Hand held appliance and holder assembly
AssigneeAndis Company
InventorMatthew L. Andis
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Abstract
A hand held appliance and holder assembly comprising a holder including means adapted for mounting to a supporting surface, a first end portion, a second end portion, and a cradle portion intermediate the end portions, and a hand held appliance including a handle portion including an inner end, an outer end releasably engaged by one of the end portions, and an intermediate part located between the inner and outer ends, received in the cradle portion, and including an off-on switch including a member moveable between an off position and an on position and being displaceable to the off position incident to receipt of the intermediate part into the cradle portion, and an operating portion attached to the inner end of the handle portion and releasably engaged by the other of the end portions.
Claims21
A hand held appliance and holder assembly comprising a holder including means adapted for mounting to a supporting surface, a first end portion, a second end portion, and a cradle portion intermediate said end portions, and a hand held appliance including a handle portion including an inner end, an outer end engaged by one of said end portions, and an intermediate part located between said inner and outer ends, received in said cradle portion, and including an off-on switch including a member moveable between an off position and an on position and being displaceable to said off position incident to receipt of said intermediate part into said cradle portion, and an operating portion attached to said inner end of said handle portion and engaged by the other of said end portions.
A hand held appliance and holder assembly comprising a holder which is of one-piece molded plastic construction and which includes a base portion, a first end portion comprising a shelf extending outwardly from said base portion, being resiliently movable relative thereto, and having therein a recess, a second end portion comprising a socket extending from said base portion and including, adjacent the outer margin thereof, a tab which is located in spaced, facing relation to said shelf, and a cradle which is located intermediate said end portions and which includes two spaced and facing surfaces, and means adapted for mounting to a surface, and a hand held hair dryer including a handle portion including an inner end, an outer end releasably engaged in said recess in said shelf, and an intermediate part located between said inner and outer ends, received in said cradle between said spaced surfaces, and including a front, a rear, two sides, and an off-on rocker type switch which is located on said front and which includes a member moveable between an off position located in outwardly extending relation to said front and an on position located in generally flush relation to said front and being displaceable to said off position incident to engagement with one of said spaced surfaces of said cradle during receipt of said intermediate part into said cradle, and a blower portion attached to said inner end of said handle portion, received in said socket, and releasably engaged by said tab.
A holder for a hand held appliance, said holder being of one-piece molded plastic construction and including a base portion, a first end portion comprising a shelf extending outwardly from said base portion, being resiliently movable relative thereto, and having therein a recess adapted to receive the end of a handle portion of a hand held appliance, a second end portion comprising a socket extending from said base portion and including, adjacent the outer margin thereof, a tab which is located in spaced, facing relation to said shelf, which is resiliently moveable relative thereto, and which is adapted to engage another portion of the hand held appliance, a cradle which is located intermediate said end portions and which includes two spaced and facing surfaces, and which is adapted to receive the handle portion of the hand held appliance, and means adapted for mounting to a wall.
A hand held appliance and holder assembly comprising a holder including means adapted for mounting to a supporting surface, an end portion, and a cradle portion connected to said end portion, and a hand held appliance supportingly engaged by said holder and including a handle portion including an outer end part engaged by said end portion, and an inner part extending from said end part, received in said cradle portion, and including an off-on switch including a member moveable between an off position and an on position and being displaceable to said off position incident to receipt of said inner part into said cradle portion, and an operating portion attached to said handle portion remotely from said outer end.
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