JP4715889B2 - Cup holder for vehicle armrest - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a cup holder for an armrest for a vehicle, and more particularly to a cup holder for an armrest for a vehicle in which a bottom can be detachably attached to a bottom portion of a cup storage portion of a holder body.

  A seat as shown in FIG. 6 is installed in a vehicle, for example, a passenger car. The seat 1 includes a seat cushion 2 on which an occupant is seated and a seat back 3 that serves as a backrest portion of the occupant. Further, a recess 4 is provided in a substantially central portion of the seat back 3, and an armrest 5 is accommodated in the recess 4.

  The armrest 5 is pivotable between a storage position in the recess 4 and an occupant's armrest position. The armrest 5 is stored in the recess 4 when not in use, and a seat when in use. Use it as an armrest by putting it forward on the cushion 2. In order to enable such a function, the armrest 5 is rotatably mounted inside the recess 4 via a hinge mechanism. In order to enhance the function of the armrest body 5, it has been proposed to add a plate-like lid 8 that also serves as a table on the upper surface side of the armrest body 5 in use as shown in FIG. 7.

Further, on the front end side of the armrest body 5, for example, a bottom holder plate 6 that holds the bottom of a beverage container K (hereinafter referred to as drink can K) such as a cup or a drink can K as shown in the figure, and a drink can A wire barrel holding frame 7 that holds the K barrel is attached (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2001-253290 A

However, the arm holding cup holding mechanism in the conventional vehicle has a configuration in which the bottom of the drink can K is directly held on the bottom holder plate 6, and the body of the drink can is a wire body holding frame made of wire. 7, various vibrations including rattling noises at the bottom holder body 6 and the body holding frame 7 in contact with the bottom holder body of the drink can K in accordance with the vibration of the vehicle body while the vehicle is running. An abnormal noise is generated and it becomes annoying.
Further, since the bottom portion of the drink can K is directly held on the bottom holder plate 6, water droplets generated on the outer peripheral side surface of the drink can K flow down on the bottom holder plate 6 and accumulate on the bottom holder plate 6. When drinking, it adheres to the drink can K and falls into the clothes and the car and gets wet or dirty.
Furthermore, even if the conventional bottom holder plate 6 is made water-absorbing, it is difficult or impossible to replace. Therefore, even if the bottom holder plate 6 is repeatedly absorbed and dried, it is not easy to replace even if it cannot be used. There are also defects.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to the conventional problems as described above, and the installation of a bottom having a buffering function makes it possible to detect vibration noise and the like when the cup vibrates, moves or fluctuates in the cup storage portion. It can effectively prevent the generation of noise, and the bottom cover has water absorption performance to prevent harmful effects caused by the generation of water droplets, and it can be easily replaced even if the bottom cover is repeatedly absorbed and dried. In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle armrest cup holder that can be easily installed on the bottom and can improve the appearance of the armrest.

To achieve the above object, a cup holder for a vehicle armrest according to the present invention is a cup holder provided on a vehicle armrest,
A holder body having a cup-shaped cup storage portion with a bottom, and having a single or a plurality of cutout holes formed in the vicinity of the portion where the bottom portion and the peripheral wall portion of the cup storage portion are continuous
The holder body is formed of an elastic sheet having an outer diameter that is smaller than the inner diameter of the bottom of the cup housing portion and can be placed on the bottom of the cup housing portion. An insertion piece that can be inserted into the cutout hole from the inside of the storage portion to the outside protrudes, and a bottom cover that can be attached to and detached from the bottom portion of the cup storage portion,
It is characterized by providing.

  With this configuration, a holder main body having a cup-shaped cup storage portion that constitutes a cup holder of a vehicle armrest is attached to the holder storage recess of the armrest by screwing or the like, so that the cup storage portion of the holder main body attaches the armrest. Even if tilted, it can be fixed so that it does not shift or fall. In addition, an insertion piece protruding from the bottom can be inserted into the plurality of cutout holes formed in the cup storage portion. Therefore, the bottom cover is bent by hand and bent so that the tip of the inserted piece is inserted into the cutout hole, and then the picking force is released, so that the bottom cover is placed at the bottom of the cup storage portion. Easy and quick to install or remove.

  In addition, since the bottom of the cup installed on the bottom cover does not directly contact the bottom surface of the cup storage portion due to the installation of the bottom cover, the vehicle is placed between the bottom of the cup and the bottom portion of the cup storage portion. It is possible to reliably avoid the generation of abnormal noise such as vibration noise during traveling. Further, even when the armrest is tilted by attaching the bottom cover as described above, the bottom cover does not fall. In addition, the replacement of the bottom cover can be easily performed by an operation reverse to the operation of mounting the bottom cover.

Moreover, the floor covering of the present invention is characterized by having water absorption.
With this configuration, even if water drops are generated in the drink can K stored in the cup holder, the bottom cover absorbs water, and when drinking, the water drops do not fall, and even if the bottom cover is repeatedly absorbed and dried, it can be easily replaced. Can do.

As described above, the present invention has the following effects.
(1) The installation of the bottom can effectively prevent abnormal noise from being generated when the drink can K or the like vibrates, moves or fluctuates in the cup storage portion of the holder body.
(2) Since the bottom cover is detachable from the bottom of the cup storage part of the holder body, the bottom cover can be easily installed and replaced.
(3) Even if water droplets are generated in the drink can K or the like placed and stored in the cup storage portion of the holder main body, water can be absorbed by the bottom cover, and adverse effects caused by the water droplets when drinking can be prevented.
(4) Even if the bottom is deformed by repeated water absorption and drying, it can be easily replaced.
(5) Furthermore, the appearance of the cup holder in the armrest can be kept good.

Hereinafter, a cup holder for a vehicle armrest according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a cup holder A of an armrest for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a floor covering to be attached to the bottom of a cup storage portion in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an armrest used for carrying out the present embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a view of the armrest with the cup holder according to the present embodiment attached thereto. It is a perspective view.

  As shown in the figure, a cup holder A for a vehicle armrest according to the present invention includes a cup-shaped cup storage 11 having a bottom, and a plurality (near the portion where the bottom portion 11a and the peripheral wall portion 11b of the cup storage portion 11 are continuous ( The holder body 10 in which the notch hole 13 is formed, and an outer diameter that is smaller than the inner diameter of the bottom portion 11a of the cup housing portion 11 of the holder body 10 and can be installed on the bottom portion 11a of the cup housing portion 11 A cup having an insertion piece 16b protruding from the inner side to the outer side of the cup storage part when it is installed on the outer periphery at the bottom part 11a of the cup storage part 11. A bottom cover 16 detachably attached to the bottom 11 a of the storage unit 11.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the vehicle armrest cup holder A according to the present embodiment has a holder body 10 in which two cup storage portions 11 are integrally connected in a single flat plate portion 12. For example, it is obtained as a plastic molded product. The cup storage portion 11 and the flat plate portion 12 have hardness that does not easily bend or deform, and are colored or patterned as necessary.

  The cup storage part 11 has a bottomed cup shape and has a cylindrical shape in which the inner diameter of the peripheral wall part 11b gradually decreases from the upper opening side to the bottom part 11a. This may have the same cylindrical shape whose inner diameter extends from the top to the bottom. In the vicinity of the portion where the bottom portion 11a and the peripheral wall portion 11b are continuous, narrow notch holes 13 having a predetermined width are arranged at equal intervals, for example, at two or four locations.

  In addition, the bottom 11a and the peripheral wall 11b are provided with a plurality of vent holes 14 so as to pass through them, and even when the outer peripheral surface of the cup is in close contact with the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall 11b, the cup storage portion 11 makes it easy to put in and out of the cup and the like. Note that the size of the vent hole 14 may be kept small in order to avoid a drop or leakage of water droplets from the bottom portion 11a.

  A screw hole 15 is provided in the center of the bottom 11a. By passing a screw through the screwing hole 15, the cup holder A can be screwed into the holder housing recess on the armrest side. Thereby, it can fix so that a cup holder may not move within a holder accommodation recessed part.

  FIG. 2 shows a bottom cover 16 which is made of a rubber sheet or an elastic sheet material of foamable resin having a predetermined softness. The bottom cover 16 is formed by integrally projecting a pair of insertion pieces 16b on the outer periphery of the disc portion 16a, and has a buffer function as a whole. It is further preferable that the bottom covering 16 has water absorption, since water can be absorbed even if water drops are generated in the stored drink can K and flow down. The water absorption performance can be realized by adopting conventionally known means. For example, use of an elastic sheet rich in water absorption or synthetic paper rich in water absorption can be mentioned.

  As shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 3, the bottom cover 16 is curved by a person with a fingertip against the step force of the bottom cover 16 itself, and the tip of the insertion piece 16b is placed in the cup storage portion. The insertion piece 16b can be penetrated or fitted into the notch hole 13 by using the elastic force (restoring force) by facing the notch hole 13 and releasing the fingertip force.

Therefore, the bottom cover 16 can be easily and quickly attached to the bottom part 11a of the cup storage part 11, and the bottom cover 16 is not likely to fall off the bottom part 11a when the armrest is tilted. Further, the removal of the bottom cover 16 from the cup storage portion 11 can be easily and quickly performed in the reverse operation to the operation at the time of attachment, and therefore the replacement of the bottom cover 16 is facilitated.
Further, since the bottom cover 16 has elasticity, noise and abnormal noise based on external vibrations are not generated between the bottom cover 16 and the cup placed thereon.

  Then, the cup holder A of the vehicle armrest configured as shown in FIG. 3 is stored in the two holder storage recesses 19 of the mounting table 18 formed in the armrest 17 as shown in FIG. It mounts so that the part 11 may each fit. At this time, the flat plate portion 12 around the cup storage portion 11 is supported around the opening portion of the holder storage recess portion 19.

  Thereby, as shown in FIG. 5, the cup holder A of the armrest for a vehicle is placed on the placing table portion 18, and the placing table portion is passed through a screwing hole 15 formed in the bottom portion 11a through a screw (not shown). By being screwed into 18, it is stably held.

  As described above, the cup holder A for the armrest for a vehicle according to the present embodiment is attached to the holder storage recess 19 provided in the armrest 17, and the bottomed cup of the holder body 10 is placed in the holder storage recess 19. A plurality of cutout holes 13 are formed in the vicinity of the portion where the bottom portion 11a and the peripheral wall portion 11b of the cup storage portion 11 are continuous, and the cup portion 11 is detachably attached to the bottom portion 11a of the cup storage portion 11. It is the structure which installed the bottom covering 16 which has the insertion piece 16b which can be inserted in the notch hole 13 toward inner side from the inner side.

  The installation of the bottom cover 16 can effectively prevent the generation of abnormal noise such as vibration noise when the cup vibrates, moves or fluctuates in the cup storage portion, and the installation of the bottom cover 16 is easy. The appearance of the cup holder and the armrest can be kept good.

  The above embodiment does not limit the present invention, and various modifications are allowed without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the cup storage portion 11 of the holder main body 10 is fitted into the holder storage concave portion 19 provided in the armrest 17 is shown. It may be fixed and attached to the like. For example, the structure which adhere | attaches the flat plate part 12 of the holder main body 10 to the flame | frame provided in the armrest may be sufficient. Moreover, this invention may be provided in any armrest of a front seat and a back seat, and any one may be sufficient as it.

  The present invention effectively prevents the occurrence of abnormal noise such as vibration noise when moving or fluctuating while cups and drink cans are difficult to move or fluctuate in the cup storage portion due to the installation of the bottom. The armrest for a vehicle that has an effect that the installation of the bottom cover can be easily prevented and the appearance of the armrest can be kept good, and a cup or a drink can is stored and held in the cup storage portion of the vehicle armrest. Useful for cup holders.

It is a perspective view which shows the cup holder of the armrest for vehicles by embodiment of this invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a floor covering to be attached to the bottom of the cup storage portion of the holder body in FIG. 1. It is sectional drawing of the state which mounted | wore with the base into the cup accommodating part of the holder main body shown in FIG. It is a perspective view of the armrest used for implementation of this Embodiment. It is a perspective view of the armrest which attached the cup holder of the armrest for vehicles by this embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the seat of the conventional passenger car. It is a perspective view which shows the conventional armrest.

Explanation of symbols

A cup holder for armrest 10 holder main body 11 cup storage portion 11a bottom portion 11b peripheral wall portion 12 flat plate portion 13 notch hole 14 vent hole 15 screwing hole 16 bottom cover 16a disc portion 16b insertion piece 17 armrest 19 holder storage recess

Claims (1)

A cup holder provided on a vehicle armrest,
A holder body having a cup-shaped cup storage portion with a bottom, and having a single or a plurality of cutout holes formed in the vicinity of the portion where the bottom portion and the peripheral wall portion of the cup storage portion are continuous
The holder body is formed of an elastic sheet having an outer diameter that is smaller than the inner diameter of the bottom of the cup housing portion and can be placed on the bottom of the cup housing portion. An insertion piece that can be inserted into the cutout hole from the inside of the storage portion to the outside protrudes, and a bottom cover that can be attached to and detached from the bottom portion of the cup storage portion,
A cup holder for a vehicle armrest.

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