Patent ID: 7874535
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: B60N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A cup holder, comprising: a box-shaped body having a holder opening at a top thereof; a supporting arm retained to the box-shaped body, and disposed movably so as to come in and come out of the holder opening of the box-shaped body; an urging element for urging the supporting arm in such a direction that the supporting arm advances to come inward into the holder opening of the box-shaped body; an engaging element for temporarily engaging the supporting arm at a retreated position where the supporting arm retreats to come outward out of the holder opening of the box-shaped body; an enabling/disabling element for enabling the urging action of the urging element and for disabling the engagement action of the engaging element, wherein the urging action of the engaging element is caused by a pressing force resulting from a container that is fitted into the box-shaped body through the holder opening; a fixing element comprising a mechanical mechanism for fixing the supporting arm in such a state that the supporting arm is brought into contact with an outer peripheral surface of the container; and a releasing element comprising a mechanical mechanism for releasing the supporting arm from the fixing action of the fixing element upon taking out the container through the holder opening of the box-shaped body and for enabling the supporting arm to move in such a direction that the supporting arm retreats to come outward out of the holder opening, wherein a movable bottom plate is located at a bottom of the holder opening and is movable in an up/down direction, and the enabling/disabling element acts only in response to a movement in the up/down direction of the movable bottom plate.