Automobile air vent attachable beverage holding apparatus

• US 9,296,342 B1
• Filed: 10/06/2014
• Issued: 03/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Stephan Adeniji Famojuro
• Original Assignee: Stephan Adeniji Famojuro
• Inventors: Famojuro, Stephan Adeniji
• Primary Examiner(s): LARSON, JUSTIN MATTHEW
• Application Number:
  US14/507,750
• Time in Patent Office: 540 Days
• Field of Search: 224/483, 224/556, 224/560, 224/570, 224/571, 224/926
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/103 detachable
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/104 with refrigerating or warming systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/926 Vehicle attached carrier for beverage container or bottle

Abstract

An automobile air vent attachable beverage holding apparatus including a sleeve member disposed to gird at least a portion of a beverage container and supportively position said beverage container conjunct an airflow proximal an air vent interior to an automobile when at least one mounting insert is detachably secured to position the sleeve member thereat, whereby heat exchange between the beverage container and the airflow is facilitated and an associated beverage is maintainable within desired and palatable temperatures while heating or alternately cooling an automobile is concurrently effected.

Claims

1. An automobile air vent attachable beverage holding apparatus comprising a sleeve member engageable around a beverage container, said sleeve member having a pair of mounting inserts attachable into an automobile air vent, wherein each of said mounting inserts is disposed radially on either side of a longitudinal tangential axis of the sleeve member, equidistant said longitudinal tangential axis, and curved in a single direction relative to the curvature of the sleeve member about an axis parallel to said longitudinal tangential axis, and wherein heat is conductive into and alternatively away from a beverage additional to heating or cooling an automobile.

2. The automobile air vent attachable beverage holding apparatus of claim 1 wherein at least one aperture is disposed in the sleeve member whereby any airflow producible at the automobile air vent is directable through said at least one aperture when the sleeve member is attached to said automobile air vent.

3. The automobile air vent attachable beverage holding apparatus of claim 1 wherein each of the pair of mounting inserts includes a distal edge disposed lengthwise along a plane parallel a longitudinal tangent of the sleeve member.

4. The automobile air vent attachable beverage holding apparatus of claim 3 further comprising an elastomeric sheath member covering the distal edge of each of the pair of mounting inserts, said elastomeric sheath disposed to engage each of said mounting inserts into an automobile air vent and releasably secure the sleeve member conjunct an airflow producible at said air vent.

5. The automobile air vent attachable beverage holding apparatus of claim 4 wherein the sleeve member is comprised of a thermally conductive material whereby heat is readily conducted through said sleeve member.

6. The automobile air vent attachable beverage holding apparatus of claim 5 wherein the sleeve member is comprised of aluminum.

7. The automobile air vent attachable beverage holding apparatus of claim 5 wherein the sleeve member is comprised of steel.

8. An automobile air vent attachable beverage holding apparatus comprising:

a thermally conductive semi-cylindrical sleeve member engageable around at least a portion of a beverage container;

an alar pair of mounting inserts disposed upon the sleeve member, each of said pair of mounting inserts radially disposed on either side of a longitudinal tangential axis of the sleeve member, each of said pair of mounting inserts equidistant said longitudinal tangential axis of said sleeve member and curved in a single direction relative the curvature of the semi-cylindrical sleeve member about an axis parallel to said longitudinal tangential axis;

a distal edge disposed upon each of the pair of mounting inserts, said distal edge disposed lengthwise in a plane parallel a longitudinal axis of the sleeve member;

at least one aperture disposed in the semi-cylindrical sleeve member between each of the pair of mounting inserts; and

an elastomeric sheath member disposed upon each of the pair of mounting inserts, said elastomeric sheath member disposed to overlie the distal edge of each of the pair of mounting members;

wherein each of the pair of mounting inserts is insertible into an automobile air vent to position and detachably secure said sleeve member proximal an air vent interior to an automobile, and a beverage container disposed in the sleeve member is thereby securable in position conjunct an airflow producible at the air vent, whereby heat is conductible between the airflow and the beverage container additional to heating and alternatively cooling an automobile.

9. The automobile air vent attachable beverage holding apparatus of claim 8 wherein the sleeve member is comprised of aluminum.

10. The automobile air vent attachable beverage holding apparatus of claim 8 wherein the sleeve member is comprised of steel.