Abstract: A vehicle console with unique utilitarian features. One feature includes a table member that extends from a compartment to provide at least a writing surface. Another feature includes a slideable armrest and tray device. The tray device includes a rotatable tray that alternately provides a tray and a writing surface. Yet another feature is a storage compartment that can be opened by rotating the compartment about an axis.

Abstract: A cup holder device includes a fixed case, a movable case capable of moving between a stored position stored in the fixed body and a drawn-out position projecting forward from an opening of the fixed body, and a cup holder capable of moving between a stored position stored in the movable case and a use position projecting forward from an opening of the movable case. A coupling member is provided on the movable case and pivotally supported such that a projection at one end engages the cup holder in the stored position and a claw at the other end engages the fixed case in the drawn-out position. The coupling member is normally urged toward the fixed case.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for a combined bottle and towel holder that can be removably attached to a variety of support structures such as are extant in an exercise or fitness room; and slip-resistant releasably self-adhering straps for the removable attachment. A bottle holding portion is an open topped receptacle, and a towel holding portion is an upward opening hook on the receptacle sidewall, optionally movably located relative to the location of the receptacle attachment to the support structure. The holder is removably attachable to a frame member in a way that substantially vertically orients the longitudinal axis of the receptacle, wherein the frame member is a bar of no particular cross-sectional shape, and is preferably upstanding but is oriented such that the bar's long axis is vertical, horizontal or at an angle between horizontal and vertical. The holder is also removably attachable to a vertical surface such as a wall.

Abstract: A bottle holder is described. The bottle holder has one or more receptacles for holding a bottle and optionally, for holding portions of the bottle, such as a cap and a tube. The bottle holder is configured to hold the bottle in an inverted position, allowing the bottle to drain any liquid out. The bottle holder also has an aperture in the receptacle so that moisture is not trapped within the bottle.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a push type cup holder. The push type cup holder includes a stand unit provided at a lower side thereof with a rack gear, a base including a spur gear coupled thereto by use of a shaft to be gearedly engaged with the rack gear and a pinion gear disposed thereon to be connected to the shaft of the spur gear, a guide plate located above the base and including a driven rack gear provided at a lower side thereof to be gearedly engaged with the pinion gear and a plurality of supporting posts adapted to guide lifting and lowering of the stand unit, and a housing configured to receive the guide plate therein and formed at an inner peripheral surface thereof with guiding pats for allowing the supporting posts to be inserted and restricted therein in a movable manner, respectively. The stand unit can be lowered toward the guide plate, whereas the guide plate can be raised, so as to allow a cup to be stably seated on the guide plate.

Abstract: A beverage container holder having a frame, a base attached to the frame capable of supporting the beverage container, a retaining member capable of retaining the beverage container on the base, and an engagement member capable of removable engagement a linked structure, such as a chain-link fence. The holder can include a hanger element for supporting articles.

Abstract: A beverage container holder having a frame, a base attached to the frame capable of supporting the beverage container, a retaining member capable of retaining the beverage container on the base, and an engagement member capable of removable engagement a linked structure, such as a chain-link fence. The holder can include a hanger element for supporting articles.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a base member formed from wire strands conjoined to each other, defining outwardly flanging sides and a bottom surface. One wire has a unitary body provided with ends disposed along sides of the base, support pegs monolithically formed therewith, and lip portions spaced along a longitudinal length of the base member. The wire further has an annular portion monolithically formed with the lip portions, extending upwardly from the base member and traveling inwardly towards a center thereof. Another wire has opposed ends conjoined to the annular portion and one of the base member sides. A tray is seated on the base member and includes a bottom surface and monolithically formed edges. The tray is positioned beneath the annular portion for catching fluids and debris. Rubber caps are positioned about the support pegs for increasing surface area friction and assisting to maintain the apparatus at a stable position.

Abstract: A hair dryer stand for setting an operating blow-dryer on a countertop without burning the countertop or material on the countertop. The hair dryer stand comprises at least one base, at least one side wall having a top and a bottom where the bottom is attached to the base, at least one vent, and an opening wherein the opening profile is defined by the top of the side wall and can receive the intake side of a blow-dryer that is turned on. In use, the blow-dryer is supported in the opening and suspended above the countertop. Air is allowed to flow into the intake side of the blow-dryer, over the heating coils inside blow-dryer and prevents the blow-dryer from overheating. Also, the exhaust side of the blow-dryer is directed upward, away from the countertop so the countertop or material on countertop will not burn.

Abstract: A holder for a replaceable container of product includes a wall mountable support member having a longitudinal dimension. A holding sleeve extends transversely to the longitudinal dimension a first distance from a first region of the support member. The holding sleeve defines a bulbous recess. A foot extends transversely to the longitudinal dimension a second distance from a second region of the support member. The second distance is less than the first distance. The foot is spaced from the holding sleeve.

Abstract: A beverage container holder includes a supporting member configured to laterally and axially support a beverage container in an upright position within the beverage container holder, and a stabilizing member configured to stabilize the beverage container holder with respect to a surface on which the holder rests, the stabilizing member having an outer dimension that is greater at a lower end of the stabilizing member than at an upper end of the stabilizing member.

Abstract: An apparatus for holding a beverage includes an elongated vertically disposed base member having each of a predetermined shape, a predetermined length and a predetermined thickness. There is a mechanism at least one of engageable with and formed through a predetermined portion of such first member for at least one of securing the first member to and hanging it on a vertical surface. A cup holder portion having a predetermined shape is disposed on a predetermined surface of the first member for holding at least one of a glass filed with a beverage and a bottled beverage.

Abstract: A holder adapted for mounting on a flush valve housing, said holder including a body having a lower portion and an upper portion; a connector having a side wall forming at least part of the lower portion of said body, said connector dimensioned to engage the flush valve housing and having a flange adapted to make frictional contact therewith; a holder having a side wall forming at least part of the upper portion of said body, said holder providing a receptacle for holding an item; at least a first support forming a division between said connector and said holder to support an item placed in said holder; and one or more threaded fasteners positioned on the lower portion of said body to enhance the frictional contact.

Abstract: A dry powder fire extinguisher recharging system charges and discharges a bottle with dry powder. The system includes a frame unit and various components associated with it, such as a clamp assembly to clamp a bottle assembly. The bottle assembly has a bottle in a pre-discharge or a discharge condition, and a valve. There are also components including locking plungers, a torque idler to torque and untorque the valve, a fill valve to recharge the bottle assembly, a fill gauge to pressurize the bottle assembly to the required pressures, a recharge line to charge the bottle assembly with the pressurizing agent, a discharge line to discharge a fully charged bottle, and a socket and an extension. The system also has a valve service area to re-service the valve, and a sprayer gun to remove dry powder residue from the valve during re-servicing of the valve.

Abstract: An improved foodstuffs container configured to be readily received with a cup holder having a relatively standard size recess such as that commonly provided in armrests of many theater chairs so as to hold the container while the patron is not eating or optionally, drinking from the cup is disclosed. The container includes a walled tray structure supported by a contiguous container base sized and shaped to be supported within the standard cup holder. The walled tray structure may be configured with a planar or other shaped bottom, with or without partitions to received the desired foodstuffs either in volume or in discretely separated portions. The container base has an interior recess contiguous with the volume of the walled tray structure to receive and support additional foodstuffs readily accessed from above.

Abstract: A container holding unit includes a wall mountable bracket and a drip container bracket. The wall mountable bracket includes a mounting portion, a container holding portion extending from the mounting portion configured to substantially surround a portion of a container while allowing a dispensing tip of a container to pass through, and a plurality of container engaging slats extending inward from the container holding portion. The drip container bracket includes a back section configured to engage the wall mountable bracket and a drip container extending from a bottom of the back section. The drip container further includes a depression formed therein.

Abstract: A self-leviling cup holder comprises a combination of two rotational axes that provide for angular compensation means to maintain a cup level as well as keeping the center of gravity of the cup low.

Abstract: An beverage container holder includes a retaining member configured to retain a beverage container in an upright position, and an stabilizing member configured to support the retaining member off of a surface, such that the beverage container does not contact debris on the surface and is less likely to tip over.

Abstract: A window box 10 comprises a receptacle 12 provided with an integrally formed pair of upper sleeves 14, and an integrally formed pair of lower sleeves 36. Arms 16 are adjustably engaged within respective sleeves 14 so that distal ends 20 of each arm 16 can be positioned at one of a plurality of distances from the receptacle 12. The distal end 20 of each arm is shaped to hook over a support 22. Arms 38 are adjustably engaged in the sleeves 36 and abut the support 22 to hold the window box 10 in a vertical disposition.

Abstract: A cupholder for holding containers is provided with a number of container-holding cavities. Each of the container-holding cavities includes pairs of gripping flanges that extend inwardly toward centers of the cavities. The flanges include gripping points that extend toward each other and exert a gripping force along a bottom of an inserted container. The gripping flanges are pliable to accept a variety of inserted container sizes, but resilient enough to exert a container-holding force against containers inserted into the container-holding cavities.

Abstract: An accessory holder includes a tubular holder body having an opening at the top and a bottom upon which a small article inserted from the opening can be rested. The device includes a foldable tray, a biasing device and a damping device. The foldable tray is rotatably supported at mid height of the accessory holder and holds the small article by rotating from a vertical folded position to a horizontal bottom-raising position. The biasing device is provided between the foldable tray and the tubular holder body to bias the foldable tray from the horizontal bottom-raising position towards the vertical folded position. The damping device damps the rotational force of the foldable tray and may be rotated by the bias force of the biasing device. A locking device locks the foldable tray in the vertical folded position against the bias force of the biasing device.

Abstract: A pen or pencil holder that can be mounted on many different surfaces and which can easily be re-located is shown. The holder has two main parts, a trumpet-shaped holder that has a resilient lining, and a base plate that attaches to a surface such as a table, desk, or wall. Six or more different types of base plates are shown, any of which can be selected to suit the desired location of the installation. The base plates shown include styles that can be affixed to the selected support surface with resilient rubber pads, magnets, spring clamps, suction cups, slip-on holders, and hook-and-loop fasteners.

Abstract: A vehicle storage compartment/cupholder assembly having a molded base into which is mounted a pair of flexible invertible dividers that allow for the secure retention of various sized beverage containers. The flexible invertible dividers may be mounted and tensioned by an internal or external flexible divider spring. The molded base may have a liner mounted therein which may be a liquid barrier, a tensioning device in place of a traditional spring, or both.

Abstract: A beverage bottle holder is adapted to hold a plastic beverage bottle and comprises a bottom collar adapted to accept the bottom surface of the beverage bottle; a top grasping member adapted to exert compressive forces against the outside surface of the beverage bottle to firmly holding the bottle in a stable configuration within the bottle holder; a handle and at least one sinusoidal cusp within the inner surface of the bottom collar. The cusp is adapted to mesh with concavities within the bottom of the plastic bottle. The bottle holder is specifically designed for use in combination with plastic beverage bottles by persons with reduced hand strength and motor skills due to age, infirmities and disease.

Abstract: An article holder includes a holding member, and hooking members; the holding member has several gaps, and a connecting protrusion in each of the gaps; each of the connecting protrusions has a downwards-projecting edge at an outward end; each hooking member has a straight rod portion, which has a cavity, and a transverse hole under and in communication with the cavity; the hooking members are hooked over an object while the holding member is hung on the hooking members with the lower ends of the straight rod portions being held in the gaps, the connecting protrusions being received in the cavities, and the downwards-projecting edges being fitted in the transverse holes; the holding member can be angularly displaced after it is linearly displaced to such a position that the downwards-projecting edges are outside the transverse holes; thus, the holding member can be hung in a vertical position when not in use.

Abstract: A beverage container holder for a vehicle includes a housing defining a space for storing a beverage container and at least one slidable container supporter. The housing further defines a horizontal direction, and the at least one slidable beverage container supporter has a first end and a second end for securing the beverage container in the housing. The beverage container may further include a guiding mechanism for guiding the slidable beverage container supporter to move within the housing, and a fixing mechanism for fixing the slidable beverage container supporter in a desired place with respect to the housing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a holding device (1), preferably for storing drinks containers (12), particularly for use in motor vehicles, with a receptacle (4) having a supporting surface (11) for the drinks container (12) and at least one holding mechanism arranged on the outer circumference of the receptacle (4) whereby the holding mechanism has at least one movable element (3) essentially pressed by the spring element (2) towards the inside of the receptacle (4) characterized in that the movable element (3) rotates on bearings around an axis (10) on the receptacle (4), the receptacle (4) has a contact surface (9) for the movable element (3), and the movable element (3) has a preferably domed flexible surface (6) that extends at least partially into the receptacle (4).

Abstract: An apparatus and method for displaying dispenser containers at point of sale locations. The device includes a drip tray or base for holding the product container and a back member that extends upwardly from the base. An adjustable loop is then looped around the product container, attached to the device and placed in tension to hold the product container firmly in the base and bias the product toward the back member. After placing the product container in the device, the device can then be used to display the product container for sampling or other purposes at a point of purchase location, including mounting the device to a store shelf.

Abstract: Provided is a vertically adjustable support device for scuba equipment, which attaches to the rear of a vehicle via a hitch receiver to allow the device to be raised or lowered to a convenient usage height for the diver. One implementation includes a vertical support tube that provides a rigid structural support for other components of the scuba tank holder apparatus to be joined to, a slideably joined holder carriage, and a hitch receiving member; in which a first end portion of the hitch receiving member is joined to a lower portion of the vertical support tube, and a second end portion is configured to be operable for being securely joined to a vehicle hitch, thereby structurally supporting the vertical support tube and associated components when joined thereto.

Abstract: A cup adapter inserted in a cup holder of an automobile to increase cup retaining force. The cup adapter comprises a bottom wall adapted to be in close contact with a bottom surface of the cup holder; and a cylindrical side wall having plural convex guide portions, wherein the plural convex guide portions are inwardly projected and each have a concave recess in the external sides thereof, and plural frictional projections are formed in the concave recess, the frictional projections being horizontally projected.

Abstract: A device for supporting a container having a wire handle and a sidewall on a support structure is disclosed. The device includes a pair of spaced apart side members, with each of the side members having an upper portion adapted to engage the support structure and a notch sized to receive the wire handle. A central portion of the device is disposed between the side members, with the central portion defining a receiving area sized and shaped to receive the container such that the receiving area engages only the sidewall of the container. The device further includes a pair of spaced apart accessory supports that extend generally upward from the central portion.

Abstract: A cup holder assembly includes a housing partially defined by a pair of opposing sidewalls and configured to partially enclose an interior space. At least one support ring pivotably moves along a cam surface of the housing between a use position and a stored position. In the use position, the support ring is substantially outside of the interior space, is perpendicular to the opposing side walls, and can at least partially support a container. In the stored position, the support ring is substantially inside of the interior space parallel and substantially adjacent to the one of the side walls.

Abstract: An apparatus capable of holding an object in cooperation with a cup holder of a vehicle comprises a support (110), a post (120) coupled to the support, and a base (130). The post has a first end (221) and a second end (222), and the base is capable of receiving the first end of the post. The base is sized to fit within the cup holder of the vehicle. A distance between the support and the base may be adjusted, and an angle between the support and the post may also be adjusted.

Abstract: Detachable bottle and food holding subtrays, clips and support attachments for juvenile chairs such as highchairs, strollers, booster chairs, car seats and activity chairs. The clips can be a snapable C-shape, use a screwable post or a spring biased post for attachment to an existing tray. Removable lids and removable bottle sizing rings can be used. Pre-attached clips can be pre-molded directly to the existing tray. Alternatively, clips can be attached by hook and loop fasteners or peel and stick tape. A drawer type subtray can slide in and out from the existing tray. Alternatively, a pivoting arm can be folded out from the existing tray. The clips, supports, drawers and arms can be used to support and/or hold items such as food out of reach of sitting children, and/or can keep items such as mirrors and toys at selected locations within reach of the sitting child.

Abstract: A holding device for a beverage container intended for installation in a holdable arm rest in a motor vehicle, has a carriage guidable as a drawer to be displaceable back and forth between a pushed-in position and a pulled-out position so that a beverage container can be inserted into the holding device when the carriage is in the pulled-out position, a guide for guiding the carriage during its displacement between the positions, a gravity locking device which locks the carriage in the pushed-in position when the carriage is not in an approximately horizontal position.

Abstract: The invention comprises a ring-shaped support base comprising a first outer skirt portion supporting a second inner ring portion extending upwardly from the first outer skirt portion. The second inner ring portion is adapted to slidably engage a base ring attached to the bottom of a gas cylinder, and is provided with a chamfered lip adapted to supportably communicate with the bottom of the cylinder. The support base can be fixedly attached to the base ring through threaded fasteners extending through the second inner ring and the cylinder base ring or a plurality of detents.

Abstract: A device for supporting a potato chip bag in an upright position includes a semispherical base member having a rounded bottom portion and a substantially planar top portion. The rounded bottom portion is weighted to ballast the base member in an upright position. A pair of intersecting slots are provided on the top surface, each dimensioned to tightly receive a particular size potato chip bag. A pair of opposing sidewalls define each slot, each of which include a plurality of interspersed nodules thereon for frictionally engaging the exterior surface of the potato chip bag.

Abstract: A cup holder assembly includes a receptacle. A base defining a recess is also included. The base is pivotable with respect to the receptacle between a stored position in which the base is substantially inside the receptacle and a use position in which the base is at least partially outside the receptacle. A partial ring is supported by the receptacle and slides in the channel in one direction such that the partial ring is contained substantially within the channel when the base is in the stored position and slides in the channel in another direction to extend between the receptacle and the base when the base is in the use position to cooperatively form with the base a circumferential support for receiving and at least partially supporting a container.

Abstract: A container holder includes a member disposed in a closed position to be able to draw into an open position, a driving device attached to the member to move the member between the closed position and the open position, and a sensing device for sensing whether or not the member is drawn out for a predetermined amount from the closed position. A control device controls the driving device to cause the member to be housed when the sensing device senses that the member is not drawn out for a predetermined amount. Also, a container placed on a tray can be sensed assuredly regardless of vibration during a movement of a vehicle.

Abstract: A lightweight holding device for releasably attaching a chemiluminescent light stick to a fishing float is disclosed. The device includes a first side for releasably attaching to the fishing float, and a second side for releasably holding a chemiluminescent light stick. The first side typically includes two pairs of gripping arms, one at the top and one at the bottom, which are able to releasably receive a portion of the fishing float. The second side typically includes two pedestals, one at the top and one at the bottom, each of which are able to releasably receive an end of the light stick. The top pedestal typically defines a ceiling pocket, and the bottom pedestal a floor pocket, for one of the ends of the light stick to fit into. The first and second sides are typically integrally formed and oriented to face away from one another.

Abstract: A beverage holder with advertising display providing a slot at the top of the display for the placement of an advertisement card, the beverage holder being designed to be attached to a flush valve housing in a commercial sanitary fixture such as a urinal or toilet without modification to the flush valve, the beverage holder having a base with a threaded opening for a long threaded shaft to hold a clear plastic display mounted on top of said shaft as a changeable eye level advertisement and a plurality of depending legs with end teeth that engage the flush valve housing of the sanitary fixture.

Abstract: A portable telephone or cell phone holder fits in a conventional cup holder of an automobile or other vehicle. It has an arcuate sidewall that is less than 360° and is resiliently deformable to be squeezed down to less than the diameter of the cup holder and then, when released, to grip the inside surface of the cup holder. A tongue extends upwardly and radially inwardly from the sidewall to a distal end to provide a support telephone platform and has a concave slanted surface to accommodate and center a telephone belt clip.

Abstract: The present invention has a radius rectangular base with a platform lying in a base plane. Four slots are through, the base in a generally rectangular configuration around the perimeter of the base. Four members are provided, one for being removeably inserted into each slot. The members preferably snap fit into the base, and have lengths that upstand from the base. Each member has a wall lying in a respective plane. The members are resiliently deflectable throughout their respective lengths that upstand from the base. Each side member deflects so that the top of a container received within the present invention rests on the surface of the base. The side members engage the body of the container to keep it in an inverted and vertical orientation. The center of gravity of the container is kept as low as possible in this regard.

Abstract: An improved cup holder is disclosed that is fully adjustable and gimbaled and also insulates the beverage it is holding. One embodiment of an adjustable cup holder according to the present invention, comprises an outer cup and an inner cup. The inner cup is arranged within said outer cup and capable of extending from and returning into said outer cup, said outer and inner cup combination forming a housing having a varying capacity, said housing capacity capable of changing to hold beverage containers of different depths and diameters. Another embodiment of a cup holder, according to the present invention comprises a housing to hold a beverage container and a holder mounting device mounted to said housing. The mounting device comprising a flexible strap and a buckle, with the buckle mounted to one end of the strap and the other end of said strap wrapping around a body. The strap is then attached back to the buckle such that the body is held within the strap.

Abstract: A box device includes a box body having a housing portion with an upper opening, and a front movable member and a rear movable member slidably disposed in front and rear directions in the box body for opening and closing the upper opening of the housing portion. The box device further includes a first guide portion engaging the front movable member for guiding the front movable member to slide in the front and rear directions; a second guide portion engaging the rear movable member for guiding the rear movable member to slide in the front and rear directions; and an engaging device for connecting and disconnecting the front movable member and the rear movable member.

Abstract: A drawer device or container holder includes a member disposed in a closed position to be able to draw into an open position, a driving device attached to the member to move the member between the closed position and the open position, and a sensing device for sensing whether or not the member is drawn out for a predetermined amount from the closed position. A control device controls the driving device to cause the member to be housed when the sensing device senses that the member is not drawn out for a predetermined amount. Also, a container placed on a tray can be sensed assuredly regardless of vibration during a movement of a vehicle.

Abstract: An article holder for a barrel cooler has a lip for fitting on the top end of the barrel sidewall and a tray attached to the lip for holding containers which indicate the contents of the barrel.

Abstract: A single combined holding and carrying apparatus that is both permanently installable as a vehicle holding platform and removably attachable as by a belt to a user's person as a personal carrying apparatus for a cellular telephone or other mobile electronic device. The apparatus is formed of a thin-walled rectangular tube-shaped body molded of a resiliently pliable material, the body being structured with an opening positioned adjacent to one end and a closure adjacent to an opposite end, whereby an interior cavity of the apparatus is formed. The apparatus includes a lip structure formed external to the tube-shaped body and contiguous with the opening; a plurality of pliable fins formed as projections from interior walls of the tube-shaped body; and a pair of spaced-apart fastener apertures formed in one exterior wall of the body.

Abstract: A multi-purpose holder for supporting an object in a vehicle includes a body structured and configured to receive an object. A support member is provided for supporting the object, and is vertically movably mounted relative to the body.

Abstract: A bracket is used for mounting onto the standard of a stadium or theater seat. The bracket can be bolted in place at the same time as seat backs are bolted onto the seat standard. The bracket has latches that permit a drink cupholder to be installed by sliding the cupholder along mating guides in one direction. The latches engage complementary latch portions on the drink cupholder to prevent removal of the drink cupholder. The drink cupholder has a wall that mates to the bracket, and includes skirt walls that cover the bolts used for attaching the bracket and the seat backs to the seat standard.