CA1219556A - Holder - Google Patents

Abstract

Abstract The present invention concerns a holder which is intended for storing loose objects, such as skis or other sports articles, or tools. The holder comprises a body part and a number of fixing members consisting of elastic, plate-like bodies bent to arcuate shape, and fixed by the aid of engaging members on their ends in a slot or equivalent in the body part. The fixing members are hereby located side by side and leaning with their sides against each other, and the object to be stored may be fixed in the holder by pushing it in between two mutually adjacent fixing members. It is essential in the invention that inside each fixing member bent to arcuate shape has been disposed a separate bracing member consisting of an elastic body bent to arcuate shape and the sides of which lean against the inner sides of the fixing member. The purpose of the bracing member is to enhance the pressing force acting on the object fixed in the holder, whereby the holder is suited better than before for storing objects of relatively large size. The bracing member consists preferably of a plate-like body similar to, but shorter than, the fixing member and by the aid of engaging members at its ends attached in the slot in the body part of the holder in similar manner as the fixing member.

Fig. 1

Description

Hoider The pre~ent invQntl~n c~ncern~ a hDld~r whlch i~ intendQd for storiny Ino5e ob~ect~ and whlch comprl~e~ a b~dy p~rt ~nd a plural-ity of fixlng membQr~ con~i~ting Df fl~xibl~, pl~t~-like bodi~s bent to arcuate ~hape ~nd which by th~ ~id Df ~ng~glng membær~ Dn thelr ends have b~en fix~d in ~ ~lDt Dr ~uiv~lent in the body p~rt ln such manner that the fixlng member~ are di~p~sed ~ide by ~Ide with their Gides leaning against æach Dth~r, ~h~r~by an object may be flxed ln the hnlder by pushing it in between two mutu~lly adjacent fixing ~æmbers.

~ hDlder of said type has been di~c~Dsed in British Patent Speci~ication No. 2154857. A holder Df thi~ type i~ particularly ~ppropri~te tD b~ k~pt nn a t~ble Dr ~ttachæd on a wall, and a gr~at vart~ty of ~mall thln~s may be kept therein, especially tools and ~pDrt~ ~rticles, but al~D fDr in~tance pensl knlve~, brushes, tuwel~, garments, etc. The flxing Df an ~biect in the holder is accDmpl ished by pu~hin~ the Dbiect in between tWD mutually adjacent fixing m~mbers, whereby in the fixing member6 the 5ide5 are pressed closer together, th~t i5, the 6pace requiræd for the ob~ect i5 provided from the free spaces between the ~ides nf the fixing members .

The obi~ce of the pre~nt inventinn i~ t~ provide a holder in which the pre~sing force ~cting Dn the object k~pt therein h~s been ~o enhanced that the holder i6 ~uit~d fnr stortng obj~ct~ Df l~rger ~ize ehan before. The holder of the i nvent i on i E eharactærized in that in~ide ~aeh fixtng m~mb~r b~nt tD arcuat~ ~hap~ i~ pl~c~d ~
~eparate bracing ~ember consl~tln~ of sn Ql~tic b~dy bænt to ~rcu ~t~ sh~pe, th~ ~id~ ~f which l~n ~g~ln~t th~ Inn~r ~ide~ of the flxing m~mb~r ~D th~t the br~cing mQmb~r increa6Q~ the pre~ing foro~ ~cting Dn th~ obiQct fixQd in th~ hDld~r.

Th~ holdær Df th~ inv~ntlGn i~ prl~arily int~ndæd to be fix2d on th~ wall o~ ~ ~t~r~-r~om, ~ clD~æt or ~ ~h~d fDr ~p~rt~ ~rticles.

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~Z~ 6 Particuiarly tDnls Df lary~? ~ize, s~ch a5 ~pades, r~ke~ or equlval-ent, and r-ki~t in particul;ar wide Glal~m ~kis, ~r~ ~ult~d to b~
fixed in th~ holder. In ~dditi~n, it 15 po~siblæ t~ modify the holder to serve as ~ ~ki r~ck to be mounted ~.9. on the rDDf Df a car.

The ~ra-ing member belonging ~s a part to the hDlder of the inven-tiDn rDn~ist~ advant~g~ous1y of a pl~te-lik~ body ber.t to ~rcuat~
~hape ~nd h~ving a len~th approxi~tely 1~2-~/~ D~ the l~ngth Df th~ plate-llke body con~tituting the fixing member. The br~cing member 1~ prefer~bly separate from th~ fixing member and fixed by the aid o4 eng~ging members an its ends, in the same slot in the body part of the holder as the fixing memb~r.

Th~ inventinn i~ describ~d in the following mDre in detail by the aid of ~n ex~mple, re~erring t~ the dr~wing ~ttach~d, wherein:-Fig. 1 presents a hDlder ~ccordiny to the inventiDn, Fig. 2 pre~nts the fixing member belDnging tD the holder D~ Fig.1, and Fig. ~ pre~ents the bracing ~ember belonging to th~ hulder of Fig.
1 . 1 In ~ig. 1 ~s depicted a holder 1 accDrding to the inventi~n, ir-tænd~d particularly to bæ fix~d Dn a wallt ~nd ~hich i5 suita~le e.g. ~nr 6toring ~kis Dr tool6 of lar~e size. The holder 1 compris-es an ~longated body part 2 with holes 3 for fixing screws. The b~dy part 2 has an ~longated ~perture ~ with ~l~nge~like borders 5 on its langitudin~l ~ide~, thæ~æ border~ holding ln place the fixlng members 6 and bracing memboer6 7 of the holder. Thæ ends Df the body part 2 hav~ been ~haped into brack~ts ~, ag~inst which the Duter ~ides of th~ DutermDst fixing member~ Gf the holder lean.

Thæ fixing membærs ~ b~longlng to the hold~r 1 are ~la~tlc platæ-lik2 bodio~, pref~r~bly ~ad~ D~ p~ ic, which ~n ~he holder ar~
b~nt to ~rcu~te ~h~pe a~ 3e2n in Fig. 1. ~n Fig. 2~ a loosæ fixing member 6 is pre~ented in top vl~. ThDse part~ of the fixing member 6 whlch f~rm Its outside when It is bent have elongated e~inences 9 provided to the purpDse of increa~irg the frictiwn Df r~st betwQæn the fixlng member~ and the ob~ect inserted therebetween, and thuç
to aid in keeping the Dbject in pl~ce. The ends 10 uf the fixing ~ember ~ have been designed to be ~ngaginy members, ~ompri~ing nDtches 11 which f~t together with the 41ange-like borders 5 of the ~perturQ in the body part 2.

Th~ bracing members 7 belonging to the hDlder are likewise elastic, plat~-like bodies made pre-ferably of plastio and in~erted in the holder after bending to arLuate shap~, as seen in Fig. 1. As can be seen ln Fig. ~, th~ fixing members ~ and th~ oracing ~embers 7 have been SD arranged in the holder that lnside ~ach fixing ~ember i5 dispQsed a bracing ~ember, it~ outer sides leaning against the Inner 5i dQs of the flxlng member. The 4uncti Dn of the bracing m~mbers 7 i5 to enhance the pres~ing force acting on the ~bject ln th~ holder between the fixing members 6.

In Fig. 3 i5 pre~ented a 1005e bracing meMber 7, in top vi~w. The bracing me~ber 7 comprise~ a rather rigid central part 12 h~ving greater thicknes~ than any other parts Df the br~ring mernber; parts 13 on both sides theræof, which when the bracin~ member i5 hent tD
arcuate shape constitute its ~idesi ~nd ends 14 which ha.ve been shaped into ~ngaging me~ber~ similarly as the end6 10 of the fixing member~ 6. It i5 thus understood that the ends 1~ of the braLing member 7 hav~ notches 15 which fit Dnto the flang~-lIke bDrders of the aperture in the bDdy p~rt of the hold~r.

The fixing ~mbers ~ ~nd bracing members 7 af4ixed to the body part

2 are char~cterized in that they ~re stresfie~ against ~ach other ~nd ~re ~bl~ to movQ in the longitudin~l direction of the body p~rS. In the c~e d~plcted in Flg. 1, the holder oompri~e~ fiv~
~ixing memb~r~ 6 w~th braclng m~mb~rs ~ ~ispo~ed Sh~rQ~n, but ~y incr~lng th~ ~tr~s betwe~n the *ixing memb~r~ ~nd th~ bracing m~mb~rs It wuuld b~ pD~ibl~ to ~cc~m~udate ~ven mure fixing mem-b~r~ ~nd bracing m~b~r~ ln th~ ~ame b~dy p~rt 2. T~e ~ttaching of th~ fixing and br~cing memb~r~ tu th~ bDdy p~rt 2 i9 c~rried out by 5i56 ~ir~t pl~cing t~e members on~ wlthln the ~th~r, both b~nt to areu-~t~ sh~pe, ~D ~hat their ~nd~ lO,lq ~re in regist~r, by arranglng free ~pace in the aperture ~ in the body p~rt Z fDr the membær~ to be mounted~ by pl~cing the member~ in ~aid space in transversal pn~itlon, and fln~lly turning the m~mber~ ~D that the nDtchRs 11~15 on their end~ become l~cked with the fl~nge-llke burders 5 af the ~perture. DetaLhing the fixing member 6 and the bracing member 7 ther~withln fr~m the b~dy part 2 ~f the hDlder i~ carried nut by equiv~lent 5t@p5 in reversed Drder.

~ixing an object to be stored in the holder 1 i5 simply acc~mplish-ed by insertlng the Db~ect between the 5 jdes Df tWD mutually adja-cent fixing member~ 6. since at the fixing of the ob~ect the sides ~f the 41xing ~embers 6, and those of the bracing members 7 there-in, are urged cl~ser to each Dther and are in addition free to move thæ whDle length Qf the aperture ~3 with reference tD the body part 2, it 15 possible to place in the hnider solit~Py obiects even of very lar~e 6i~eA The removal Df ~n obiect which i5 in the hDlder i5 accDmpli~hed simply by pulling it out.

It i5 obvinus to a person skilled in the art that various embodi-ments of the lnvention are not confIned to the exampl~ presented but may vary withln the scope of the cl~ims fol lo~ling belDw. For inst~nce~ the aperture 4 in the b~dy part 2 ~f the hDlder may be narrDwer than ~hown3 ~r It ~ay be replaced by one or mDre rail-like meMber~ on which th~ engaging members uf the f ixin~ member~ 6 and bracing members 7 may l~k. The 6hape and length Df the bracing members 7 in pr~pDrtiDn tD the length uf the fixing member~ 6 may al~o v~ry, althDugh the length D~ the br~cing members i~ pref~rably ~bout l/Z-~4 Df the length ot the fixing members ~hen the members ~re loo~e as In Flgs 2 and 3. The ~h~pe ~4 the entir~ h~lder and the number Df f1xing ~nd bracing m~mber~ belQnglng ther~tD~ and cunsequently the intended u~e Df the hDlder, may ~l~o vary. It i~
thus po~sible in ~ccord~nc~ with the principles of the lnvention tD
cDn~truct st~r1ng and tran~port 5tand5 e.g. 40r pl~t~-llke bodies Df large 61ze, ~uch a~ gla~ psne~ in ~hich th~ pl~t~a are clamped Dn ~ev~ral ~id~ in the lnterspac~ of 4ixing and bracing members ~ taught by th~ invention.

Claims (3)

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1. A holder for storing loose objects comprising:
an elongated body part and a plurality of fixing members consisting of elastic, plate-like bodies bent to an arcuate shape, the body part having a receiving member to receive the ends of the fixing members, the ends of the fixing members having engaging members to let the fixing member be bound side by side;
the sides of the fixing members leaning against each other and movable in the longitudinal direction of the body part thereof;
the holder including a plurality of separate bracing members consisting of elastic, plate-like bodies bent to an arcuate shape, a bracing member located inside each fixing member;
the sides of the bracing members leaning against the inner sides of the fixing members, and the ends of the bracing members having engaging members received by the receiving member of the body part;
the bracing members being movable together with the fixing members in the longitudinal direction of the body part;
the fixing members being provided with parallel elongated ribs extending in the longitudinal direction of the bodies forming the fixing members, so that an object which has been pushed between two mutually adjacent fixing members is secured in place by means of said ribs and a pressing force from the fixing members which is enhanced by the bracing members.

2. The holder of claim 1 wherein the bodies forming the bracing members have a length of about 1/2 to 3/4 of the length of the bodies forming the fixing members.

3. The holder of claim 1 wherein the receiving members are elongated slots.