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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
May. 23, 1996
Kevin M Patmore, Northville, MI (US);
Irvin Automotive Products, Auburn Hills, MA (US);
Abstract
A cupholder assembly for mounting within a recess of a storage compartment in a motor vehicle and being moveable between a stored position within the recess and a use position outside of the recess. The cupholder assembly includes a housing which supports a pair of arms that at least partially defining an aperture for receiving a container. A pivot mounting movably mounts the arms to the housing so that the arms are moveable between laterally outward positions defining a first width and length and laterally inward positions defining a second width and length. The pivot mounting a common pivot axis, about which both arms pivot, as well as second and third pivot axes. The common pivot axis and the second and third pivot axes are all moveable relative to said support housing thereby providing for the reduced length and width of the assembly in the laterally inward position.
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