Patent · US Expired

Holder for vessels, especially drink containers

US6860457B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Preh-Werke GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Gebhard Then · Bad Neustadt an der Saale, DE
Thilo Schultheis · Bad Neustadt an der Saale, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 3, 2002
Grant date	Mar 1, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 3, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S224/926
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

During vehicle travel, a container can be pushed, pressed downwards and lifted, but not rotated. As such, a holder is provided that enables the removal of a container, by rotating the container about a vertical axis. The holder comprises clamping lugs that have a rotatable part integrated into the clamping lugs and snapped into an axial bearing of the clamping lugs. The rotatable part is designed in the shape of a cylinder, and is pressed into a stable center position by means of a type of torsion spring. The rotatable part projects outwards, relative to the clamping lug at the tip and upper side of the clamping lug, so that even when the clamping lug is deflected, the part can contact any diameter container. Furthermore, when the part is in a center position, there is preferably a sprayed-on elastomer or other rubber-like material forming a contact surface.

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