JP2786395B2 - Vehicle 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 retractable cup holder for a vehicle, in which a holder body can be inserted into and removed from a retainer attached to an interior member of a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a retractable vehicle cup holder, for example, one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-27032 is known. In this case, as shown in FIG. 5, a holder main body 111 is attached to the retainer 102 so as to be able to be inserted and removed, and cups 105 are attached to the holder main body 111.
A holder hole 115 into which the hole is inserted is provided. A support member 121 having a receiving piece 124 for receiving the bottom surface of the cups 105 is attached to the lower surface of the holder main body 111 so as to be swingable about an axis in the front-rear direction. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, when the holder main body 111 is pulled out substantially horizontally with respect to the retainer 102 and is disposed in the use position, the receiving surface 125 of the receiving piece 124 has a substantially horizontal receiving position. It is arranged to be.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional structure, as shown in FIG. 6, a holder main body 111 is attached to an instrument panel 101 as an interior member of a vehicle via a retainer 102. The holder body 1 is installed in a state where it can be moved in and out while being tilted in the vertical direction.
When the receiving member 11 is pulled out to the use position and the receiving piece 124 is rotated to the receiving position, the receiving surface 125 of the receiving piece 124 forms an inclined surface having the same angle as the inclination angle of the holder main body 111.

For this reason, the holder hole 1 of the holder body 111
15 is inserted into the receiving surface 1
As a result, the cups 105 cannot be received stably and the cups 105 tilt or fall. In order to prevent such a problem, as shown in FIG.
22 so that the holder body 111 can be rotated.
When the is pulled out upward, the receiving piece 124 is rotated together with the support member 121 about the horizontal axis 122 so that the receiving surface 125 of the receiving piece 124 is substantially horizontal. Was proposed by the same applicant.

By the way, in the improvement plan shown in FIG.
When the holder main body 111 is pulled out to the use position while being tilted up and down, the bottom surface of the cups 105 can be received in a substantially horizontal state by the receiving surface 125 of the receiving piece 124. However, the holder main body 111 is pulled out inclining in the vertical direction, and the holder hole 1 of the holder main body 111 is pulled out.
The bottom surface of the cups 105 inserted into the receiving surface 125 is the receiving surface 125.
7, the support height of the outer periphery of the cups 105 becomes lower in proportion to the inclination angle of the holder body 111 on the downwardly inclined side of the holder hole 115 as shown in FIG. At the time of stop, the cups 105 are liable to incline downward or fall down on the holder main body 111.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a cup which is inserted into a holder hole of a holder body even when the holder body is attached to a retainer so that the holder body can be vertically inserted and removed. The present invention is to provide a vehicle cup holder that can stably receive the bottoms of the cups in a substantially horizontal state and can positively prevent the cups from tilting or falling down to the lower side of the holder body. .

[0007]

To achieve the above object, a vehicle cup holder according to the present invention comprises a holder body having a holder hole into which a cup is inserted into a retainer attached to an interior member of the vehicle. There and out can be assembled to be inclined in the vertical direction, the bearing member is transverse to said holder body
It is assembled so that it can rotate around the shaft, and its supporting members
Has a receiving surface for receiving the bottom of the cups.
A support plate is provided and a holder plate projecting from the upper surface of the holder main body on the downwardly inclined side of the holder hole is provided by being rotated about the horizontal axis integrally with the support member, and provided on the holder plate. Is formed with a holder surface for holding an outer peripheral surface of cups in cooperation with the holder hole.
Cups are inserted and the bottom of the cups is
When received on the bearing surface, the weight of the cups
Until the receiving surface of the receiving piece is substantially horizontal.
The receiving piece is rotated about the horizontal axis together with the bearing member.
The holder plate is moved by the rotation of the holder plate.
When the holder hole on the main body is
It is characterized in that it is configured to protrude .

[0008]

In the vehicle cup holder constructed as described above, when the holder main body is tilted up and down with respect to the retainer and pulled out to the use position, the holder main body is pulled out.
Cups are inserted into the holder holes and the bottom of the cups is received.
When it is received on the receiving surface of the receiving piece,
The receiving piece is supported until the receiving surface of the receiving piece is substantially horizontal
The member is turned around a horizontal axis together with the member. By this
Of the cups inserted into the holder hole of the holder body
Is stably received in a substantially horizontal state on the receiving surface of the receiving piece.
It is. Further , the holder push is determined based on the rotation of the support member.
When the rate is lower than the holder hole on the holder body,
By projecting from the upper surface of the
The outer peripheral surfaces of the cups are stably held by cooperation between the holder surface of the holder and the holder hole of the holder body .

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In FIGS. 1 and 3, an interior member 1 such as an instrument panel or a console box disposed in a vehicle cabin has a rectangular box-shaped retainer 2 having a storage chamber with open front and rear ends. It is attached by a suitable attaching means in a state of being inclined. The retainer 2
The holder main body 11 with respect to the cups 5 is assembled in the storage chamber so as to be able to enter and exit according to the inclination angle of the retainer 2.

The holder main body 11 has an upper plate 12, both side plates 13 and a front plate 14 integrally provided, and near the front side of the upper plate 12, both left and right holder holes into which cups 5 are removably inserted. 15 are penetrated. As shown in FIG. 2, the upper plate 12 of the holder main body 11 is provided with an assembling hole 16 in the middle and the rear half of the two holder holes 15, and the front surface of the assembling hole 16 is formed on both wall surfaces. The shaft hole 17 is formed on the same center line. Further, the upper plate 12 of the holder body 11
Is formed with a storage recess 18 in which a holder plate 28 to be described later is protrudably stored.

A support member 21 is inserted into the mounting hole 16 of the holder body 11 from above and is mounted. At the left and right sides of a substantially central portion of the support member 21 in the front-rear direction, horizontal shafts 22 are protruded, and the horizontal shafts 22 are fitted into the shaft holes 17 so that the support members 21 support the horizontal shafts 22. It is designed to be pivoted about the center.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG.
A receiving surface 25 for receiving the bottom surface of the cups 5 inserted into the both holder holes 15 in a substantially horizontal state between a pair of support pieces 23 projecting downward at both front and rear ends of the holder 1. Is mounted so as to be swingable about a shaft 26 in the front-rear direction.

The rear end face of the receiving piece 24 is formed on an inclined surface 27. When the holder body 11 is pushed into the retainer 2, the inclined surface 27 at the rear end of each receiving piece 24 is located below the retainer 2. By sliding along the front end of the plate portion 3, each receiving piece 24 is stored inside the holder main body 11, and when the holder main body 11 is pulled upward to the use position shown in FIG. By its own weight, it is rotated around a shaft 26 in the front-rear direction to a receiving position that is substantially hanging.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the cups 5 are inserted into the holder holes 15 of the holder body 11 drawn out to the use position, and the bottom surface of the cups 5 is at the cup receiving position. When the receiving piece 24 is arranged on the receiving surface 25 of the receiving piece 24, the receiving piece 24 moves together with the support member 21 about the horizontal shaft 22 to a position where the receiving surface 25 becomes substantially horizontal due to the load of the cups 5. It is designed to be turned.

As shown in FIG. 2, a holder plate 28 is provided on the upper surface of the rear half of the support member 21 integrally with the support member 21. The holder plate 28 has an arcuate holder surface 29 for holding the outer peripheral surface of the cups 5 in cooperation with the holder holes 15. Further, when the bottom surface of the cups 5 inserted into the holder hole 15 is received by the receiving surface 25 of the receiving piece 24, the holder plate 28 is mounted on the horizontal axis based on the load of the cups 5. 22 and the support member 21 is rotated integrally with the support member 21 so as to protrude from the upper surface of the upper plate 12 of the holder body 11 and
Is not applied, the holder plate 28 is rotated in the opposite direction about the horizontal shaft 22 together with the support member 21 by the weight of the holder plate 28, and the holder plate 28 is stored in the storage recess 18 of the holder body 11. I have.

This embodiment is configured as described above.
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, the holder body 11 is pulled out to the retainer 2 so as to be inclined upward and is arranged at the use position, so that the receiving piece 24 of the support member 21 causes the shaft 26 in the front-rear direction to move by its own weight. It is pivoted to the receiving position as a center.
Here, when the cups 5 are inserted into the holder hole 15 of the holder main body 11 and the bottom surface of the cups 5 is placed on the receiving surface 25 of the receiving piece 24, as shown in FIG. The support member 21 is rotated about the horizontal shaft 22 integrally with the receiving piece 24 to a position where the receiving surface 25 is substantially horizontal by the load of the cups 5.

When the support member 21 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 4 about the horizontal shaft 22, the support member 21 is rotated.
The holder plate 28 is rotated integrally with the holder body 11, and the holder plate 28 protrudes upward from the upper surface of the upper plate 12 of the holder body 11 by a predetermined height. The center front end surface 28a of the holder plate 28 abuts against the holder main body 11 as a stopper surface, so that the support member 21 and the receiving piece 24 can be further increased.
In addition, the rotation of the holder plate 28 is prevented.

As described above, the cups 5 are inserted into the holder holes 15 of the holder body 11, and the bottom surface thereof is
In the state of being received by the receiving surface 25 of 4, the bottom surface of the cups 5 is received stably by the receiving surface 25 of the receiving piece 24 in a substantially horizontal state. Furthermore, on the downward inclined side of the holder hole 15, the rear half of the outer peripheral surface of the cups 5 is held by the holder surface 29 of the holder plate 28 protruding from the upper surface of the holder main body 11.
When stopped, the cups 5 are prevented from tilting or falling down to the lower side of the holder hole 15.

When the holder body 11 is pushed into the retainer 2 to the original storage position, the holder hole 1
By lifting the cups 5 upward with respect to 5, the holder plate 28 is rotated about the horizontal shaft 22 integrally with the support member 21 by its own weight as shown in FIG. It is stored in the recess 18.

After that, the holder body 11 is
Is pushed in, the inclined surface 27 of the receiving piece 24 slides along the front end of the lower plate portion 3 of the retainer 2, and these receiving pieces 2
4 is turned around the shaft 26 in the front-rear direction toward the inside of the holder main body 11. When the holder main body 11 is pushed into the original storage position, the receiving piece 24 is stored inside the holder main body 11.

[0021]

In the above embodiment, the retainer 2
Although the case where the holder main body 11 is pulled out in an upwardly inclined shape is illustrated above, the present invention is not limited to this, and the retainer 2 is not limited thereto.
On the other hand, the present invention is also applicable to a case where the holder body 12 is pulled out in a downwardly inclined shape. However, in this case, the holder plate 28 provided integrally with the support member 21 is disposed on the front side, which is the downwardly inclined side of the holder hole 15 of the holder body 11.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Even when the holder main body is inclined in and out of the retainer with respect to the up and down direction, the bottom surface of the cups can be stably received in a horizontal state by the receiving piece of the support member rotated about the horizontal axis. . In addition, since the support member is rotated about the horizontal axis, the holder plate integrated with the support member protrudes from the upper surface of the holder body on the downwardly inclined side of the holder hole, so that the outer periphery of the cups is stably held. Therefore, it is possible to positively prevent the cups from tilting or falling down to the downwardly inclined side of the holder body.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a vehicle cup holder according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the same main parts.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view showing a state where the holder main body is pulled out to a use position.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing a state where cups are held.

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view showing a conventional cup holder.

FIG. 6 is a side sectional view showing a state where the holder main body is pulled out while being inclined in the vertical direction.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of an improvement plan.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Interior member 2 Retainer 5 Cups 11 Holder main body 15 Holder hole 21 Support member 22 Horizontal axis 24 Receiving piece 25 Receiving surface 28 Holder plate 29 Holder surface

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] To 1. A retainer attached to an interior member of the vehicle, the holder body having a holder hole cups are plugged is assembled to enable and out inclined in the vertical direction, the bearing member to the holder body Can rotate around horizontal axis
The bottom of cups is attached to the support member.
A receiving piece with a receiving surface for receiving is assembled
At the same time, a holder plate is provided which projects from the upper surface of the holder body on the downwardly inclined side of the holder hole by being rotated about the horizontal axis integrally with the support member, and the holder plate has the holder hole A holder surface for holding an outer peripheral surface of the cups is formed in cooperation with the above , and further, the cups are inserted into a holder hole of the holder body.
The bottom of the cups is received on the receiving surface of the receiving piece.
When the receiving piece is
The receiving piece is supported until the receiving surface is substantially horizontal.
It is rotated about the horizontal axis together with the bearing member, and the rotation
The holder plate is in the holder hole of the holder body
To project from the upper surface of the holder body on the downward inclined side
A cup holder for a vehicle, comprising: