Patent ID: 7131690

Claim:
A holding device for a beverage container intended for installation in a holdable arm rest in a motor vehicle, the holding device comprising a carriage guidable as a drawer to be displaceable back and forth between a pushed-in position and a pulled-out position so that a beverage container can be inserted into the holding device when said carriage is in the pulled-out position; guide means for guiding said carriage during its displacement between said positions; a gravity locking device which is operative under the action of gravity and has a locking member which is displaceable under the action of gravity and locks said carriage in the pushed-in position when said carriage is not in an approximately horizontal position; a holder having an insertion opening for a beverage container, said holder being raisably guided on said carriage so that when said carriage is pulled out, said holder is raised and when said carriage is pushed in, said holder is lowered back onto said carriage, wherein said locking member is formed as a bolt which is located in the hole of said carriage and movable so as to engage into the opening of said housing when said carriage is pivoted into the position that is not approximately horizontal.