Device for supporting objects on a support structure
AssigneeTheodore R. Salani
InventorTheodore R. Salani
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Abstract
A device for supporting a container having a wire handle and a sidewall on a support structure is disclosed. The device includes a pair of spaced apart side members, with each of the side members having an upper portion adapted to engage the support structure and a notch sized to receive the wire handle. A central portion of the device is disposed between the side members, with the central portion defining a receiving area sized and shaped to receive the container such that the receiving area engages only the sidewall of the container.
Claims22
A device for supporting a container on a support structure, the container having a wire handle and a curved sidewall, the device comprising:
- a pair of spaced apart side members, each of the side members having an upper portion adapted to engage the support structure, each of the side members further having a notch sized to receive the wire handle;
- a central portion disposed between the side members, the central portion defining a receiving area sized and shaped to receive the container, the receiving area further sized and shaped to engage only the sidewall of the container along an elongate and longitudinally extending curved interface;
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- wherein the notch of each of the side members and the curved interface are arranged such that the container is supportable exclusively by the notches and the curved interface.
A device for supporting a container on a support structure, the container having a wire handle and a curved sidewall, the device comprising:
- a pair of spaced apart side members, each of the side members having an upper portion adapted to engage the support structure, each of the side members further having a front edge and a rear edge, the rear edge of each of the side members having a notch sized to receive the wire handle, each of the side members further having at least one hook sized to engage the support structure;
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- a longitudinally extending central portion disposed between the side members, the central portion defining a generally concave receiving area sized and shaped to receive the container, the central portion meeting each of the side members along a longitudinally extending interface defined at least in part by the front edge of the side members, the central portion further having a handle, the handle sized to be accessible when a container is placed in the receiving area.
A device for supporting a container having a sidewall and a curved wire handle on a support structure, the device comprising:
- a central panel, the central panel shaped to receive a portion of the sidewall of the container along an elongate longitudinally extending receiving surface;
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- a pair of side members joined to opposite sides of the central panel and separated from the central panel by an elongate and generally linear interface, each of the side members having a notch sized to receive the curved wire handle of the container, each of the side members further having a pair of downward facing hooks sized to engage the support structure;
- the receiving surface and the notches arranged so that upon placement of the container in the receiving area with the wire handle disposed in the notches the container is supported exclusively by contact between the wire handle and the notches and by contact between the sidewall and the receiving surface.
A device for supporting a container on a support structure, the container having curved sidewall and a handle formed in part by a curved wire, the device comprising:
- a pair of spaced apart side panels, each of the side panels having an upper portion adapted to engage the support structure, each of the side panels further having a front edge and a rear edge;
- an angled notch disposed on the rear edge of each of the side panels, each notch sized to receive a portion of the curved wire;
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- a longitudinally extending central panel disposed between the side panels, the central panel extending between the front edges of each of the side panels and meeting each front edge along a longitudinally extending line, the central panel having a front side, the front side sized and shaped to define a longitudinally extending receiving area arranged to receive the container along an elongate interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.