US 12,280,705 B2
Beverage holder with textile compensation elements
Bernd Gayer, Weissach (DE); Marc-Lieven Heth, Karlsruhe (DE); and Michael Alborg, Gerlingen (DE)
Filed by Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/237,940.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 121 678.0 (DE), filed on Aug. 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0067100 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. B60N 3/10 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 3/108 (2013.01) [B60N 3/106 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A beverage holder (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising:
a receptacle (2) having a bottom wall (3), a side wall (5) extending from the bottom wall (3) and an open top (4) arranged upward from the bottom wall (3), plural openings (8) penetrating the side wall (5) at circumferentially spaced positions around the side wall (5); and
an elastic covering (10) surrounding at least parts of the side wall (5) and penetrating the plural openings (8) due to inherent resiliency of the elastic covering (10), parts of the elastic covering that penetrate the plural openings forming plural elastic compensation elements (7) for holding differently sized drinking vessels (6), the elastic covering (10) being connected to the receptacle (2) at plural connection locations (18, 19, 20) wherein the plural connection locations (18, 19, 20) comprise at least one first connection location (19) disposed below the open top (4) and above the plural openings (8) and at least one second connection location (20) disposed below the plural openings (8).
 
11. A method for manufacturing a beverage holder (1), comprising:
providing a receptacle (2) having a bottom wall (3), a side wall (5) extending from the bottom wall (3) and an open top (4) opposite the bottom wall (3), the side wall (5) tapering outward at farther distances from the bottom wall (3) and having plural openings formed through the side wall (5);
unrolling the elastic covering (10) from a tube and moving the elastic covering (10) over the side wall (5);
fixing the elastic covering (10) to the receptacle (2) at first regions (16) disposed on the side wall (5) between the openings (8) and the open top (4);
fixing the elastic covering (10) to the receptacle (2) in a second region (17) disposed on the side wall (5) below the openings (8) and/or in a third region (18) disposed on the bottom wall (3) of the receptacle (2), wherein
portions of the elastic covering (10) that align with the openings penetrate into the openings due to inherent biasing of the elastic covering.