Back to results
US 5,181,686 AGranted
Painted article support apparatus
OwnerJames R. Barthelinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A support housing includes a plurality of radially projecting arm members mounted to the support housing, with the arm members formed of a first and second arm each slidable relative to one another, with each arm including an orthogonally and upwardly oriented projection. A modification of the invention includes projections formed with a polymeric spring-biased tip to resiliently support a workpiece minimizing marring of the workpiece during a drying procedure.
Claims3
A painted article support apparatus, comprising,
- a support housing, the support housing including a bottom wall and a top wall spaced from and parallel the bottom wall, and
- the top wall including a top wall periphery, and
- a plurality of first axle members fixedly and orthogonally mounted to the top wall adjacent the periphery, and
- each of the first axle members includes a first leg, each first leg including a first leg rear end portion and a first leg forward end portion, and
- an elongate slot directed longitudinally through each leg rear end portion and forward end portion, and each slot receiving one of the axle members therethrough, and
- each forward end portion of each leg including a first projection fixedly and orthogonally mounted to the forward end portion of each leg projecting thereof above the top wall, and
- each leg includes a further leg, each further leg including a further leg forward end portion and a further leg rear end portion, and each further leg including a further leg slot longitudinally directed of each further leg between the further leg forward end portion and the further leg rear end portion, and a further axle directed through each further leg slot and the slot of said leg to slidably mount the further leg to the leg, and each further leg includes a further leg projection fixedly and orthogonally mounted to the further leg forward end portion of each further leg.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.