Shower caddy clip and sleeve
AssigneeInterDesign, Inc.
InventorJohn R. Carney
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Abstract
A retaining device for retaining a shower caddy or other item on a shower arm or other elongated member includes a clip structure for partially surrounding the shower arm or elongated member and having retaining arms extending therefrom and a plastic sleeve structure having receptacles for receiving the retaining arms to hold the sleeve structure on the clip structure, and a shower-arm engaging portion or elongated member engaging portion for engaging the shower arm or elgongated member to render the shower caddy or other item immobile on the shower arm or elongated member.
Claims8
A retaining device for retaining a shower caddy on a shower arm, the shower arm being composed of a cylindrical member having a curved support portion for supporting the shower caddy on the shower arm, the retaining device comprising:
- a clip structure having a curved portion for engaging the upper part of a shower arm, and a retaining structure operatively connected to and extending from said curved portion;
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- a sleeve structure made of flexible material having a holding portion for operatively engaging said retaining structure to prevent the inadvertent removal of said sleeve structure from said clip structure, and a shower-arm engaging portion for engaging the shower arm to render the shower caddy relative immobile on the shower arm.
A retaining device for retaining a shower caddy on a shower arm extending from a wall, said retaining device comprising:
- a clip structure including:
- a shower-arm engaging structure configured to engage part of the shower arm;
- and
- retaining structure extending in a direction transverse to a wall when the shower caddy is hung on the shower arm;
- and
- a sleeve structure for being attached to said clip structure for engaging the shower arm to prevent the inadvertent removal of the shower caddy from the shower arm, said sleeve structure including:
- a shower-arm engaging portion for operatively engaging the shower arm to render the shower caddy immobile on the shower arm;
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- a receptacle for receiving the retaining structure to prevent the inadvertent removal of said sleeve structure from said clip structure.
A retaining device for retaining an item on an elongated member, said retaining device comprising:
- a clip structure having a curved portion for engaging the elongated member, and a retaining structure operatively connected to and extending from said curved portion;
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- a sleeve structure made of flexible material having a holding portion for operatively engaging said retaining structure to prevent the inadvertent removal of said sleeve structure from said clip structure, and an elongated member engaging portion for engaging the elongated member to render the item relative immobile on the elongated member.
A retaining device for retaining an item on an elongated member extending from a wall, said retaining device comprising:
- a clip structure including:
- an elongated member engaging structure configured to engage part of the elongated member;
- and
- retaining structure extending in a direction transverse to a wall when the item is hung on the elongated member;
- and
- a sleeve structure for being attached to said clip structure for engaging the elongated member to prevent the inadvertent removal of the item from the elongated member, said sleeve structure including:
- an elongated member engaging portion for operatively engaging the elongated member to render the item immobile on the elongated member;
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- a receptacle for receiving the retaining structure to prevent the inadvertent removal of said sleeve structure from said clip structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.