# US 2015/0001367 A1 · Tool holder with rolling grip

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- Number: US 2015/0001367 A1
- Document ID: US20150001367A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/928,068
- Filed: 2013-06-26
- Published: 2015-01-01
- Earliest claimed: 2013-06-26
- Assignees: RBMark, Inc.
- Applicants: Rbmark, Inc.
- Inventors: Roy Green
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20150001367A1

## CPC

- B25H 3/04: Racks
- A46B 17/02: Devices for holding brushes in use
- A47L 13/512: Clamping devices for hanging the tools
- A46B 2200/302: Broom
- B25H: WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS (storing or packaging B65)
- A46B: BRUSHES (handles not integral with brushware B25G)
- A47L: DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind B08B9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08)

## Abstract

A rolling gripper for use in a housing assembly that holds stored items. The rolling gripper includes a support frame that has space apart side walls and a floor extending between the side walls, the walls have non-linear slots that are opposed to each other; and, a rolling gripper that is configured to fit between the side walls of the support frame and has fixed pins that are configured to be received and move within the non-linear slots.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A rolling gripper assembly comprising:
a support frame that has space apart side walls and a floor extending between the side walls, the walls have non-linear slots that are opposed to each other; and,
a rolling gripper that is configured to fit between the side walls of the support frame and has fixed pins that are configured to be received and move within the non-linear slots.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The rolling gripper assembly of claim 1 wherein the non-linear slots are in the shape of an inverted “v.”

### Claim 3

A handle holder comprising:
a housing having a body that is defines at least one cavity for receiving a rolling grip assembly and a stationary grip;
the rolling grip assembly includes opposed walls with non-linear slots that are located below a mid-point on each opposed wall, and a roller body that has a fixed shaft that extends beyond the roller body and is dimensioned to fit freely within the non-linear slot of each opposed wall;
whereby the roller body retracts into the housing when a handle is moved in a first direction between the roller body and the stationary grip, and rolls forward when the handle moves in direction opposite to the first direction.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The handle holder of claim 3 wherein each non-linear slot is in the shape of an inverted “v.”

### Claim 5

An item holder comprising:
a housing that defines at least one receiving cavity;
a rolling gripper assembly comprising a support frame that has space apart side walls and a floor extending between the side walls, the walls have non-linear slots that are opposed to each other; and, a rolling gripper that is configured to fit between the side walls of the support frame and has fixed pins that are configured to be received and move within the non-linear slots, and is dimensioned for insertion into the at least one receiving cavity.