Holder apparatus for beverage containers and other objects for use with an airplane cabin window frame assembly and installation method for same

摘要

A beverage container and object holder apparatus, and installation method, for use in conjunction with a preexisting airplane cabin window frame assembly for use preferably by passengers located in a window seat. The holder apparatus is mountable and dismountable from an airplane cabin window frame assembly utilizing preexisting window shade U-shaped slide channels located within an airplane cabin window frame assembly. Each holder apparatus is comprised of one or more receptacles, with optional attachable upper ends, where each receptacle and/or upper end has an opening for receiving a beverage container or other objects. The various holder apparatus embodiments provide for selective holder apparatus utilization based on the number of receptacles and proximity of an airplane cabin window to the location of a passenger window seat.

主权项

1. A beverage holder apparatus for a window of an airplane, the window having a first side and a second opposing side and a channel extending along the first side and the second side and configured to slidingly receive a window shade, the beverage holder, comprising:
a mounting member, having: a plate member extending around a left, right, and bottom of a rear wall of a beverage receptacle and including a first end having a first extension portion and a left end edge, a second end having a second extension portion and a right end edge, the first and the second ends extending opposite each other and are configured to be removably secured to the first side and the second side of the window within the channel; a horizontal top configured to surround an entire periphery of the mounting member and configured to engage with a portion of the window shade; a first notch formed between the left end edge and the first extension portion and extending from the first end of the mounting member; a second notch formed between the right end edge and the right extension portion and extending from the second end of the mounting member; wherein the first notch and the second notch are configured to slidingly engage with the channel of the window; the beverage receptacle rigidly attached to and extending from the mounting member in a direction away from the plate member, the beverage receptacle being configured to receive a beverage container; wherein the first end and the second end are configured to securely mount respectively to the first side and the second side of the window, which in turn retains the beverage container in a fixed position relative to the window.