Robert L Cunningham

US Patent:

55404090, Jul 30, 1996

Filed:

Dec 20, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/360168

Inventors:

Robert L. Cunningham - Newcastle WY

International Classification:

A47K 108

US Classification:

2483112

Abstract:

A beverage container holder for a dashboard of a vehicle including a dashboard of a vehicle having a bore formed therein in communication with the vehicle's air heating and cooling ventilation system; and a holding container for receiving a beverage container having an open top end and a sealed bottom end and with the holding container slidably disposed within the bore of the dashboard, the holding container further having an upper chamber formed therein near the top end, a lower chamber formed therein near the bottom end, an access hole formed between the chambers, a plurality of vents formed thereon for allowing communication between the lower chamber and the ventilation system, and a spring-loaded vent mechanism disposed between chambers and with the vent mechanism depressible when a beverage container is placed thereupon for allowing communication between the chambers through the access hole and with the vent mechanism extendable when a beverage container is removed therefrom for preventing communication between the chambers.