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US 7,988,117 B2Granted
Container holder
OwnerNormand Blanchardinventor
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Abstract
A holder for a container such as a tissue box includes a lower jaw for mounting on a wall or other vertical surface, and an upper jaw telescopically slidable in the lower jaw. The jaws include opposed, outwardly extending ledges for clamping a container therebetween. Meshing teeth on the jaws permit releasable locking of the jaws in a container clamping position.
Claims17
A container holder comprising:
- a lower jaw including a vertical, U-shaped bottom back plate for mounting the holder on a vertical surface, and a bottom ledge extending outwardly from said bottom back plate for supporting the bottom of a container;
- said bottom back plate including a first pair of vertical arms defining sides of a recess, and a plurality of first teeth on inner edges of said arms;
- an upper jaw including a vertical top back plate, and a top ledge extending outwardly from said top back plate for bearing against a top of the container, said back plate being slidable in said recess whereby the jaws can be slid relative to each other for sandwiching the container between said bottom and top ledges;
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- second teeth on outer edges of said top back plate for meshing with said first teeth for releasably locking the jaws in a container clamping position.
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A holder for a rectangular parallelepipedic container comprising:
- a lower jaw including a horizontal bottom ledge for supporting one side of the container, and a pair of parallel, spaced apart sides extending upwardly from said bottom ledge for mounting the holder on a vertical surface;
- an upper jaw including a top ledge for bearing against a second side of the container opposite to said first side for retaining the container in the holder, and a pair of parallel, spaced apart resilient arms extending downwardly from said top ledge slidable between the sides of said lower jaw;
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- meshing teeth on inner edges of said sides of the lower jaw and on the outer side edges of said arms for releasably locking the upper jaw in a container clamping position in the lower jaw.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.