JPH092131A - Drink container holder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a drink container holder for a vehicle with a simple structure requiring no spring for a support plate and its jumping up action as an additional part. CONSTITUTION: A tray 10 and a support plate 20 are formed integrally with their respective base end parts working as an integral hinge part 11 A tongue- like spring 21 making pressure contact with the tray 10 at its tip under its folded back state at the integral hinge part 11 toward the tray 10 is formed integrally, at the support plate 20 part on more top side than this integral hinge part 11.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tray housed in a case formed in an instrument panel or the like of a vehicle, and a support plate is hinged so that the tray is lifted up by a spring to make a cup, a can or the like of a drink. The present invention relates to a flip-up type drink container holder in which the bottom part is placed on the tray through the opening of the support plate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 5 shows a conventional drink container holder of this kind. A tray 2 is housed in a case 1 formed in an instrument panel, and a base end portion of this tray is hinged by a pin 4. And a support plate 3 biased upward by a spring 5. A leaf spring 7 is attached to the side surface of the case 1 so as to take out a load by elastically contacting the flange portions 2a on both sides of the tray 2. At the time of use, the tray 2 is pulled out and, for example, a beverage can 9 is placed on the tray 2 through the opening 3 a of the support plate 3. In this state, the support plate 3 is flipped up by the spring 5 at an angle constrained by the tip edge of the upper surface of the case 1.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has a simple structure for a vehicle of the kind described at the beginning in view of the fact that a support plate and a spring for jumping up are required as separate components outside the tray. It is intended to provide a drink container holder.

[0004]

In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a tray that is retractably stored between the top and bottom surfaces of a case formed in a vehicle body, and a base end portion of the tray. And a support plate which is hinged and biased upward by a spring, and a drink container holder adapted to place a drink container on a tray pulled out from a case through the opening of the support plate jumped up by the spring. In the above, the tray and the support plate are integrally formed with the respective base end portions as integral hinge portions, and the support plate is folded back at the integral hinge portion toward the tray at the support plate portion further forward than the integral hinge portion. In this state, a tongue-shaped spring whose tip is pressed against the tray is integrally formed.

[0005]

[Function] The support plate is stored in the case in a state of being folded back against the tray against the spring force at the integral hinge portion. When the tray is pulled out from the case to the pull-out position, the support plate is springed up and put into use. The drink container is placed on the tray through the opening in the support plate.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A drink container holder according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the drink container holder shown in FIG. 1, as shown in FIG. 2, a support plate 20 for supporting the drink container is integrally formed with the tray 10 via an integral hinge portion 11. Support plate 2
A tongue-shaped spring 21 is integrally formed in a portion closer to the front side than the integral hinge portion 11 at 0 with respect to the support plate 20 in a cut-and-raised manner at a front side downward direction at an angle smaller than 90 °. There is. This spring is supported by the support plate 20.
With the integral hinge portion 11 folded back toward the tray 10 and stored in the case 1, the tip end of the tray 10
The support plate 20 is biased upward by abutting diagonally toward the front.

A projecting piece 22 is integrally formed in a portion slightly ahead of the spring 21 of the support plate 20 so as to be cut and raised upward at an angle smaller than 90 °. The projecting piece is restrained by a stopper piece 15 projecting downward at the tip portion of the upper surface of the case 1 so as to limit the drawing position of the tray 10. By the way, compared with the conventional stopper structure in which a vertical groove is formed in the case 1 in the pull-out direction and a claw provided at the base end portion of the tray 2 is inserted to restrain the claw at the end surface of the vertical groove, According to the invention, it is simply configured by utilizing the gap between the upper surfaces of the case 1.

As shown in FIG. 3, tongue-shaped springs 16 bent inward are formed on both side surfaces 1a of the case 1 made of synthetic resin, and the flange portions 1 on both sides of the tray 10 are formed.
2 is elastically contacted and the load is being output.

The operation of the drink container holder configured as described above is as follows. Support plate 2 for case 1
0 is folded and stored on the tray 10 side by the integral hinge portion 11 (FIG. 4A), and the spring 16 moves the flange portion 1
The elastic force of the spring 21 causes the support plate 20 to support the upper surface of the case 1 while elastically contacting the load container 2 to release the load in the range from the storage position of the drink container holder to the pull-out position to prevent rattling and stabilization. It is stabilized by hitting on.
When the grip 17 of the front flange portion of the tray 10 is grasped and pulled out, the projecting piece 22 is regulated at the pull-out position where it is restrained by the stopper piece 15 (FIG. 4B). In this state of use, the support plate 20 is limited in the jumping position to the tip edge of the upper surface of the case 1, and the can 9 is inserted through the opening 25 of the support plate 20 and placed on the tray 10.

It should be noted that the tongue-shaped spring 21 is used instead of the above embodiment.
It is also conceivable that the projections 22 and the projections 22 are not cut-and-raised, but may be integrally formed so as to be added to the surface to which they belong.

[0011]

According to the invention of claim 1, since the support plate is formed integrally with the tray and the spring for jumping up is also formed integrally with the support plate, the number of parts can be reduced. It is also advantageous in terms of cost. According to the second aspect of the present invention, the pull-out position stopper can be configured simply by forming mutual protrusions in the gap between the support plate that gradually rises from the integral hinge portion and the upper surface of the case.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a drink container holder according to an embodiment of the present invention with a tray and a support plate in a stored state.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the tray and the support plate in a molded state.

FIG. 3 shows a case of the drink container holder,
The same figure A is the perspective view, and the same figure B is the sectional view on the AA line.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a state where the drink container holder is attached to the case, FIG. 4A is a sectional view when stored, and FIG. 4B is a sectional view when it is pulled out.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a conventional drink container holder, FIG. 5A is a vertical cross-sectional view at the time of withdrawal, and FIG. 5B is a partial horizontal cross-sectional view showing a spring portion for loading.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Case 10 Tray 11 Integral Hinge Part 15 Stopper Piece 20 Support Plate 21 Tongue-shaped Spring 22 Projecting Piece

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A tray that is retractably housed between an upper surface and a bottom surface of a case formed in a body of a vehicle, and a support plate whose base end is hinged to the tray and biased upward by a spring. In a drink container holder that is equipped with a tray that is pulled out from the case and that allows a drink container to be placed through the opening of the support plate that is springed up, the tray and the support plate have integral hinges at their base ends. Is integrally formed as a part, and the tip is pressed against the tray in a state in which the support plate is folded back toward the tray at the support plate portion that is closer to the front than the integral hinge portion. A drink container holder characterized in that a tongue-shaped spring is integrally formed. 2. A stopper piece for limiting the tray withdrawing position is provided at the tip of the top surface of the case so as to project downward,
2. The drink container holder according to claim 1, wherein the support plate is integrally formed with a projecting piece which is restrained by the stopper piece.