US 7,350,757 B2
Push type cup holder
Seung Woo Baek, Yongin-si (Korea, Republic of)
Assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
Filed on Sep. 06, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/470,323.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2006-0026293 (KR), filed on Mar. 22, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2007/0221805 A1, Sep. 27, 2007
Int. Cl. A47F 1/08 (2006.01); B60R 7/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 248—311.2  [224/281; 224/926] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A push type cup holder comprising:
a stand unit having a lower side provided with a rack gear;
a base comprising a spur gear, which is coupled to the base by use of a shaft, wherein the spur gear is configured to be gearedly engaged with the rack gear, and a pinion gear which is disposed on the spur gear such that the pinion gear is connected to the shaft of the spur gear;
a guide plate located above the base and comprising a driven rack gear provided at a lower side of the guide plate to be gearedly engaged with the pinion gear and a plurality of supporting posts adapted to guide lifting and lowering of the stand unit; and
a housing configured to receive the guide plate therein and formed at an inner peripheral surface of the housing with guiding paths that allow the supporting posts to be inserted and restricted therein in a movable manner, respectively.