Patent ID: 6361008
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: B60N,Y10S

Abstract:
A vehicle cup holder assembly comprising:first and second cup holders positioned in side-by-side relation to one another, said first cup holder including a first cup well having a first base and a first side wall intersecting said first base and adapted to receive a first beverage container, a first biasing member carried by said first wall and spring-urged inwardly relative to said first cup well to contact one side of the first beverage container when the first beverage container is in said first cup well, a first pivoted arm movable inwardly and outwardly relative to said first cup well to a plurality of preset detent positions to contact an opposite side of the first beverage container when the first beverage container is in said first cup well, said second cup holder including a second cup well having a second base and a second side wall intersecting said second base and adapted to receive a second beverage container, a second biasing member carried by said second side wall and spring urged inwardly relative to said second cup well to contact one side of the second beverage container when the second beverage container is in said second cup well, and a second pivoted arm movable inwardly and outwardly relative to said second cup well to a plurality of preset detent positions to contact an opposite side of the second beverage container when the second beverage container is in said second cup well, said first and second arms being manually movable independently of one another.