Patent ID: 6047937
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: B60N,B60R

Abstract:
A vehicle-use foldable beverage holder comprisinga mounting plate,a base plate,a left clip arm,a right clip arm,a clip arm rod,a mounting plate body of the mounting plate having a hole in each of two lateral walls,a base plate body of the base plate having a hole in each of two lateral containment edges,a support connecting rod havingan upper connecting rod including a long strip with an arrowhead-shaped split post on an inner side of an upper end, a semicircular post and a through-hole in an outer side of a lower end, and a positioning tab on an edge located below the through-hole and the semicircular post,a lower connecting rod including a long strip with an arrowhead-shaped split post formed at an outer side of a lower end and at an inner side of an upper end, respectively, and a positioning hole proximal to the upper end of the long strip,the arrowhead-shaped split post at the upper end of the lower connecting rod being inserted into the through-hole in the lower end of the upper connecting rod to form a movable linkage structure of the support connecting rod, and the arrowhead-shaped split post at the upper end of the upper connecting rod being inserted into the hole in the lateral wall of the mounting plate body, thereby forming the movable linkage structure, the arrowhead-shaped split post at the lower end of the lower connecting rod being inserted into the hole in the containment edge of the base plate body, enabling the movable linkage structure of the support connecting rod to be maintained in a stationary configuration of approximately 130 degrees in between the mounting plate and the base plate and utilized to supportively maintain the mounting plate and base plate in a fixed L-shaped configuration, anda decorative cover plate including one of (a) a cover plate body having containment edges and a minimum of two split posts on an inner side of the cover plate body which are inserted into fastener holes on the mounting plate body at a rear of the mounting plate, and (b) a containment edge at an upper end and open access lower end, with L-shaped lips along two sides of the plate body and the placement of at least one beveled tab adjacent to the containment edge on an inner side of a cover plate body, which enables the L-shaped lips at an upper extent of the mounting plate to fit over the protruding strips on the two sides of the mounting plate body and thereby be insertion fastened to the rear surface of the mounting plate.