Joseph D Porcelli

US Patent:

8360379, Jan 29, 2013

Filed:

Jul 16, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/356771

Inventors:

Joseph E. Porcelli - Merrick NY, US

International Classification:

A47K 1/08

US Classification:

2483112, 248313, 224926

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. When the supporting member is in the first position, the holder may re retracted into a rectangular pocket.

US Patent:

20130153728, Jun 20, 2013

Filed:

Dec 28, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/729675

Inventors:

Joseph E. Porcelli - Seaford NY, US

International Classification:

B60N 3/10

US Classification:

2483112

Abstract:

A beverage container holder for holding round or rectangular containers. In 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. In 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.