| US 7,568,601 B2 | ||
| Cup holder unit providing stability for holding member | ||
| Mitsuru Kogami, Utsunomiya (Japan); Masakazu Hanano, Wako (Japan); and Eiji Toba, Shioya-gun (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to NIFCO Inc., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken (Japan); Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan); and TS Tech Co., Ltd., Aska-shi, Saitama-ken (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 02, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/194,444. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-227719 (JP), filed on Aug. 04, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0027617 A1, Feb. 09, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60N 3/00 (2006.01); B60R 7/06 (2006.01); B60R 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 224—483 [220/737; 220/345.1; 224/926; 224/281; 248/311.2; 297/188.17; 312/246] | 7 Claims |
| 1. A cup holder unit, comprising:
a case having side plates,
a tray disposed in the case for moving between a pulled out position where the tray projects forward from the case and a stored
position where the tray is pushed in the case, said tray having upright side walls,
a holder member operationally connected to the tray for moving from a non-usable position where the holder member is overlapped
with the tray and stored in the case to a usable position where the holder member is raised when the tray projects forward,
a plurality of shafts projecting laterally from the holder member and arranged horizontally and vertically spaced apart from
each other,
clearance slots disposed in the upright side walls for receiving the shafts, each of said clearance slots having a vertical
slot extending vertically and an arc-shaped slot extending from an upper section of the vertical slot and curved toward a
rear side so that when the shafts are situated in the arc-shaped slots, the tray is situated at the pulled out position and
the holder member is situated at the usable position, and
guide grooves disposed in the side plates of the case to slant upwardly toward a front side, said guide grooves slidably receiving
the shafts through the clearance slots therein so that the tray and the holder member move while the shafts slide in the clearance
slots and the guide grooves.
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