Banana bunch support and suspension device
OwnerScott F. Bradleeinventor
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Abstract
A device (10) for supporting and suspending a bunch of bananas (100) in a resiliently reciprocating fashion from a kitchen surface wherein the device (10) includes a generally rigid support member (20) contoured to resemble an animal (30) having a plurality of appendages (31) (32) etc., including a curved tail (35) that forms a support hook (21) for a bunch of bananas (100); wherein, a selected appendage (31) is provided with an aperture/recess (22) adapted to captively engage the lower end of a resilient tether member (40) the upper end of which is provided with an attachment member (50) such as a hook (51) for suspending the bunch of bananas from a hook, an eyelet, a shelf or the door pull of a kitchen cabinet.
Claims19
A device for supporting and suspending a bunch of bananas in their natural orientation from an elevated kitchen surface wherein the device comprises:
- a support unit including a generally rigid support member having a downwardly depending support hook adapted to engage the stem portion of a bunch of bananas;
- and,
- a suspension unit including at least in part an elongated resilient tether member having an upper end provided with a generally rigid attachment member;
- wherein, the tether member has a lower end that is operatively connected to a portion of the support member in a rotatable fashion to a selected stationary position relative to the support member and wherein the elongated resilient tether member provides unfettered vertical oscillation when a banana is pulled from the bunch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.