Can mounting clip
OwnerRichard D. Pecka, Raymond J. Templininventors
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Abstract
A plastic can clip for engaging the top chine of cans, particularly beer cans for decorative display. The clip has a capture space between front, top and rear walls, and a lip extending from the bottom of the rear wall towards the front wall to define a mouth into the capture space. An offset bracket extends from the rear wall, and has means for mounting to a support so that the rear wall is spaced from said support, thereby leading to improved suspension of the can which tilts backwardly so that the bottom chine contacts the support. Such can clips can be selectively mounted to a support, removably or affixed to the support, and one or more of such clips can be mounted to decorative supports such as plaques.
Claims5
A plastic clip for engaging the top chine of a can in hanging relationship when said clip is mounted to an upright support, said clip including
- a rear wall,
- a top wall,
- a front wall spaced from the rear wall by said top wall and displaceable relative to the rear wall, but having memory of its nondisplaced position,
- a capture space for the top chine of a can formed by the top, rear and front walls, said capture space having a dimension between the front and rear walls in nondisplaced condition which is substantially the same as the thickness of the top chine, and the capture space having a height between the shoulder and the top wall which is greater than the height of the top chine of a can,
- a lip at the bottom of the rear wall extending toward the front wall and defining a mouth normally of smaller dimension than the top chine of a can, said lip having a shoulder which lies in a plane parallel to the longitudinal axis of the top wall and a face boring in a plane normal to said top wall said shoulder supporting the bottom of a top chine positioned in the capture space, and said face of said shoulder abutting the continuous wall of a can, when positioned therein
- a bracket extending from the rear wall,
- the top and bottom of said rear wall having beads formed integrally therewith during the molding process, said beads spacing the rear wall from the upright support so a bottom chine of a can contacts the upright support, and
- means for mounting the bracket to the front of an upright support such that the top chine clears the lip and is within the capture space, whereupon the memory returns the front wall to its nondisplaced position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.