| CPC B60N 3/103 (2013.01) [B60N 2/28 (2013.01); B60N 3/106 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
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1. A juvenile seat comprising
a cupholder support formed to include a mount aperture, and
a cupholder coupled to the cupholder support, the cupholder including: (i) a cupholder mount arranged to extend into the mount aperture to interlock with the cupholder support and retain the cupholder to the cupholder support, (ii) a cupholder base having a base rim, a base sidewall extending downwardly from the base rim, and a base floor coupled to a lower end of the base sidewall and an upper end of the cupholder mount, the base sidewall at least partially defining an interior container-receiving space located radially inward from the base rim and the base sidewall and above the base floor, and (iii) a cupholder mode-changer coupled to the cupholder base and configured to move relative to the cupholder base to change the cupholder from a volume-maximizing mode to a handle-receiving mode,
wherein the cupholder base and the cupholder mode-changer are configured to cooperate with one another to provide means for establishing a cupholder sidewall that extends circumferentially around a vertical axis of the cupholder when the cupholder is in the volume-maximizing mode and for establishing a handle-receiving space in the cupholder sidewall after movement of the cupholder mode-changer relative to the cupholder base to arrange the cupholder in the handle-receiving mode so that a container having a handle can be received within the interior container-receiving space while the handle of the container extends radially outward past the cupholder sidewall and into the handle-receiving space,
wherein the cupholder mode-changer includes a cupholder insert with at least a portion sized to fit within the interior container-receiving space of the cupholder base and an insert mount configured to attach to the cupholder base to retain the cupholder insert to the cupholder base,
wherein the insert mount includes a mount post coupled to a bottom surface of the insert floor and a mount head coupled to a distal end of the mount post and having a greater width than the mount post,
wherein the base floor is formed to include a mount aperture that is arranged along the vertical axis and the insert mount is configured to extend through the mount aperture of the base floor to attach the cupholder insert to the cupholder base, and
wherein the cupholder mount includes a mount ring and a plurality of retainer tabs that extend radially outward from the mount ring, and wherein the mount ring extends circumferentially around the vertical axis and the mount aperture of the base floor to provide a hollow cavity below the base floor and radially inward of the mount ring that receives the mount head of the insert mount.
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