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US 4,289,292 AGranted
Variably supported container
OwnerVarughese Kunjumoninventor
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Abstract
A container for suspending various small articles such as toiletries, poisons, spices, and plants from an overhead support at a plurality of elevations is provided. A releasably locking member for one-handed height adjustment of the container is further provided, as well as automatic retracting means for returning the container to a convenient storage position.
Claims10
Apparatus for suspending articles from a support at a plurality of elevations, comprising
- a first guide member means attachable to said support,
- a second guide member means in slidably coaxial engagement with said first guide member means,
- container means attached to said second guide member means for containing said articles,
- spring means connected between said first and second guide member means for urging said second guide member means toward said support,
- locking means for preventing said slidably coaxial engagement when said first and second guide member means are substantially separated comprising a portion of said first guide member means defining a groove and extension means carried by said second guide member means in matingly slidable engagement with said groove.
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Apparatus for suspension of small articles from an overhead support at a plurality of elevations, comprising
- container means for containing said articles,
- first guide means fixedly attachable at one end to said support, having a vertical axis extending from said support,
- second guide means attached to said container means and in slidably coaxial relation to said first guide means for limiting movement of said container means to the direction of said vertical axis,
- spring means connected at one end to said first guide means adjacent to said support and at the other end to said second guide means adjacent to said container means, for urging said container means upward in the direction of said axis,
- locking means for preventing said axial movement of said container means when said first guide means is disposed in said slidably coaxial relation with said second guide means at a plurality of preselected discrete distances, and
- means for preventing rotation between said first guide means and said second guide means about said axis comprising a portion of said first and second guide means defining a groove extending in the direction of said axis and an extension matingly and slidably received along said groove.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.