Stamp holding clip and rack therefor
AssigneeSchwaab, Inc.
InventorsWilliam L. Zahn, Fred W. Kufrin
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to an improved clip and supporting rack therefor. The clip is constructed with rigid outwardly diverging arms to eliminate the need to force the stamp handle through a throat, and does not require spring loading. Furthermore, the clip easily accommodates stamps having handles of numerous sizes and shapes. One embodiment of supporting rack is free standing and provides circular clip supports forming storage bins for small items such as paper clips and the like. The load from the clips and stamps on the supports is carried down through a central post. Another embodiment of rack is adapted to be straight and wall mounted with spaces provided to permit snap-on of the clips.
Claims11
A storage device including a clip for mounting the handle of a rubber stamp or the like, said clip of said storage device comprising:
- (a) a base,
- (b) a pair of relatively rigid arms extending from said base,
- (c) the opposed inner surfaces of said arms diverging outwardly from said base to the outer ends of said arms and being adapted to engagingly support handles of a variety of sizes,
- (d) and opposed inwardly facing handle retainer means disposed on the outer ends of said arms,
- (e) each of said arms having a plurality of arcuate top edge surfaces for free suspension of stamp handles therefrom.
A storage device including a clip for mounting the handle of a rubber stamp or the like, said clip of said storage device comprising:
- (a) a base,
- (b) a pair of relatively rigid arms extending from said base,
- (c) the opposed inner surfaces of said arms diverging outwardly from said base to the outer ends of said arms and being adapted to engagingly support handles of a variety of sizes,
- (d) and opposed inwardly facing handle retainer means disposed on the outer ends of said arms,
- (e) each of the said opposed inner surfaces of said arms of said clip defining plural, angularly related planar surfaces, the inner surfaces of said arms thereby diverging at a plurality of different angles.
A storage device including a clip for mounting the handle of a rubber stamp or the like, said clip of said storage device comprising:
- (a) a base,
- (b) a pair of relatively rigid arms extending from said base,
- (c) the opposed inner surfaces of said arms diverging outwardly from said base to the outer ends of said arms and being adapted to engagingly support handles of a variety of sizes,
- (d) and opposed inwardly facing handle retainer means disposed on the outer ends of said arms,
- (e) a pair of said diverging surfaces being disposed on each arm of said clip,
- (f) the angle of divergence of the diverging surfaces disposed at the inner end portions of a said pair of arms being less than the angle of divergence of the other diverging surfaces disposed outwardly thereof.
A storage device including a clip for mounting the handle of a rubber stamp or the like, said clip of said storage device comprising:
- (a) a base,
- (b) a pair of relatively rigid arms extending from said base,
- (c) the opposed inner surfaces of said arms diverging outwardly from said base to the outer ends of said arms and being adapted to engagingly support handles of a variety of sizes,
- (d) and opposed inwardly facing handle retainer means disposed on the outer ends of said arms,
- (e) said base of said clip having a pair of upper and lower edge portions,
- (f) and means associated with said edge portions for mounting said clip to a clip support having a wall with an upper edge and a lower edge with at least one of said last-named edges being pointed, said mounting means comprising:
- (1) upper and lower hook means disposed on said upper and lower edge portions of said base for engagement with a respective upper and lower edge of a said support wall,
- (2) at least one of said upper and lower hook means having barb means thereon for snap-in catching on a said pointed edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.