Holder for a beverage container

Abstract

A holder in a motor vehicle, for holding a beverage container such as, for example, a beverage can so that it does not tip over, has an upwardly and downwardly movable holding ring which is moved upwards and downwards by a dead-center spring element after a dead center has been overcome, and covers which are opened when the holding ring is raised and closed when the holding ring is lowered.

1 . A holder for a beverage container, comprising a holding ring in which a beverage container is insertable; a guideway which guides said holding ring so that it is movable up and down between a raised position and a lowered position; a dead-center spring element which, after a dead-center in one direction has been overcome, urges said holding ring into said raised position and, after the dead center in the other direction has been overcome, urges said holding ring into said lowered position; and an operating element which acts on said holding ring with play. 
   
   
       2 . A holder for a beverage container as defined in  claim 1 , wherein said operating element is configured so that such play of said operating element is about half of a displacement of said holding ring. 
   
   
       3 . A holder for a beverage container as defined in  claim 1 , wherein said holder has a return spring which urges said operating element into a neutral position. 
   
   
       4 . A holder for a beverage container as defined in  claim 1 , wherein said holder has two jointly movable stops, configured so that one of said stops drives said holding ring upwards and the other of said stops drives said holding ring downwards, with a spacing in between said stops bringing about a desired play. 
   
   
       5 . A holder for a beverage container as defined in  claim 4 , wherein said operating element is configured as a displacer having a recess with edges which are spaced apart in a direction of movement of said displacer and form said two stops. 
   
   
       6 . A holder for a beverage container as defined in  claim 1 , further comprising a cover connected as a drive to said holding ring and configured so that it opens when said holding ring is raised and closes when said holding ring is lowered.