Patent ID: 9004332
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: B60N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A cup holder comprising: a holder main body including a receiving portion that opens at an upper side and into which a container is to be inserted; one or two supporting members arranged in a circumferential area of the holder main body and supporting a side surface of the container when advancing into the receiving portion; a restricting member; and a biasing member, wherein: each supporting member comprises: the restricting member restricts a sliding direction and an elevating height of the lower end of the second supporting piece; the biasing member biases the linking portion connecting the first supporting piece and the second supporting piece to advance in an inward direction approaching a center axis of the holder main body, wherein the first supporting piece does not protrude in the inward direction approaching the center axis of the holder main body more than the second supporting piece; and when the lower end of the second supporting piece is elevated to its maximum and the linking portion is advanced inward to its maximum, an obtuse angle is formed between first and second lines respectively corresponding to the first and second support pieces, the first line extending from a rotational center of the linking portion to a rotational center of the upper end of the first supporting piece and the second line extending from the rotational center of the linking portion to a rotational center of the lower end of the second supporting piece.