JP2005270498A - Cup holder - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cup holder easy to take out a cup regardless of the size of the cup. <P>SOLUTION: Semicircular recesses 8a gradually narrowing from an upper part of an upper edge 8b downward are formed on a cup rest part 6. Therewith, at housing the cup 22, the fingers are guided to narrower parts of lower parts of the recesses 8a to exactly place the cup 22 onto the center of a cylindrical part 8 and a base part 7. At taking out the cup 22, a person can grip the cup 22 in an exact position by inserting the fingers from the recesses 8a provided on right and left of the cylindrical part 8. An audience utilizes the recesses 8a to be able to easily place the cup 21 or the cup 22 inside the cylindrical part 8 regardless of the size and securely take out the cup 21 or the cup 22 from the inside of the cylindrical part 8. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a cup holder that includes a base portion that supports a cup and a cup receiving portion that includes a cylindrical portion that extends upward from the periphery of the base portion.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a plurality of chairs installed in a hall of a movie theater or a theater are provided with cup holders on which, for example, commercially available cups, cans, and the like can be placed. The cup holder part of such a cup holder is composed of a cylindrical part extending in the vertical direction capable of storing the cup in a circular shape when viewed from above, and a base part that supports the cup. The cup can be placed in the cylindrical portion simply by inserting the cup, and can be taken out simply by lifting the cup (for example, see Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-342041 (paragraphs 0009-0010, FIGS. 1 and 2)

  However, the height of the upper end edge of the cylindrical portion of the cup receiving portion in Patent Document 1 has a structure that makes a circle at a constant height to prevent the cup from falling, and the height is cylindrical. There is a problem that it is difficult to take out when a cup equal to or less than the height of the upper edge of the portion is stored in the cup holder.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cup holder capable of easily taking out a cup regardless of the size.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a cup holder according to claim 1 of the present invention includes a cup receiving portion having a base portion for supporting the cup and a cylindrical portion extending upward from the periphery of the base portion. In the cup holder provided at the longitudinal end of the chair's elbow rest, at least the left and right positions of the upper edge of the cylindrical portion are formed with notch-shaped recesses extending in the direction of the base portion, respectively. Yes.
According to this feature, the cup accommodated in the cup receiving portion can be gripped by inserting a finger from the concave portions provided on the left and right of the cylindrical portion, and can be easily taken out regardless of the size of the cup.

A cup holder according to a second aspect of the present invention is the cup holder according to the first aspect, wherein the concave portion is formed so as to be gradually narrowed from the upper side to the lower side. .
According to this feature, since the concave portion is formed so as to be gradually narrowed from the upper side to the lower side, the finger is guided to the narrower side below the concave portion when the cup is stored, and is centered on the cylindrical portion and the base portion. The cup can be accurately placed, and when the cup is taken out, the cup can be gripped at an accurate position.

A cup holder according to a third aspect of the present invention is the cup holder according to the first or second aspect, wherein the cylindrical portion is directed outwardly and downward from at least an upper end edge of a left and right position of the cylindrical portion. A flared portion that is folded back is formed, and a gap exists between the flare portion and the cylindrical portion.
According to this feature, the cup receiving part has a double structure consisting of a cylindrical part and a flare part, and even with external impacts, the flare part absorbs the shock and spills drinks and food in the cup in the cylindrical part. There is nothing to do.

A cup holder according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the cup holder according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the cylinder is fixed to an armrest of the chair at a rear end of the cylindrical portion. An arm portion that is integral with the portion is extended, and at least from the left and right edges of the arm portion, a flare portion that is folded back downward in the cylindrical portion is integrally formed. .
According to this feature, since the flare portion extends from the front end of the cylindrical portion to the left and right edges of the arm portion, the strength of the cup holder can be further increased.

A cup holder according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the cup holder according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the cylindrical portion is outward and oblique from at least an upper end edge of a front end of the cylindrical portion. A flare portion that is folded downward is formed, and a gap exists between the flare portion and the cylindrical portion.
According to this feature, since the flare portion is formed at the front end of the cylindrical portion, it can be used as an extension of the armrest.

  Examples of the present invention will be described below.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an overall view of a chair to which a cup holder is attached in an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the cup holder, and FIG. 3 is a BB of FIG. 4 is a side sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 (a) is an enlarged sectional view of a main part in which a large-sized cup is stored in a cup holder. FIG. 5B is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part in which a small cup is placed on the cup holder. The cup holder (hereinafter referred to as cup holder 5) is mainly used for a spectator chair (hereinafter referred to as chair 1) installed in a hall such as a movie theater or a theater or a venue such as a stadium.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, a chair 1 has a plurality of leg portions 3 fixed to a floor surface at intervals in a horizontal line. An external shell (not shown) is attached, a backrest 4 is attached to the front of the external shell (not shown), and a seat 2 is pivotably attached upward. It can be stored in the front side of the backrest 4 simply by lifting the front end of the portion 2.

  The backrest 4 of the chair includes a back receiving portion 4a for receiving the back of the spectator 23 and a head receiving portion 4b for receiving the head, and a display board 14 on which a seat number assigned to each chair is displayed at the center is attached. It is a guide for the spectators who enter the venue to search for a designated seat.

  On the rear end side of the upper portion of the leg portion 3, an elbow rest 15 that is pivotally supported so as to be housed in a gap between the adjacent backrests 4 is attached, and a beverage cup is disposed at the front end portion in the longitudinal direction of the elbow rest 15. A cup holder 5 which can store 21 and the like and which will be described in detail later is attached. Hereinafter, in the present embodiment, the front side of the chair 1 is assumed to be the front, and the back side of the chair 1 is assumed to be the rear.

  The cup holder 5 will be specifically described. The cup holder 5 is made of plastic resin and is molded by extrusion. As shown in FIG. 2, the cup holder 6 that stores the cup and the arm 11 that extends rearward from the cup receiver 6. It consists of and.

  The cup receiving part 6 has a base part 7 formed by a combination of a plurality of ring lines, and a cylindrical part 8 extending upward from the periphery of the base part 7, and the arm part 11 penetrates vertically. It has a bolt hole 11a.

  A flare portion 9 is extended outward and downward from the upper end edge 8b of the cup receiving portion 6 and the side end edges 11b of the arm portion 11 to increase the overall strength of the cup holder 5. At the left and right positions of the center position of the cylindrical portion 8, a semicircular concave portion 8 a is formed in which the front-rear width gradually decreases from the upper end edge 8 b to the flare portion 9.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the cup receiving portion 6 has a cylindrical portion 8 formed at a predetermined height. Therefore, the cup receiving portion 6 corresponds to various cup heights, and has a plurality of base portions 7. Since it is formed of a ring line, it can be used with cups of various sizes, and the cup can be securely stored regardless of the height or size of the cup.

  Further, the concave portion 8a and the flare portion 9 will be described in detail. The concave portion 8a is formed in a notch shape from the upper side to the lower side of the upper end edge 8b. The structure is such that a finger can be inserted into the cylindrical portion 8.

  The flare portion 9 extends so as to be folded outward and downward from the upper end edge 8b at the left and right positions of the cylindrical portion 8, and a gap is provided between the flare portion 9 and the cylindrical portion 8 to form a double structure. It is formed as follows. Further, the bending of the flare portion 9 and the cylindrical portion 8 is rounded so that the bending angle does not stand for safety.

  Thus, by making the cup receiving part 6 into the double structure of the cylindrical part 8 and the flare part 9, even when an impact is applied to the cup holder 5 from the outside, the flare part 9 can absorb the impact, and the cylindrical part 8 It is possible to prevent the beverage in the inner cup from spilling. In addition, the weight of the cup holder 5 can be reduced.

  The attachment of the cup holder 5 will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, a bolt hole 15a is formed at the lower end of the front end of the elbow pad 15 so as to be separated from the front and rear, and the bolt hole 15a is tightened with the bolt 20 via the bolt hole 11a of the arm portion 11. The cup holder 5 is firmly attached to the elbow pad 15 by being inserted.

  Thus, since the cup holder 5 is attached to the elbow rest 15 separately, the cup holder 5 can be easily replaced. Moreover, since the attachment part of the cup holder 5 using the bolt 20 is shielded from the outside by the flare part 9 extended from the side edge 11b of the arm part 11, the contact between the spectator 23 and the bolt 20 can be prevented and safety is ensured. While being able to improve property, the attachment part of the volt | bolt 20 is concealed from the outside, and an aesthetic appearance is not impaired.

  In addition, since the flare portion 9 that is folded outward and obliquely downward is extended from the upper end edge 8b of the cylindrical portion 8 at the front end of the cup holder 5, the cup is accommodated in the cylindrical portion 8. In the absence, the cup holder 5 can be used as a hand placement for the audience 23 as an extension of the armrest 15.

  The usage method of the cup holder 5 is demonstrated concretely below. First, as shown in FIG. 5 (a), when storing the cup 21 having a large cup size in the cup receiving portion 6, it is inserted into the cylindrical portion 8 from above like the conventionally known cup holder, The cup 21 can be easily placed on the base portion 7.

  When the cup 22 having a small cup size is accommodated in the cup receiving portion 6, as shown in FIG. 5B, the cup receiving portion 6 is gradually narrowed from the upper end edge 8b downward. Since the semicircular recess 8 a is formed as described above, the finger is guided to the narrow recess below when the cup 22 is stored, and the cup 22 is accurately placed at the center of the cylindrical portion 8 and the base portion 7. When the cup 22 is taken out, the cup 22 can be gripped at an accurate position by being inserted while being guided in the cup direction by the concave portions 8a provided on the left and right sides of the cylindrical portion 8.

  Thus, by forming the concave portions 8a on the left and right sides of the cylindrical portion 8 in the cup holder 5 described above, the cups 21 and 22 can be easily placed in the cylindrical portion 8 regardless of the size of the cup. The cups 21 and 22 can be reliably taken out from the cylindrical portion 8.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to these embodiments, and modifications and additions within the scope of the present invention are included in the present invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the flare portion 9 is extended outward and downward from the cup holder 5 so that the cup holder 5 that is resistant to external impacts is formed. The present invention is not limited to this, and the flare portion 9 may not be formed, and the thickness of the cylindrical portion 8 may be provided.

  Moreover, in the said Example, it is preferable from extending the flare part 9 also to the both-ends edge 11b of the arm part 11, since the connection strength of a cylindrical part and an arm part can be raised further, this invention is this. The configuration is not limited, and the flare portion 9 may not be formed on the arm portion 11.

  Moreover, in the said Example, although the cups 21 and 22 for drinks are accommodated in the cylindrical part 8, it cannot be overemphasized that this invention is not limited to this, In addition to the cups 21 and 22, cans and A cup containing confectionery can be stored.

It is a perspective view which shows the whole image of the chair of which the cup holder in the Example of this invention was attached. It is a top view of a cup holder. It is sectional drawing of the BB line of FIG. It is a sectional side view of the AA line of FIG. (A) is the principal part expanded sectional view which accommodated the cup of a large size in the cup holder, (b) is the principal part expanded sectional view which mounted the small sized cup in the cup holder.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Chair 2 Seat part 3 Leg part 4 Backrest 4a Back support part 4b Head support part 5 Cup holder (cup holder)
6 Cup receiving part 7 Base part 8 Cylindrical part 8a Recessed part 8b Upper edge 9 Flare part 11 Arm part 11a Bolt hole 11b Side edge 14 Display board 15 Elbow pad 15a Bolt hole 20 Bolt 21 Cup (large size)
22 cups (small size)
23 Audience

Claims (5)

  A cup holder having a base portion supporting a cup and a cylindrical portion extending upward from the periphery of the base portion; A cup holder, wherein at least left and right positions of the upper edge are formed with notched recesses extending in the direction of the base.   The cup holder according to claim 1, wherein the concave portion is formed so as to be gradually narrowed from the upper side to the lower side.   The cylindrical portion is formed with a flare portion that is folded outwardly and downward from at least the upper end edge of the left and right positions of the cylindrical portion so that a gap exists between the flare portion and the cylindrical portion. The cup holder according to claim 1 or 2.   At the rear end of the cylindrical part, an arm part integrated with the cylindrical part fixed to the armrest of the chair is extended, and at least from the left and right side edges of the arm part, the arm part is directed downward in the cylindrical part. The cup holder according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the flared portion folded back is integrally formed.   The cylindrical portion is formed with a flare portion that is folded outwardly and obliquely downward from at least the upper end edge of the front end of the cylindrical portion, and a gap exists between the flare portion and the cylindrical portion. The cup holder in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 4.

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