The cupholder scarcely feels like breaking applied science today , but back in 1950 , it was the bee ’s knee ( and we say that without an oz. of snark ) . in earnest , Popular Mechanics featured the gimmick in their November egress that class with this caption :
change of location snacks can be revel while the car is in motion with a dashboard tray which forestall moth-eaten drinks or water glasses from tipping over . The tray hang from two corduroys which are hold on the dashboard by suction cups . bottle or glasses eternal rest on two disk which are suspended below the tray on chains . When not in use , the tray can be folded into small space for storage in the glove compartment .
Heh , suction cup . Popular Mechanics called the trend , but they could have never foretell that no runty sucking cup technology could restrain the 2 - liter - sized megadrinks to come . [ modernmechanixviaboingboing ]
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