Patent ID: 8353495
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A cup holder comprising: a holder main body which has a bottom portion and has a housing space for housing a beverage container therein; a holding claw which is swingable around a hinge portion as a swingable shaft provided at a lower portion of the holding claw, an upper portion of the holding claw moving into and out of the housing space; a first urging member which urges each of the holding claws to a direction where the holding claw moves forwardly; a bottom plate which is disposed at a lower portion of the housing space so as to be vertically movable; a second urging member which urges the bottom plate to a direction where the bottom plate moves upwardly; a lock member which contacts with and separates from a restricted slanted surface formed on a backward movement side of the holding claw, the lock member restricting the backward movement of the holding claw at a time of abutting against the restricted slanted surface; and a coupling member which transmits a vertical movement of the bottom plate to the lock member, wherein the restricted slanted surface inclines downwardly on the backward movement side of the holding claw, wherein in a non-use state where no beverage container is housed in the housing space, the holding claws is urged by the first urging member to an advanced reference position where the holding claw is mostly advanced into the housing space, the bottom plate is urged to a highest reference position where the bottom plate is mostly moved upwardly, and the lock member locates at a portion separated from the restricted slanted surface above the restricted slanted surface, and wherein when a beverage container is housed in the housing space, the holding claw is pushed by a side surface of the beverage container to thereby move backwardly against an urging force of the first urging member and, simultaneously, the bottom plate moves downwardly against an urging force of the second urging member since a weight of the beverage container is applied to the bottom plate to thereby move the lock member downwardly in an interlocked manner with the downward movement of the bottom plate, whereby since the restricted slanted surface abuts against the lock member, the weight of the beverage container is transmitted to the restricted slanted surface from the lock member to thereby restrict the backward movement of the holding claw.