Patent ID: 8245894

Claim:
A deployable and retractable cup holder that is adapted to be coupled to a shopping cart, the cup holder comprising: a back having a top portion and a bottom portion; at least one top axle coupled to the top portion by a hook and at least one bottom axle coupled to the bottom portion by at least one hook, each axle having opposite ends; a top ring having at least two flanges attached to opposite terminal ends of the top ring, each flange rotatably coupled to the top axle such that the top ring can rotate with respect to the back from a deployed configuration to a retracted configuration; a base, the base having a first end distal from the back and a second end proximate the back, the base including at least one plank coupled the second end and extending from the second end to rotatably couple to the bottom axle, such that the base can rotate with respect to the back from a deployed configuration to a retracted configuration; and at least one strut, the at least one strut extending between the top ring and the base and being rotatably coupled to both the top ring and the base such that moving either of the top ring or the base between the deployed configuration and the retracted configuration causes the other to be rotated between the deployed configuration and the retracted configuration.