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US 12,091,204 B2Granted
Apparatus for supporting a laundry hamper and a laundry hamper assembly incorporating same
AssigneeTag Hardware Systems Ltd.
InventorsStephen Lawson, Stephen Campion
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Abstract
An apparatus for supporting a laundry hamper is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a supporting rod having one or more sides arranged to form a closed frame, one or more mounting brackets, and means for securing the one or more mounting brackets to a door of a cabinet, such as a tilt-out cabinet. Aspects of the invention relate to a laundry hamper assembly comprising the apparatus and at least one laundry hamper being supported thereon.
Claims19
An apparatus (10) for supporting a laundry hamper, comprising:
- a supporting rod (11) arranged to form a closed frame (12);
- one or more mounting brackets (32);
- and
- means (76A, 76B) for securing the one or more mounting brackets to a door (68) of a cabinet (70),
- each mounting bracket having:
- a channel (34) with a recess (36) to receive at least a portion of the supporting rod therein,
- wherein the channel comprises a first channel segment (38) and a second channel segment (40) separated from the first channel segment by a gap (42),
- wherein the first and second channel segments each comprise a first side wall (44A, 44B), an opposing second side wall (46A, 46B) and a bottom wall (48A, 48B) integral with the first and second side walls to define a generally U-shaped structure, and
- wherein the bottom wall of the first channel segment and the bottom wall of the second channel segment face opposite sides of a longitudinal axis of the channel.
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An apparatus (10) for supporting a laundry hamper, comprising:
- a supporting rod (11) arranged to form a closed frame (12);
- a plurality of mounting brackets (32), each mounting bracket having a channel (34) with a recess (36) to receive at least a portion of the supporting rod therein;
- and
- means (76A, 76B) for securing the plurality of mounting brackets to a door (68) of a cabinet (70),
- wherein the supporting rod comprises a first side (14) and a second side (16) arranged spaced-apart from the first side, a third side (18) and a fourth side (20) arranged spaced-apart from the third side, the third and fourth sides joining the first side to the second side at opposing ends (22, 24, 28, 30) of the first and second sides,
- wherein the plurality of mounting brackets comprise a pair of mounting brackets (32A, 32B), wherein at least a portion of each of the third and fourth sides is received within a respective recess of the recesses (36A, 36B) of the channels (34A, 34B) of the pair of mounting brackets,
- wherein each mounting bracket of the pair of mounting brackets further comprises a guiding wall (49) projecting outwardly from a first end (54) of the respective channel and arranged to contact at least a section of the first side or at least a section of the second side.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.