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Granted Patent B2
US 11,312,282 · App. 17/188,493 · Granted Apr 26, 2022

Holder for a beverage container

Inventor: Falk Schaal (Loßburg, DE)
Assignee: fischer automotive systems GmbH & Co. KG
B60N3/105
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Patent No.
US 11,312,282
App. No.
17/188,493
Granted
Apr 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A holder for holding, for example, a beverage can, in a tilt-proof manner, in a motor vehicle is designed with two rings that are disposed concentrically inside one another, serving as supports ( 7 ), which can be consecutively raised and lowered by rotating a control sleeve comprising radial cams. By raising only the larger ring, the holder is suitable for a beverage can having a larger diameter, and by raising both rings, it is suitable for a beverage can having a smaller diameter.

Claims (10)

1. A holder for a beverage container, comprising a bottom element onto which the beverage container can be placed, and comprising a plurality of height-adjustable supports, which include differently sized, mutually overlapping insertion openings, through which the beverage container can be placed, onto the bottom element so that the supports enclose the beverage container, wherein the holder comprises a support drive , which consecutively raises the supports for setting a usage position in the order of the sizes of the insertion openings thereof above the bottom element and/or lowers these to the bottom element, so that the support having the smallest insertion opening raised above the bottom element laterally supports the beverage container placed into the insertion opening and onto the bottom element.

2. The holder according to claim 1 , wherein the supports are tubular or annular.

3. The holder according to claim 1 , wherein the support drive comprises a cam control unit for raising and/or lowering the supports.

4. The holder according to claim 3 , wherein the cam control unit comprises a control sleeve which encloses the insertion openings and can be rotated about an axis extending through the insertion openings.

5. The holder according to claim 1 , wherein the supports, together with the bottom element, form a closed surface area when the insertion openings thereof are located at the same height as the bottom element.

6. The holder according to claim 1 , wherein the holder comprises an electromechanical support drive.

7. The holder according to claim 1 , wherein each of the supports can be raised or lowered equally far into the usage position.

8. The holder according to claim 1 , wherein each of the individual supports alone forms the supporting surface in the respective usage position.

9. The holder according to claim 8 , wherein the supports, in the respective usage position, form a supporting surface that extends from the bottom element to an upper edge of the respective support.

10. The holder according to claim 9 , wherein the insertion opening is substantially gap-free in the usage positions.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE'S ADDRESS THE FIRST LETTER OF LNDUSTRIESTRASSE 1O SHOULD BE CAPITAL I/I" AND THE STREET NUMBER SHOULD BE 10 (TEN) AND NOT 1O (1 FOLLOWED BY CAPITAL LETTER O). PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 70503 FRAME 373. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Apr 10, 2025
From: FISCHER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG
To: MATIKON GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 070811/0934 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 13, 2025
From: FISCHER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG
To: MATIKON GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 070503/0373 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2021
From: SCHAAL, FALK
To: FISCHER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 055451/0871 →
Priority Claims (2)
DE 10 2020 106 886.7 · Mar 13, 2020 · national
DE 10 2021 100 552.3 · Jan 13, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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