Adjustable holder
OwnerLu Ying Chihinventor
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Abstract
A holder for utensils is manually adjustable, and capable of supporting a plurality of utensils in a range of positions from an upright position through an inverted position. The adjustments are incremental. The holder can be attached or mounted to a surface using a suction cup or through use of adhesive or other types of attachment methods. The utensils can be make up make up brushes, toothbrushes or paintbrushes, or other implements.
Claims12
An adjustable holder for holding implements including make up brushes, toothbrushes, and paintbrushes, comprising:
- a central stem base,
- a suction pad underlying said central stem base,
- a central stem having an upper end and a lower end, said lower end of said central stem being supported by said central stem base,
- a left plate assembly supported by said central stem base, said left plate assembly having a plurality of openings adapted to retain implements therein,
- a right plate assembly supported by said central stem base, said right plate assembly having a plurality of openings adapted to retain implements therein,
- a mechanism disposed at said top end of said central stem, said mechanism having a left end supporting said left plate assembly and a right end supporting said right plate assembly;
- said mechanism being adapted to enable independent manual rotational positioning of said left plate assembly and of said right plate assembly relative to said central stem base;
- whereby implements retained by said left plate assembly and said right plate assembly can be inverted to facilitate cleaning by being oriented one way for drying and oriented in a different way to facilitate use;
- wherein said right plate assembly comprises a right superior plate, a right interior plate, and a right silicone pad disposed between said right superior plate and said right interior plate.
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An adjustable holder for holding implements including make up brushes, toothbrushes, and paintbrushes, comprising:
- a central stem base,
- a suction pad underlying said central stem base,
- a central stem having an upper end and a lower end, said lower end of said central stem being supported by said central stem base,
- a left plate assembly supported by said central stem base, said left plate assembly having a plurality of openings adapted to retain implements therein,
- a right plate assembly supported by said central stem base, said right plate assembly having a plurality of openings adapted to retain implements therein,
- a mechanism disposed at said top end of said central stem, said mechanism having a left end supporting said left plate assembly and a right end supporting said right plate assembly;
- said mechanism being adapted to enable independent manual rotational positioning of said left plate assembly and of said right plate assembly relative to said central stem base;
- whereby implements retained by said left plate assembly and said right plate assembly can be inverted to facilitate cleaning by being oriented one way for drying and oriented in a different way to facilitate use;
- wherein said left plate assembly comprises a left superior plate, a left interior plate, and a left silicone pad disposed between said left superior plate and said left interior plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.