Patent ID: 7380762

Claim:
A container holder of a vehicle for holding a container having a side wall, said container holder comprising: a holder body including a container housing space; and a support assembly including a first support and a second support, said first support and said second support supporting a container at the side wall of the container, when the container is positioned in the container housing space; said first support being rotatably coupled to said holder body and being adapted to support the container at a first position of the side wall of the container when the container is positioned in said container housing space, said second support being rotatably coupled to said first support so as to be rotatable relative to said first support in a vertical direction about a rotational axis of said second support and being adapted to support the container at a second position, different in position from said first position in the vertical direction, of the side wall of the container when the container is positioned in said container housing space, said first support extending in a horizontal or obliquely downward direction, said second support extending in an obliquely upward direction, in said first position, a lower portion of the container being positioned lower than said rotational axis of said second support, in said second position, a middle portion of the container being positioned higher than said rotational axis of said second support.