US782448A - Cup-holder. - Google Patents

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` PATENTED PEB. 14, 1905.

C. D. HOLDEN. CUP HOLDER. APPLIUATION FILED Nov. s, 1904.

witwassen @mouw UNITED STATES Patented February 14, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

CUP-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 782,448, `dated. February 14, 1905.

Application filed November 3,

T0 a/ZZ whom it mja/y concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES D. HOLDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cup- Hold-ers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to means for holding cups; and' it has for its object to provide a simple, compact,and inexpensive device adapted to hold a cup in such manner that dust, &c., iseffectually excluded from the interior of the cup and there is no liability of the cup being casually displaced, and this notwithstanding the fact that the cup may be removed from the holder with facility andas readily replaced therein.

With the foregoing in mind the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claim when taken in connec-` tion with the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. in which- Figure l is a vertical section illustrating the holder constituting the present and preferred embodiment of my invention as holding a cup of the tumbler type. Fig.- 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken in the plane indicated by the line 3 3 of Fig. 1 looking downwardly, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the holder per se.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, A is a support, which may be a bracket, designed to be attached to an upright or any other device compatible with the purposes of my invention. The said support is providedwith a vertically-disposed opening a, which by preference is tapered or gradually reduced in size downwardly, as shown.

B is my novel holder as a whole. The said holder is preferably, though not essentially, of metal and comprises a body C and a cap D. The body is f formed in one piece and has an open plate c arranged on the support A around the opening a and connected to the support through the medium of screws d or other suitable means and a ange e depend- 1904. Serial Nc. 231,296. /J

preferably tapered or gradually reduced in diameter downwardly. The cap D is preferably, though not essentially, elliptical in form,l Fig. 2, and has a skirt-flange f, designed to bear on the upper side of the body-platee and cover and surround` the cup (lettered E) when the latter is in the flanged opening of the body. Said cap D also has a rounded portion at oneend, asbest shown in Fig. l, 00 and a lug g, interposed between two lugs/t on the body-plate c and connected thereto in a hinged manner, so as to permit of the cap being readily swung from the position illustrated to an upright position. and vice versa.

VIn the practical use of the holder the drinking or other cup is placed in the flanged opening of the body C while the cap D is swung back, and the cap is then swung over the cup and body-t'. e., into the position shown. In 70 the latter position the cap will obviously cover and close the upper end of the cup, and therejby eectually lprevent dust, dirt, and the like' from gaining access to the interior of the same, which is an important advantage for hygienic reasons. It will also be observed that the weight of the cap imposed on the upper end of the cup will tend to prevent casual upward movement of the cup in the holder and that by reason of this casual displacement 8O of the cup from the holder, as by the rolling of a ship or the shaking' of a car, will be effectually prevented. In preventing casual displacement of the cup from the holder-body the' cap D is assisted by the preferable taper 85 form of the cup and the flange e, by virtue of which the cup is wedged in the holder-body. When, however, it is desired to remove the cup from the holder, the sarnemay be accomplished by simply throwing the cap back and lifting the cup out of the holder-body.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that the cup may be removedv from and replaced and 'secured in the novel holder quite as eX- peditiously as a cup is removed from and rel placed in an ordinary holder having no means for closing a cup and securing the same agalnst casual displacement.

I prefer to make the cap D of generalellipf Y e/gact understanding of the said embodiment.

do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to such specific construction and relative arrangement of parts, as such changes or modifications may be made in practice as fairly fall within the scope of my invention as claimed.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

The combination of a suitable support having an opening, and a cup-holder comprising a body having an open plate arranged on and attached to the support, around the opening therein, and a flange depending from .the inner edge of the plate and disposed in the opening of the support and tapered toward its lower edge, and a cap having a skirt-flange rounded at one end; the said cap being arranged on the plate of the body and hinged at its rounded end thereto.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence-of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES D. HOLDEN.

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