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US 4,364,480 AGranted
Glass stand
AssigneeCho-Jirushi Plastics Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorMutsuyuki Ohno
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a glass stand for supporting a plurality of glasses with bottoms upward. The glass stand comprises a plurality of connecting members which are pivotably overlappingly connected with one another to form a pantagraph-shaped body. The pantagraph-shaped body are provided with a plurality of vertical bars for supporting the glasses.
Claims2
A glass stand for supporting a plurality of glasses with bottoms upward, said stand comprising,
- a plurality of upper members,
- a plurality of lower members,
- a plurality of pivot means,
- said members being arranged in the form of a pantagraph and having apertures located at cross points of said pantagraph for receiving said pivot means, said members being pivoted about said plurality of pivot means for expansion and contraction of said pantagraph,
- each of said lower members having legs extending therefrom at respective sites of the apertures in said lower members and being mounted to respective ones of said pivot means received by said apertures, said pivot means extending from said lower members in a direction opposite from said legs,
- said pivot means passing through the apertures of said upper members for pivotal connection therewith,
- means extending upwardly from individual ones of said pivot means for engagement with said glasses, wherein
- the pivot means has a larger diameter shaft portion complementarily disposed in a corresponding of said apertures of said upper members and a smaller diameter shaft portion coaxial to said larger diameter shaft portion complementarily disposed in a corresponding of said apertures of said lower members.
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