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A cup receptacle adaptor which may be ideally useful in the console type of a cup recess or receptacle found in an automobile, but which has broader application and wherein the adaptor is expansible to fit a variety of diameter of recesses or receptacles and wherein the adaptor is suitable for recei

A cup receptacle adaptor which may be ideally useful in the console type of a cup recess or receptacle found in an automobile, but which has broader application and wherein the adaptor is expansible to fit a variety of diameter of recesses or receptacles and wherein the adaptor is suitable for receiving a work configured structure such as a tray, message pad holder or the like and wherein, the adaptor is easily positioned into the cup recess or receptacle by reason of a rotative movement that imparts outward and inward movement to depending portions which fit into the cup receptacle or recess.

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[ What is claimed is:] [4.] For a cup receptacle an adaptor comprising the combination:a central portion having spaced tracks and an upwardly extending member forming a recess adapted to receive a congruently shaped depending member to which is affixed one of a plurality of work configured structure

[ What is claimed is:] [4.] For a cup receptacle an adaptor comprising the combination:a central portion having spaced tracks and an upwardly extending member forming a recess adapted to receive a congruently shaped depending member to which is affixed one of a plurality of work configured structures and a depending male portion comprising at least three elongate members, the upper surface of each of said at least three elongate members being provided with spaced, curvilinear ridges adapted to cooperate with a ring member supported by said central portion so that by rotative movement thereof, said at least three elongate members move inwardly and outwardly through a thread engaging rotative movement, at least the exterior of said at least three elongate members being adapted to be congruently contoured to the receptacle into which said depending male portions are adapted to be inserted into, said at least three elongate members being captively retained within said spaced tracks for transitory and radial movement towards and away from the center of said central portion and being radially movable relative to the center of said central portion by reason of cooperative thread rotative movement of said at least three elongate members relative to said central portion, whereby said depending male portions are radially inwardly and outwardly moveable within the confines of said cup receptacle.