Patent ID: 7802767

Claim:
A holding device for storing sundry items, comprising a base body having a holding opening configured as a holding slot and a receiver configured as a cupholder in a sub-region of said holding opening; an insert member inserted into said receiver of said base body, said insert member having a thoroughgoing holding recess by which opposing segments are separated from one another and being rotatable relative to said body between one position in which said holding recess of said insert member is in alignment with said holding slot of said base body and an object can be inserted in said holding recess and said holding slot jointly, another position in which said holding recess is inclined at an angle relative to said holding slot and an object can be clamped by said segments in said holding recess and said holding slot, and a further position in which the holding recess extends transversely to said holding slot and three separate compartments are limited by said segments with a first compartment formed in said holding recess of said insert member and two further compartments formed in end portions of said holding slot at both sides of said insert member.