Patent ID: 8336841

Claim:
A cup holder ( 1 ) which is intended to receive a receptacle ( 6 ) of the cup type, comprising: a drawer ( 2 ); and a hollow body ( 3 ), the drawer ( 2 ) being slideable inside the body in a movement direction (D) in order to move from a closed position in which the drawer ( 2 ) is retracted inside the body ( 3 ) to an open position in which the drawer ( 2 ) is at least partially extended from the body ( 3 ) in order to receive the receptacle ( 6 ), the drawer being delimited toward said movement direction by a side ( 2 . 3 ), and the drawer ( 2 ) connected to a front ( 4 ), the front ( 4 ) extending in a first position along and at a same level as said side ( 2 . 3 ) of the drawer ( 2 ) when the drawer ( 2 ) is in the closed position, wherein, the drawer ( 2 ) locally has an outer contour ( 9 ) in the form of an open circular arc configured to come into contact with a partial perimeter (C 1 ) of the receptacle ( 6 ), said outer contour defining an open recess in said side of the drawer that opens outward from a rear of the drawer, the front ( 4 ), in the first position, being located in front of an opening of the open recess and substantially enclosing the open recess, and the front ( 4 ) is retractable, the front ( 4 ) comprising means ( 11 . 1 , 11 . 2 ) for moving downward with respect to the drawer from the first position to a second position when the drawer moves from the closed position to the open position, the front in the second position being located beneath the open recess and configured to support the base of the receptacle, the open recess being open toward the movement direction.