CONTAINER HOLDER

• US 20180105089A1
• Filed: 05/06/2016
• Published: 04/19/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company), Nifco Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company), Nifco Incorporated
• Inventors: INOUE, Kei, KOBAYASHI, Kozo, KONDO, Koji
• Granted Patent: US 10,293,732 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/101 fixed
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/106 with adjustable clamping mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/06 mounted on or below dashboards

Abstract

Provided is a container holder that allows a beverage container to be inserted into a recess thereof with ease. The container holder (10, 90) includes a main body (20) formed with a recess (21) having an open top defined therein for receiving a container, a swing member (40) rotatably supported by the main body so as to be swung into and out of the recess, a roller (50) supported by the swing member so as to be rotated around a prescribed rotational center line (B) by a container engaging the roller as the container is pushed into and pulled out of the recess, and a biasing member (60) urging the swing member into projecting into the recess, wherein the swing member is provided with an inclined surface (47) extending from a part thereof located outward of an outer periphery (53) of the roller, above the roller and outward of the recess to a part thereof located directly above or inward of the rotational center line of the roller.

Claims

1. A container holder for holding a container, comprising:

a main body formed with a recess having an open top defined therein for receiving a container;

a swing member rotatably supported by the main body so as to be swung into and out of the recess;

a roller supported by the swing member so as to be rotated around a prescribed rotational center line by a container engaging the roller as the container is pushed into and pulled out of the recess; and

a biasing member urging the swing member into projecting into the recess;

wherein the swing member is provided with an inclined surface extending from a part thereof located outward of an outer periphery of the roller, above the roller and outward of the recess to a part thereof located directly above or inward of the rotational center line of the roller, and

wherein a rotational center line of the swing member is positioned below the roller.

3. The container holder according to claim 1, wherein the inclined surface extends to a part adjoining an axial end of the roller.

4. The container holder according to claim 1, wherein the roller is provided with a surface layer having a higher frictional coefficient than the inclined surface of the swing member.

5. The container holder according to claim 1, wherein the roller includes an inner member consisting of a rotary shaft and an outer member consisting of a cylindrical member fitted on an outer periphery of the inner member, and

wherein the outer member is made of a material having a higher coefficient of friction than the inner member.

6. The container holder according to claim 5, wherein a projection is formed in one of the outer periphery of the inner member and an inner periphery of the outer member, and a corresponding recess is formed in the other of the outer periphery of the inner member and the inner periphery of the outer member so that the inner member and the outer member are combined with each other by fitting the projection into the recess.

7. The container holder according to claim 1, wherein a rib is provided on the inclined surface.

8. The container holder according to claim 1, wherein a bottom wall of the recess is provided with a surface layer having a higher frictional coefficient than a side wall of the recess.

2. (canceled)