Device for retaining articles
OwnerMichael Charles Cookeinventor
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Abstract
A device for retaining articles including a support surface having a holding means which may be finger like projections and at least one holding zone defined by a space between adjacent holding means and whereby the adjacent holding means are adapted to hold an article in the holding zone.
Claims34
A device for retaining articles comprising:
- a generally planar support surface having a plurality of adjacent holding means that comprise resiliently deformable holding members which extend from the support surface, wherein each holding member has at least one holding portion comprising at least one fin extending from a side wall thereof;
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- at least one holding zone defined by a space between adjacent holding means and wherein the device has a plurality of orientations in which the adjacent holding means are adapted to immobilize at least one article in the holding zone irrespective of the device's orientation.
A device for retaining articles including a support surface having a plurality of adjacent holding means and at least one holding zone defined by a space between adjacent holding means and wherein the device is able to be placed in a plurality of orientations in which the adjacent holding means are adapted to hold at least one article in the holding zone, wherein each adjacent holding means comprises a boss made of soft pliable material having a hole therein configured to be disposed around at least a portion of the holding means, wherein said boss acts as a base sleeve having a plurality of sleeve members each located around a respective boss that extend outwardly from said holding means and which are adapted to provide a frictional engagement with an article between adjacent holding means.
A device for retaining articles including a support surface having a plurality of adjacent holding means and at least one holding zone defined by a space between adjacent holding means and wherein the device is able to be placed in a plurality of orientations in which the adjacent holding means are adapted to hold at least one article in the holding zone, wherein the holding means comprises base holding members and cover holding members, wherein the base holding members fit around the holding means adjacent the support surface and the cover holding members are disposed away from the support surface at an opposite end of the holding means, wherein the cover holding members are constructed of a more deformable material than the base holding members to enable the cover holding members to deform into the holding zone and provide frictional engagement with an article inserted within the holding zone.
The device as claimed 16 wherein the holding members have bulbous and end portions.
A device for retaining articles comprising:
- a support surface having a plurality of adjacent holding members which extend from the support surface;
- a plurality of holding zones defined by spaces between adjacent holding members;
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- a cover member that covers the holding members and has a plurality of holding portions, wherein the holding portions are constructed of a more deformable material than the holding members to enable the holding portions to deform and provide frictional engagement with an article inserted within the holding zone and to hold said article in the holding zone, and wherein the device has a plurality of orientations in which the adjacent holding members are adapted to immobilize at least one article in the holding zone irrespective of the device's orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.