US 12,144,433 B2
Smart cupholder system
Donna Floros, Studio City, CA (US); and Kim Elyn Baccigaluppi, Burbank, CA (US)
Filed by Donna Floros, Studio City, CA (US); and Kim Elyn Baccigaluppi, Burbank, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/123,263.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/331,105, filed on Apr. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0329441 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A47K 1/08 (2006.01); A47C 7/62 (2006.01); A47C 7/72 (2006.01); F16M 13/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 7/622 (2018.08) [A47C 7/723 (2018.08); H04M 1/04 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cupholder comprising:
stacked portions any of which may be integral;
the stacked portions include a block-like housing which adjoins a plate which adjoins a backing;
a semi-circular cut-out in a face of the housing, the cut-out being open at an upper end and adjoining a housing floor at a lower end, the housing floor for supporting a cup inserted in the housing cut-out;
the plate having side shoulders that adjoin a forward inset surface from which pins protrude;
a rotatable semi-circular bail that when rotated about the pins to meet the housing completes the circle near the cut-out open end; and,
a backing rear wall and a backing front wall with a gap therebetween, the backing front wall covering only a portion of the backing rear wall;
wherein the bail is for capturing the cup between the bail and the cut-out, and the gap is for receiving a cell phone end.