Hanger for slender articles
OwnerJames O. Liesingerinventor
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Abstract
A holder for supporting an object, as a hand tool, having an elongated cylindrical handle. The holder has a plate adapted to be attached to a support. A tubular member attached to the plate has a passage and open ends accommodate a portion of the handle. A section of the tubular member is cut out providing a side opening surrounded by inwardly converging edges. The edges are joined with rounded bottoms located in opposite portions of the tubular member. A coil tension spring extended across the side opening has opposite hook ends connected to the plate. The mid-section of the spring engages the handle and biases the handle into friction holding engagement with the tubular member.
Claims40
An apparatus for holding an object having an elongated generally cylindrical handle comprising:
- first means adapted to be attached to a support structure, a tubular member attached to the first means, said tubular member having an inside wall providing a linear passage to accommodate the handle, said tubular member having open opposite ends aligned with the passage whereby the handle can extend through the passage of the tubular member, and said tubular member having edge means providing an opening in the tubular member open to a side of said passage between the open ends of the tubular member, said edge means comprising a first edge and a second edge, said first and second edges diverging outwardly from opposite side portions of the tubular member and surrounding said opening;
- spring means extended across said opening engageable with the first and second edges, said spring means engageable with the handle when the handle is in the passage to hold the handle in fixed relation to the tubular member;
- and third means connecting the spring means to the first means.
An apparatus for holding an object comprising:
- first means adapted to be connected to support structure;
- body means connected to the first means, said body means having a wall and open opposite ends, said wall providing a passage for accommodating at least a part of the object, and edge means in the wall providing an opening to a side of said passage between the ends of the body means, said edge means comprising a first edge and a second edge, said first and second edges diverging outwardly from opposite side portions of the body means and surrounding said opening;
- biasing means extended across said opening engageable with the edges and the object to hold the object in the passage of the body means;
- and means connecting the biasing means to the first means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.