JP2013180668A - Cup holder device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cup holder device which can hold cups by an easy operation, can hold small articles, and is excellent in usability.SOLUTION: A cup holder device comprises a case body 10, and an opening/closing lid 40 attached to the case body 10 so as to be switchable to an opening position and a closing position, and locked to the closing position by a lock member 30. A holder member 80 for holding cups B so as to be accessible in conjunction with the opening/closing lid 40 when the opening/closing lid 40 is arranged in the opening position is arranged at one of members of the case body 10 and the opening/closing lid 40. An opening 70 in which small articles A are held so as to be accessible when the opening/closing lid 40 is arranged in the closing position is formed between the opening/closing lid 40 and the case body 10.

Description

  The present invention has a holding function for holding cups (cups, cans for drinking water, plastic bottles, etc.) and a holding function for holding small items (cell phones, cigarette cases, license holders, wallets, etc.). The present invention relates to a cup holder device.

A cup holder device having a function of holding cups and a function of holding small items is disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example.
In the cup holder device disclosed in Patent Document 1, a movable container having a telephone accommodating part for accommodating a mobile phone, a main body having a container accommodating part for accommodating the movable container, and a main body having a container accommodating part are rotatably connected to the main body. A first connection part and a second connection part rotatably connected to the movable container are provided, and a frame for supporting the movable container inside or outside the container housing part is provided.

JP 2004-249839 A

By the way, in the cup holder device disclosed in Patent Document 1, when it is not necessary to hold the drinking water bottle, the movable container is supported inside the container housing portion by the frame.
When it is necessary to hold the drinking water bottle, the movable container must be pulled forward while rotating the frame relative to the main body.
Then, the frame end must be brought into contact with the bottom surface of the main body to suppress the rotation of the frame, and the contact support portion should be brought into contact with the side edge of the main body to support the movable container. Is complicated and unusable.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a cup holder device that can hold cups or small items by a simple operation and is excellent in usability.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a cup holder device according to claim 1 of the present invention is attached to a case main body and to the case main body so as to be able to be opened and closed between an open position and a closed position, and is locked in a closed position by a lock member. And an opening / closing lid
One member of the case main body and the opening / closing lid is provided with a holder member that holds the cups so as to be able to enter and exit in cooperation with the opening / closing lid when the opening / closing lid is disposed at the open position.
An opening is formed between the opening / closing lid and the case main body so that small objects can be put in and out when the opening / closing lid is disposed at the closed position.

According to the above configuration, when the cups are held, the opening / closing lid is switched to the open position with respect to the case body, so that the cups can be held in and out by the cooperation of the opening / closing lid and the holder member.
In addition, when holding small items, the opening / closing lid is disposed at a closed position with respect to the case body, so that the small items can be held in and out of the opening formed between the opening / closing lid and the case main body.
As described above, cups and small items can be held by a very simple operation of switching the opening / closing lid between the open position and the closed position with respect to the case body, which is excellent in usability.

The cup holder device according to claim 2 is the cup holder device according to claim 1,
When the opening / closing lid is switched to the closed position, the opening formed between the opening / closing lid and the case body functions as an operation unit into which a fingertip can be inserted when the opening / closing lid is opened / closed manually. It is characterized by doing.

  According to the said structure, it is not necessary to arrange | position an operation part for exclusive use for opening and closing an opening-and-closing lid by manual operation in an opening-and-closing lid, and a structure becomes simple by that much.

The cup holder device according to claim 3 is the cup holder device according to claim 1 or 2,
In the vicinity of the opening formed between the opening / closing lid and the case body when the opening / closing lid is switched to the closed position, a lock for unlocking a locking member that locks the opening / closing lid in the closed position A release operation unit is provided.

  According to the above configuration, the unlocking operation portion for unlocking the lock member that locks the open / close lid in the closed position is disposed in the vicinity of the opening formed between the open / close lid and the case body. The operation of the unlocking operation unit is facilitated.

It is a perspective view which shows the state by which the opening-and-closing lid | cover is arrange | positioned in the open position with respect to the case main body of the cup holder apparatus which concerns on Example 1 of this invention. Similarly, it is an exploded perspective view showing a state in which a case body, a lock member, an inner member of an opening / closing lid, an outer member, a holder member, and the like are separated. It is a sectional side view which shows the state by which the opening-and-closing lid was similarly arrange | positioned with respect to the case main body in the open position. It is side sectional drawing which shows the state by which the holder member was folded on the upper surface of the holder part of the opening-and-closing lid similarly arrange | positioned in the open position. It is a perspective view which shows the state by which the opening-and-closing lid | cover was similarly arrange | positioned with respect to the case main body in the closed position. It is a sectional side view which shows the state by which the opening-and-closing lid was similarly arrange | positioned with respect to the case main body in the closed position. It is a side section showing the state where the opening-and-closing lid was also semi-closed from the open position to the case body. It is a sectional side view which shows the state by which the opening-and-closing lid was similarly closed with respect to the case main body just before the closing position.

  A mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in accordance with an embodiment.

A cup holder device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the cup holder device includes a case body 10, a lock member 30, an opening / closing lid 40, and a holder member 80.

The case body 10 is integrally formed with a bottom wall portion 11, left and right side wall portions 12, and a rear wall portion 13, and is formed in a box shape that opens upward and forward (front side).
In addition, a concave / convex portion 14 for opening and closing the lid is formed on the front portion of the bottom wall portion 11 so that the side surface shape for opening and closing the open / close lid 40 around the open / close shaft 41 is an arc shape and the cross section is an uneven surface. .
Further, a lock operation hole 15 through which a lock release operation section 36, which will be described in detail later, is inserted so as to be movable back and forth, is provided in the center of the upper portion of the rear wall 13 in the width direction (left and right direction). Further, lock claw insertion holes 22 through which the lock claws 35 of the lock member 30 are inserted are formed in the vicinity of both sides in the width direction of the upper portion of the rear wall portion 13.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a bracket piece 16 is formed on the lower portion of the rear surface of the rear wall portion 13 of the case body 10 so as to be spaced apart from each other in the left-right direction, and between the bracket pieces 16. The lock member 30 is mounted so as to be rotatable about a rotation shaft 31 integrally formed at the lower part of the lock member 30.
At the center in the width direction of the upper portion of the lock member 30, there is provided an unlocking operation portion 36 that is inserted into the lock operation hole 15 of the rear wall portion 13 so as to be movable back and forth.
Furthermore, lock claws 35 that are inserted in the lock claw insertion holes 22 of the rear wall portion 13 so as to be movable back and forth are formed on both sides in the width direction of the upper portion of the lock member 30.
Further, the lock member 30 is biased by a lock spring 32 in a lock direction in which the lock claw 35 protrudes forward through the lock claw insertion hole 22. The lock spring 32 is wound around the outer peripheral surface of the opening / closing shaft 41 of the lock member 30, and one end is hooked on the lock member 30 and the other end is hooked on the rear wall 13.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, left and right lid receivers 17 having receiving portions 17a on the upper wall of the case body 10 for receiving and supporting the open / close lid 40 in the closed position are provided on the inner wall surfaces of the left and right side walls 12 of the case body 10. Is formed.
Furthermore, left and right holder folding guide portions 19 for folding and guiding the holder member 80 are formed on the inner side surfaces of the left and right lid receiving bodies 17. The upper and front surfaces of both the holder folding guide portions 19 are perpendicular to the horizontal guide surface 20 that guides the holder member 80 from the substantially horizontal state to the vertical state as the opening / closing lid 40 is closed. Each of the guide surfaces 21 is formed.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the opening / closing lid 40 is opened and closed around the opening / closing shaft 41 at the front part of the left and right side walls 12 of the case body 10, so that the opening position and the closing position are set. It is mounted so that it can be opened and closed.
The opening / closing lid 40 is urged toward the opening position by the opening spring 42, and abrupt opening is suppressed by the damper 43. Further, the opening / closing lid 40 is locked in the closed position by the lock member 30.

In the first embodiment, the opening / closing lid 40 is formed by integrally joining an inner member 50 and an outer member 51.
That is, the inner member 50 of the open / close lid 40 integrally includes left and right side wall portions 52, a connecting wall 53, and both left and right holder portions 60 having a bottomed semi-cylindrical shape.
The left and right side wall portions 52 of the inner member 50 are disposed along the inner side surfaces of the left and right side wall portions 12 of the case body 10.
Boss portions 55 are respectively formed on the outer side surfaces of the left and right side wall portions 52 of the inner member 50, and the opening / closing shaft 41 (stepped) is passed through these boss portions 55 through the through holes of the left and right side wall portions 12 of the case body 10. The inner member 50 (open / close lid 40) is attached to the case body 10 so as to be openable and closable around the open / close shaft 41.

  As shown in FIG. 2, an open spring that biases the opening / closing lid 40 toward the open position on the outer periphery of the boss portion 55 of one side wall portion 12 of the left and right side wall portions 12 of the inner member 50. 42 is wound, one end of the open spring 42 is hooked at a predetermined position of the case body 10, and the other end is hooked at a predetermined position of the opening / closing lid 40. Further, a fan-shaped gear 56 that meshes with the gear 44 of the damper 43 mounted on the side wall 12 of the case body 10 facing the other side wall 12 is formed in an arc shape centering on the opening / closing shaft 41. ing.

As shown in FIG. 2, a connecting wall 53 is formed on the left and right side wall portions 12 of the inner member 50 so as to extend upward across the front upper end portion in a state where the opening / closing lid 40 is disposed at the open position. ing. Then, left and right projecting portions 54 are formed further upward from the left and right portions of the projecting end of the connecting wall 53.
Moreover, as shown in FIG. 3, the holder latching convex part 74 which latches the holder member 80 mentioned later removably at the folding position is formed in the left-right part of the inner surface of the connection wall 53. As shown in FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a bottom wall portion 61 and an arc wall portion 62 are provided between the left and right side wall portions 12 of the inner member 50 in a state where the opening / closing lid 40 is disposed at the open position. Thus, both left and right holder portions 60 having a bottomed semi-cylindrical shape that opens to the rear side are formed.
Furthermore, the rear ends of the bottom wall portions 61 of both the holder portions 60 are formed with a concavo-convex portion 63 slidably fitted to the lid opening / closing guide concavo-convex portion 14 at the front end of the bottom wall portion 11 of the case body 10. .

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the outer member 51 of the opening / closing lid 40 is disposed along the lower surfaces of the bottom wall portions 61 of the left and right holder portions 60 in a state where the opening / closing lid 40 is disposed at the open position. And a front wall portion 66 disposed so as to cover the front surfaces of the left and right side wall portions 12 of the inner member 50 and the front side of the connecting wall 53, and having a L-shaped side section. Is formed.
At both ends of the front wall portion 66, protruding portions 72 are formed that are overlapped and joined to the front sides of the left and right protruding portions 54 of the connecting wall 53 of the inner member 50.
Between the left and right protrusions 54 of the connecting wall 53 of the inner member 50 and the left and right protrusions 72 of the front wall 66 of the outer member 51, the left and right lock claws 35 of the lock member 30 can enter and exit. A lock hole 73 to be inserted into is formed.
Further, the bottom wall portion 65 of the outer member 51 is formed with a connecting piece 65 a having a connecting hole into which a connecting convex portion 52 a protruding from the left and right side wall portions 52 of the inner member 50 is fitted.

  That is, in the first embodiment, the coupling holes of the left and right coupling pieces 65a of the bottom wall portion 65 of the outer member 51 are fitted to the left and right coupling convex portions 52a of the inner member 50, and the front wall portion of the outer member 51 66 and the left and right projecting portions 72, the connecting wall 53 of the inner member 50, and the left and right projecting portions 54 are coupled together, whereby the inner member 50 and the outer member 51 are integrally coupled. Is configured.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the holder member 80 can be folded on top of the arc ends of the arc wall portions 62 of the left and right holder portions 60 in a state where the opening / closing lid 40 is disposed at the open position. Hinge portions 75 and 76 to be attached are formed.
In the state in which the opening / closing lid 40 is disposed at the open position, the holder member 80 is provided with cups B (cups, cans for drinking water, plastic bottles, etc.) in cooperation with the left and right holder portions 60 of the opening / closing lid 40. Both left and right arc portions 81 to be held are formed, and hinge portions 82 and 83 are formed at the arc ends of both the left and right arc portions 81.
The hinge portions 75 and 76 of the left and right holder portions 60 of the opening / closing lid 40 and the hinge portions 82 and 83 of the holder member 80 are rotatably connected by hinge pins 85 and 86, so that the opening / closing lid 40 can be rotated. On the other hand, the holder member 80 is mounted so as to be switchable between a holder position where the holder member 80 is substantially horizontal and a folding position where the holder member 80 is folded on the holder portion 60 of the opening / closing lid 40.

In the first embodiment, a holder spring 92 that urges the holder member 80 toward the holder position is wound around the axis of at least one hinge pin 85, and one end of the holder spring 92 is connected to the opening / closing lid 40. The other end is hooked to the holder member 80.
In addition, when the holder member 80 is disposed at the holder position between the holder portion 60 of the opening / closing lid 40 and the holder member 80, the holder member 80 is prevented from further rotating and the holder member 80 is prevented from rotating. A stopper mechanism for holding is appropriately disposed.

In the first embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a support body 90 for stably holding cups having different outer diameters at predetermined positions of the left and right arc portions 81 of the holder member 80. Is mounted so as to be rotatable about the pin 91.
Further, in a state where the holder member 80 is disposed at the holder position, the support body 90 is urged toward a substantially horizontal position by a support spring (not shown) and protrudes toward the center of the arc portion 81. At the same time, when the cups are inserted, the cups are pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the cups to rotate downward against the urging force of the support spring.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, when the opening / closing lid 40 is placed in the closed position between the case body 10 and the opening / closing lid 40, small items such as a cellular phone, a cigarette case, a license holder, a wallet, etc. An opening 70 is formed to hold the class A so as to be able to enter and exit.
In the first embodiment, the opening 70 is formed between the notched portion 71 formed between the left and right projecting portions 72 of the outer member 51 of the opening / closing lid 40 and the rear wall portion 13 of the case body 10. ing.
The opening 70 also functions as an operation unit into which a fingertip can be inserted when the opening / closing lid 40 is manually opened / closed.
Further, when the opening / closing lid 40 is arranged at the closed position, the opening / closing lid 40 is locked at the closed position at the central portion in the width direction of the upper portion of the rear wall portion 13 of the case main body 10 that is located in the vicinity of the opening 70. An operation unit 36 for unlocking the lock member 30 is disposed.

The cup holder device according to the first embodiment is configured as described above.
Therefore, when holding the cups B, the lock member 30 is rotated backward about the rotation shaft 31 against the urging force of the lock spring 32 by pushing in the unlocking operation portion 36. Thereby, the lock claw 35 comes out of the lock hole 73 of the opening / closing lid 40.
Then, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the opening / closing lid 40 is rotated forward about the opening / closing shaft 41 by the urging force of the opening spring 42 and switched to the open position.
At this time, the holder member 80 is rotated about the hinge pin 86 by the urging force of the holder spring 92 and is disposed at a substantially horizontal holder position.

As described above, when the opening / closing lid 40 is switched to the open position with respect to the case body 10, the left and right holder portions 60 of the opening / closing lid 40 and the left and right arc portions 81 of the holder member 80 are The cups B are held so as to be able to enter and exit through the cooperation. At this time, the bottom part of the cups B is received by the bottom wall part 61 of the holder part 60.
Further, in the first embodiment, the support body 90 is attached to both the left and right arc portions 81 of the holder member 80 so as to be rotatable about the pin 91, and is attached to a substantially horizontal position by the holder spring 92. It is energized.
For this reason, the cup B can be stably hold | maintained by pressing the outer peripheral surface of many types of cups from which an outer diameter differs with the support body 90. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the state where the opening / closing lid 40 is disposed at the open position, the holder member 80 is resisted by the biasing force of the holder spring 92 and the upper surface of the holder portion 60 of the opening / closing lid 40 around the hinge pin 85. It rotates to the folding position along. Then, the holder member 80 is detachably locked to the holder locking projection 74 of the connecting wall 53 of the opening / closing lid 40 and is held in the folded position.
In the state where the opening / closing lid 40 is disposed at the open position and the holder member 80 is disposed at the folding position, the article C (small items) is stored in the case body 10.
Further, when the holder member 80 is switched to the original holder position, the connecting wall 53 of the opening / closing lid 40 is forcibly pulled upward by pulling the knob portion formed at the center in the width direction (left-right direction) of the holder member 80. The holder member 80 is rotated about the hinge pin 86 by the urging force of the holder spring 92 and is disposed at a substantially horizontal holder position by releasing the engagement with the holder locking projection 74.

When holding small items A (cell phones, cigarette cases, license holders, wallets, etc.), the opening / closing lid 40 is rotated around the opening / closing shaft 41 toward the closed position against the biasing force of the opening spring 42. Operation.
When the opening / closing lid 40 is rotated to a position immediately before the closing position, the left and right lock claws 35 of the lock member 30 are formed along the inclined surfaces formed on the lower sides of the left and right protrusions 54 of the opening / closing lid 40. While the tip portion is pressed, the lock member 30 is rotated in the unlocking direction (rear side) about the rotation shaft 31 against the urging force of the lock spring 32.
Then, when the opening / closing lid 40 is closed to the closed position where the inclined surfaces of the left and right protrusions 54 of the opening / closing lid 40 exceed the distal ends of the left and right lock claws 35 of the lock member 30 and reach the left and right lock holes 73, The lock member 30 is rotated in the locking direction (forward) about the rotation shaft 31 by the urging force of the lock spring 32. Then, the left and right lock claws 35 of the lock member 30 are inserted into the left and right lock holes 73 of the opening / closing lid 40. As a result, the opening / closing lid 40 is locked in the closed position.
When the opening / closing lid 40 is closed to the closed position, the lower surface of the free end of the opening / closing lid 40 is received by the receiving portions 17 a of the left and right lid receiving bodies 17 of the case body 10.

On the other hand, while the open / close lid 40 is closed from the open position to the closed position, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the horizontal guide surface 20 and the vertical guide surface of the left and right holder folding guide portions 19 of the case body 10. 21, the holder member 80 is guided from the substantially horizontal state to the vertical state gradually while rotating about the hinge pins 85 and 86 against the urging force of the holder spring 92.
When the opening / closing lid 40 is disposed at the open position, the holder member 80 is folded in a substantially vertical state immediately before engaging the holder locking projection 74 of the connecting wall 53 of the opening / closing lid 40.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the opening / closing lid 40 is disposed at the closed position with respect to the case body 10, so that the gap between the notch-shaped opening 71 of the opening / closing lid 40 and the rear wall portion 13 of the case body 10. An opening 70 is formed at the bottom.
Then, with the opening 70 as an entrance / exit, an accessory A (a mobile phone, a cigarette case, a license holder, a wallet, etc.) is held so as to be able to enter and exit.

As described above, the cups B can be held or the small items A can be held by a very simple operation of switching the opening / closing lid 40 between the open position and the closed position with respect to the case body 10. It is easy to use.
Further, when the opening / closing lid 40 is switched to the closed position, the opening 70 formed between the opening / closing lid 40 and the case body 10 can be inserted with a fingertip when the opening / closing lid 40 is opened and closed manually. Also functions as an operation unit.
For this reason, it is not necessary to provide a dedicated operation part for manually opening and closing the opening / closing lid 40 in the opening / closing lid 40, and the structure is simplified correspondingly.

  In addition, an unlocking operation unit 36 for unlocking the lock member 30 that locks the opening / closing lid 40 in the closed position is disposed in the vicinity of the opening 70 formed between the opening / closing lid 40 and the case body 10. As a result, the operation of the unlocking operation unit 36 is facilitated.

In addition, this invention is not limited to the said Example 1, In the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention, it can implement with a various form.
For example, in the first embodiment, the case where the holder member 80 for the cups is foldably disposed on the opening / closing lid 40 is illustrated, but the holder member 80 is foldably disposed on the case body 10. Is also possible.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Case main body 30 Lock member 31 Lock shaft 32 Lock spring 35 Lock claw 36 Unlocking operation part 40 Opening / closing lid 41 Opening / closing axis 42 Opening spring 60 Holder part 70 Opening part 71 Notch-shaped opening part 80 Holder member 85, 86 Hinge pin 87 Holder Spring

Claims (3)

A case body, and an opening / closing lid that is attached to the case body so as to be openable and closable between an open position and a closed position and is locked in the closed position by a lock member;
One member of the case main body and the opening / closing lid is provided with a holder member that removably holds the cups in cooperation with the opening / closing lid when the opening / closing lid is disposed at the open position. ,
A cup holder device in which an opening is formed between the opening / closing lid and the case main body so that small items can be inserted and removed when the opening / closing lid is disposed at a closed position. . The cup holder device according to claim 1,
When the opening / closing lid is switched to the closed position, the opening formed between the opening / closing lid and the case body functions as an operation unit into which a fingertip can be inserted when the opening / closing lid is opened / closed manually. A cup holder device characterized by: The cup holder device according to claim 1 or 2,
In the vicinity of the opening formed between the opening / closing lid and the case body when the opening / closing lid is switched to the closed position, a lock for unlocking a locking member that locks the opening / closing lid in the closed position A cup holder device in which a release operation section is provided.

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