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Article holder for use in a car door

  • US 4,893,773 A
  • Filed: 10/18/1988
  • Issued: 01/16/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A collapsible article holder for use in a car door comprising:

  • a strip of sheet material having an insertion portion, a lateral holding portion and a longitudinal holding portion;

    said insertion portion being adapted for insertion between a window and an inside surface of said car door and having an engagement member provided at a central portion thereof, said engagement member being defined by a plurality of cut-lines and a fold-line and adapted for engagement with said inside surface of said car door so as to force said insertion portion into contact with said window, said insertion portion being joined to said lateral holding portion through a plurality of fold-lines, said plurality of fold-lines serving as means for adjusting the location of said engagement member inside said car door;

    said lateral holding portion being adapted to extend in a lateral direction away from said car door and comprises a support member and a truncated disc member, said support member having at least one fold-line provided therein and a tab portion adapted for insertion into a slit provided in said lateral holding portion to fixedly secure said support member in a desired position, said support member additionally being adapted for engagement with an upper surface of said car door at a fold-line provided therein and support said lateral holding portion thereon, said truncated disc member being defined by fold-lines provided at a forward and rearward portion thereof and a plurality of cut-lines joining said fold-lines and adapted to form an opening in said lateral holding portion said truncated disc member being joined to said lateral holding portion at said forward portion fold-line when said truncated member is disposed in a vertical position, said lateral holding portion being joined to said longitudinal holding portion by a pair of fold-lines;

    said longitudinal holding portion having a lateral article support member defined therein, said lateral article support member being defined by said truncated disc rearward portion fold-line, at least one lateral article support member rearward portion fold-line and a pair of cut-lines and forming a lateral support surface when said truncated disc member is disposed in said vertical position.

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