Patent CA-2258203-C (CA)
Inventor: HUANG PEI-HSIU
IPC: B60N3/10
Filed: 1999-01-08
Granted: 2002-03-26
Abstract: The invention herein relates to a kind of improved vehicle-use foldable beverage holder that is mainly comprised of a mounting plate, a base plate, a left clip arm, a right clip arm, and a clip arm rod, of which the innovations include the following. The aforesaid mounting plate has a hole or an elongated hole in each of the two lateral walls of the mounting plate body and there is a rearward detent at the lower end of the aforesaid elongated hole. Furthermore, there is a lock tab on the leading end at the outer side of the each of the two lateral walls of the aforesaid base plate body and openings are formed on both sides of the aforesaid lock tabs.  The aforesaid base plate has a hole in each of the two containment edges of the base plate body. There is a support connecting rod that is a movable linkage structure consisting of an upper connecting rod and a lower connecting rod, or which may consist of a single strip. The top end of the upper connecting rod of the aforesaid support connecting rod is actively linked to a hole in the containment edge of the aforesaid base plate body, which enables the aforesaid support connecting rod to be maintained in a stationary configuration of approximately 130 degrees in between the mounting plate and the base plate. The upper and lower ends of the aforesaid strip are directly linked to the elongated hole in the lateral wall of the aforesaid mounting plate and hole in the containment edge of the aforesaid base plate, and are utilized to support the improved vehicle-use foldable beverage holder of the invention herein in a fixed L-shaped configuration. The invention herein also includes a decorative cover plate, one type of which consists of a cover plate body having containment edges and minimum of two split posts or more on the inner side of the cover plate body which are inserted into the fastener holes on the mounting plate body at the rear of the mounting plate; and another type that consists of a containment edge at the upper end and open access lower end, with L-shaped lips along the two sides of the plate body and, furthermore, the placement of at least one beveled tab adjacent to the containment edge on the inner side of the aforesaid cover plate body, which enables the L-shaped lips at the upper extent of the aforesaid mounting plate to fit over the protruding strips on the two sides of the aforesaid mounting plate body and thereby be insertion fastened to the rear surface of the aforesaid mounting plate. When the improved vehicle-use foldable beverage holder of the invention herein is installed without the aforesaid decorative cover plate and only the mounting plate is installed and utilized, the aforesaid base plate is covered onto the aforesaid mounting plate after completion of usage, whereupon the aforesaid two lock tabs are accurately secured into the holes in the aforesaid two containment edges of the aforesaid base plate to prevent the occurrence of separation, opening and falling; furthermore, the generation of irritating noise from the continuous opening movement when the host vehicle is driven on sloped roads.