Automatic container-bearer bar for motor vehicles

Claim 2

A bar for bottles and the like for use in a motor vehicle, said bar comprising: a. a cabinet container having top and bottom ends and side walls when in a vertical position, b. elongated guide means adapted to be mounted beneath the dashboard of said vehicle and to extend substantially horizontally from the face of said dashboard towards the front of said vehicle, c. slide means arranged to slide along the length of said guide means, d. pivot means for pivotally securing one of said side walls of said container at a position intermediate the top and bottom ends thereof to said slide means, e. a rack, a sprocket wheel engaging said rack, and a first motor for driving said sprocket wheel to move said slide means horizontally along said guide means, and f. a worm gear and a second motor for driving said worm gear to pivot said container, e. whereby said container may be moved from said horizontal storage position horizontally along said guide means towards the rear of said vehicle and then pivotally upwardly to said vertical position such that a portion of said container extends above the plane of said guide means for access by an occupant of said vehicle and subsequently may be returned to said storage position when not in use.

Claim 3

A bar for bottles and the like for use in a motor vehicle, said bar comprising: a. a cabinet container having top and bottom ends and side walls when in a vertical position, b. elongated guide means adapted to be mounted beneath the dashboard of said vehicle and to extend substantially horizontally from the face of said dashboard towards the front of said vehicle, c. slide means arranged to slide along the length of said guide means, d. pivot means for pivotally securing one of said side walls of said container at a position intermediate the top and bottom ends thereof to said slide means, e. first means biasing said slide means for movement along said guide means towards the rear of said vehicle and second means biasing said pivot means for pivotally moving said container upwardly to said vertical position, and f. means for retaining and for automatically releasing said slide means at a horizontal storage position, g. whereby said container may be automatically moved from said horizontal storage position horizontally along said guide means towards the rear of said vehicle and then pivotally upwardly to said vertical position such that a portion of said container extends above the plane of said guide means for access by an occupant of said vhicle and subsequently may be returned to said storage position when not in use.

Claim 4

A bar for bottles and the like for use in a motor vehicle, said bar comprising: a. a cabinet container having top and bottom ends and side walls when in a vertical position, b. elongated guide means adapted to be mounted beneath the dashboard of said vehicle and to extend substantially horizontally from the face of said dashboard towards the front of said vehicle, c. slide means arranged to slide along the length of said guide means, d. pivot means for pivotally securing one of said side walls of said container at a position intermediate the top and bottom ends thereof to said slide means, e. first means biasing said slide means for movement along said guide means towards the rear of said vehicle and second means biasing said pivot means for pivotally moving said container upwardly to said vertical position, and f. means for retaining and for automatically releasing said slide means at a horizontal storage position, g. whereby said container may be automatically moved from said horizontal storage position horizontally along said guide means towards the rear of said vehicle and then pivotally upwardly to said vertical position such that a portion of said container extends above the plane of said guide means for access by an occupant of said vhicle and subsequently may be returned to said storage position when not in use.

Claim 5

A bar as claimed in claim 2 wherein said first biasing means is a helicoidal spring.

Claim 6

A bar as claimed in claim 2 wherein said first biasing means is a coil spring.

Claim 7

A bar as claimed in claim 2 wherein said second biasing means is a torsion spring.

Claim 8

A bar as claimed in claim 2 wherein said retaining and releasing means comprises clamping means to retain said container in said horizontal position.

Claim 9

A bar as claimed in claim 6 wherein said clamping means comprises a tooth movable between rest and working positions and controlled by the horizontal movement of said container and a rocking lever movable by said tooth.

Claim 10

A bar as claimed in claim 6 wherein said clamping means comprises a tongue rigidly attached to said slide means, a toothed slide arranged to be pushed by said tongue, a gear wheel arranged to be operated by said toothed slide, a cam arranged to operate with said gear wheel and a pivoted hook arranged to be operated by said cam whereby said cam causes said hook to alternately hook and unhook said slide means with each slide stroke of said container.

Claim 11

A bar as claimed in claim 2 wherein said cabinet container comprises at least one spring-biased retaining means for contacting the top of a bottle and pressing said bottle against the bottom end of said container.

Claim 12

In a motor vehicle a bar for bottles and the like comprising: a. a cabinet container having top and bottom ends and side walls when in a vertical position, b. elongated guide means mounted beneath the dashboard of said vehicle and extending substantially horizontally from the face of said dashboard towards the front of said vehicle, c. slide means arranged to slide along the length of said guide means, d. pivot means for pivotally securing one of said side walls of said container at a position intermediate the top and bottom ends thereof to said slide means, e. first means biasing said slide means for movement along said guide means towards the rear of said vehicle and second means biasing said pivot means for pivotally moving said container upwardly to said vertical position, and f. means for retaining and for automatically releasing said slide means at a horizontal storage position, g. whereby said container may be automatically moved from said horizontal storage position horizontally along said guide means towards the rear of said vehicle and then pivotally upwardly to said vertical position such that a portion of said container extends above the plane of said guide means for access by an occupant of said vehicle and subsequently may be returned to said storage position when not in use.

Claim 13

In a motor vehicle a bar for bottles and the like comprising: a. a cabinet container having top and bottom ends and side walls when in a vertical position, b. elongated guide means mounted beneath the dashboard of said vehicle and extending substantially horizontally from the face of said dashboard towards the front of said vehicle, c. slide means arranged to slide along the length of said guide means, d. pivot means for pivotally securing one of said side walls of said container at a position intermediate the top and bottom ends thereof to said slide means, e. first means biasing said slide means for movement along said guide means towards the rear of said vehicle and second means biasing said pivot means for pivotally moving said container upwardly to said vertical position, and f. means for retaining and for automatically releasing said slide means at a horizontal storage position, g. whereby said container may be automatically moved from said horizontal storage position horizontally along said guide means towards the rear of said vehicle and then pivotally upwardly to said vertical position such that a portion of said container extends above the plane of said guide means for access by an occupant of said vehicle and subsequently may be returned to said storage position when not in use.