JP2002104050A - Cup holder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cup holder capable of holding stably a variety of cups with different sizes and shapes without rattling. SOLUTION: This cup holder holds a cup C3 by mounting a support arm 3 inside a container 2 for supporting a part of circumferential face of the cup C3 placed on inside the container 2 by the support arm 3. The support arm 3 comprises an arm body 4 protruding from an inner wall face of the container 2, an assist piece 5 rotatably mounted on the arm body 4, and an energizing means 51 to energize the assist piece 5 in an upper rotating direction. The cup holder 1 allows outside diameters, large or small, of the cup C3 by the rotation of the assist piece 5 according to the outside diameter of the cup C3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cup holder suitably used as an interior part of an automobile, and more particularly, to a cup holder mounted in a container with a support arm provided in the box-shaped container. The present invention relates to a cup holder that holds cups in a container by supporting a peripheral surface.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a supporting arm is provided in a box-shaped container as an interior part of an automobile, and a peripheral surface of a cup such as a canned beverage placed in the container is supported by the supporting arm. A cup holder for holding cups in a container is known.

[0003] In this type of cup holder, the support arm is provided to be foldable so that the container can be used as a small container or for other reasons. As a cup holder provided with the support arm so as to be foldable as described above, Japanese Unexamined Utility Model Publication No.
There is a cup holder disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 27-27.

That is, in this cup holder, a support arm is rotatably mounted in a container to urge the same upward, and the support arm is folded along the inner surface of the container against the urging force. This is provided with a locking means for locking in a state of being held. Then, the support arm is normally locked in the folded state by the locking means, and when used as a cup holder, the locked state by the locking means is released, and the support arm is deployed by the urging force. Thus, it protrudes into the container and is used as a cup holder.

[0005]

The cup holder provided with the support arm in the container as described above holds cups between the support arm and the inner surface of the container. When holding cups having a small size, there is a disadvantage that rattling of the held cups cannot be prevented.

That is, cups held in such a cup holder include canned drinks of various sizes and PET.
There are various sizes and shapes such as bottles and paper pack beverages, and in order to be able to hold most of them, a space for holding a cup formed between the support arm and the inner surface of the container is required. Must be set according to the assumed maximum diameter of the cups. For this reason, when cups having a relatively small outer diameter are held, a gap is naturally formed between the support arm and the held cups, resulting in rattling, and in some cases, stable holding. It can be difficult.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a cup holder having a box-shaped container provided with a support arm and holding cups between the support arm and the inner surface of the container. An object of the present invention is to provide a cup holder capable of stably holding various different cups without rattling.

[0008]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, a box-shaped container having an open upper end is provided with a support arm projecting into the container, and the support arm is used to mount the container inside the container. In a cup holder that holds cups in the container by supporting a part of the peripheral surface of the placed cups, the support arm is provided so as to project substantially horizontally from the inner wall surface of the container. An arm body attached to the arm body, an auxiliary piece rotatably attached to the arm body and projecting outward from the arm body at an upper rotation limit, and attaching the auxiliary piece in an upward rotation direction. A biasing means for biasing the cup, wherein the auxiliary piece is rotated in accordance with the outer diameter of the cups to allow the outer diameter of the cups to be held to be larger or smaller. provide.

In the cup holder of the present invention, a supporting arm protruding into the container and supporting the peripheral surface of the cups is provided with a rotatable and upwardly biased auxiliary piece, and the auxiliary piece holds the auxiliary piece. By rotating against the urging force according to the diameter of the cups, a change in the diameter of the cups is allowed.

That is, when the cups are held by the cup holder of the present invention, the cups are inserted between the support arm and the inner wall surface of the container, and the cups are placed in the container. The cups are held in the container by supporting the peripheral surface of the cups with the inner surface of the container and the support arm. In this case, when the diameter of the cups is relatively large, the cups are inserted into the container. At this time, the cups come into contact with the auxiliary piece provided on the support arm, and the auxiliary piece turns downward against the urging force to expand the space between the support arm and the inner surface of the container. The distance between the support arm and the inner wall surface of the container is automatically adjusted so as to match the outer diameter of the cups. At this time, the auxiliary piece provided on the support arm presses the cups held by the upward urging force, and the cups are sandwiched between the auxiliary piece and the inner wall surface of the container. , And is extremely stably maintained without rattling.

Accordingly, the distance between the auxiliary piece constituting the support arm and the inner wall surface of the container is set according to the assumed minimum diameter of the cups, and the distance between the arm body and the inner wall surface of the container is set. Is set according to the assumed maximum diameter of the cups, the cups of all possible sizes and shapes can be stably held without rattling.

Here, the support arm is provided in such a manner that the arm body is rotatably provided and is rotated to one rotation limit during use, so that the support arm projects into the container. Can be configured. In this case, the support arm is automatically brought into the use state by urging the arm body in the upward rotation direction so that the use state protrudes into the container at the upper rotation limit. It can also be configured. In this case, the urging force for urging the arm body is set to be stronger than the urging force for urging the auxiliary piece, and the arm body rotates when the auxiliary piece rotates when inserting the cups described above. It is necessary to prevent movement.

As described above, according to the cup holder of the present invention, it is possible to stably hold various cups having different sizes and shapes without rattling while allowing the outer diameter of the cups to be held to be changed. You can do it.

[0014]

Embodiments and examples of the present invention will be described below.
The present invention will be described more specifically. FIG. 1 shows a cup holder 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention. The cup holder 1 is provided with a substantially rectangular box-shaped container 2 having an open upper end surface, and is rotatably provided in the container 2. Support arm 3
Is provided. As shown in FIG. 5, the cup holder 1 is rotatably installed near the rear end of the center console a of the automobile, and is always in the rear portion as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. The upper end surface of the container 2 is opened by turning upward so as to cover the rear end of the center console a so as not to obstruct a passenger sitting in the seat. Then, cups are held in the container 2.

As described above, the container 2 is of a substantially rectangular box shape with an open upper end surface, and cups c1 having the assumed maximum diameter at both corners on one side (the upper side in FIG. 1). And is formed in an arc shape.

The support arm 3 has an arm body 4 rotatably attached to the upper end of the center of the container 2 in the longitudinal direction (left-right direction in FIG. 1) and a lower surface of the arm body 4. And two auxiliary pieces 5, 5 which are mounted as possible.

As shown in FIG. 1A, the arm main body 4 is a plate-like member formed in a substantially isosceles triangle, and its isosceles portion is formed in an arc shape, and is formed in a bottom portion. The two extended connecting pieces 41, 41 are pivotally attached to the container 2 and rotatably attached to the container 2.

The arm body 4 projects substantially horizontally into the container 2 at its upper rotation limit, and is urged in the upward rotation direction by a spring (not shown).

As shown in FIG. 1A, each of the auxiliary pieces 5 and 5 is a substantially rectangular plate having one side formed in an arc shape. It is rotatably mounted on a shaft. Each of the auxiliary pieces 5, 5 is configured such that the arc-shaped edge portion protrudes from the arm body 4 at the upper rotation limit, and that the torsion coil springs (biasing means) 51, 51 are provided. Urged in the upward rotation direction. In this case, the biasing force of the torsion coil springs 51, 51 is set to be weaker than the biasing force of biasing the arm body 4 upward.

As described above, the cup holder of this embodiment is normally rotated upward so as to cover the rear end of the center console a (see FIG. 5), and is rotated downward during use. By moving the container, the upper end surface of the container 2 is opened, and cups are held in the container 2. In this case, when not in use, the support arm 3 comes into contact with the rear end of the center console a and the arm main body 4 is rotated upward, as indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. It is in a state of turning downward (the bottom side of the container 2) against the urging force to be applied. In use, the cup holder 1 is rotated downward to open the upper end surface of the container 2 so that the support arm 3 is moved upward by the urging force of rotating the arm body 4 upward. And the support arm 3
Are projected into the container 2 in a substantially horizontal direction.

Next, an operation of holding cups such as canned beverages in the cup holder 1 will be described. When the small-diameter cups c2 are held in the cup holder 1, as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the tip of the auxiliary piece 5 of the support arm 3 and the inside of the container 2 are viewed from the upper end surface of the container 2. The cups c2 are inserted into the container 2 between the wall surface and the cups c2. As a result, as shown in FIGS. 2C and 2D, the outer peripheral surface of the cup c2 placed in the container 2 is formed by the inner wall surface of the container 2 and the tip edge of the auxiliary piece 5 of the support arm 3. The cups c2 are supported and held in the container 2 in a stable posture.

When the cup holder 1 holds the large-diameter cups c1, as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the cups c1 are placed in a container as described above. 2, and the cups c <b> 1 are placed in the container 2. At this time, in the case of the cups c1 having a large diameter, the bottom surface of the cups c1 contacts the upper surface of the auxiliary piece 5 of the support arm 3, and the auxiliary piece 5 is connected to the torsion coil spring 51 (FIG. 1).
3), a predetermined angle is turned downward against the urging force of FIG.
As shown in (C) and (D), the space between the support arm 3 and the inner surface of the container 2 is expanded, and the cups c1 are held in the expanded space. Since the torsion coil spring 51 (see FIG. 1) for urging the auxiliary piece 5 is set weaker than the urging force for urging the arm body 4 upward, the cups c1 are inserted into the container 2. In doing so, the arm body 4 does not turn down and fall down,
Only the auxiliary piece 5 having a weak urging force surely rotates downward.

In this case, the cups c1 placed in the container 2 have their outer peripheral surfaces supported by the inner wall surface of the container 2 and the arm body 4 of the support arm 3, but in a state where they are further rotated downward. The auxiliary piece 5 is connected to the torsion coil spring 51.
The cups c1 are pressed by the urging force of the above, and the cups c1 are sandwiched between the auxiliary piece 5 and the inner wall surface of the container 2, so that the cups c1 are extremely stably held without rattling. is there.

As shown in FIGS. 3 (C) and 3 (D), when the cups c1 are held, the auxiliary piece 5 is turned downward. Even when a force is generated to turn the cup downward, the auxiliary piece 5 abuts against the inner wall surface of the container 2 and the support arm 3 does not turn downward. c1
Can be held.

Further, when holding a medium-sized cup c3 smaller than the cups c1 and larger than the cups c2, as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, As in the case, the cups c3 are placed in the container 2
And the cups c3 are placed in the container 2.
As in the case of the cups c1, the bottom surface of the medium-sized cups c3 abuts on the upper surface of the auxiliary piece 5 of the support arm 3, and the auxiliary piece 5 is
1 (see FIG. 1), the arm rotates downward by a predetermined angle against the urging force of the support arm 3 (see FIG. 4C and FIG. 4D).
The space between the container and the inner surface of the container 2 is expanded by a predetermined angle, and the cups c3 are held in the expanded space.

The outer peripheral surface of the medium-sized cups c3 is supported by the inner wall surface of the container 2 and the leading edge of the auxiliary piece 5, and is held in the container 2. In this case, similarly to the case of the cups c1, the cups c3 are pressed by the auxiliary piece 5, and the cups c3 are sandwiched between the auxiliary piece 5 and the inner wall surface of the container 2, It is very stably held without rattling. Further, similarly to the case of the cups c1, even when a force for rotating the support arm 3 downward is generated,
The auxiliary piece 5 rotated by a predetermined angle abuts against the inner wall surface of the container 2 and the support arm 3 does not rotate downward, and can hold the cups c3 in a very stable state.

As described above, the cup holder 1 of this embodiment is
According to this, the auxiliary piece 5 of the support arm 3 rotates according to the size of the cups to be held, and the space between the support arm 3 and the inner surface of the container 2 expands, so that the support arm 3 and the container 2 The distance from the inner wall surface is automatically adjusted to a state suitable for the outer diameter of the cups. At this time, the auxiliary piece 5 provided on the support arm 3 presses the cups, and the cups are sandwiched between the auxiliary piece 5 and the inner wall surface of the container 2 to cause rattling. And it is very stably maintained.

Accordingly, the distance L1 between the auxiliary piece 5 constituting the support arm 3 and the inner wall surface of the container 2 (see FIG. 1)
Is set according to the assumed minimum diameter of the cups, and the distance L2 (see FIG. 1) between the arm body 4 and the inner wall surface of the container 2 is set according to the assumed maximum diameter of the cups. It is possible to stably hold cups of all possible sizes and shapes without rattling.

The cup holder of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above embodiment, the support arm 3 is simply provided in a rotatable state in which the support arm 3 is urged upward due to the circumstances of the installation location described with reference to FIG. A suitable locking means for holding the arm main body 4 in the folded state in which the container is in a folded state positioned along the inner wall surface of the container 2 when the container is rotated downward to the limit of rotation is provided. The support arm 3 is normally folded so that it can be used as a container or the like, and when used as a cup holder, the locked state by the locking means is released and the support arm 3 is placed in the container 2. You may make it the protruding use state. Further, in some cases, the arm body 4 constituting the support arm 3 may be in a fixed state in which the arm body 4 cannot rotate.

Further, in the above embodiment, when the cups c2 having the minimum diameter are held, the auxiliary piece 5 is configured not to rotate, but the distance between the auxiliary piece 5 and the inner wall surface of the container 2 is set. Even when L1 (see FIG. 1) is set to be slightly shorter than the assumed minimum cups and the cups c2 having the minimum diameter are held, the auxiliary piece 5 can be configured to rotate slightly. Thus, even in the case of the cups c2 having the minimum diameter, similarly to the cups c1 having a large diameter and the medium-sized cups c3, the cups c2 can be more stably held by pressing the auxiliary piece 5, and The rotation of the support arm 3 by the rotated auxiliary piece 5 is also reliably prevented from rotating downward.

Further, other configurations such as the shape of the container 2 and the support arm 3 may be appropriately changed without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[0032]

As described above, according to the cup holder of the present invention, the outer diameter of the cups to be held is allowed to change, and various cups having different sizes and shapes are stably formed without rattling. It can be held.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a cup holder according to one embodiment of the present invention, wherein (A) is a plan view and (B) is a cross-sectional view.

FIGS. 2A and 2C are schematic cross-sectional views illustrating an operation when holding small-diameter cups in the cup holder, wherein FIGS. 2A and 2C are vertical cross-sectional views, and FIGS. It is.

FIGS. 3A and 3C are schematic cross-sectional views illustrating an operation when holding large-diameter cups in the cup holder, wherein FIGS. 3A and 3C are vertical cross-sectional views, and FIGS. FIG.

FIGS. 4A and 4C are schematic cross-sectional views illustrating the operation of holding the medium-sized cups in the cup holder, wherein FIGS. 4A and 4C are vertical cross-sectional views, and FIGS. It is.

FIG. 5 is a schematic sectional view showing a state where the cup holder is installed near a rear end of a center console of an automobile.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cup holder 2 Container 3 Support arm 4 Arm main body 5 Auxiliary piece 51 Torsion coil spring (biasing means) c1 Large-diameter cups c2 Small-diameter cups c3 Medium-sized cups

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A box-shaped container having an open upper end surface, provided with a support arm projecting into the container, and the support arm supporting a part of a peripheral surface of cups placed in the container. Thus, in a cup holder for holding cups in the container, the support arm is provided so as to protrude from the inner wall surface of the container in a substantially horizontal direction, and is rotatably attached to the arm body. An auxiliary piece projecting so as to extend outward from the arm body at the upper rotation limit,
A biasing means for biasing the auxiliary piece in the upward rotation direction, wherein the auxiliary piece is rotated in accordance with the outer diameter of the cups to thereby reduce the outer diameter of the cups to be held. A cup holder configured to allow large and small. 2. The container according to claim 1, wherein the arm body constituting the support arm is rotatably mounted on an upper inner wall surface of the container, and the support arm is rotated to one rotation limit during use. 2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the device is configured to protrude inward.
The described cup holder. 3. The arm body is urged in the upward rotation direction to be in a use state protruding into the container at the upper rotation limit, and the urging force of the arm body moves the auxiliary piece upward. The cup holder according to claim 2, wherein the urging force is set stronger than the urging force. 4. When the arm body is pivoted downward to the limit of rotation against the urging force, the support arm is folded along the inner wall surface of the container, and the arm is folded in this folded state. 4. The cup holder according to claim 3, further comprising locking means for holding the main body. 5. The support arm is attached to a central portion of the container, and the auxiliary pieces are provided on both sides of the arm main body constituting the support arm, respectively.
The cup holder according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the support arm is protruded inward at a central portion of the container so as to hold cups on both sides of the support arm.