Patent ID: 8397941

Claim:
A cup and holder system comprising: a rigid support base having horizontal flat top and horizontal flat bottom surfaces separated by a thickness, the support base having a plurality of holes; a plurality of rigid rods, each rod having a cylindrical exterior surface, each rod having a lower end received and retained within an associated hole, each rod being shaped with a notch, each notch including a flat upper ledge parallel with the top surface of the support base, each notch including an angled flat lower ledge depending from an associated upper flat ledge, the upper ledge and the lower ledge of each rod being joined at a joining line with opposed ends at laterally spaced points on the exterior surface of the rod, the upper ledge being bounded by the joining line and a continuous upper line in the exterior surface of the rod; and a cup formed with a closed bottom and an open top and a generally frusto-conical side wall, the cup having a radially extending portion, the bottom of the cup removably received on the support base with the radially extending portion of the cup in contact with the horizontal flat upper ledges of the notches and with the radially extending portion of the cup in contact with the angled depending flat lower ledges of the notches, the cup being fabricated of generally rigid material with limited flexibility whereby the cup is adapted to be flexed for movement to a location separated from the support base and the rods.