Patent ID: 7360747
Filing Date: 2008-04-22
Classification: B60N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A holder for a food or beverage container, comprising: a housing having an opening; at least one holding arm having a retracted position, wherein the at least one holding arm is received in the housing in the retracted position, the at least one holding arm including a receiver for the container; and a multipartite mask arrangement mounted on the housing so as to be associated with the housing opening, wherein the mask arrangement closes the housing opening when the at least one holding arm is at the retracted position, and at least partially uncovers the housing opening for a deployment of the at least one holding arm, and wherein the multipartite mask arrangement comprises three side-by-side masks mounted for movement on the housing, and the masks are pivotably movable independently of the at least one holding arm and of one another about coaxial pivot shafts from an open position uncovering the housing opening to a closed position closing the housing opening.