ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,072, issued on April 21, was assigned to HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC. (Seosan-si, South Korea).
"Cup holder for armrest of vehicle" was invented by Hyun Tak Ko (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Jae Young Lim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cup holder for an armrest of a vehicle is mounted in an armrest of an independent seat so as to be deployed therefrom and stored therein. The cup holder includes an armrest including an open storage space defined in one side portion thereof, a support plate mounted on the bottom of the storage space, a cup holding unit mounted in the storage space and on the support plate so as to ...