provided,
For example, it is considered that the fall prevention member is rotated downward when storing the tray, and the pan is rotated upward to store the fall prevention member. A new problem that a stopper is required to hold the position when rotated to the holding position, the stopper needs to be released at the time of storage, and the storage position or the cup holding position cannot be set by a single operation. There is.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a retractable cup holder which can be moved to a storage position and a cup holding position by a single operation, and can reduce a storage area and a volume. It is.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and a retractable cup holder according to claim 1 of the present invention has a mounting surface having a near-vertical inclination angle. In a retractable cup holder in which a receiving tray for receiving the bottom surface and a fall prevention member for inserting and holding the body of the cup separated by a predetermined distance upward from the receiving tray are movably disposed between the cup holding position and the storing position, A support portion protruding forward is formed on the mounting surface, and a base of the tray is rotatably mounted on the support portion, and a pair of upper and lower first ends are rotatably connected to the fall prevention member individually. The other ends of the first and second rotation links are individually rotatably mounted, and a fall prevention member is stored in the tray at the storage position in the tray and the second rotation link, and in the cup holding position. The tray and the fall prevention unit The keeping a predetermined distance in the vertical direction, characterized in that the formation of the guide member for guiding in parallel.

In the invention according to the first aspect, the tray is rotatably supported by the support portion, and the fall prevention member is connected to the support portion via a pair of upper and lower first and second rotation links. Since the guide member is provided between the second rotating link and the tray, the tray and the fall prevention member are positioned in parallel at a predetermined distance in the vertical direction at the cup holding position. By holding and rotating the tray upward from this state, the second rotation link is linked by the guide member, and the fall prevention member is stored in the storage position while being stored in the tray.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the retractable cup holder according to the first aspect, the guide member is preferably formed on one of the tray and the second pivot link. It is characterized in that it is formed by a letter-shaped engaging groove and an engaging pin that engages with the letter-shaped engaging groove formed on the other side.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the guide member is formed by the V-shaped engagement groove and the engagement pin engaged with the groove, the tray is rotated from the cup holding position to the storage position. Sometimes it turns while pulling the fall prevention member in the pan, and the fall prevention member is stored in the pan in the storage position,
Reduce storage area.

Furthermore, in the retractable cup holder according to claim 3 of the present invention, in the invention according to claim 1 or 2, the mounting surface is at least one end surface of the front and rear of the console box. I do.

In the invention according to the third aspect, the cup can be held on the front seat side or the rear seat side by installing the retractable cup holder on the front and rear end faces of the console box.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a console box of an automobile, and shows an enlarged view of a retractable cup holder in storage and in use. In the figure, 1 is a driver's seat, 2 is a passenger seat, 3 is a rear seat, and a console box 4 is arranged between the driver's seat 1 and the passenger seat 2. As shown in FIG. 2, the console box 4 has a box-shaped console box main body 4a, and a storage recess 4b having an open upper end surface is formed on the front side excluding the rear end of the console box main body 4a. A cup holder storage portion 4d having a window 4c is formed on the rear end surface of the rear end portion, and a cover 4e is rotatably mounted on the upper end on the front end side of the console box main body 4a.

A retractable cup holder 5 is provided in the cup holder storage section 4d. The retractable cup holder 5 has a tray 7 for receiving a bottom surface of a cup 6 for accommodating a drinking liquid such as refreshing drinking water, and a fall prevention member 8 for inserting and holding the body of the cup 6.

The receiving tray 7 is in a horizontal state at the cup holding position shown by the dashed line in FIG. 2, that is, in the state shown by the solid line in FIG. 3, and is connected to the flat bottom plate 7a and its front edge and left and right edges. Front wall 7b and left and right side walls 7c extending upward
The left and right side walls 7c are formed in the shape of a rectangular box plate with the upper and lower end faces opened, and the lower ends of the front end sides of the right and left side walls 7c are screwed to the vertical side walls 4f in the cup holder storage part 4d as shown in FIG. The support bracket 9 is a U-shaped support portion, and is rotatably pivoted by a rotation shaft 7e inside the rear lower ends of the left and right side plate portions 9a.

Here, the right and left side plate portions 9 of the support bracket 9 are provided.
As shown in FIG. 3A, a right-angled triangular cutout 9b is formed from the rear end face side to the front end side to allow movement of a rotation shaft 13 and an engagement pin 16a described later.

On the other hand, the fall prevention member 8 is a rectangular plate having a circular insertion hole 8a formed in the center portion which is horizontally maintained at the cup holding position shown by the dashed line in FIG. 2, that is, in the state shown by the solid line in FIG. Part 8b, and an inverted trapezoidal support bracket 8 formed to extend downward at the left and right ends on the front end side, respectively.
c.

As shown in FIG. 3, the fall prevention member 8 is formed in a circular arc shape on a pivot pin 10 projecting from a rear end on the lower end side of the outer peripheral surface of the support bracket 8c.
Of the first rotation link 11 is connected to the left and right side plate portions 9 of the support bracket 9.
The pivot pin 12 is rotatably connected to a pivot pin 12 protruding inside the upper portion of the rear end in FIG.

A substantially right-angled triangular shape in which three apical angles are formed as one acute angle and two obtuse angles on a rotating shaft 13 protruding from a front end of a lower end of an outer peripheral surface of the support bracket 8c of the fall prevention member 8. The upper obtuse portion on the rear end side of the second rotary link 14 is rotatably pivoted, and the second
The acute angle portion on the front end side of the rotation link 14 is the rotation pin 1 on the inner peripheral surface side of the left and right plate portions 9a of the support bracket 9.
It is pivotally attached to a rotation shaft 15 projecting obliquely forward from the side 2. Then, the tray 7 and the second rotating link 1
4 is linked by a guide member 16 that stores the fall prevention member 8 in the tray 7 by rotating the tray 7 toward the holder storage portion 4d.

The guide member 16 is, as shown in FIG.
A U-shaped engaging groove 16a extending upward and to the right from the obtuse portion at the rear lower end of the second rotating link 14, bending near the rotating shaft 15 and extending forward, and right and left side walls 7c of the tray 7 The protruding portion is provided at a position slightly rearward of the pivot pin 12 and has a V-shaped engagement groove 16a.
And an engagement pin 16b that engages with the obtuse-angle-side end portion of the second member.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.
Now, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, when the tray 7 is in a horizontal state, and is located at a cup holding position where the fall prevention member 8 is disposed at a predetermined distance above the tray 7, the tray 7 is in a horizontal state.
Counterclockwise rotation is restricted by the engagement pin 16b engaging with the obtuse-angle-side end of the V-shaped engagement groove 16a formed in the second rotation link 14, and the pan 7 Is held in a horizontal state, and in this state, the second rotation link 14 is at a position where the rotation shafts 14 and 15 are substantially in a horizontal state,
In addition, since the position of the rotation shaft 10 is restricted to a position near a horizontal plane passing through the center point of the rotation shaft 13 by the first rotation link 11, the fall prevention member 8 is held in a substantially horizontal state.

Accordingly, at this cup holding position, the cup 6 containing the drinking liquid is inserted into the circular insertion hole 8a with the bottom face down from above the fall prevention member 8, and the bottom face is inserted into the bottom plate 7a of the tray 7. By contacting the body, the body of the cup 6 is restricted from moving left and right by the circular insertion hole 8a of the fall prevention member 8, so that the body falls down due to a change in the vehicle body posture such as rolling, pitching, bouncing, etc. during running of the car. It can be securely held without any problem. In FIG. 3,
By increasing the interval represented by the length L, the sense of stability of the cup 6 increases.

In this cup holding state, the drinking liquid in the cup 6 is drunk up, and the cup 6 is discarded in, for example, a trash can.
When storing the cup holder 5 after use,
By pushing up the rear end of the lower surface of the pan 7 as shown by an arrow A in FIG. 3, the pan 7 rotates clockwise.

The clockwise rotation of the tray 7 also causes the engagement pin 16b to rotate clockwise, thereby causing the rectangular engagement groove 16a formed in the second rotation link 14 to move obliquely upward. As a result, the second rotation link 14 starts rotating counterclockwise in FIG. 3, whereby the fall prevention member 8 starts rotating clockwise about the rotation shaft 12.

In this state, the pan 7 is rotated approximately 45 ° clockwise.
When rotated, the engagement pin 16b is moved to the second position as shown in FIG.
Is engaged with the other end of the U-shaped engagement groove 16a formed in the rotation link 14 of FIG. 1, and the line connecting the rotation shaft 13 and the rotation shaft 15 of the second rotation link When the angle reaches approximately 45 °, the first rotation link 11 rotates counterclockwise, and the fall prevention member 8 is stored at the upper end of the tray 7.

When the tray 7 is further rotated clockwise from this state to an inclined state of about 80 °, as shown in FIG. 5, the engaging pin 16b moves to the intermediate position side of the V-shaped engaging groove 16a. Then, the second rotating link 14 is further rotated in the counterclockwise direction, and the first rotating link 11 is also further rotated in the counterclockwise direction. Support bracket 8c while maintaining the side in the position of FIG.
The upper end of the support bracket 9 projects toward the front mounting plate of the support bracket 9.

When the tray 7 is further rotated clockwise from this state to bring the tray 7 into a substantially vertical state, as shown in FIG. 6, the second rotating link 14 further slightly rotates counterclockwise. Since the rotation of the first rotation link 11 is substantially stopped, the free end side of the fall prevention member 8 is inserted into the bottom plate 7a side of the tray 7, and in this state, the tray 7 is 4d, and becomes the storage position. Note that the width l shown in FIG. 6 can be reduced.

For this reason, when the retractable cup holder 5 is in the retracted position, the fall prevention member 8 is stored in the tray 7, so that the storage area and storage volume of the area and volume of the tray 7 are sufficient. Since there is no need to provide a storage area and storage volume for storing the fall prevention member 8, the retractable cup holder 5 can be stored compactly with a small storage area and storage volume.

On the other hand, in order to shift from the storage position of FIG. 6 to the cup holding position, the upper end of the tray 7 is rotated counterclockwise while pressing it with a finger, thereby performing the reverse operation to the above-described storage operation. 5 and 4 is expanded to the cup holding position in FIG.

As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, in the state where the tray 7 is in the cup holding position, the fall prevention member 8 is automatically placed in the tray 7 by a single operation of rotating the tray 7 clockwise. The fall prevention member 8 is automatically unfolded and set to the cup holding position by a single operation of simply rotating the tray 7 counterclockwise from the storage position.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the retractable cup holder 5 is mounted on the rear end of the console box 4 has been described. The cup holder 5 may be mounted, or the retractable cup holder 5 may be mounted on both front and rear. Further, not only the console box 4 but also an instrument panel, a door casing, a rear seat 3 It can be attached to armrests and the like.

In the above-described embodiment, the V-shaped engaging groove 16a constituting the guide member 16 is formed in the second rotating link 14, and the engaging pin 16b engaged with this is fitted to the receiving
However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the engagement pin 1 is formed on the second rotation link 14 side.
6b may be formed with a U-shaped engagement groove 16a on the tray 7 side.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where one cup 6 is held by the retractable cup holder 5 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and two or more cups 6 may be held. It goes without saying that it may be configured.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the retractable cup holder is provided in the interior of the automobile has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. You may.

[0035]

The above is the embodiment of the retractable cup holder according to the present invention. According to the retractable cup holder according to the first aspect of the present invention, the tray is rotatably supported by the support portion. And the fall prevention member is supported by the support via a pair of upper and lower first and second rotation links, and a guide member is disposed between the second rotation link and the tray. In the cup holding position, the saucer and the fall prevention member are held in parallel with a predetermined interval in the vertical direction to hold the cup,
By rotating the tray upward from this state, the second rotation link is linked by the guide member, and the fall prevention member is stored in the storage position while being stored in the tray, so that only the tray is rotated. In this case, it is possible to move between the storage position and the cup holding position, and at the storage position, the fall prevention member is stored in the pan, so that the storage area and storage volume need only be the area and volume of the pan. Since the storage area and storage volume of the prevention member are not required, the minimum storage area and storage volume can be reduced to the minimum, and the prevention member can be easily mounted on the small end face of the console box.

According to the retractable cup holder according to the second aspect of the present invention, since the guide member is formed by the V-shaped engagement groove and the engagement pin engaged with the groove, the tray is moved from the cup holding position. When it is rotated to the storage position, it rotates while pulling the fall prevention member into the tray, and the fall prevention member is stored in the tray at the storage position, so that the storage area can be reduced.

According to the retractable cup holder according to the third aspect of the present invention, the cup is held on the front seat side or the rear seat side by installing the retractable cup holder on the front and rear end faces of the console box. That you can do it.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment in which a retractable cup holder according to the present invention is applied to a console box.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the console box.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a state where the retractable cup holder according to the present invention is at a cup holding position.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state where the retractable cup holder according to the present invention is rotated by 45 ° from the cup holding position.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a state where the retractable cup holder according to the present invention is further rotated clockwise from the position of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a side view showing a state where the retractable cup holder according to the present invention is in a retracted position.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 4 console box 4a console box main body 4b storage recess 4c window 4d cup holder storage section 4f vertical side wall 5 retractable cup holder 6 cup 7 saucer 7a bottom plate 7b front side wall 7c left and right side walls 7e rotation axis 8 fall prevention member 11 first Rotating link 14 Second rotating link 16 Guide member 16a L-shaped engagement groove 16b Engagement pin

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Yasuhiro Okamura 2208 Ono, Hamakita City, Shizuoka Prefecture Inside Niei Kogyo Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Mitsui Terui 2208 Ono, Hamakita City, Shizuoka Prefecture F Term in Niei Kogyo Co., Ltd. (Reference) 3B088 LA01 LB01 LB03

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A cup holding position comprising: a receiving tray for receiving a bottom surface of a cup on a mounting surface having an inclination angle near vertical; and a fall prevention member for inserting and holding a body of the cup spaced a predetermined distance above the receiving tray. And in the retractable cup holder movably disposed between the storage positions, a support portion protruding forward is formed on the mounting surface, and the base of the tray is rotatably mounted on the support portion, and one end is The other ends of a pair of upper and lower first and second rotation links individually and rotatably connected to the fall prevention member are individually and rotatably mounted on the tray and the second rotation link. A retractable member that stores the fall-prevention member in the tray at the position, and guides the tray and the fall-prevention member at the cup holding position so as to be parallel to each other while maintaining a predetermined distance in the vertical direction. Cup holder. 2. The engagement member according to claim 1, wherein the guide member engages with a U-shaped engagement groove formed on one of the tray and the second rotation link, and the U-shaped engagement groove formed on the other. 2. The retractable cup holder according to claim 1, wherein the holder is formed by a mating pin. 3. The retractable cup holder according to claim 1, wherein the mounting surface is at least one end surface before and after the console box.