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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2000
Piolax, Inc., Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
A cup holder for a vehicle includes a housing,fixed on the vehicle's side, a slide member,movably supported in the housing back and forth, and a holder body,provided with two holding hole,for holding cups and movably supported by the slide member,left and right. The holder body,has its rear part whose one side portion is cut away slantingly so that a width of the rear part is smaller than that of a front part of the holder body,. The cup holder further includes a tensile coil spring,between the slide member,and the holder body,, for urging the holder body,to one lateral direction of the slide member,by the spring,. Owing to the provision of the spring,, the handling of the holder body,can be completed under a little resistance, improving the manipulating feeling.