VEHICLE BEVERAGE HOLDER

Abstract

A vehicle beverage holder (10) has a rigid beverage holder frame (18) defining at least one cup-shaped receptacle (20, 20) having a circumferential wall (24), and defining a beverage container receiving space (21, 21) accessible from above for holding a beverage container (12). At least one hump opening (30) extends across a curved section of the circumferential wall (24). A clamping textile body (50) is outward of the circumferential wall (24) and forms a clamping textile hump (40) that projects convexly in a radial direction through the hump opening (30) and into the receiving space (21). At least one separate clamping shell (60, 60) is outward of the clamping textile body (50) and clamps the clamping textile body (50) between the circumferential wall (24) and the clamping shell (60, 60).

Claims

1. A vehicle beverage holder (10) comprising: a rigid beverage holder frame (18) defining at least one cup-shaped receptacle (20, 20) having a circumferential wall (24), and defining a beverage holder receiving space (21, 21) accessible from above for holding a beverage container (12) in a tilt-resistant manner, at least one hump opening (30) provided in the circumferential wall (24) and extending across a curved section of the circumferential wall (24); a clamping textile body (50) disposed outward of the circumferential wall (24) and forming at least one clamping textile hump (40) that projects convexly in a radial direction through the at least one hump opening (30) and into the receiving space (21, 21); and at least one clamping shell (60, 60) disposed outward of the clamping textile body (50) and the circumferential wall (24) and clamping the clamping textile body (50) between the circumferential wall (24) and the at least one clamping shell (60, 60).

2. The vehicle beverage holder (10) of claim 1, wherein the clamping textile body (50) forms a closed ring band (55) that elastically engages an outer side (25) of the circumferential wall (24).

3. The vehicle beverage holder (10) of claim 2, wherein the at least one clamping shell (60, 60) comprises two clamping shells (60, 60) that are mirror-symmetrical to each other, the clamping textile body (50) being clamped to the circumferential wall (24) by the two clamping shells (60, 60).

4. The vehicle beverage holder (10) of claim 1, wherein the at least one hump opening (30) in the circumferential wall (24) comprises at least two hump openings (30), and the at least one clamping textile hump (40) comprises at least two textile humps (40) projecting convexly in radial directions through the respective hump opening (30) and into the receiving space (21, 21) of the receptacle (20, 20).

5. The vehicle beverage holder (10) of claim 4, wherein the cup holder frame (18) forms two receptacles (20, 20) and two circumferential walls (24) arranged directly adjacent to each other, and the at least two clamping textile humps (40) are formed from a single clamping textile body (50).

6. The vehicle beverage holder (10) of claim 5, wherein the at least one clamping shell (60, 60) comprises two clamping shells (60, 60) that clamp the clamping textile body (50) to the two circumferential walls (24) of the two receptacles (20, 20), the two clamping shells (60, 60) being mirror-symmetrical to each other and forming two half-shells (61, 61).

7. The vehicle beverage holder (10) of claim 6, wherein the two half-shells (61, 61) of each of the two clamping shells (60, 60) are connected tangentially to each other.

8. The vehicle beverage holder (10) of claim 6, wherein a connecting web (66) is provided between the two half-shells (61, 61) of each clamping shell (60, 60), and the connecting webs (66) of the two clamping shells (60, 60) are held together by a U-shaped retaining clip (70).

9. The vehicle beverage holder (10) of claim 1, wherein the at least one cup-shaped receptacle (20, 20) has a bottom wall (22).

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a vehicle beverage holder.

[0018] FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-section taken along line I-I of FIG. 1.

[0019] FIG. 3 is a bottom exploded perspective view of the components of the vehicle beverage holder of FIGS. 1 and 2.

[0020] FIG. 4 is a bottom perspective view of the beverage holder of FIGS. 1 and 2.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] FIGS. 1, 2 and 4 show a vehicle beverage holder 10 with a rigid one-piece beverage holder frame 18 made of plastic and forming two cup-shaped receptacles 20, 20 arranged directly adjacent to each other. The two receptacles 20, 20 each form a beverage holder receiving space 21, 21 for holding a beverage container 12 in a tilt-resistant manner. For example, the beverage container 12 can be a beverage bottle, beverage can or beverage cup.

[0022] Each receptacle 20, 20 has a circular bottom wall 22 and a slightly inner cylindrical or slightly conical circumferential wall 24. Three elliptical hump openings 30 are in the circumferential wall 24 of each receptacle 20, 20, and each elliptical hump opening 30 is elongated over a curved section of the circumferential wall 24 in a horizontal plane. The normals of each of the three hump openings 30 of a receptacle 20, 20 are at an angle of approximately 100? to each other.

[0023] A flexible and inherently elastic clamping textile body 50 in the form of a closed ring band 55 is stretched from the outside onto the circumferential walls 24 of the two receptacles 20, 20. The clamping textile body 50 is formed by an elastic textile web 52.

[0024] As can be seen in FIGS. 3 and 4, the clamping textile body 50 is clamped between the circumferential wall 24 and the clamping shell 60, 60 by two plastic clamping shells 60, 60 that are mirror-symmetrical to each other and are mounted radially outwardly on the beverage holder frame 18. Each clamping shell 60, 60 is approximately omega-shaped in plan view and has two half-shells 61, 61 integrally connected to each other by a connecting web 66. The two clamping shells 60, 60 are connected tangentially to each other at their longitudinal ends, each via tangential bolt connections 65. Furthermore, the clamping shells 60, 60 are held together in the horizontal transverse direction y in the area of the clamping shell center or the connecting webs 66 by a U-shaped retaining clip 70 attached from below.

[0025] The hump openings 30 are elongated in a horizontal plane xy and are arranged in the area of a curvature of the circumferential wall 24. Additionally, the clamping textile body 50 is fixed with elastic pre-clamping on the circumferential wall outer side 25 so that clamping textile humps 40 are formed in the area of the hump openings 30 and project convexly in a radial direction into the receiving space 21, 21. In this way, three clamping textile humps 40 are formed in each receiving space 21, 21, and the normals of the clamping textile humps 40 are approximately at an angle of 100? to each other. The two clamping shells 60, 60 each have a pressure equalization opening 57 in the area of the hump openings 30 or the clamping textile humps 40 to ensure that the same atmospheric pressure always prevails on the distal outer side of the clamping textile humps 40 as on the proximal inner side when the clamping textile body 50 should be impermeable to air.