ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,046, issued on April 29, was assigned to HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC. (Seosan-si, South Korea).
"Semi-automatic cup holder" was invented by Hyun Tak Ko (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Oung Han (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cup holder is disclosed. The cup holder includes a first support part and a second support part configured to accommodate a cup and rotatably disposed to assume a non-use position or a use position, a first slider configured to be movable along a given axis by rotation of the first support part, a second slider configured to be movable along the given axis by rotation of the second support part; ...