Abstract: A sample container holding mechanism is for holding a sample container 6, and includes a hook member 9 and a stopper member 10. The hook member 9 suspends and holds the sample container 6 in a state where the sample container 6 is inclined with respect to a vertical direction. The stopper member 10 restricts the rotation of the sample container 6 when the sample container 6 is rotated around the hook member 9.

Abstract: The bracket device includes: a supporting member including a first supporting part having a groove into which a nipple of an expansion tank is inserted, a second supporting part bent perpendicularly to the first supporting part, sidewall parts formed on both sides of the second supporting part, and locking parts formed on the sidewall parts; a strip member, which includes first and second binding members having loop parts one each end so that the locking part is forcedly fit thereto, a tension spring connected to the other end of the first binding member and to one end of a third binding member, and a tightening member to which the other end of the third binding member is hinge-coupled and also is hinge-coupled to the other end of the second binding member.

Abstract: A drinking receptacle holder comprising a holding portion, the holding portion providing an aperture with a variable size, and a base portion, wherein the drinking receptacle holder is configured so that a drinking receptacle can be received within the aperture of the holding portion with the drinking receptacle resting upon the base portion, wherein the base portion is configured to be pushed away from the holding portion by the drinking receptacle as the drinking receptacle is moved through the aperture of the holding portion, and wherein the holding portion is connected to the base portion such that the size of the aperture is configured to reduce as the base portion is pushed away from the holding portion.

Abstract: A holder for a beverage container, for example a beverage can, which is provided for holding the beverage container in a tilt-proof manner in a motor vehicle. Supports are designed so as to laterally support the beverage container by way of a supporting element, which is pivotably mounted at a support carrier and urged by a preloaded support spring into the holder. An electric motor pivots the support carriers inwardly, so that the supporting elements are laterally pushed by the support springs from the outside against the beverage container placed into the holder, in order to hold the beverage container in a tilt-proof manner.

Abstract: A stemware restraining device that rests upon a surface and comprises a body with a top surface, bottom surface, a thickness, and a combination stem clearance slot (20,25,30,31) and underside cavity (21,27). Stemware can be slid into the slot cavity combination trapping said stemware's base while allowing the stem to pass vertically upward. The device does not necessarily contact the stemware until said stemware tips due to an external force. When this occurs the base of the stemware comes into contact with the underside cavity of said device and is restrained due to the resistive tipping moment of the device. The resistive tipping moment is provided either by the weight and width of said device or by its mechanical or magnetic attachment to said surface. The slot and cavity combination in general reflects the profile shape of the base and stem of a piece of stemware.

Abstract: An apparatus supporting a thermal or hydronic expansion tank in fluid communication via a pipe nipple with a water heater in a water piping system. The supporting apparatus comprises a mounting base adapted to be mounted directly to the water heater. A rack constructed of rigid material is adapted to be secured to the tank. The rack is fastened to the mounting base. The tank is mounted in a vertical orientation on the water heater with the pipe nipple pointing upward or downward. There is sufficient spatial separation of the tank from the mounting base to permit the tank to be insulated or otherwise covered for protecting the tank from the environment.

Abstract: A holding mechanism prevents a device at a back side of a held object from being hidden by the object. Even if a large smartphone is held, clamping with a fixed clamping part and a movable clamping part prevents the fixed part from being moved, wherein a device located back of the smartphone and at the side of the fixed clamping part cannot be hidden by the smartphone. Due to the movable clamping part being movable farther from a rotation axis than the fixed clamping part, a middle portion of the smartphone in the clamping direction substantially coincides with the rotation axis when holding a smartphone with a specified width, wherein the smartphone cannot be easily moved in a Y- and Z-direction when rotating a holding part to change orientation, and also at the back side, a device located at the side of the clamp cannot be easily hidden.

Abstract: Provided are a tool exchange device and a tool exchange system that enable management of a coupling state according to a tool to be fixed. A tool exchange device including a male member to be detachably attached to an apparatus side and a female member to be detachably attached to a tool side includes: a proximity sensor provided in the male member; and a target provided in the female member, the target corresponding to the proximity sensor, and the target is provided in the female member in such a manner that a distance between the target and the proximity sensor in a state in which the male member and the female member are coupled together is adjustable.

Abstract: The description relates to display devices. One example can include a display having an active area surrounded by an inactive deadband. The example can also include a chassis, the display received in the chassis and secured to the chassis beneath the inactive deadband with adhesive. The example can further include a fastening assembly positioned below the inactive deadband and farther beneath the plane than the adhesive, where the fastening assembly creates a retention force between the display and the chassis.

Abstract: The invention provides a well rescue device. The well rescue device includes a support assembly, a seating assembly and a gripper assembly. The support assembly includes two holding arms configured to hold the victim. The seating assembly includes an extendable seat rod and a seat attached at an end of the extendable seat rod. The seat is configured to move relative to the extendable seat rod in order to facilitate positioning of the seat relative to the victim. The gripper assembly includes a gripper that is configured to facilitate positioning of the victim relative to one or more of the support assembly and the seating assembly.

Abstract: A cup holder assembly for a seat assembly of a vehicle includes a side shield and a net. The side shield includes an inner surface, an outer surface, a curved indentation wall extending from the outer surface, and a bottom wall. The net has an upper edge, a lower edge, and a pair of side edges. The lower edge has a length less than a length of the upper edge. The lower edge and the pair of side edges of the net engage with the outer surface of the side shield to bound at least a portion of the curved indentation wall. The net includes an apex that extends outwardly beyond the outer surface such that the net is configured to retain an object within the cup holder assembly.

Abstract: A hanging structure for an outlet terminal includes the outlet terminal; and a hanging element having a limiting component, wherein, when the outlet terminal is moved in a direction away from the hanging element, the outlet terminal is not in contact with the limiting component, the hanging element is in an elastic state which is an open state, an abutting force between the outlet terminal and the hanging element causes the hanging element to be open which permits the outlet terminal to be separated from the hanging element, and wherein, when the outlet terminal swings within the hanging element, the outlet terminal is in contact with the limiting component, the hanging element is in a fixation state which is a closed state, and the outlet terminal is maintained in a hanging state.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention is a support capable of fully-automatically performing rotary clamping by means of linkage between a gear and a rack. The support includes a back side base, a bottom supporting arm, a left-side gripping arm and a right-side gripping arm. A left-side vertical spur rack portion and a right-side vertical spur rack portion are disposed on the left and right sides of the bottom supporting arm. A left-side gear engages with the left side of the left-side vertical spur rack portion, and a right-side gear engages with the right side of the right-side vertical spur rack portion. An inner end of the left-side gripping arm is connected to the left-side gear, an inner end of the right-side gripping arm is connected to the right-side gear, the left-side gripping arm rotates with the left-side gear, and the right-side gripping arm rotates with the right-side gear.

Abstract: A pressure vessel is provided for a motor vehicle. The pressure vessel has a fastening apparatus. The fastening apparatus is designed to connect the pressure vessel to a body of the motor vehicle. The fastening apparatus has at least one connecting pin, which is displaceable relative to the body or relative to the pressure vessel, and at least one fixing mechanism. The fixing mechanism is designed to at least temporarily fixedly clamp the connecting pin.

Abstract: A pressure vessel is provided for a motor vehicle, having a fastening apparatus. The fastening apparatus is designed to connect the pressure vessel to a body of the motor vehicle. The fastening apparatus has at least two connecting pins and at least two bearings. In each case, one connecting pin is connected to a bearing at a connecting point. The connecting pins and/or the bearings are each connected to the pressure vessel in a pressure vessel attachment region and extend away from the outer surface of the pressure vessel. The pressure vessel attachment regions exhibit in each case an expansion. The connecting pin and the bearing are, in the connecting point, at least regionally shaped and arranged such that the expansion is kinetically guided with only one translational degree of freedom by way of a movement of the bearing and/or of the connecting pin.

Abstract: A vehicle body front structure comprises a radar bracket disposed between a bumper member and a hood lock member. The radar bracket includes an upright portion to which a radar unit is fixed and oblique portions that are continuous with an upper end of the upright portion and extend toward a vehicle rear side and upward, and a space is formed under the oblique portions on a rear side with respect to the upright portion. At a boundary between the upright portion and the oblique portions, first deformation portions are formed that facilitate deformation at this boundary, and at attachment positions of the oblique portions at which the oblique portions are attached to the hood lock member, second deformation portions are formed that facilitate deformation at these attachment positions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a retaining device for retaining at least one external functional apparatus comprising at least two tube ports on a treatment apparatus, wherein the retaining device comprises at least two stops which restrict a rotational movement of the external functional apparatus inside the retaining device. It further relates to an external functional apparatus as well as a treatment apparatus.

Abstract: A display device includes a display, a receiving member, and a buffer member. The receiving member includes a peripheral wall. The buffer member is attached to the receiving member. The display is received in an interior of the peripheral wall of the receiving member and the buffer member is positioned at an exterior of the peripheral wall of the receiving member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a tank holder system that does not substantially restrict alternative uses of truck bed space when the tank holder system is not in use. The tank holder system includes a tank holder and a base, which receives the tank holder and secures the tank holder during transportation. The tank holder includes an arcuate cradle formed to accept cylindrically-shaped tanks and fasteners that secure such tanks in the arcuate cradle. When the tank holder is not in use, it can be removed from the base. The base remains attached to the truck bed. This allows the space in the truck bed to be used for alternative purposes when the tank holder is disengaged from the base, while allowing the tank holder to be quickly and easily re-engaged to the base.

Abstract: A wearable beverage bottle retaining clip includes: a back wall, including a top portion, bottom portion, a front face, and a rear face; two shoulder tabs, each extending in front of the top portion of the back wall such that a first end of each shoulder tab is located in front of the front face of the back wall, wherein the shoulder tabs are at least partially hook-shaped and the first end of each shoulder tab is spaced apart across a width of the back wall; and a retaining seat extending in front of the bottom portion of the front face of the back wall, wherein the retaining seat includes a bottom tab that is configured such that when a beverage bottle is secured in the retaining clip, the bottom tab is in contact with the front face of the beverage bottle.

Abstract: A peripheral unit comprises a housing having a portion configured to engage with a handheld host device of various sizes and electrical configurations. An attachment mechanism is associated with the housing, being used to selectively secure the housing to the handheld host device to form a one-piece apparatus suitable for handheld use. The attachment mechanism is secured to the host device by selective adjustment of the size to adapt to a host device. In addition, the peripheral unit may provide a universal connection to at least one electrical connector of the host device, to provide added input-output functions to the operation of the combined system.

Abstract: The gas tank retaining device of the present invention is particularly usable for retaining oxygen cylinders with respect to emergency equipment such as mobile stretchers that need to be transported in vehicles. Security of heavy oxygen or gas tanks is achieved by providing a housing with an access opening and a uniquely configured locking mechanism for retaining a generally cylindrical tank preferably in a horizontal orientation. The locking mechanism is steady state biased in a closed or retaining position for holding the tank within the housing and can be moved to a releasing position responsive to manual manipulation thereof.

Abstract: A modular container system, consisting of at least one container, characterized in that having at least one monolithic housing (1) consisting a back wall (2), having an opening (3) for a screw and an area (3a) for double-sided adhesive tape; sidewalls (4); connection clips (5) attached to the back wall; a cover (6) equipped with pins (16) allowing installation of illumination; a base (7); a plastic insert (9) of cylindrical shape, enclosed at its base; a vertical attachment system consisting of vertical, male, sliding shape connector (10); and a vertical female connector; a horizontal attachment system consisting of top openings (12) and bottom openings (13), and a horizontal connector (14); a safety system consisting of a lock (17); and a system allowing to create a portable configuration, consisting of a base (19) containing a female vertical connector (20) and a handle (21a) and (21b).

Abstract: A tank attachment arrangement for a self-contained breathing apparatus having at least one tank, including: a base member having a saddle portion comprising a contact side having at least one contact member directly or indirectly attached thereto, the at least one contact member configured to contact a surface of the at least one tank; and at least one tank retainer arrangement configured to retain the at least one tank with respect to the base member; wherein the at least one contact member includes at least one sloped portion to facilitate engagement or disengagement of the at least one tank with the tank attachment arrangement.

Abstract: A fuel holding device is secured to a vehicle by means of straps and brackets, which sits on a system of gaskets to prevent longitudinal sliding and rotation. A gasket system for preventing longitudinal sliding is disposed circumferentially around the tank body, and between the tank body and a circumferential bracket system that includes a U-shaped strap and an L-shaped bracket. The gasket system comprises a wedge-shaped base and a slider portion, with the U-shaped strap secured around the slider portion. A system for preventing rotation of a fuel-holding device has a circumferential wedge gasket segment, or a corrugated segment, positioned at a gap between the U-shaped strap and the L-shaped bracket.

Abstract: A quick-mounting device for canisters comprises a housing and a an adjustment. The housing defines a recess at a top thereof and a hollow space therein. The housing is sealed with a cover that defines a though hole at a center thereof. The an adjustment includes two arched pieces and a control piece. The arched pieces are placed in the recess of the housing to define an opening therebetween. The control piece has a pusher and is placed on top of the arched pieces to engage with two ends of each arched piece. Each arched piece is provided with a spring at an external side thereof intermediate of the two ends. Thereby, the pusher of the control piece can be pressed to have the two arched pieces moved outwardly to change the dimension of the opening defined by the two arched pieces so as to mount a canister.

Abstract: A portable, compact and easy-to-install beverage carrier for shopping carts that also has space for marketing/branding/personalization. A portable beverage container apparatus is provided having a clamp portion movably connected to a beverage carrier portion that defines a container-receiving space. The clamp portion is movable between an extended position and a retracted position. In the extended position the clamp portion extends outwardly from the beverage carrier portion in a first direction. In the retracted position the clamp portion is rotated relative to its orientation in the extended position and positioned substantially within the container-receiving space.

Abstract: A pump dispenser bottle hanger that fits different pump dispenser bottle neck dimensions includes a hanging board and a fixing board. Two surfaces and two ends of the hanging board are defined as top and bottom surfaces and front and rear ends, respectively. The hanging board has a clamping slot that opens into the hanging board from the front end toward the rear end and penetrates the top and bottom surfaces. The clamping slot has front, middle, and rear segments arranged sequentially in a direction from the front end to the rear end. The rear segment has a stop edge. The middle segment has two opposing oblique edges connected to the stop edge. The oblique edges each extend from the junction of the oblique edge and the stop edge and in the direction of the front segment. The fixing board extends downward from the hanging board.

Abstract: A fixture assembly for securing a spray gun to a shaking device includes a body securable to the shaking device. The body includes an open receptacle for at least partially receiving a reservoir of the spray gun. A support member is secured to the body and is configured to support the spray gun on the body while the reservoir is positioned in the open receptacle and shaken by the shaking device.

Abstract: A tool support system is disclose having a yoke; a plurality of concentric rings having at least one ring pivotally connected to the yoke; a tool fastening mechanism to secure a tool in the support system; and one or more rotation components to permit the tool to rotate within a ring of the support structure. One or more of the concentric rings can be added to the system or can replace one or more concentric rings to accommodate tools of different sizes. The invention includes a method of configuring a support apparatus and a support apparatus kit with various interchangeable parts, and parts that can be built out to varying degrees to permit the support structure to be used on numerous types of tools.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a connector support for windscreen washer liquid distribution devices of motor vehicle windscreen wipers, including fixing means (18; 31) adapted to hold at least one check valve (7, 8), characterized in that it further includes first fixing means (19) adapted to hold removably a first electrical connector (10; 34) and second fixing means (20) adapted to hold removably a second electrical connector (11; 35), the fixing means (18; 31) for the check valve (7, 8), the first removable fixing means (19) for the first electrical connector (10; 34) and the second removable fixing means (20) for the second electrical connector (11; 35) being independent. The invention also concerns a distribution device including such a connector support (9; 30; 40).

Abstract: A cradle locks a mobile unit (MU) therein with a single insertion process. The cradle includes a cup shaped to receive a first portion of the MU. The cradle includes a backing portion including a first end coupled to the cup portion. The cradle includes a hoop portion movably coupled to a second end of the backing portion for movement between a securing position and a receiving position, the hoop being biased toward the securing position. The cradle includes a latch releasably securing the hoop portion in the receiving position. The cradle includes a plunger extending out of the backing portion in a first direction so that, when engaged by the MU, the plunger is moved in a second direction opposite the first direction moving the latch to release the hoop portion so that the hoop portion moves under its bias into the securing position.

Abstract: An adjustable cup holder incorporates an elongated clamp assembly and cup support assembly. The clamp assembly has a proximal end and a distal clamping end. The cup support assembly is connected at the proximal end of the clamp assembly, and comprises a body portion and a pair of arcuate cup-encircling arms having respective spaced-apart free ends. A pivot pin enables pivot adjustment of the cup support assembly at the proximal end of the clamp assembly, such that the cup support assembly is movable between a desired in-use position depending from the clamp assembly, and a folded stowed position beside the clamp assembly. In the stowed position, the clamp assembly passes between the spaced-apart free ends of the cup-encircling arms and into an area defined between the cup-encircling arms.

Abstract: A container holder system for attachment to a lawnmower handle assembly. In operation, the container holder system receives a beverage container and pivots with respect to the ground to prevent spilling from the beverage container. Optionally, the container holder system rotates with respect to itself to provide ease of use. The container holder system includes a cage assembly and a mounting device for securing the cage assembly to the lawnmower handle assembly. The cage assembly includes cage arms and a flange interface defined by the cage arms. The mounting device includes a gripping sleeve positioned between the cage arms and the lawnmower handle assembly and includes a clamp for drawing the cage arms and the gripping sleeve against the lawnmower handle assembly.

Abstract: A tipover prevention and seismic securement system for securing furniture and appliances from tipping over. The system employs a pair of identical mounts which are engaged to surfaces of the device to be secured and the securing position. A planar belt having apertures therein provides a tether between the two mounts through an engagement with projections on the mounts and apertures in the belt. Translating members secure the belt in its engagement to the mounts. The translating members once engaged must be unlocked to allow removal thereof and subsequent removal of the belt.

Abstract: A customizable holder for vials and test tubes is described herein. The holder includes a body having an inclined portion and a vertical portion joined together. A guide is present in the inclined portion for accepting elastic clamps for holding a vial or test tube. The elastic clamps have a slot and aperture therein to retain a vial or test tube.

Abstract: A wall-mounted holder for cylindrical cans including a base and a generally cylindrical body portion integrally formed with and extending forwardly of the base at an upward inclination. The base defines a wall mounting surface thereon. The body portion has an extended open upper end for the insertion and removal of the container and defines a minimum interior transverse dimension and an opening extending longitudinally along a side portion thereof. Portions of said body portion extending along the opposed sides of the opening define container abutment surfaces such that upon inserting a cylindrical object having a diameter greater than the aforesaid transverse dimension into said body portion through the open upper end thereof, the abutment surfaces on the body portion of the holder are caused to flex outwardly and bear against portions of the container, securing the container within the body portion.

Abstract: First mounting ring and second mounting ring are fixed to wireless device case using fastening screws. First mounting ring and second mounting ring are fitted to measurement display section from above, and co-mounting bolt is passed through rings to fasten the rings together. This configuration allows a wireless device to be disposed independent of a meter, and the wireless device can be easily mounted to the meter.

Abstract: An apparatus for restraining an object in a vehicle may have an elongated frame, a clamp member mounted to the frame at or near one end thereof, and an elongated base member movably mounted to the frame between the clamp member and an opposite end of the frame. The base member may include a curved portion having a support surface defining a curvature and a linear portion between the curved portion and the clamp member. The base member may be movable relative to the frame to an object transition position in which a free end of the linear portion extends outwardly away from the frame and the curved portion retracts upwardly toward the clamp member along a path defined by the curvature to allow the object to be received between, and removed from between, the clamp member and the support surface of the base member.

Abstract: A quick release gas sample cylinder clamp with pivoting jaws for single handed unlatching of a securely mounted sample gas cylinder upon engagement and disengagement of the battalion latch.

Abstract: A filter holder for the support of a filter on the casing of a medical device for extra-corporal blood treatment is disclosed. The filter holder has a first grip leg and a second grip leg, which are arranged with respect to each other so that a reception area is formed between the two grip legs. The filter can be inserted into this reception area between the two grip legs, so that the filter is held in the filter holder against the force of gravity. At least one trough- or U-shaped indentation is provided on at least one grip leg, whose cross-section enables the wedging in of a hose. A medical device for extra-corporal blood treatment with such a filter holder for the reception of a filter is also disclosed.

Abstract: A safety brace for supporting a radar antenna platform movable to an elevated tilted position by a drive shaft having a movable first member and a second member, wherein the first member is movable toward and away from the second member. The safety brace has an elongated cylindrical tube formed of two separable half tubes. Three spaced apart separable coupling brackets are secured to the half tubes across a seam. When the separable brackets are closed, the half tubes are kept in a closed configuration. Two hinged coupling brackets are secured to the half tubes along the opposite seam. Flanges disposed at each of the ends of the elongated tube are configured to abut against the movable first and second members of the drive shaft. The safety brace has gussets secured between the flanges and adjacent outer surface portions of the half tubes. A safety brace system and a method of operating the safety brace are also disclosed.

Abstract: A clamping device is used for clamping an object. The clamping device includes a main body, an actuating mechanism, and two clamping arms. The actuating mechanism is disposed within the main body. The actuating mechanism includes a gear and cam, which are coaxial with each other. Each of the two clamping arms has an extension part. The two extension parts are engaged with two opposite sides of the gear. In a case that the engaging element is engaged with the cam, the two clamping arms are in an open status. In a case that the engaging element is disengaged with the cam, the gear is driven by the cam to be rotated. As the gear is rotated, the two extension parts are towed to be linearly moved. Consequently, the two clamping arms are switched from the open status to a clamping status.

Abstract: A method and system to stabilize an appliance against sudden or continuous movement embodiments including one or more straps coupled to an appliance of interest and a target mounting surface. At least one spacer is located between the appliance and mounting surface. In one embodiment a plurality of straps with grommets located at the relative terminus of one end is affixed by a fastener passing through the grommet to a target mounting surface, and at least one spacer is affixed preferably to a wall stud within the target wall. A second strap end is affixed to a target appliance and tightened to provide snug contact between the appliance and wall.

Abstract: An adjustable scuba tank holding device fixed to the gunwale or other structure of a water craft used for holding and/or assisting a user on the donning or doffing of the buoyancy control device and compressed air tank. The adjustable scuba tank holding device is adjustable to hold different sized tanks. The adjustable scuba tank holding device stabilizes the tank to provide easy donning or doffing of the scuba BCD/tank. As a result, the safety of a scuba diver on a water craft is significantly increased.

Abstract: A support base fabricated of a rigid material has cylindrical holes oriented at an angle with respect to a central axis. Cylindrical rods are fabricated of a rigid material. Each rod is retained within an associated hole. Each rod has an upper end located above the top surface of the support base.

Abstract: A cup holder is deployed from a recess in a substantially vertical panel behind a substantially planar fold-down door which is pivotable adjacent to a bottom edge. A substantially planar tray member is slidably mounted to a guide frame to move between a collapsed position and an expanded position at respective distances from the inside surface of the fold-down door. A telescoping holder unit with substantially cylindrical sleeve elements slides from a collapsed state to an expanded state in response to movement of the tray member. A top rim of the holder unit is fixed with respect to a cylindrical sleeve element having a largest diameter and is coupled to the tray member. A bottom plate of the holder unit is coupled to the fold-down door. The holder unit accommodates various beverage containers.

Abstract: A mounting bracket assembly includes a clamping arrangement mounted for vertical movement on a mounting structure and is movable between an engaged position and disengaged position relative to a self-contained breathing apparatus held in the mounting bracket assembly. A camming arrangement is located between the clamping arrangement and the mounting structure for permitting and preventing vertical movement of the clamping arrangement relative to the mounting structure. A powered latching mechanism is engageable with a portion of the clamping arrangement for providing unlatched and latched positions. A control arrangement separate from the powered latching mechanism is operatively connected thereto to selectively control the powered latching mechanism and effect release of the self-contained breathing apparatus from the latched position when the vehicle is in a stationary and parked condition.

Abstract: An apparatus for holding a portable electronic device. The apparatus includes a base having a storage compartment. The base includes a neck cavity. The apparatus includes an attachment member extending from the base and configured to couple to another object. The attachment member includes a suction cup. The apparatus includes a neck extending from the neck cavity of the base; wherein when the neck is retracted substantially fits within the neck cavity. The neck includes a plurality of frustoconical nested members configured to extend from the neck cavity or retract therein. The apparatus includes a mount coupled to a distal end of the neck and configured to couple to a portable electronic device. The mount includes an actuation device configured to actuate the portable electronic device. The apparatus includes a remote control configured to actuate a portable electronic device.

Abstract: A beverage container holder for holding round or rectangular containers is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the holder is a unitary plastic structure which includes a lower rectangular container holding portion and an upper hook portion for hanging the holder onto another structure. The holding portion includes a plurality of resilient inwardly extending fingers, each of which assumes a generally V-shaped configuration when viewed in a vertical plane. According to a second embodiment, the holder includes an upper tray portion having a pair of side-by-side square openings, each having a plurality of inward extending resilient fingers, and a generally U-shaped supporting member which is pivotally attached to the tray portion. The supporting member is rotatable from a first position wherein it is retained within the tray portion to a second position wherein it is substantially perpendicular to the tray portion.