US1488991A - Pipe rest - Google Patents

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P. H. LETTRE PIPE REST 'Filed NOV. 6, 1922 JQJZLeZZra t Patented Apr. i, 1924.

PHILIP H. LETTR'E, OF NORTH ATTLEBORO FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS.

PIPE REST.

Application filed. November 6, 1922. Serial No. 599,398.

To all whom it may come m Be it known that l, PHILIP H. Ln'rrnii, a citizen of the United States, residing at North Attleboro Falls, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful iPipe Rest, of which the following .is a s 'eiiiication.

This invention has reference to racks and stands, and more particularly to a novel form of rack especially designed for supporting a smoking pipe.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which will hold the bowl of the pipe in an upright position eliminating any possibility of the pipe falling over to spill the contents thereof.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a rest of the adjustable type, thereby adapting the rest for use in supporting pipes having bowls of various diameters.

With the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made with in the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevatio-nal view of a rack constructed in accordance with the present invention and disclosing a pipe as supported therein.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view and Figure 4c is a sectional view taken on line 4 of Figure 3.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the rack embodies opposed clamping members, each of which comprising a length. of flexible metal having right angled portions and a body portion 6, the extreme ends of the right angled portions 5 or clamping arms, extending outwardly as at 7 to permit a pipe to be readily inserted between the arms.

The clamping members are oppositely disposed, the body portions thereof overlapping each other as shown by Figure 4 of the drawing, where the same are secured in position by means of the securing disk 8, the securing disk is also formed with metal and provided withiingers 9, which are disposed between the adjacent edges of the body portions of the clamping member as shown by Figure 2 of the drawing, where the same are bent into close engagement with the up permost body portion. From the foregoing it will be seen that as a pipe bowl is forced between the resilient arms of the clamping members, the arms will expand to admit the bowl, the arms belng of such flexibility as to closely grip the bowl.

It might be further stated that due to the construction of the body portions and securing dish, a relatively flat supporting surface is provided to hold the rest in an upright position at all times.

As clearly shown by Figure i of the drawing, the body portion 6 of the uppermost vof the clamping members being bent upwardly at points intermediate their ends, the body portion of one clamping member being positioned over the central upwardly bent portion of the adjacent body portion, a supporting disk having fingers adapted to overlie the adjacent body portions to secure the clamping members together, and said supporting disk having its outer surface lying in a plane with the outer ends of the body portions of the clamping members to hold the support in an upright position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PHILIP H. LETTRE.

Witnesses:

, CORNELIUS E. HALE,

E. Lmwoon WISE.

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