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US 2010/0059645 A1Published application
Container holder
OwnerNormand Blanchardinventor
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Abstract
A holder for a container such as a tissue box includes a lower jaw for mounting on a wall or other vertical surface, and an upper jaw telescopically slidable in the lower jaw. The jaws include opposed, outwardly extending ledges for clamping a container therebetween. Meshing teeth on the jaws permit releasable locking of the jaws in a container clamping position.
Claims18
A container holder comprising:
- a lower jaw including a vertical bottom back plate for mounting the holder on a vertical surface, and a bottom ledge extending outwardly from said bottom back plate for supporting the bottom of the container;
- an upper jaw including a vertical top back plate, and a top ledge extending outwardly from said top back plate for bearing against a top of the container;
- a recess in one of said jaws for receiving the other of said jaws, whereby the jaws can be slid relative to each other for sandwiching the container between said bottom and top ledges;
- and,
- a rack including meshing teeth on sides of said back plates for releasably retaining the jaws in container clamping positions.
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A holder for a rectangular parallelepipedic container comprising:
- a lower jaw including a horizontal bottom ledge for supporting one side of the container, and a pair of parallel, spaced apart sides extending upwardly from said bottom ledge for mounting the holder on a vertical surface;
- an upper jaw including a top ledge for bearing against a second side of the container opposite to said first side for retaining the container in the holder, and a pair of parallel, spaced apart resilient arms extending downwardly from said top ledge slidable between the sides of said lower jaw;
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- meshing teeth on inner edges of said sides of the lower jaw and on the outer side edges of said arms for releasably locking the upper jaw in a container clamping position in the lower jaw.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.