Portable storage support structure
AssigneeLifeGear, Inc.
InventorJames P. Angeles
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Abstract
Portable storage support structure adapted for resting on a floor and leaning against a wall includes elongated first and second members having a bend so as to together define a plane, and a support bar secured to the upper one of the members which lies within the plane and extends generally orthogonally to a major axis of the upper member. The length of the support bar is shorter than the projection of the lower member away from the upper member major axis so that the center of gravity remains between the distal end of the lower member and the wall. The upper end of the upper member and the distal end of the lower member frictionally engage the wall and the floor, respectively, so as to maintain the position of the support structure when a downwardly directed load is applied to the support bar.
Claims6
Portable storage support structure adapted for resting on a horizontal surface and leaning against a vertical surface, comprising:
- an elongated first member having a major axis oriented generally vertically, said first member having an upper end and a lower end;
- an elongated second member secured to the lower end of said first member and extending downwardly and away from said major axis of said first member so that said first and second members together define a first plane;
- a support bar;
- means for securing said support bar to said first member between said first member upper and lower ends, with said support bar lying within said first plane and extending generally orthogonally to said first member major axis, and wherein the projection of the distal end of said support bar on a second plane which is orthogonal to said first member major axis is closer to said first member major axis than is the projection on said second plane of the distal end of said second member;
- first friction means secured to said first member upper end for providing sliding frictional resistance between said first member upper end and said vertical surface;
- second friction means secured to said second member distal end for providing sliding frictional resistance between said second member distal end and said horizontal surface;
- a holder bar secured at a central location to said support bar distal end, said holder bar having two ends, and said holder bar extending orthogonally to said first plane;
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- a pair of holding members each secured to a respective one of said holder bar ends:
- whereby an article to be held by said structure is disposed on said pair of holding members so that the weight of said article increases the frictional resistance between said first and second friction means and said vertical and horizontal surfaces, respectively, to maintain the position of said structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.