Foldable cup holder

• US 4,928,873 A
• Filed: 07/31/1989
• Issued: 05/29/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Wayne A. Johnson
• Original Assignee: Wayne A. Johnson
• Inventors: Johnson, Wayne A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Elkins, Gary
• Application Number:
  US07/388,344
• Time in Patent Office: 302 Days
• Field of Search: 229/1.5 H, 220/4 F, 220/85 H, 220/903, 206/217, 215/100 R, 294/28, 294/31.2, 294/32, 211/71, 248/311.2, 224/42.45 R, 224/901
• US Class Current: 220/738
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 23/0216 for one glass or cup

Abstract

A cup holder provides a series of arcuate generally rigid sections pivoted together. The cup receiving section is adjustable to receive cups of different size and can be collapsed to a storage position.

Claims

1. A foldable cup holder comprising

a body comprising a plurality of rigid sections in a closed generally circular path and having adjacent sides, means pivotally connecting all but two of the adjacent sides leaving a pair of pivotally movable sections providing free section ends;

separable closing means carried by the two adjacent sides for releasably securing the free section end together;

means on the sections providing a support for a cup positionable in the closed path;

means on the sections for supporting the sections on an underlying surface; and

a handle connected to one of the rigid sections.

2. The foldable cup holder of claim 1 wherein the body sections are smoothly arcuate and define a downwardly converging cup receiving surface when the separable closing means secure the free section ends together.

3. The foldable cup holder of claim 2 wherein the means providing a support for a cup comprises an abutment on the body sections extending from the body sections toward a central vertical axis.

4. The foldable cup holder of claim 2 wherein the body sections provide upper and lower ends, the means supporting the sections on an underlying surface comprise a plurality of feet adjacent the body section lower ends extending away from the vertical axis and providing a terminal end, the terminal end extending no further from the vertical axis than the body section upper end.

5. The foldable cup holder of claim 1 wherein the separable closing means comprises first and second overlapping strips, the first strip comprising a plurality of hooks and the second strip comprising a plurality of loops.

6. The foldable cup holder of claim 1 wherein there are three body sections, the handle being secured to a central one of the body sections, the pivotal connecting means connecting a second of the body sections to a first side of the central body section and connecting a third of the body sections to a second side of the central body section.

7. The foldable cup holder of claim 1 wherein the body provides a central vertical axis and the pivotal connecting means pivotally mounts each movable sections for movement about an axis diverging upwardly relative to the central vertical axis.