Patent ID: 7416161

Claim:
A beverage container holder for a vehicle comprising: a body defining an insertion hole for receiving a beverage container and an adjacent inner hole open to the insertion hole, the body further defining two spaced-apart horizontal grooves; a container supporting member rotatably mounted to the body and having a wedge-shaped front portion for abutting a beverage container, the supporting member protruding at least partially into the insertion hole for contacting a container and being at least partially retractable from the insertion hole into the inner hole; at least one pin received in the horizontal grooves of the body and rotatably connecting the supporting member to the body, the pin defining a rotational axis for the supporting member; and two biasing members biasing the support towards the insertion hole, wherein in response to inserting and removing a beverage container from the insertion hole, the supporting member is rotatably movable upwards and downwards about the rotational axis and is further movable in an axial horizontal direction with respect to the insertion hole.