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NoSpill Cupholder
A cup holder with ball bearings under a bowl shape that holds you cup level in the car. | |
It would be like a bowl inside a bowl. But with a layer of ball-bearings in between for the upper bowl to roll around on. The upper bowl would have an adjustable spot for your cup. You just put the cup in and awaaaay you go.
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Bean bag mug
http://www.halfbake...ea/Bean_20bag_20mug
Gimbaled coffee cup mentioned by [angel] in an annotation here. [phoenix, Sep 19 2002]
Car water bowl for dogs
http://www.halfbake...20bowl_20for_20dogs
Gimbaled dog bowl. [phoenix, Sep 19 2002]
a marine version
http://www.curtisma...Galley/Listings.htm
scroll down past the really cool folding drain tray! [rbl, Sep 20 2002]
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Boy that sketch really got screwed up. |
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The input routine disallows consecutive spaces and this is a proportional font. Not the best combo for ASCII art. |
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Isn't there already an idea for a gimbaled cup(holder)? |
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I don't remember one. I remember a gimballed boat. Are you thinking of that? |
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The ballbearing approach works fine for a car parked on a hill but I'm not sure it would work for the loading and unloading of forces as you go around a bend. Maybe if you put vertical baffles in the cup, too? Here's a croissant, though, to dunk in your coffee. |
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Wow, I thought for sure that either this was already invented or that I'd thought of this years ago. I couldn't find anything out there, so...croissant! |
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Don't ships already have similar devices to counteract wave action? |
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naw. you can safely hold all drinks between your thighs. even the really hot ones.... |
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Would this work? It may lessen sloshing, but it won't protect against all the forces on a drink. Surely a better system is to ensure the cup remains stationary while the car moves. |
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Yeah, float a bottom-heavy cup in a round, curvy ball of thick liquid - float it like a boat. |
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