2007-09-02 14:21:03 · 4 answers · asked by Emmanuel A 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Alternative ➔ Other - Alternative
A cup holder, as the name implies, is a device to hold a cup or other drinking container including an aluminum can. It is a fixture in e.g. an automobile, a train, or a movie theatre. It is also an insulative sleeve used by people to hold a paper or plastic cup of hot beverages. Over its brief history, the cup holder as found in European and Japanese cars has evolved from a token fixture intended to persuade Americans to buy the car (US sales of the Jaguar XJ once suffered for the car's want of one) to a device of such cunning and complexity that it can embody more engineering and design expertise than once went into a whole vehicle. And yet the only thing that will fit safely into a cup holder is a cardboard cup from a coffee-shop chain.the history continues;
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2007-09-04 19:12:00 · answer #1 · answered by kokopelli 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not sure about the first cup holder. The first beer can holder ever molded into a fiberglass sailboat was about 25 years ago on the Santa Cruz 50. Bill Lee, the designer/builder got tired of beer cans rolling around the cockpit every time the boat tacked.
2007-09-02 21:30:43 · answer #2 · answered by Flyboy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I imagine the cave men even had cup holders.
2007-09-03 13:05:23 · answer #3 · answered by Peter D 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Probably a black person.........they invented just about everything!
2007-09-02 21:26:32 · answer #4 · answered by meme1972 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋