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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2010
Young Ju Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Cheol Soo Choi, Hwaseong-si, KE;
Dong-jin Park, Daegu, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Ecoplastic Corporation, Gyeongju-Si, KR;
Abstract
A cup holder apparatus for a vehicle may include an accommodating tray provided inside a vehicle compartment and having an accommodation space for accommodating a cup therein, a cup support member rotatably provided around a rotating shaft (Z axis) against the accommodating tray and including a bottom portion for safe-placing the cup in the accommodation space and a support portion formed in a stand from the bottom portion to support an outer periphery of the cup, and a release prevention member prepared separately from the cup support member and connected to the bottom portion of the cup support member, while being rotatably coupled to the accommodating tray, to prevent release of the cup support member from the accommodating tray, wherein the release of the release prevention member from the accommodating tray is hindered by an upper stopper formed on the accommodating tray while the cup support member is rotatably coupled to the upper stopper and is rotated around the rotating shaft.