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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1999
Bernd Plocher, Rottenburg-Seebronn, DE;
Friedrich Schanz, Wildberg, DE;
Stefan Kuehn, Neubulach, DE;
Gerd Lemke, Plienzhausen, DE;
Other;
Abstract
The holder for a drinks container includes a holding arm (,) movable from an initial position into a holding position and formed to hold the drinks container around a circumference of the drinks container, a cover (,) movable from a closed position into an open position and a locking device (,) for locking the holding arm (,) in the initial position and for unlocking the holding arm (,) when the cover is moved into the open position. In a preferred embodiment the locking device (,) includes a slider member (,), a device for displacing the slider member (,) from a first position to a second position when the cover (,) is opened and a detent lug (,) provided on the holding arm (,) that locks the slider member (,) when the holding arm (,) is in the initial position and that unlocks the slider member (,) when the slider member (,) is displaced from the first position to the second position.