| 摘要 |
A universal holder of the top loading type for accommodating and safely supporting a drink container of any of a wide variety of sizes and configurations, comprising a vertical backbone member that supports a pair of highly flexible, symmetrically configured arms each possessing substantial curvature. The two arms together form a generally circular configuration, with the tips of the arms being in general alignment, but not coming into contact with each other during normal use of the holder. The arms preferably are of non-constant cross section, possessing substantially smaller vertical dimension at their tips than adjacent the location of their attachment to the vertical backbone member. Importantly, the uppermost surfaces of the arms are flared somewhat outwardly to facilitate the downward insertion of a drink container therebetween, with the arms being sufficiently flexible as to accommodate drink containers of many different diameters. The arms clasp the drink container sufficiently tightly in each instance as to prevent dislodgment of the drink container from the holder, but not so tightly as to crush a drink container made from paper or foam plastic. Two external surfaces of the holder are substantially flat to accept one or more strips of Velcro to be utilized for mounting the holder to either a substantially horizontal, or to a substantially vertical surface.
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