Cup holder

Abstract

A cup holder includes a tray, a lid rotatably supported at the tray and rotating the lid between a lid housed position which covers the tray and a lid deployed position which opens the tray, an urging device for rotating the lid toward the lid deployed position from the housed position, a holder base rotatably supported at the tray and rotating between a holder housed position which is housed in the tray and a holder deployed position which protrudes from the tray, and a holder main body slidably attached to the holder base. A holder moving device allows the holder main body to rotate with the holder base by moving the lid from the lid housed position to the lid deployed position by the urging device, and allows the holder main body to slide in a direction separating from the holder base when the lid reaches a predetermined rotational angle.

1 . A cup holder, comprising:
 a tray for placing a container;   a lid rotatably supported at the tray, and rotating the lid between a lid housed position which covers the tray and a lid deployed position which opens the tray;   an urging device for rotating the lid toward the deployed position from the housed position;   a holder base rotatably supported at the tray, and rotating between a holder housed position which is housed in the tray and a holder deployed position which protrudes from the tray;   a holder main body slidably attached to the holder base; and   a holder moving device allowing the holder main body to rotate with the holder base by moving the lid from the lid housed position to the lid deployed position by the urging device, and allowing the holder main body to slide in a direction separating from the holder base when the lid reaches a predetermined rotational angle.   
     
     
         2 . A cup holder according to  claim 1 , wherein the holder moving device comprises a holder guide groove including a circular portion formed in a side wall portion of the tray along a rotational direction of the lid, and a tilted portion extending from a deployed side end of the circular portion to an opening side of the tray; a holder pin formed in the holder main body and movably engaged with the holder guide groove; a lid guide groove formed in a side wall portion of the holder main body; and a lid pin formed in the lid and movably engaged with the lid guide groove. 
     
     
         3 . A cup holder according to  claim 2 , wherein the lid is arranged such that when the lid is moved from the lid housed position to the lid deployed position by an urging force of the urging device, due to an engagement of the lid pin and the lid guide groove, the holder main body and the holder base rotate with the lid up to the predetermined rotational angle, and due to a rotation of the holder main body, the holder pin moves along the circular portion of the holder guide groove, and after that, the holder pin moves along the tilted portion of the holder guide groove, so that the holder main body separates from the holder base, and slides to the holder deployed position which supports the container. 
     
     
         4 . A cup holder according to  claim 1 , further comprising a damper for damping rotation of the lid. 
     
     
         5 . A cup holder according to  claim 1 , further comprising a linear guide groove provided in one of the holder base and the holder main body, and a linear guide projection provided in the other of the holder base and the holder main body, and slidably engaging the guide groove. 
     
     
         6 . A cup holder according to  claim 5 , wherein an engaging direction of the guide groove and the guide projection is arranged so as to be a width direction and an up-and-down direction of the holder main body.