JP2893246B2 - Vehicle cup holder device - 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 device for a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a vehicular cup holder device is configured to hold glasses in addition to a function of holding cups as disclosed in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 2-16335. Things are known. In this,
As shown in FIG. 6, the frame 31 has a substantially gourd-shaped through hole.
The through hole 32 is sized to allow the lens portion of the glasses C to pass through, and an engagement protrusion 34 for restricting the movement of the glasses C is provided on the receiving base 33. When used as a cup holder, the cups are inserted into the through holes 32 of the frame body 31 so that the cups are held upright.

[0003]

Some cups have different outer diameters. For this reason, if the through-hole 32 is formed in a size corresponding to a large-diameter cup (for example, a commercially available large-diameter can having a capacity of 350 ml), a small-diameter cup (for example, a commercially-available small-diameter can having a capacity of 250 ml) is formed. Through hole
32, the outer surface of the small-diameter cups and through-hole 32
The gap with the inner peripheral surface becomes excessive, so that small-diameter cups cannot be stably held. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle cup holder which can stably hold cups having outer diameters different in size from one another and restricts the movement of eyeglasses to accommodate the cups in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems. That is.

[0004]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vehicle cup holder device, comprising:
A box main body having a storage chamber that opens upward, and a lid body that is openably and closably attached to the opening of the box main body, and any one of the box main body and the lid body includes A holding body having both a function of holding the large-diameter cups inserted into the storage chamber in an upright state and a function of restricting the movement of the glasses stored in the storage chamber; Switching between a holder position that holds the small-diameter cups inserted into the storage chamber in a substantially horizontal shape with respect to the upper end opening of the chamber and a standby position along the inner surface of the opened lid body Is mounted. According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the vehicle cup holder device according to the first aspect, wherein the holder body is selectively held at the holder position or the standby position inside the holding body. Switching holding means for performing the operation. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle cup holder device according to the second aspect, the switching holding means is configured to press the cam body provided on the shaft of the holder body and press the cam body. A spring member for resiliently holding the holder plate between the holder position and the standby position.
It is constituted by an over-over mechanism.

[0005]

In the present invention configured as described above,
When the large-diameter cups are inserted into the storage room of the box body while the holder body is located at the standby position,
The large-diameter cups are held upright by the holding body. Further, when the small-diameter cups are inserted into the storage chamber of the box main body in a state where the holder body is arranged at the holder position, the small-diameter cups are held in an upright state by the holder body. In addition, by selectively holding the holder body between the holder position and the standby position by the switching holding means incorporated in the holding body, it is possible to prevent the holder body from being moved unexpectedly. Further, the switching holding means is constituted by a turnover mechanism having a cam body and a spring member, so that the holder body can be moved between the holder position and the standby position based on the elastic force of the spring member. It can be securely held.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 1, a vehicle cup holder device 1 mainly includes a box body 2 and a lid 11. The box body 2 is a storage room 3 opening upward.
The storage chamber 3 is formed to be long in the left-right direction. In the storage room 3, two large-diameter cups (commercially available large-diameter can containers having a capacity of 350 ml) A are inserted in parallel in the left and right sides, or the vine of the eyeglass frame is folded. Glasses C are stored.

A pair of opening / closing arms 12 project from the right and left ends of the inner surface of the lid 11 which covers the opening of the storage chamber 3 of the box body 2 so as to be openable and closable. . The lid 11 is attached to the left and right side walls of the box main body 2 by pins 13 at the front end of the opening / closing arm 12, so that the lid 11 closes the opening of the storage chamber 3 and the box main body 2. The opening and closing operation is performed around the pin 13 at an open position where the pin 13 is opened in an upright state along the back side wall.

A holder 14 and a pair of holders 21 are respectively assembled to one of the box body 2 and the lid 11. In this embodiment, a holding body 14 is attached to the center of the inner surface of the lid body 11 in the left-right direction near the back side. A function of holding the holding member 14 in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the large-diameter cups A inserted in the storage chamber 3 in a side-by-side manner to hold the large-diameter cups A in an upright state;
As shown in FIG. 4, the lid 11 is formed in a size having a function of restricting the movement of the glasses C by contacting the center of the glasses C folded and stored in the storage room 3. It is assembled to protrude from the inner surface. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the holding body 14 is formed in a hollow shape with a cam chamber 15 having an open side facing the inner surface of the lid 11, and the cam chamber 15 includes: A cam body 23 and a spring member 24 of the holder body 21 described below are incorporated.

A pair of right and left holder bodies 21 are mounted on the inner surface side of the lid body 11. These holder bodies 21 are formed of a flat plate, and horizontal shafts are provided on both left and right sides of one end thereof.
22 are protruded integrally, the opposite shafts 22 are inserted into both side walls of the holding body 14 and rotatably supported, and the shafts 22 on the opposite sides of both holder bodies 21 are provided on the inner surface of the lid 11. By being rotatably supported by the protruding bearing piece 16, both holder bodies 21 are assembled to the lid 11 so as to be rotatable about the shaft 22.

[0010] Further, both holder bodies 21 have arc-shaped holding portions for holding the outer peripheral surface of small-diameter cups (commercially available small-diameter can containers having a capacity of 250 ml) B in cooperation with the inner wall surface of the storage chamber 3. surface
21a is formed in a notch shape. When the lid 11 is opened to the open position, the holders 21 are positioned substantially horizontally with respect to the upper end opening of the storage chamber of the box body 2, and stand by along the inner surface of the lid 11. The position is switched to the position.

In the cam chamber 15 of the holding body 14, a switching holding means 25 for holding the two holder bodies 21 selectively between a holder position and a standby position is incorporated. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG.
Each axis of both holder bodies 21 protruding into cam chamber 15 of holding body 14
A cam body 23 integrally protruding around the shaft end of 22 and a leaf spring-like spring member 24 having spring pieces 24a individually pressed against these cam bodies 23 with a cutout groove 24b interposed therebetween. It is constituted by a turnover mechanism 26 provided. The lower end of the spring member 24 is fixed to the lower flange portion 17 of the holder 14 with screws (or rivets or the like) 27.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, when the holder 21 is placed at the holder position, the holder 21
The lower surface of the free end side of the holder body 21 is held at the holder position where the lower surface on the free end side of the holder body 21 abuts on the stopper piece 4 protruding from the upper end opening of the storage chamber 3 of the box body 2 by the resilient force of the spring piece 24a against the cam body 23 of the box body 21. You. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the holder body 21 is pivoted toward a standby position along the inner surface of the opened lid body 11.
When rotated about the center 22, the spring piece 24 a is bent by the cam body 23 that rotates integrally with the holder body 21,
When the deflection exceeds the maximum value, the holder body 21 is rotated toward the standby position by the elastic force based on the deflection of the spring piece 24a, and the holder body 21 is moved to the standby position where it comes into contact with the inner surface of the lid 11. It is arranged and held.

This embodiment is configured as described above.
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
Large-diameter cups A and small-diameter cups B for storage room 3
Are held at the same time, first, the lid 11 is opened to the open position with respect to the box body 2 as shown in FIG. Here, of the two holder bodies 21, one holder body 21 is arranged at the standby position, and the other holder body 21 is arranged at the holder position. Then, as shown in FIG.
Is inserted into the storage chamber 3 on the side of one of the holder bodies 21 disposed at the standby position, so that the bottom surface of the large-diameter cups A is received by the bottom surface of the storage room 3 and the cup having the same large diameter Since the outer peripheral surface of the class A faces the holding body 14 and the inner wall surface of the storage chamber 3 with a small gap, the large-diameter cups A are held in an upright state without being inclined or displaced.

When the small-diameter cups B are inserted into the storage chamber 3 on the other holder body 21 disposed at the holder position, the bottom surface of the small-diameter cups B is placed on the bottom surface of the storage chamber 3. The outer peripheral surface of the cups B having the same diameter as the received small
The small-diameter cups B are held upright without being inclined or displaced by opposing the holding surface 21a and the inner wall surface of the storage chamber 3 with a slight gap.

Since both holders 21 are arranged at the standby position, two large-diameter cups A are held in the storage chamber 3 of the box body 2 in an upright state.
Are arranged at the holder position, so that the box body 2
Two small-diameter cups B are held in the storage room 3 in an upright state.

Next, when storing the glasses C in the storage room 3 of the box main body 2, first, the lid 11 is opened to the box main body 2, and then both holders 21 are respectively arranged at the standby positions. You. Here, the glasses C with the vine of the glasses frame folded are stored in the storage room 3, and the lid 11 is closed. 4 with the lid 11 closed.
As shown in the figure, a holding body projecting from the center of the storage chamber 3
Since the central part of the glasses C is held by 14 and the movement of the glasses C with respect to the storage room 3 is regulated, generation of abnormal noise and damage of the glasses C due to movement of the glasses C are prevented.

In the above-described embodiment, the holder 14 and the holder 21 are assembled on the inner surface of the lid 11, but the present invention is not limited to this. As shown in FIG. The holding body 14 and the holder body 21 may be assembled on the upper part of the third member 3.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention,
It is possible to stably hold cups of different outer diameters without rattling and to store the glasses while restricting the movement of the glasses. Further, by mounting the switching holding means of the holder body inside the holding body, it is possible to eliminate the necessity of securing space for mounting the switching holding means in another portion.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a cutaway perspective view showing a state in which a turnover mechanism serving as a switching holding means is assembled to a cam chamber of the holding body.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the vehicle cup holder device.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a state where the glasses are stored.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a conventional one.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vehicle cup holder device 2 Box body 3 Storage room 11 Lid 14 Holder 21 Holder 21a Holding surface 23 Cam 24 Spring member 25 Switching holding means 26 Turnover mechanism A Large-diameter cups B Small-diameter Cups C Glasses

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A box main body having a storage chamber that opens upward, and a lid that is openably and closably attached to an opening of the box main body, wherein one of the box main body and the lid is provided. One of the members is provided with a holder having both a function of holding the large-diameter cups inserted into the storage chamber in an upright state and a function of restricting the movement of the glasses stored in the storage chamber. And a holder position for holding the small-diameter cups inserted in the storage chamber in an upright state in a substantially horizontal shape with respect to the upper end opening of the storage chamber, and a standby state along the inner surface of the opened lid. A cup holder device for a vehicle, wherein a holder body whose arrangement is switched between positions is assembled. 2. The vehicle cup holder device according to claim 1, wherein a switching holding means for selectively holding the holder body between a holder position and a standby position is incorporated in the holding body. A cup holder device for a vehicle, comprising: 3. The vehicular cup holder device according to claim 2, wherein the switching holding means includes a cam body provided on a shaft of the holder body and a cam body pressed against the cam body to move the holder body to a holder position. A cup holder device for a vehicle, comprising a turnover mechanism having a spring member resilient to a standby position.