Abstract:
The invention relates to a holder ( 10 ) for a drinks container, for example a can, a beaker or a cup, which is intended for installation, for example, in a dashboard ( 12 ) of a motor vehicle. The invention proposes arranging, for example, a storage compartment ( 28 ) in the holder ( 10 ), which storage compartment ( 28 ) can be extended, for example in the manner of a drawer, when the holder ( 10 ) is not being used. The invention has the advantage that the installation space required for the holder ( 10 ) is additionally used for accommodating the storage compartment ( 28 ).

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     The invention relates to a holder for a drinks container, for example a can, a beaker or a cup. 
     Holders of that kind for installation in motor vehicles are known per se in an enormous multiplicity of constructional forms. The known holders have a holding part, which has an insertion opening for inserting the drinks container, and a supporting part, for example of a planar shape, or even bar-shaped, arranged underneath and spaced apart from the holding part, on which supporting part the drinks container inserted into the insertion opening stands. It is known to provide the holders with a guide means so that they can be extended, pivoted out or pulled out into a use position. When the holder is not needed, it can be moved into a retracted position, for example in a door panel or a dashboard of a motor vehicle. The guide means can be in the form of, for example, a sliding guide means, which guides the holder so that it can be pulled out in the manner of a drawer, or a pivotal mounting, by means of which the holder can be pivoted out from the door panel, the dashboard or the like. 
     Starting from a holder of the kind described above, the invention is based on the problem of making good use of the installation space required for the holder. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The problem is solved according to the invention by the features of claim  1 . The holder according to the invention has a receptacle, for example a storage compartment or an ash-tray, which is integrated with the holder. ‘Integrated’ within the context of the invention is understood to mean that, when the receptacle, holding part and supporting part are in the basic position, the receptacle is arranged in the same installation space as that in which the holding part and supporting part are also located. The receptacle is accordingly located between the holding part and the supporting part or, vice-versa, the holding part and supporting part are located within the receptacle. As a result, the same installation space is used for accommodating both the receptacle and also the holding part and supporting part. The installation space required for the holder according to the invention is therefore not larger than, or only slightly larger than, the installation space required for the holding part and supporting part without the receptacle. The invention consequently has the advantage that the otherwise unused installation space for the holding part and supporting part is additionally used for accommodating the receptacle. The holder according to the invention is preferably so constructed that contents placed inside the receptacle do not impede or prevent a drinks container from being inserted into the insertion opening of the holding part and placed on the supporting part. In an embodiment of the invention, the receptacle is arranged at a level between the holding part having the insertion opening for the drinks container and the supporting part for the drinks container. 
     The holding part and the supporting part of the holder according to the invention are preferably connected to one another; they are especially constructed integrally with one another so that they are always moved together. In principle, a common guide means for the holding part and supporting part is sufficient. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     The invention is described below in greater detail with reference to two exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawing, in which: 
     FIGS. 1-3 show, in three different positions, a first constructional form of a holder according to the invention; 
     FIGS. 4 and 5 each show a plan view, in diagrammatic and simplified form, of the holder from FIGS. 1-3, the position shown in FIG. 4 corresponding to that in FIG.  2  and the position shown in FIG. 5 corresponding to that in FIG. 3; 
     FIGS. 6-8 show, in three different positions, a second constructional form of a holder according to the invention; 
     FIGS. 9 and 10 each show a plan view, in diagrammatic and simplified form, of the holder from FIGS. 6-8, the position shown in FIG. 9 corresponding to that in FIG.  7  and the position shown in FIG. 10 corresponding to that in FIG. 8; 
     FIGS. 11 and 12 show, in two different positions, a third constructional form of a holder according to the invention; 
     FIGS. 13-15 each show a sectional view, in diagrammatic and simplified form, of the holder from FIGS. 11 and 12, the position shown in FIG. 14 corresponding to that in FIG.  11  and the position shown in FIG. 15 corresponding to that in FIG. 12, and FIG. 13 showing a further position of the holder. 
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     The holder  10  according to the invention shown in FIGS. 1-5 is installed, for example, in a dashboard  12  of a motor vehicle (not otherwise shown). The holder  10  is intended for the insertion and holding of a drinks container (not shown), for example a can, a beaker or a cup. In a basic position shown in FIG. 1, the holder  10  is retracted into the dashboard  12  and accommodated therein; it is flush with the surface of the dashboard  12 . In FIGS. 2 and 4, the holder  10  has been moved into a use position, wherein it is located in front of the dashboard  12  and can be used for inserting and holding a drinks container. As can be seen from FIGS. 2 and 4, the holder  10  has, as the holding part, a holding ring  14  constructed as part of a circular ring and extending over ¾ of a full circle. The holding ring  14  surrounds an insertion opening  16  for inserting the drinks container (not shown). 
     Below the holding ring  14 , spaced apart therefrom, the holder  10  has a supporting plate  18 , which forms a supporting part  18  of the holder  10 . The holding ring  14  and the supporting plate  18  are integrally connected to one another by way of a vertical panel  20 . The panel  20  is in the form of a rectangular frame having a rectangular opening  22 . 
     The holder  10  has a guide means in the form of a pivotal mounting (not shown in the drawing) having pivot pins, which project upwards and downwards on one side of the panel  20  and which are located in mounting holes in the dashboard  12 . The holder  10  is, by means of the pivotal mounting, pivotally guided in the dashboard  12  about a vertical pivot axis  24 . The holder  10  pivots, preferably as a result of spring actuation, into the use position shown in FIGS. 2 and 4 and is held in the retracted position in the dashboard  12 , shown in FIG. 1, by means of a locking device known per se, for example a so-called push—push mechanism. As a result of gentle pressure on a button  26  (FIG. 1) on a side of the panel  20  remote from the pivot axis  24 , the locking device can be unlocked so that the holder  10  pivots out from the dashboard  12  into the use position shown in FIGS. 2 and 4. 
     Integrated into the holder  10  according to the invention is a receptacle which, in the exemplary embodiment shown, is a storage compartment  28 . In plan view, the storage compartment  28  has an elongate rectangular shape. At its front end face, the storage compartment  28  has a vertical panel  30  of the same size as the opening  22  in the panel  20  of the holder  10 . When the storage compartment  28  and the holder  10  are in a basic, retracted position, the panel  30  of the storage compartment  28  and the panel  20  of the holder  10  are located flush one within the other and are flush with the dashboard  12  (FIG.  1 ). The storage compartment  28  is arranged at a level between the holding ring  14  and the supporting plate  18  of the holder  10 . The storage compartment  28  has a sliding guide means (not shown in the drawing); as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, it can be pulled out or extended in the manner of a drawer. The storage compartment  28  is preferably extended by means of spring actuation; the storage compartment  28  is held in its basic position, retracted into the dashboard  12 , by means of a locking device (not shown), for example a push—push mechanism known per se, which can be unlocked by gentle pressure on the panel  30  of the storage compartment  28 . The holder  10  and the storage compartment  28 , as desired, are capable of being brought into their respective use positions and used, as can be seen in FIGS. 2-5. 
     In the explanation of the constructional form of a holder  10  according to the invention shown in FIGS. 6-10, corresponding reference numerals are used hereinbelow for components that are the same as in FIGS. 1-5. The holder  10  from FIGS. 6-10 has a storage compartment  28 , which is located within the holder  10 . The holder  10  and the storage compartment  28  located therein have, in plan view, approximately the shape of a quarter-circle sector. The holder  10  is in the form of a kind of casing that, in plan view, is in the shape of quarter of a circle and the upper face of which forms a holding part  14  and the base of which forms a supporting part  18  of the holder  10 . The upper face  14  and the base  18  of the holder  10  are integrally connected to one another by means of a side wall  32  and a front panel  20 , as mentioned before, to form a kind of casing. The upper face forming the holding part  14  of the holder  10  has an opening, which at one location extends into the side wall  32 . The opening forms an insertion opening  16  for inserting a drinks container (not shown). At one location in the insertion opening  16  there is arranged a compensating flap  34 , known per se, which is spring-loaded and which pivots into the insertion opening  14  by means of spring actuation and presses against an inserted drinks container. The compensating flap  34  serves to match the holder  10  to drinks containers of different diameters. 
     The holder  10  has a guide means in the form of a pivotal mounting  36  having pivot pins on the holder  10 , which are located in mounting holes in the dashboard  12 , by means of which pivotal mounting the holder  10  can be pivoted through 90° from the position retracted into the dashboard  12  and shown in FIG. 6, into the use position projecting out from the dashboard  12  and shown in FIGS. 7 and 9. In the use position, the holder  10  is located in front of the dashboard  12  so that a drinks container (not shown) can be inserted into the insertion opening  16  of the holder  10 . The holder  10  preferably pivots into the use position as a result of spring actuation, for example by means of a torsion spring element (not shown). The holder  10  is held in the basic position by a locking device (not shown), for example a push—push mechanism known per se, which can be unlocked by gentle pressure on the unlocking button  26  for the holder  10 . 
     The panel  20  of the holder  10  has the shape of a rectangular frame having a rectangular opening, in which a panel  30  of the storage compartment  28  is located, lying flush, when the holder  10  and the storage compartment  28  are located in the basic position retracted into the dashboard  12 , as shown in FIG.  6 . The storage compartment  28  likewise has a guide means in the form of a pivotal mounting (not shown in the drawing), the pivot axis  24  of which coincides with the pivot axis  24  of the holder  10 . The storage compartment  28  can be pivoted through 90° about the same pivot axis  24  as the holder  10 , from the basic position retracted into the dashboard  12  into the use position projecting out from the dashboard  12 , as shown in FIGS. 8 and 10. Pivoting-out is preferably carried out as a result of spring actuation; the storage compartment  28  is held in the retracted, basic position by means of a locking device, for example a push—push mechanism known per se, which can be unlocked by briefly pressing a button  38 . In the case of the holder  10  according to the invention shown in FIGS. 6-10, the holder  10  or the storage compartment  28 , as desired, can likewise be pivoted out from the dashboard  12  into the use position and used. 
     In the explanation of the exemplary embodiment of a holder  10  according to the invention shown in FIGS. 11-15, corresponding reference numerals are also used for components that are the same as in FIGS. 1-5 and/or FIGS. 6-10. The holder  10  from FIGS. 11-15 is installed in a rear end of a central console  40 , accessible to backseat passengers, in a motor vehicle (not otherwise shown). The holder  10  has a storage compartment  28 , which forms a receptacle of the holder  10 . The storage compartment  28  has two walls  42  which are arranged at right angles to one another and which abut one another forming a common edge or a chamfer. At the end faces, the walls  42  are connected to one another by end walls  44  in the shape of quarter-circle discs. 
     The storage compartment  28  can be pivoted about a horizontal pivot axis  24 , which extends along the common edge of the two walls  42  of the storage compartment  28 . For pivotal mounting, the storage compartment  28  has a pin mounting  36  (FIGS. 13-15) having laterally arranged pins, which define the pivot axis  24 . The storage compartment  28  can be pivoted out from a basic position shown in FIGS. 11,  13  and  14  through slightly less than 90° into a use position shown in FIGS. 12 and 15. In the basic position, the storage compartment  28  is retracted into the central console  40  and one of its walls  42  is flush with the central console  40 . In the use position, the storage compartment  28  projects out from the rear end of the central console  40  and is open so that objects can be taken out or inserted. 
     The storage compartment  28  is located in a holding part  14  and a supporting part  18  integral therewith. The holding part  14  and the supporting part  18  together form a body which, in side view, has approximately the shape of a quarter-circle sector and in which the storage compartment  28  is located. The holding part  14  and the supporting part  18  can be pivoted through about 90° about the pivot axis  24  by means of the pin mounting  36 . The pin mounting  36  and the pivot axis  24  are common to the storage compartment  28  and the holding part  14  together with the supporting part  18 . In a basic position shown in FIGS. 12,  13  and  15 , the holding part  14  is retracted into the central console  40  and the supporting part  18  is flush with the rear end of the central console  40 . When the storage compartment  28  is also in the basic position, the supporting part  18  is also flush with one wall  42  of the storage compartment  28  (FIG.  13 ). In the use position shown in FIGS. 11 and 14, the holding part  14  and the supporting part  18  project out from the rear end of the central console  40 ; in the use position, the supporting part  18  assumes an approximately horizontal orientation. 
     The holding part  14  is provided with two circular openings arranged next to one another, which form the insertion openings  16  for inserting drinks containers, for example the bottle  48  shown in FIGS. 11 and 14. The drinks container stands on the supporting part  18 . 
     The supporting part  18  has a rectangular cut-out  50 , the shape and size of which corresponds to one wall  42  of the storage compartment  28 . When the storage compartment  28  and the holding part  14  together with the supporting part  18  are located in the basic position retracted into the central console  40 , the wall  42  of the storage compartment  28  is located within cut-out  50  in the supporting part  18  and is flush with the supporting part  18 . The storage compartment  28  and the holding part  14  together with the supporting part  18  can be pivoted into the use position and the basic position independently of one another. Articles located in the storage compartment  28  do not impede the insertion of a drinks container into the insertion openings  16  of the holding part  14  when the storage compartment  28  is in the basic position, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 14.