JP2007076407A - Cup holder - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a container having a relatively deep groove part extended in the circumferential direction at a close position to the bottom from being difficult to be taken out when the container is held. <P>SOLUTION: This cup holder is provided with a small diameter support 3 having an arc-shaped small-diameter holding surface rotatably installed on a holder main body 1 to support a small-diameter container, and a middle-diameter support 4 having a middle-diameter holding surface along an outline form of a middle-diameter container. An interval between tips of both ends of the small-diameter support 3 to get in contact with the surface of the middle-diameter container when the middle-diameter container is inserted into a containing part is set to be less than the maximum diameter, and more than 40% of the maximum diameter of a lower part of the middle-diameter container. Interference clearance between the small diameter support 3 and the middle-diameter container is long enough to make the smaller-diameter support 3 easy to come off the groove part 60, thereby the middle-diameter container is prevented from being hard to be taken out. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cup holder provided in an automobile interior, and more particularly to a cup holder that can stably hold containers having different diameters.

  Cup holders are widely used to stably hold beverage containers in automobiles. However, beverage containers have various sizes, and various devices have been made to stably hold them.

  For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-348641 proposes a cup holder including first and second support members that are urged to rotate in a direction protruding into a storage portion. According to this cup holder, in the case of a small-diameter container, it is held by the second support member, and in the case of a medium-diameter container, the upper part is held by the first support member and the lower part is held by the second support member. In the case of this container, since the upper part is held by the first and second support members, the small, medium and large diameter containers can be stably held.

  According to the cup holder described in the above publication, for example, when holding an intermediate container such as a 500 ml PET bottle, when the intermediate container is inserted into the storage portion, the intermediate container presses the second support member. The second support member rotates downward. Accordingly, the upper portion of the medium-diameter container is held by the inner wall surface of the storage portion and the first support member, and the lower portion is held by the inner wall surface of the storage portion and the second support member that is biased to rotate upward. .

  However, there are various types of medium-diameter containers, and some have a groove extending in the circumferential direction between the center and the bottom. When such a medium-diameter container is held as described above, the second support member may enter the groove portion, and the medium-diameter container may be difficult to come off.

  In order to solve a problem similar to this, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-063296 includes a center side holding member and an outer side holding member that are urged to rotate so as to protrude into the insertion hole of the frame portion, It is described that the side holding member allows passage of the bulging portion below the groove portion, and that the center side holding member is configured to be in contact with the tip portion below the top portion of the bulging portion in a rotating state. By comprising in this way, it can avoid that a center side holding member enters into a groove part, and it can prevent becoming difficult to remove.

However, some medium-diameter containers have a relatively deep groove extending in the circumferential direction at a portion close to the bottom. In such an intermediate-diameter container, the distal end portion swells while the center-side holding member is rotated. It is difficult to make a configuration so as to abut below the top of the part. Therefore, it is inevitable that the center side holding member may enter the groove portion and become difficult to come off.
JP 11-348641 A JP2003-063296

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and in a cup holder that can stably hold containers of different diameters, when holding a container having a relatively deep groove extending in the circumferential direction at a site close to the bottom. In addition, it is an issue to be solved to prevent the container from becoming difficult to come off.

A feature of the cup holder of the present invention that solves the above problems is a holder main body having a storage portion into which a container is inserted, and an arc-shaped small-diameter holding surface that is rotatably attached to the holder main body and follows the outer peripheral shape of the small-diameter container A small-diameter support member having a diameter, a biasing member that biases the small-diameter support member to rotate upward, and a medium-diameter holding surface that is attached to the holder main body and that has an outer diameter of the medium-diameter container having a diameter larger than the diameter of the small-diameter container. A medium diameter support member,
When holding the small-diameter container with the inner wall surface and the small-diameter holding surface of the storage unit, and holding the medium-diameter container, the small-diameter support member is pressed on the surface of the medium-diameter container as the medium-diameter container is inserted into the storage unit. The cup holder holds the upper part of the medium-diameter container with the inner wall surface and the medium-diameter holding surface of the storage part and holds the lower part of the medium-diameter container with the inner wall surface of the storage part and the small-diameter support member. And
The small diameter support member comes into contact with the surface of the medium diameter container when the medium diameter container is inserted into the storage portion of the medium diameter container, and the distance between the tips of both ends of the small diameter support member is less than the maximum diameter of the lower portion of the medium diameter container and 40 mm of the maximum diameter. % Or more.

  More preferably, the distance between the tips of both ends of the small-diameter support member is 50% or more of the maximum diameter of the lower part of the medium-diameter container.

  It is desirable that both ends of the small-diameter support member in contact with the medium-diameter container surface have a shape that makes point contact or line contact with the medium-diameter container surface.

  The medium-diameter support member is attached to the holder body so as to be rotatable about the same axis as the rotation axis of the small-diameter support member, and includes an urging member that urges the medium-diameter support member to rotate upward. When inserting a large-diameter container having a diameter larger than the above-mentioned diameter, it is desirable to hold the large-diameter container with the inner wall surface of the storage portion and the medium-diameter support member that is biased by rotation.

  According to the cup holder of the present invention, when a medium-diameter container such as a 500 ml plastic bottle is inserted into the storage portion, the small-diameter support member interferes with the surface of the medium-diameter container and resists the biasing force of the biasing member. Pivots downward. At this time, both ends of the medium-diameter container are in contact with the surface of the medium-diameter container, but the distance between the tips of both ends of the small-diameter support member is less than the maximum diameter of the lower portion of the medium-diameter container and 40% or more of the maximum diameter. That is, when a groove portion extending in the circumferential direction is present in the lower portion of the medium-diameter container, the distance between the tips of both ends of the small-diameter support member is less than the maximum diameter of the top portion of the bulge portion on both the upper and lower sides of the groove portion and has a maximum diameter. 40% or more.

  FIG. 1 shows a state in which four kinds of small-diameter support members AD enter the groove portion. In this state, the tips of both ends of each small diameter support member are in contact with the bottom of the groove. In addition, in FIG. 1, the small diameter holding surface of each small diameter support member is made into the circular arc shape along the bottom face of a groove part. In order for the small-diameter support member AD to come out of the groove portion from this state, it is necessary to get over the bulge portion. Therefore, looking at the degree of interference between the bulging portion and the small diameter support member AD, as shown in FIG. 1, the interference between the tips of both ends of the small diameter support member (for example, W for the small diameter support member C) increases. (For example, L in the small-diameter support member C) is long.

  That is, the length of the interference (L) is A <B <C <D. Further, the trajectory where the tip of the small-diameter support member contacts the surface of the medium-diameter container is in an oblique direction with respect to the bulge portion, and the tip of the small-diameter support member moves so as to slide in an oblique direction from the bottom of the bulge portion to the top. Accordingly, as the slope is gentler and easier to climb in a zigzag than to climb straight up the hill, the longer the interference (L), the easier it is to get over the height of the bulge, and the smaller diameter support member becomes easier to come off the groove. Therefore, in the present invention, the distance (W) between the tips of both ends of the small-diameter support member is set to be less than the maximum diameter of the top of the bulge portion on both the upper and lower sides of the groove portion and 40% or more of the maximum diameter. It is possible to prevent the medium-diameter container from coming off easily and becoming difficult to come off.

  And according to the cup holder of this invention, the small diameter container and medium diameter container from which a diameter differs can each be hold | maintained stably. The medium-diameter support member is attached to the holder main body so as to be rotatable about the same axis as the rotation axis of the small-diameter support member, and is an urging member that urges the medium-diameter support member to project in the storage portion. When the large-diameter container having a diameter larger than the diameter of the medium-diameter container is inserted, the inner-wall surface of the storage portion and the medium-diameter support member that is rotationally biased hold the large-diameter container. The container can also be held stably.

  The cup holder of the present invention includes a holder body, a small diameter support member, an urging member that urges the small diameter support member to rotate, and an intermediate diameter support member. As the holder body, a box-shaped one, a frame and a bottom plate, or the like can be used.

  The small-diameter support member has an arc-shaped small-diameter holding surface that follows the outer peripheral shape of the small-diameter container, and is rotatably attached to the holder body. The small-diameter support member is urged to rotate in a direction protruding into the storage portion by an urging member such as a coil spring or a leaf spring. Therefore, when holding a small-diameter container, the small-diameter container can be held by the inner wall surface of the storage portion and the small-diameter holding surface.

  The cup holder of the present invention has the greatest feature in that the distance between the tips of both ends of the small diameter support member is less than the maximum diameter of the lower part of the medium diameter container and 40% or more of the maximum diameter.

  Since the arc-shaped small-diameter holding surface along the outer peripheral shape of the small-diameter container connects both ends of the small-diameter support member, the distance between the ends of both ends of the small-diameter support member exceeds the diameter of the medium-diameter container that is larger in diameter than the small-diameter container. Is not possible. Therefore, the space | interval of the front-end | tips of the both ends of a small diameter support member is less than the largest diameter of the lower part of a medium diameter container. If the distance between the tips of both ends of the small-diameter support member is less than 40% of the maximum diameter of the lower part of the medium-diameter container, the small-diameter support member will not easily get over the bulging part and will not easily come off from the groove part of the medium-diameter container. It becomes difficult to remove the container. More preferably, the distance between the tips of both ends of the small-diameter support member is 50% or more of the maximum diameter of the lower part of the medium-diameter container.

  It is desirable that both ends of the small-diameter support member in contact with the medium-diameter container surface have a shape that makes point contact or line contact with the medium-diameter container surface, such as a circular arc at the tip. Thereby, the sliding resistance between the both ends of the small-diameter support member and the surface of the medium-diameter container is reduced, and it is possible to further prevent the medium-diameter container from being easily pulled out.

  The medium diameter support member has a medium diameter holding surface along the outer peripheral shape of the medium diameter container. The small-diameter support member is rotated by the insertion of the medium-diameter container, and the upper part of the medium-diameter container is held by the inner wall surface and the medium-diameter holding surface of the storage unit. The lower part can be held.

  This medium-diameter support member may be fixed to the holder body, but is attached to the holder body so as to be rotatable about the same axis as the rotation shaft of the small-diameter support member, and further projects the medium-diameter support member into the storage portion. It is desirable to provide an urging member that urges the rotation in the direction of movement. With this configuration, the medium-diameter support member can be rotated downward to insert a large-diameter container having a diameter larger than the diameter of the medium-diameter container. The large-diameter container can be held by the small-diameter support member and the medium-diameter support member that are urged to rotate.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically described with reference to examples and conventional examples.

(Example)
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the cup holder of this embodiment, and FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view thereof. This cup holder is used by being held in a console box of an automobile.

  The cup holder includes a box-shaped holder main body 1 having two storage portions 10, a support holder 2 held by the holder main body 1, a pair of left and right small-diameter supports 3 rotatably held by the support holder 2, and It comprises a pair of left and right medium diameter supports 4. The holder body 1 includes a pair of storage portions 10 into which containers are inserted, and a pair of ribs 11 is formed at the center. The storage unit 10 can also store large-diameter containers having a large diameter, and the inner wall surfaces of both side walls thereof are cylindrical surfaces having a diameter of φ71 mm or more, which is the bottom diameter of the large-diameter container.

  The support holder 2 includes a pair of side portions 20 and a bridge portion 21 that connects the side portions 20 to each other. Engaging grooves 22 that can engage with the ribs 11 are formed on the back surfaces of the pair of side portions 20, respectively. A pair of left and right protrusions 23 are formed on the surfaces of the pair of side portions 20 facing each other so as to face each other in a straight line.

  The small-diameter support 3 is formed in a substantially U-shape including a head 30 and a pair of legs 31 extending from both ends of the head 30, and includes a small-diameter holding surface 32 having an arc shape of φ64 mm on the surface of the head 30. ing. The distance between the both ends of the small diameter holding surface 32 (W in FIG. 1) is 34 mm, and the tips at both ends are formed in a thin arc shape. Further, a convex portion 33 projects from one leg portion 31 toward the other leg portion 31, and a regulating plate 34 projects from the other leg portion 31 toward the one leg portion 31. A pivot hole 35 that can engage with the protrusion 23 of the support holder 2 is formed on the outer surface of both legs 31. Further, a rib 36 is formed on the back surface of the head 30.

  The medium diameter support 4 is formed in a size that can be accommodated in the pair of leg portions 31 of the small diameter support 3, and has an arcuate medium diameter holding surface 40 on one end face. The medium diameter holding surface 40 is formed in an arc shape slightly larger than φ67.5 mm. Further, a concave portion 41 through which the restricting plate 34 can enter and exit is formed on the back surface side of the medium diameter support 4, and an engagement hole (not shown) that can engage with the convex portion 33 is formed on the side surface opposite to the concave portion 41. Yes. Furthermore, a groove 42 that can be engaged with the rib 35 is formed in the medium diameter holding surface 40.

  To assemble this cup holder, first, the convex portion 33 of the small diameter support 3 is inserted into an engagement hole (not shown) of the medium diameter support 4 to engage the restriction plate 34 with the concave portion 41 and the rib 35 is engaged with the groove 42. The small diameter support 3 and the medium diameter support 4 are assembled together. In this state, the medium diameter support 4 is held by the small diameter support 3 so as to be rotatable only upward.

  Next, with the spring 5 interposed, the protrusion 23 of the support holder 2 is inserted into the pivotal support hole 35 of the small diameter support 3, and the small diameter support 3 is rotatably held by the support holder 2. The spring 5 urges the small-diameter support 3 and the medium-diameter support 4 in directions in which the tips rotate upward. The middle diameter support 4 is prevented from turning upward from the horizontal state by a locking means (not shown), and the restriction plate 34 abuts against the middle diameter support 4 so that the small diameter support 3 is turned upward from the horizontal state. It is regulated.

  At this time, the small-diameter support 3 can be rotated independently at the tip. On the other hand, the middle-diameter support 4 is restricted from rotating downward beyond the small-diameter support 3 by the restriction plate 34 and by contact with the end of the groove 42 of the rib 36. That is, the small-diameter support 3 can be rotated independently, and also rotates with the rotation of the medium-diameter support 4.

  In the cup holder of this embodiment assembled in this way, a space in which a container having a diameter slightly larger than φ64 mm can be accommodated between the small-diameter holding surface 32 of the small-diameter support 3 and the inner wall surface of the accommodating portion 10 in a free state. Is formed.

(Conventional example)
A cup holder having the same configuration as that of the example was used except that the distance between both ends of the small diameter holding surface 32 of the small diameter support 3 (W in FIG. 1) was 32 mm.

(Evaluation)
Hereinafter, a case where containers of various sizes are held using the cup holder of this example or the conventional example will be described.

  First, in the case of a PET bottle (small-diameter container) having a maximum outer diameter of φ64 mm, as shown in FIG. 4, it can be inserted into the storage unit 10 without resistance, and its side surface is within the small-diameter holding surface 32 of the small-diameter support 3 Supported by the wall. There is no hindrance to removing plastic bottles.

  Further, in the case of a paper cup (large-diameter container) having a bottom diameter of φ71 mm and an upper diameter of φ96 mm, as shown in FIG. 5, the small-diameter support 3 and the medium-diameter support 4 are both pressed and rotated downward during insertion. . After the insertion, the small diameter support 3 and the medium diameter support 4 are pressed against the paper cup by the urging force of the spring 5, and the paper cup is supported by the small diameter support 3 and the medium diameter support 4 and the inner wall surface of the storage unit 10. Since there is no unevenness on the surface of the paper cup, the small-diameter support 3 and the medium-diameter support 4 slide on the surface of the paper cup and can be easily extracted at the time of extraction.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 6, a PET bottle 6 (medium diameter) having a maximum outer diameter of 67.5 mm, a ring-shaped concave groove 60 having a bottom diameter of 64 mm below, and a ridge 61 at the bottom thereof. When the container is inserted, the small diameter support 3 is first pressed and rotated downward at the time of insertion, and the small diameter holding surface 32 of the small diameter support 3 is inserted while sliding on the surface of the PET bottle 6. After insertion, the small diameter support 3 is pressed against the plastic bottle 6 by the biasing force of the spring 5, and the lower part of the plastic bottle 6 is supported by the small diameter support 3 and the inner wall surface of the storage unit 10. Further, at the upper part, the medium diameter support 4 is supported by the medium diameter holding surface 40 and the inner wall surface of the storage unit 10.

  When the plastic bottle 6 is extracted from the storage portion 10, the tip of the small diameter support 3 must first engage with the concave groove 60, and then climb over the peak portion 61 below the concave groove 60. However, the conventional cup holder has a problem that the tip of the small diameter support 3 is difficult to get over the mountain 61 at this time, and the PET bottle 6 is difficult to come off.

  However, in this embodiment, the distance between both ends of the small diameter holding surface 32 of the small diameter support 3, that is, the distance between the tips of both ends of the small diameter support 3 is 34 mm, which is less than φ67.5 mm which is the maximum diameter of the PET bottle 6. It is 50.4%, more than 40% of the maximum diameter. Therefore, the interference (L in FIG. 1) is longer than in the conventional example, and the locus of the tip of the small diameter support 3 becomes an oblique direction with a gentler slope with respect to the peak 61. Further, since the tips of both ends of the small diameter holding surface 32 are arc-shaped, they are in point contact with the surface of the PET bottle 6 and have low sliding resistance. By these actions, the small diameter support 3 can easily get over the mountain 61 and the plastic bottle 6 can be easily pulled out.

  In the above embodiment, the case of a box-shaped holder main body has been described. Needless to say, the present invention can also be applied to the case of a holder main body including a frame portion and a receiving portion described in Patent Document 2.

It is explanatory drawing explaining the effect | action of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the cup holder of one Example of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the cup holder of one Example of this invention. It is principal part sectional drawing which shows the state which inserted the small diameter container in the cup holder of one Example of this invention. It is principal part sectional drawing which shows the state which inserted the large diameter container in the cup holder of one Example of this invention. It is principal part sectional drawing which shows the state which inserted the intermediate diameter container in the cup holder of one Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1: Holder body 2: Support holder 3: Small diameter support 4: Medium diameter support 5: Spring 6: PET bottle
10: Storage section 32: Small diameter retaining surface 40: Medium diameter retaining surface

Claims (4)

A holder main body having a storage portion into which the container is inserted, a small-diameter support member rotatably attached to the holder main body and having an arc-shaped small-diameter holding surface along the outer peripheral shape of the small-diameter container, and the small-diameter support member upward An urging member that urges to rotate, and an intermediate diameter support member that is attached to the holder body and has an intermediate diameter holding surface that follows the outer peripheral shape of the intermediate diameter container having a diameter larger than the diameter of the small diameter container,
The small-diameter container is held by the inner wall surface of the storage portion and the small-diameter holding surface, and when the medium-diameter container is held, the surface of the medium-diameter container is moved along with the operation of inserting the medium-diameter container into the storage portion. The small diameter support member is pressed and rotated downward to hold the upper portion of the medium diameter container with the inner wall surface of the storage portion and the medium diameter holding surface, and the inner wall surface of the storage portion and the small diameter support member A cup holder for holding the lower portion of the medium-diameter container,
The small-diameter support member has both ends in contact with the surface of the medium-diameter container when the medium-diameter container is inserted into the storage portion, and the distance between the tips of both ends of the small-diameter support member is the maximum diameter of the lower portion of the medium-diameter container A cup holder characterized by being less than and 40% or more of the maximum diameter.   2. The cup holder according to claim 1, wherein an interval between tips of both ends of the small diameter support member is 50% or more of a maximum diameter of a lower portion of the medium diameter container.   2. The cup holder according to claim 1, wherein both ends of the small-diameter support member that come into contact with the surface of the medium-diameter container are shaped to make point contact or line contact with the surface of the medium-diameter container.   The medium-diameter support member is attached to the holder body so as to be rotatable about the same axis as the rotation axis of the small-diameter support member, and includes an urging member that urges the medium-diameter support member to rotate upward. The large-diameter container is held by the inner wall surface of the storage portion and the medium-diameter support member that is rotationally biased when a large-diameter container having a diameter larger than the diameter of the medium-diameter container is inserted. Cup holder.

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