US515299A - Plate and cup and saucer holder - Google Patents

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{No Model.)

0. L. MILLER. PLATE AND CUP AND SAUGER HOLDER. No. 515,299. Patented Feb. 20, 1894.

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PLATE AND CUP AND SAUCER HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 515,299, dated February 20, 1894.

Application filed July 24, 1893. serial No. 481,311.. (No model.

playing articles of merchandise in stores and other places, and the object is to provide a new and improved plate and cup and saucer holder, which is simple anddurable in construction, and arranged to tastily display the articles and permit their convenient attachment to and removal from the holder whenever de-' sired.

The invention consists of certain parts and details, and combinations of thesame, as will be hereinafter described and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improvement'. Fig. 2 is a-transverse section of the same on the line 22 of Fig. 1, and with part of the articles of merchandise supported thereon; and Fig. 3 is a front View of the cup and saucer holder detached from the plate holder.

The improved device is provided with a plate holder A formed preferably of a single piece of Wire approximately U-shaped, and having its side arms A and A formed at their upper ends into eyes A and A respectively, adapted to be engaged by corresponding loops B and 13 formed on a hanger B adapted to be fastened to a wall or other support for suspending the holder. The lower ends of the side arms A and A are bent upwardly, inwardly and slightly rearwardly, to form the arms A and A respectively, connected with each other by a horizontally-disposed connecting arm A as plainly illustrated in Fig. 2. By the junction of the arm A with the arm A is formed the bend A and a similar bend A is formed at the junction of the arms A and A, the said bends being sufficiently wide transversely, to permit the insertion of the edge of the plate so as to hold the same in place, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. The

sides of the plate rest against the side arms A and A while the hollow of the plate at the front is engaged by the connecting arm A so that the plate is securely fastened in position on the holder A. The bends A and A may also be engaged by the eyes A and A respectively, of a second plate holder A, to suspend the latter from the first plate holder; see Fig. 1. The hanger B previously mentioned, is preferably formed of'a single piece of wire having the upwardly-extending arms 13 and B inclined toward each other from the loops B and B as plainly shown in the drawings, the upper ends of the said arms being formed into eyes B and B respectively,

registering with eachother and adapted to be engaged by a nail, screw, pin or other device for suspending the entire holder. The middle bar 13 extends from the loops B and B horizontally, so that the holder has an approximately triangular shape of which the arm B forms the base. holder 0 is also made of a single piece ofwii'e and formed near its upper end with a hook 0 adapted to receive the handle of the cup, as plainly illustrated in, Fig. 1, so as to support the said cup. The upper end of the hook 0 extends from a coil 0 made in the wire and the rear end 0 of this coil 0 is bent outwardly and upwardly to form an eye 0 from which extends downwardly, the side arm 0 formed near its lower end with a double loop C and the extreme lower end of the said side arm 0 is connected by a horizontal arm 0 with the lower end of the side arm 0 ar- The cup and saucer ranged parallel to the side arm 0 and likewise provided nearits lower end with a double,

loop 0 arranged opposite the loop 0 The upper end of this side arm 0 is formed with an eye 0 similar to and opposite the eye 0 and the end 0 of the wire extending from the eye 0 is twisted on the rear end 0 The double loops C and C are adapted to engage the inclined arms A and A on the plate holder A, so as to support the cup and saucer holder 0 on the said plate holder. The hook 0 extends sufficiently rearward to form a spring clamp with the side arm C and O for the saucer, which latter is simply pushed alongthe side arms 0 and C under the rear end of the hook C", so that the latter, by the pressure of its spring coil 0 securely holds the said saucer in place, as will be'readily understoodby reference to Fig. 2; The artn O of the holder 0 is adapted to be engaged by eyes 0 and O of a second holder 0 to suspend the latter from the first holder, as shown in Fig. 3, in case the second plate holder A is dispensed with.

It will be seen that by the construction described the plate holder A has a pivotal connection at its eyes A and A with the hanger B, and the cup and saucer holder 0 is supported from the plate holder. As the said cup and saucer holder extends in front of the plate and is suspended in the holder A it prevents the saucer or cup from coming in contact with the plate, thus preventing injury to either. v t

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A device of the class described, comprising a hanger, aplate holder having a pivotal connection with the hangerand provided with side arms extending vertically d0wnward,inclined arms extending upwardly inwardly andrearwardly from the lower ends of the vertical arms, and a connecting arm for the said inclined arms, and a cup and saucer holder extending in front of the plate holder and provided with vertical arms formed with loops ,near their lower ends to engage the inclined arms of the plate holder, substantially as shown and described.

2. A device of the class described, provided with a plate holder, comprising a hanger B formed with loops B B and provided with the eyesB l3 registering with each other, and a holder proper, comprising vertical side arms A A bent outwardly and downwardly at their upper ends to form eyes A A ,engaging the said hanger loops, said arms A A extending vertically downward to their lower ends then extending upwardly inwardly and rearwardly forming the bends A A and the inclined arms A A and the connecting arm A for the said arms A A substantially as shown and described.

3. Adevice of the class described provided with a saucer and cup holder, comprising side arms formed with double loops near their lower ends, the upper ends of said side arms being bent inwardly toward each other, a hook extending from the upper part of the holder and arranged between the side arms and having a coil of wire forming a spring, substantially as shown and described.

4. A device of the class described provided with a saucer andcup holder, comprising the side arms 0 0 formed near their lower ends with the loops 0 O and at their'upper ends with eyes 0 O the arm C connecting the lower endsof the side arms, the arms 0 (J extending from the eyes at the upper ends of the side arms inwardly, thehook O and the wire coil C substantially as shown and described.

. OSCAR L. MILLER.

Witnesses:

J. W. DUNKIN, O. A. SMITH.

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