JP2572744Y2 - Cup holder - Google Patents

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 supporting a beverage container so that the beverage container does not fall down, and more particularly to an improvement of a cup holder which can be mounted on and retracted from an armrest of an automobile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A cup holder in which an inner member slides with respect to an outer member integrally provided on an instrument panel of an automobile so as to be able to protrude and retract is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 3-12.
No. 8533 has proposed this.

[0003]

[Problem to be solved by the invention] This cup holder
It is intended to support paper cups and cans containing beverages in a generally upright position so that they do not fall over.However, in order to stably support a long cup in the axial direction, a certain length of length is required for the support part It is. For this reason, there is a limit in reducing the thickness, and it is difficult to install the center console or the armrest at an arbitrary position due to the limitation of the accommodation space.

The present invention has the disadvantages of the prior art,
That is, it was made by focusing on the point that it is difficult to achieve both support stability and space efficiency, and its main purpose is to be able to stably support the cup during use, and furthermore, it is possible to reduce the accommodation space. It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved cup holder.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, there is provided an inner member having an outer member, an inner member which is engaged with the outer member so as to be able to protrude and retract, and has a supporting portion for a beverage container. The inner end of the cup holder is pivotally attached to the inner member and can be tilted, and the free ends of the cup holder are elastically biased in a direction of expanding the free ends of the cup holder. This is achieved by providing an upper support member and a lower support member that are configured to overlap each other.

[0006]

As described above, the upper support member and the lower support member, whose free ends are expanded, are pivotally connected to the inner member, so that when the inner member is pulled out from the outer member, the two support portions move up and down. Because of the widening, the cup is supported at two points in the longitudinal direction. Moreover, when the inner member is housed in the outer member, the two support members overlap with each other, so that the housing can be housed at a small height.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The construction of the present invention will be described in detail below based on specific embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 5 show a cup holder 1 constructed according to the present invention. This cup holder 1
An outer member 2 fitted to a front surface of an armrest or the like of an automobile, and an inner member 3 accommodated in the outer member 2
It consists of

The outer member 2 has a flat box shape with an open front surface, and has a ridge 4 extending in the front-rear direction on the inner surfaces of both side walls.
Is extended. The inner member 3 has the groove 5 formed on the outer surface thereof engaged with the ridge 4 and the outer member 2
It can be slid in the front-rear direction so that there is no play up and down inside the inside.

[0010] Between the outer member 2 and the inner member 3,
A known grease-enclosed rotary damper 8 of a type in which a pinion gear 7 provided on the bottom surface of the inner member 3 meshes with a rack gear 6 extending in the front-rear direction on the inner surface of the bottom wall of the outer member 2.
And a bobbin 9b having one end 9a connected to the front end of the bottom wall of the outer member 2 and the other end pivotally connected to the inner member 3.
Known constant load spring type driving force generator 9 wound around
And a known swing for holding the inner member 3 so that the projection 10 projecting downward from the inner member 3 is engaged with the swing cam 11 so that the inner member 3 can be housed in the outer member 2. A cam-type latch device 12 is provided. Further, between the upper surface of the bottom wall of the outer member 2 and the bottom surface of the inner member 3, there is provided a front-rear direction guide 13 composed of a ridge and a groove engaged with each other so as to restrict play in the left-right direction.

The inner member 3 is composed of two parts in the front-rear direction, and the front part is a cup support 3a.
The rear portion is a mounting base 3b for the rotary damper 8, the driving force generator 9, and the latch device 12. An upper support member 14 and a lower support member 15 are pivotally supported at the rear end of the cup support 3a so that the front end of the cup support 3a can be vertically tilted. The upper and lower support members 14 and 15 can be overlapped with each other, and are always resiliently biased by a torsion coil spring 17 wound around the pivot 16 so as to expand the free ends thereof. ing.

At the free end of the upper support member 14, a support hole 14a for supporting the peripheral wall of the intermediate portion of the beverage container C is provided. At the free end of the lower support member 15, the bottom of the beverage container C is provided. Is provided.

A bar-type lock device 18 is provided on the side of the front surface of the outer member 2 to prevent the inner member 3 from sliding as required.

Next, the procedure for handling the above embodiment will be described.

When the front surface of the inner member 3 is pushed while the inner member 3 is housed in the outer member 2, the inner member 3 is pressed.
The engagement of the latch device 12 composed of the projection 10 and the swing cam 11 is released, and the inner member 3 is pushed forward by the action of the constant load spring drive force generating device 9. At this time, the projection speed of the inner member 3 is adjusted by the action of the rotary damper 8.

On the other hand, since the upper support member 14 and the lower support member 15 are constantly resiliently urged in a direction of expanding, the outer member 2 and the outer member 2 are protruded as the inner member 3 protrudes.
The binding force applied from the upper and lower surfaces of the open end is released, the upper support member 14 is flipped up, and the lower support member 15 is lowered. In this manner, when the inner member 3 is pulled out from the outer member 2, the upper and lower support members 14, 15 expand vertically, and the lower surface and the peripheral wall of the intermediate portion are separated from each other at two points. The beverage container C is supported, and the support stability is enhanced (see FIGS. 3 and 5).

When the inner member 3 is pushed into the outer member 2, the upper supporting member 14 is pushed by the upper edge 2a of the opening of the outer member 2 to tilt downward, and at the same time, the lower edge of the opening of the outer member 2 is lowered. 2b, the lower support member 15 is tilted upward, and both support members 14 and 15 are housed in the outer member 2 in such a manner as to overlap inside the cup support portion 3a of the inner member 3. Then, the projection 10 of the inner member 3 is engaged with the swing cam 11, and the state where the inner member 3 is accommodated in the outer member 2 is maintained (see FIGS. 2 and 4).

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the cup holder is pulled out to the front, the two supporting members are automatically expanded up and down, so that the axially long cup is supported at two points apart from each other. be able to. Therefore, the support stability of the cup is improved, which is effective in improving the usability of the cup holder. Further, at the time of storage, since both support members are in a state of being overlapped with each other, the storage space is small. Therefore, it is effective in reducing restrictions on the mounting position.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cup holder according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a top view showing the stored state of the cup holder according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a top view illustrating a use state of the cup holder according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a partial side cross-sectional view showing a stored state of the cup holder according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a partial side sectional view showing a use state of the cup holder according to the present invention.

[Description of Signs] 1 Cup holder 2 Outer member 3 Inner member 3a Cup support 3b Mounting base 4 Ridge 5 Groove 6 Rack gear 7 Pinion gear 8 Rotary damper 9 Constant load spring-type driving force generator 9a One end 9b Bobbin 12 Swing cam type Latch device 13 Front-back direction guide 14 Upper support member 15 Lower support member 16 Axis 17 Torsion coil spring 18 Lock device

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A cup holder comprising: an outer member; and an inner member engaged with the outer member so as to be able to protrude and retract so as to be provided with a support portion for a beverage container. An upper support member and a lower support member which are pivotally attached to the member and can be tilted, are resiliently biased in a direction to expand their free ends to each other, and overlap each other inside the inner member. A cup holder, comprising: