US1508680A - Rack - Google Patents

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A. DANIELS RACK Filed Aug. 19, 1922 Patented Sept. 16, 1924.

UNITED STATES Fries.

ANTHONY DANIELS, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

RACK.

Application filed August 19, 1922. Serial No. 582,852.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY DANIELS, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Racks, of which the following: is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved rack for holding towels, articles of clothing or the like, and is adapted to grasp and maintain such articles evenly and readily, the insertion or withdrawal of the articles being readily accomplished.

The invention is designed to provide a rack of this kind which is compact and sturdy, but which also allows for a maximum of flexibility in its arms to permit. easy insertion of articles.

The invention is illustrated in the accom- 2 panying' drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of a rack made according to my invention, and Figure 2 is a central vertical section taken on line 22 in Figure 1. Figure 3 is a top view of part of a rack of a modified form, and Figure 4: is a section taken on line H Figure 3.

The rack has its holding or gripping portion made up of a strip which can be of any desired cross-section, but I prefer the broad flat strip 10 shown in the drawing, as this provides more gripping surface. The strip is bent to form alternate loops, every other one being a closed loop of comparatively small size and the others being open broader loops.

In Figures 3 and 1 I show plainly the closed loops 11 and the broad open loops 12, the strands or reaches 13 abutting for practically their whole lengths and being parallel. The corners 14 of the open loops are rounded, which makes it easy to slide any article into place. This formof rack is particularly well adapted for use in wardrobes and closets as a skirt or trousers hanger. The strip is fastened to a suitable support usually by securing the ends 15 of the stri either to a door or the like or to.

the bac plate 16, which can also have the fingers 17 to grip the loops 11 at top and bottom.

InFigures 1 and 2 I show a smaller, more compact form of rack which is more adapted for use as atowel rack and the like, this rack having the strip 10' formed into the closed loops 18 and the open loops 19, the open loops being widened at their outer. ends so that the abutting parallel pairs of strands 13 are radial and form a set of divergent gripping arms. The ends of the strip are fastened to the back plate 20 as by 6 rivets 21, the last open loops, at 2%, on each end being made narrower so that they form relatively stiff abutments for the series of open loops. The plates22 with the fingers 28 form claws which grasp and hold the set of closed loops 18 to prevent separating of the strands 13 under normal conditions and prevent the undue separating of the loops and arms under hOlding conditions.

I claim:

1. A rack formed of a strip of spring material, said strip being bent into a series of alternately arranged small closed loops and broad open loops, the strip between the loops abutting and being parallel, the strip being adaptedto be. secured at the closed loops and at its ends to a suitable support.

' 2. A rack formed of a strip of spring ma-' terial, said strip being bent into a series of alternately arranged small closed loops and broad open loops with the sides of the open loops parallel and close together, and a back plate having claws to enter the closed loops and holdthe strip in. position.

3. A rack formed of a strip of spring ma 35 terial, said strip being bent into a series of alternately arranged small closed loops and broad open loops with the sides of the open loops close together, and a back plate, the ends and the closed loops of said strip being 99 secured to said back plate.

1. A rack formed of a strip of spring material bent into a series of alternately ar ranged small closed loops and large divergent open loops, the sides of the closed loops abutting and forming the sides of the open loops whereas they form radially arranged jaws, and a bracket, including claws to enter and hold the closed loops.

5. A rack formed of a strip of spring 100 material bent into a series of alternately arranged small closed loops and large divergent open loops, the sides of the closed loops abutting and forming the sides of the open I loops Whereas they form radially arranged jaws, and a bracket including GlELWSV-tQBIItBI' and hold the closed loops, saidbraoket also including a back plate to Which the claws and the ends of the strip are secured.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, 10

I have hereto set my hand, this 26th day of July, 1922.

ANTHONY DANIELS

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