Patent ID: 8720840
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A container-supporting apparatus, comprising: a housing having an open front face; a holder capable of moving in and out of the housing, and having an insertion hole for insertion of a cup; a cup-supporting body configured to mount the cup, and having a contact part at an end part thereof; a flap configured to control rattling of the cup, and having a projecting part at an end part of the flap; an elastic member configured to urge the flap in a direction of the insertion hole; a shaft part provided on one of the holder and the flap; and a shaft-bearing part provided on the other of the holder and the flap and having a shaft-bearing hole capable of receiving the shaft part, wherein when the holder is stored in the housing, the contact part of the cup-supporting body contacts and pushes the projecting part of the flap so that the shaft part moves inside the shaft-bearing hole of the shaft-bearing part, and when the shaft part moves inside the shaft-bearing hole, the elastic member urges the shaft part so that the cup-supporting body is elastically pressed toward the housing by a reaction force of the elastic member through the projecting part to prevent rattling of the cup-supporting body.