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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2001
Naohiro Shimajiri, Aichi-ken, JP;
Nifco Inc., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A cup holding device for a vehicle includes a base member having an opening; a lid member supported at a lower end side of the base member and rotatably shifted between a closed position where the lid member covers the base member and an open position in a using state where the lid member is tilted relative to the base member; and a holding member for holding a periphery of a cup and assembled between the base member and the lid member to be shifted between a vertical housed state at the closed position of the lid member and a horizontal using state at the open position of the lid member. The base member and the lid member have receiving portions for jointly receiving a bottom of a cup to be disposed at the same level at the open position of the lid member.