Patent ID: 7225957

Claim:
A cup holding device for holding a container, comprising: a storage case having a front opening, a tray slidably disposed in the storage case for placing the container, said tray being movable between a drawn position where the tray is drawn forward from the storage case through the front opening and a storage position where the tray is stored in the storage case, a holding member situated on the tray for holding the container and having a space at a front side thereof, said holding member being movable between a non-usable position where the holding member is retained in the tray to be held in the storage case and a usable position where the holding member rises above the tray by a forward movement of the tray, and a supporting rib disposed at a forward end of the tray, said supporting rib being located under a forward end of the holding member for supporting the same when the tray moves forward to the drawn position and the holding member moves to the usable position, said supporting rib being situated in the space formed in the holding member when the holding member is at the non-usable position.