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A holder for cups and similar articles which includes a plurality of elongated articulated members one of which members terminates at one end in an article holding means and at the other end in one-half of an intermeshing pair of joint elements which provide means for forming a positive detent-type

A holder for cups and similar articles which includes a plurality of elongated articulated members one of which members terminates at one end in an article holding means and at the other end in one-half of an intermeshing pair of joint elements which provide means for forming a positive detent-type joint means. One of the halves of the intermeshing pair of joint elements is in the form of a hub having a plurality of external teeth disposed thereon and the other half of the intermeshing pair of joint elements is in the form of a collar having a plurality of internal teeth arranged and constructed so that the collar fits over the hub element and the respective teeth intermesh to effect an adjustable positive detent joint means. Another of the members terminates at one end in an expandable plug mounting means arranged and constructed to form a secure connection within a hollow cylindrical opening, and terminates at its other end in the other half of the intermeshing pair of joint elements means are also provided retaining the respective halves of the intermeshing pair of joint elements together. The means for retaining the intermeshing pair of joint elements together includes a pair of spaced-apart leg members extending axially from the hub element and is provided with oppositely directed hook means which snap over and secure the collar half of the joint element to the hub half of the joint element.

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A holder for cups and similar articles, comprising: three adjustably interconnectable elongated articulated members, a first of said members terminating at one end in an expandable plug mounting means arranged and constructed to form a secure, removable connection within a hollow cylindrical opening

A holder for cups and similar articles, comprising: three adjustably interconnectable elongated articulated members, a first of said members terminating at one end in an expandable plug mounting means arranged and constructed to form a secure, removable connection within a hollow cylindrical opening and terminating at its other end in a hollow cylindrical collar means having a plurality of internal teeth and a central bore, a second of said members terminating at one end in an article holding means and at its other end in a hub means having a plurality of external teeth and a pair of spaced-apart, axially extending legs having oppositely directed hook means at the ends thereof, and the third of said members being arranged and constructed to interconnect the first and second members together to provide a rigid, angularly adjustable assembly, one end of said third member terminating in a hub means having a plurality of external teeth and a pair of spaced-apart, axially extending legs having oppositely directed hook means at the ends thereof, said hub means arranged and constructed to fit within the collar means of said first member with the external teeth of said hub means intermeshing with the internal teeth of said collar means and with the legs of said hub means passing through the central bore of said collar means so that the hook means at the ends of said legs snap over a portion of said collar means and retain the hub means of said third member and the collar means of said first member together, the other end of said third member terminating in a hollow cylindrical collar means having a plurality of internal teeth and a central bore, said collar means of said third member arranged and constructed to fit over the hub means of said second member with the internal teeth of said collar means intermeshing with the external teeth of the hub means of said second member and the legs thereof passing through the central bore of said collar means so that the hook means at the ends of said legs snap over a portion of said collar means and retain the collar means of said third member and the hub means of said second member together.