Patent ID: 7036784

Claim:
In a passenger vehicle that has first and second front vehicle seats, each having a frame carrying a seat cushion, and a center console arranged between the front vehicle seats and extending from a dashboard to a rear passenger space of the car, apparatus comprising: at least one coupling device comprising a horizontally disposed arm having proximal and distal ends, with the distal end being supported on at least one of i) an end of the center console toward the rear passenger space, with the distal end of the arm projecting horizontally beyond the center console into the rear passenger space, and ii) a front side of at least one of said frames with the distal end of the arm, projecting horizontally forward of the seat cushion of said at least one of said frames and extending into a foot well; and a drink receptacle; wherein the drink receptacle has a spindle; and the coupling device comprises a socket at its distal end for receiving the spindle, which is removably insertable into the socket from above.