Abstract: A holder for cups and similar articles which includes a plurality of elongated articulated members one of which members terminates at one end in an article holding means and at the other end in one-half of an intermeshing pair of joint elements which provide means for forming a positive detent-type joint means. One of the halves of the intermeshing pair of joint elements is in the form of a hub having a plurality of external teeth disposed thereon and the other half of the intermeshing pair of joint elements is in the form of a collar having a plurality of internal teeth arranged and constructed so that the collar fits over the hub element and the respective teeth intermesh to effect an adjustable positive detent joint means.