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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1998
Hermann Juergen Salenbauch, Geretsried, DE;
Alexander Klatt, Munich, DE;
Robert Stancel, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Johnathan I Kaplan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alex Kazaks, La Crosse, WI (US);
Bruce Grant MacGregor, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Steven Vassallo, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A beverage holder composed of hollow cylindrical upper and lower parts, where the parts are rotatable with respect to one another. The upper and lower parts are connected with one another by a plurality of rod-shaped connecting elements (rods). When the two parts are rotated relative to one another, the rods are tilted, such that the inside diameter inside the hollow cylindrical upper and lower parts is reduced. In this manner, a container inserted into the beverage holder is reliably clamped. The rod-shaped connecting elements may be designed 'in the manner of a stocking.' When an impermeable material is used and the rod-shaped connecting elements are attached in a sealing fashion to the hollow cylindrical assembly and/or the ring, the cylindrical assembly then becomes suitable for allowing a liquid or a gaseous media to flow through it.