JP4407375B2 - Cup holder - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a cup holder for holding beverage containers such as cups, cans, and bottles in a vehicle interior so as not to fall.

As this type of cup holder, for example, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 is known. In this technique, a concave main body capable of receiving a beverage container is provided with a lid for opening and closing an open portion on the upper surface thereof. The lid is provided with a receiving portion capable of supporting the bottom of the container at a position above the bottom surface of the main body. Even if the height of the container is different depending on whether this receiving portion is used or not, the amount of protrusion of the container from the main body is set to an appropriate state.
JP 2003-48474 A

  In the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, in order to ensure holdability with respect to a container having a large height, a main body in which a concave portion having a depth corresponding thereto is formed. For this reason, the cup holder becomes bulky in the height direction. For example, in a limited thickness of an armrest or the like, most of the space is occupied by the cup holder, and the pad thickness or the like is sacrificed accordingly.

  The present invention is intended to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to compactly hold the cup holder in the height direction even though the holding function of the container by the cup holder can be sufficiently secured. .

The present invention is for achieving the above object, and is configured as follows.
The invention according to claim 1 is a cup holder that supports the bottom of the container and holds the side surface of the container, and has a concave base holder having an open upper surface, and an ascending / descending operation in the base holder. A movable holder provided in a manner capable of being moved up and down in the base holder and capable of supporting the bottom of the container, and the lifting and lowering operation of the receiving member is transmitted as the lifting and lowering operation of the movable holder. And an interlocking mechanism. In this interlocking mechanism, the movable holder and the receiving member are linked by a flexible member. The flexible member is elastically deformed in accordance with the movement of the receiving member, and both linkage portions move to move the receiving member. The movement is transmitted to the movable holder. The receiving member when depressed in the lowered position from the raised position, is a movable holder in a state in which fall within the base holder base holder pushed Ru by Uni set to a state protruding to the upper side of the.

Thus, when the cup holder is used, the receiving member is pushed down in the base holder, and in conjunction with this, the movable holder protrudes from the base holder to the upper surface side of the base holder, and both the base holder and the movable holder The container can be held. For this reason, although the holding function of the container by the cup holder can be sufficiently secured, the height of the base holder itself can be reduced. Therefore, the cup holder can be housed in a compact manner within a limited thickness of an armrest or the like, and the remaining thickness can be used for the pad thickness, for example.
Further, the flexible member of the interlocking mechanism can easily convert the push-down operation of the receiving member into the push-up operation of the movable holder, for example, when using the cup holder, and the structure can be simplified.

The invention described in claim 2 is the cup holder described in claim 1 , wherein the receiving member is set so as to close the upper surface opening of the base holder at the raised position.
According to this configuration, the receiving member that supports the bottom of the container when the cup holder is used functions as a lid that closes the upper surface opening of the base holder when the cup holder is not used. For this reason, the design property of the cup holder at the time of non-use can be improved, without providing the cup holder lid specially.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
(Embodiment 1)
First, Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing an example of a cup holder in an automobile. FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing the cup holder in a non-use state. FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a part of FIG. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view in the direction of the arrow AA in FIG. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, for example, a pair of cup holders CH is provided on the armrest AR located between the left and right seats. These cup holders CH are for holding beverage containers C such as cups, cans and bottles on the upper surface side of the armrest AR so as not to fall down. In FIG. 1, one of the cup holders CH is in a use state, and the other is in a non-use state.

The structure of the cup holder CH includes a base holder 10, a movable holder 20 provided in the base holder 10, a receiving member 30 capable of supporting the bottom of the beverage container C, and the movable holder 20 and the receiving member. It is divided roughly into the interlocking mechanism 40 which connected 30.
The base holder 10 has a cylindrical shape with a bottom, and the whole is contained in the armrest AR (FIG. 2). And the depth of the base holder 10 is set to the dimension of the half of a general cup holder. In addition, guide grooves 12 that are continuous in the vertical direction are provided at two opposing locations on the inner periphery of the base holder 10. The upper end portions of the guide grooves 12 are not closed to the upper surface side of the base holder 10 and are closed by the stopper 14.

  The movable holder 20 has a cylindrical shape in which both upper and lower end faces are open, and includes a stopper 22 that protrudes inwardly at the inner periphery of the upper end. The movable holder 20 includes engagement pieces 24 respectively engaged with the guide grooves 12 of the base holder 10 on the outer periphery of the lower end thereof. The movable holder 20 can be moved up and down in a space between the inner peripheral surface of the base holder 10 and the cylindrical inner wall member 16 provided in the base holder 10. This raising / lowering operation is stabilized by the engagement piece 24 being guided by the guide groove 12. Further, the ascending position of the movable holder 20 is regulated by the engagement pieces 24 being received by the stopper 14 of the base holder 10. In addition, the bracket 26 is each provided in the lower end surface of the movable holder 20 in the location corresponding to both the engagement pieces 24 (FIG. 3).

  The receiving member 30 has a disc shape that fits inside the inner wall member 16, and can move up and down along the inner peripheral surface of the inner wall member 16. When the receiving member 30 is raised most, its outer peripheral edge is received by the stopper 22 of the movable holder 20, and the raised position is regulated. The upper surface of the receiving member 30 in this state is substantially flush with the upper end surfaces of the base holder 10 and the movable holder 20 (FIGS. 2 and 3). A bracket 32 is provided at the center of the lower surface of the receiving member 30. The bracket 32 and both brackets 26 of the movable holder 20 are connected by an interlocking mechanism 40.

  FIG. 5 is an external perspective view showing the interlocking mechanism 40. As is apparent from this drawing, the interlocking mechanism 40 includes a pair of leaf springs 40A used as flexible members. One end portions of these leaf springs 40A are individually coupled to both brackets 26 of the movable holder 20 by hinge pins 42, and the other end portions of both leaf springs 40A are both hinge pins 43 to the bracket 32 of the receiving member 30. It is combined with. That is, both the leaf springs 40A have elasticity between the movable holder 20 and the receiving member 30, and are linked to each other so that force can be transmitted.

  When the cup holder CH is not in use, the movable holder 20 is housed in the base holder 10 and the receiving member 30 is pushed up to the uppermost position by the elasticity of the leaf springs 40A in the interlocking mechanism 40. (Figures 2 and 3). The receiving member 30 in this state functions as a lid that closes the upper surface opening of the movable holder 20 (the opening of the cup holder CH).

  Therefore, in order to use the cup holder CH, the beverage container C is placed on the upper surface of the receiving member 30, and the receiving member 30 is pushed down. Thereby, the receiving member 30 opposes the elasticity of the interlocking mechanism 40 (both leaf springs 40A) and descends along the inner peripheral surface of the inner wall member 16 while bending the leaf springs 40A. The two leaf springs 40A at this time enter between the base holder 10 and the inner wall member 16 while elastically deforming to push up the movable holder 20. That is, the interlocking mechanism 40 converts the lowering operation of the receiving member 30 into an ascending operation and transmits it to the movable holder 20. As a result, as shown in FIG. 6, the movable holder 20 is pushed up so as to protrude to the upper surface side of the base holder 10, and the engaging piece 24 of the movable holder 20 is received by the stopper 14 of the base holder 10.

  In the use state of the cup holder CH shown in FIG. 6, the bottom of the beverage container C is supported by the receiving member 30, and the side surface of the beverage container C is held by the base holder 10 (inner wall member 16) and the movable holder 20. The Further, the two leaf springs 40A in the state shown in FIG. 6 have their elastic force direction reversed with respect to the state shown in FIG. 2, 3 or 5, and act in the direction of pushing up the movable holder 20. . Therefore, even when the beverage container C is lifted, the movable holder 20 and the receiving member 30 are kept in the state shown in FIG. 6, and the cup holder CH is kept in the used state.

  When the use of the cup holder CH is finished, the receiving member 30 is pushed up through the two leaf springs 40A by pushing down the movable holder 20. Thereby, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the movable holder 20 is again accommodated in the base holder 10, and the receiving member 30 is pushed up to the uppermost position to close the upper surface opening of the movable holder 20. In the middle of this operation, the direction of the elastic force by the two leaf springs 40A is reversed again and acts as a force for pushing up the receiving member 30.

Thus, when the cup holder CH is used, the depth of the base holder 10 is almost half that of a general cup holder, although the beverage container C can be sufficiently held by the base holder 10 and the movable holder 20. Since the dimensions are set, the height of the cup holder CH when not in use fits compactly.
In addition, the planar shape of the base holder 10, the inner wall member 16, the movable holder 20, and the receiving member 30 constituting the cup holder CH is not limited to a perfect circle, and may be an elliptical shape or a rectangular shape.

(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a part of the cup holder (use state) in the second embodiment. In the second embodiment, a lock mechanism 50 for further stabilizing the use state of the cup holder CH is provided. The lock mechanism 50 includes an engagement protrusion 52 provided on the inner wall member 16 and an engagement claw 54 provided on a leaf spring 40A of the interlock mechanism 40. The engagement protrusion 52 protrudes outward at the outer periphery of the lower end portion of the inner wall member 16 and at a location corresponding to the leaf spring 40A. On the other hand, a plurality of engaging claws 54 are provided along the longitudinal direction of the leaf spring 40 </ b> A, one of which can be engaged with the engaging protrusion 52. In FIG. 7, only one side locking mechanism 50 is shown.

  In the second embodiment, in the use state of the cup holder CH shown in FIG. 7, one of the engagement claws 54 of the leaf spring 40A is engaged with the engagement protrusion 52 of the inner wall member 16, and the lock mechanism 50 is in the locked state. It has become. That is, the cup holder CH of the second embodiment is held in use by the lock mechanism 50 in addition to the elastic force of the leaf spring 40A, and the movable holder 20 and the receiving member 30 are held at the positions shown in FIG. In order to unlock the lock mechanism 50, the leaf spring 40A is bent toward the base holder 10 with the vicinity of the hinge pin 42 as a fulcrum by applying a force in the direction of arrow F in FIG. . As a result, the engaging claw 54 comes off from the engaging protrusion 52, and thereafter, the movable holder 20 can be housed in the base holder 10 in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

  In the cup holder CH of the second embodiment, the lock position of the lock mechanism 50, that is, the engagement claw 54 that engages with the engagement protrusion 52 is appropriately selected so that the movable holder 20 protrudes from the base holder 10. The amount changes. Thereby, the protrusion amount of the movable holder 20 can be adjusted according to the height of the container C for drinks shown in FIG.

External perspective view showing an example of a cup holder in an automobile Sectional view showing the cup holder not in use Sectional drawing which expanded and represented a part of FIG. Sectional view in the direction of arrow AA in FIG. External perspective view showing interlocking mechanism Sectional view showing the cup holder usage Sectional drawing showing a part of cup holder in Embodiment 2

Explanation of symbols

C Beverage container 10 Base holder 20 Movable holder 30 Receiving member 40 Interlocking mechanism

Claims (2)

A cup holder that supports the bottom of the container and holds the side surface of the container, a concave base holder having an open top surface, and a movable holder provided in the base holder so as to be movable up and down. A receiving member provided in the base holder so as to be movable up and down and capable of supporting the bottom of the container, and an interlocking mechanism for transmitting the lifting and lowering operation of the receiving member as the lifting and lowering operation of the movable holder. In the mechanism, the movable holder and the receiving member are linked by a flexible member. The flexible member is elastically deformed in accordance with the movement of the receiving member, and both linkage portions move to move the receiving member. is configured to communicate to, when the receiving member is depressed in the lowered position from the raised position, protrudes the movable holder in a state in which fall within the base holder to the upper surface of the base holder Cup holder that is by sea urchin set Ru pushed up by the state. 2. The cup holder according to claim 1, wherein the receiving member is set so as to close the upper surface opening of the base holder at the raised position .

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