Honeywell International Inc.

Baker Electronics Inc.

Michael J Rodney, Sr

Elliott J Onstine

Kevin Schrock

Zachary Zahrndt

An apparatus for controlling liquid in a cup holder is provided. The apparatus includes a cup holder having a bottom, wherein the bottom has at least one aperture and a plurality of grooves. An electrical connector is located within the at least one aperture. The apparatus also includes a removable coaster configured to be placed within the cup holder and cover the electrical connector. The removable coaster has a plurality of ridges extending therefrom. The plurality of ridges is configured to extend into the plurality of grooves in the bottom of the cup holder. A surface is positioned below the aperture. The surface has at least one weep hole and at least one wall between the surface and the electrical connector. Finally, the apparatus comprises a drip line in the path of liquid flow from the at least one weep hole.

Apparatus for controlling liquid in a cup holder

An apparatus is provided for removably mounting and electrically connecting electronic equipment through a plug to a permanently mounted powered receptacle that allows removal of power from the equipment, such as a monitor, attached to it without removal of the plug/monitor assembly from the receptacle. Embodiments include a plug portion inside of which is slidably mounted a connector housing carrying an electrical connector half. The plug further comprises a lever for sliding the housing between an engagement position, in which the electrical connector half engages a mating electrical connector half in a receptacle, and a non-engagement position where the connector halves are apart. The plug has retractable nubs on its exterior which are biased to engage grooves in the receptacle to retain the plug in the receptacle by a spring-like backing plate attached to the nub disposed in the interior of the plug near the walls of the slidable housing. When the housing is in the non-engagement position, the nubs and their backing plates are allowed to retract with a modest force to allow the plug to be engaged with or removed from the receptacle. Thus, the plug can be inserted into the receptacle without engaging the electrical connector halves, and the lever can thereafter be operated to engage (or disengage) the electrical connector halves when the plug and receptacle are engaged, without removing the plug from the receptacle.

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Venice, FL, United States of America

Michael J Rodney, Sr