GB2426184A - Suspending device and holder for screwdrivers - Google Patents

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GB2426184A
GB2426184A GB0510452A GB0510452A GB2426184A GB 2426184 A GB2426184 A GB 2426184A GB 0510452 A GB0510452 A GB 0510452A GB 0510452 A GB0510452 A GB 0510452A GB 2426184 A GB2426184 A GB 2426184A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25H—WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS
    • B25H3/00—Storage means or arrangements for workshops facilitating access to, or handling of, work tools or instruments
    • B25H3/04—Racks
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F5/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features
    • A47F5/08—Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features secured to the wall, ceiling, or the like; Wall-bracket display devices
    • A47F5/0807—Display panels, grids or rods used for suspending merchandise or cards supporting articles; Movable brackets therefor
    • A47F5/0838—Rails or bars; Article supports therefor, e.g. brackets being slidably attached on the outside thereof
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F5/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features
    • A47F5/08—Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features secured to the wall, ceiling, or the like; Wall-bracket display devices
    • A47F5/0807—Display panels, grids or rods used for suspending merchandise or cards supporting articles; Movable brackets therefor
    • A47F5/0846—Display panels or rails with elongated channels; Sliders, brackets, shelves, or the like, slidably attached therein
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F7/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials
    • A47F7/02—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials for jewellery, dentures, watches, eye-glasses, lenses, or the like
    • A47F7/024—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials for jewellery, dentures, watches, eye-glasses, lenses, or the like with provisions for preventing unauthorised removal
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25H—WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS
    • B25H3/00—Storage means or arrangements for workshops facilitating access to, or handling of, work tools or instruments

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Abstract

The suspending device has multiple sliders (20) slidably attached to a suspending rod (10) having two holes (11) near two ends of the suspending rods. The sliders have holders (21) and a pair of clamping arms (22) extending from the top and bottom edges of the holder and engaging with the top and bottom edges of the supporting rod. The holders have holding bores (211) for holding shanks (53) of screwdrivers (50).

Description

1 2426184
SUSPENDING DEVICE FOR SCREWDRIVERS
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a suspending device, and more particularly to a suspending device for screwdrivers and that is adjustable for different types of screwdrivers and is versatile in use.
2. Description of Related Art
To support and to display screwdrivers, a conventional suspending panel is provided and substantially comprises a panel multiple clamping elements and at least one holding bar detachably attached to the panel and corresponding to the clamping elements. With the arrangement of the clamping elements and the holding bar, screwdrivers can be securely held on the panel for display, such as in a retail store.
However, the clamping elements are integrally formed on the panel and are not adjustable in position, such that the conventional suspending panel cannot fit with different types of screwdrivers and is not versatile in use.
Therefore, manufacturers must design and make multiple different suspending panels to fit with different types of screwdrivers, so that the cost for manufacturing the conventional suspending panel is excessively high.
The main objective of the invention is to provide a suspending device for screwdrivers and that can fit with different types of screwdrivers and is versatile in use. The suspending device for screwdrivers has a suspending rod and multiple sliders. The suspending rod has two holes defined through the suspending rod respectively near two ends of the suspending rod. The sliders are slidably attached to the suspending rod. Each slider has a holder, two clamping arms and a holding bore. The clamping arms respectively extend from a top edge and a bottom edge of the holder and respectively engage with the top edge and the bottom edge of the supporting rod. The holding bore is longitudinally defined through the holder to hold a shank of a screwdriver.
IN THE DRAWINGS
Fig. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a first embodiment of a suspending device in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the suspending device in Fig. 1 with multiple screwdrivers held on the suspending device; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the suspending device in Fig. 1 showing that the holding bar is detached from the suspending panel; Fig. 4 shows operational side plan views in partial cross section of the suspending device in Fig. 1 showing the processes of detaching a screwdriver from the suspending device; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a suspending device in accordance with the present invention; and Fig. 6 shows side plan views in partial cross section of the suspending device in Fig. 5 showing the processes of detaching a screwdriver from the suspending device.
With reference to Fig. 1, a suspending device for screwdrivers in accordance with the present invention comprises a suspending rod (10), multiple sliders (20), an optional suspending panel (30) and an optional holding bar (40).
The suspending rod (10) has two holes (11) defined through the suspending rod (10) and respectively near two ends of the suspending rod (10).
Two rails (12) are formed on the suspending rod (10) in parallel.
The sliders (20) are slidably attached to the suspending rod (10) and each has a holder (21), two clamping arms (22) and a holding bore (211). The clamping arms (22) respectively extend from top edge and bottom edge of the holder (21) and respectively engage with top edge and bottom edge of the supporting rod (10). In an optional embodiment, the clamping arms (22) are formed as an upper one and a lower one with the latter having an L-shaped cross-section and the former having an inverted L-shaped cross section, and a distal end of each arm (22) slidably engages with the respective rail (12) of the suspending rod (10). The holding bore (211) is uprightly defined through the holder (21) to hold a shank (53) of a screwdriver (50). In addition, the holding bore (211) in each slider (20) may be elongated and have an inner surface and two slots (212) defined in the inner surface of a periphery defining the holding bore (211) and each slot (212) having an opening facing to each other.
Accordingly, multiple screwdrivers (50) can be inserted respectively into the holding bores (211) in the sliders (20) to make the screwdrivers (50) held on the suspending rod (10). The slots (212) in each slider (20) can provided a guide effect to the tip of the corresponding screwdriver (50). With the shape of the elongated holding bores (211), the shanks of the screwdrivers (50) can be securely held. With the arrangement of the holes (11) in the suspending rod (10), the suspending rod (10) with the sliders (20) and the screwdriver (50) can be hung on a wall or a display panel with hangers, for example hooks. Because the sliders (20) are slidable relative to the suspending rod (10), the distance between adjacent sliders (20) is adjustable to fit with different types of screwdrivers (50).
Therefore, the use of the suspending device in accordance with the present invention is convenient and versatile.
With further reference to Fig. 2, the suspending panel (30) on which the suspending rod (10) is detachably attached has at least one suspending top hole (31) defined through the suspending panel (30). With the suspending panel (30), the suspending rod (10) with the sliders (20) and screwdrivers (50) can be hung on a wall or a display panel with hangers hooked onto the suspending top holes (31). To attach the suspending rod (10) onto the suspending panel (30), the suspending rod (10) has multiple threaded holes (13), and the suspending panel (30) has multiple through holes (32) aligning respectively with the threaded holes (13) in the suspending rod (10). Multiple screws (33) extend respectively through the through holes (32) in the suspending panel (30) and are screwed respectively into the threaded holes (13) in the suspending rod (10) to detachably attach the suspending rod (10) to the suspending panel (30).
In addition, the suspending panel (30) further has multiple tabs (34) extending from the suspending panel (30), corresponding respectively to the sliders (20) on the suspending rod (10) and adapted to abut necks (52) of screwdrivers (50). In a preferred embodiment, each tab (34) has a concave free end (341) to fit with the neck (52) of the corresponding screwdriver (50). The tabs (34) can provide a further supporting effect to the screwdrivers (50).
The holding bar (40) is detachably attached to the suspending panel (30) above the tabs (34), corresponds to the suspending rod (10) and comprises multiple holding recesses (42). The holding recesses (42) are defined in the holding bar (40) and correspond respectively to the sliders (20) on the suspending rod (10) to hold the grips (51) of the screwdrivers (50). To detachably attach the holding bar (40) to the suspending panel (30), the suspending panel (30) has two locking slots (35) and two locking holes (351) communicating respectively with the locking slots (35). The holding bar (40) has two ears (41) longitudinally extending from two ends of the holding bar (40) and extending respectively into the locking slots (35) in the suspending panel (30).
Each ear (411) has a locking hole (411) aligning with one of the locking holes (351) in the suspending panel (30) when the ear (41) is inserted into the corresponding locking slot (35). Two fasteners (43) extend respectively into the locking holes (351) in the suspending panel (30) and through locking holes (411) in the ears (41) and the locking slots (35) in the suspending panel (30) to attach the holding bar (40) to the suspending panel (30).
With the arrangement of the holding bar (40), the screwdrivers (50) can be securely held on the suspending device, and the screwdrivers (50) will not be detached from the suspending rod (10) until the holding bar (40) is removed from the suspending panel (30) so that a thief-proof effect is provided.
To detach the screwdrivers (50) from the suspending device for use, with further reference to Fig. 4, the fasteners (43) are firstly released from the suspending panel (30) so that the holding bar (40) can be removed from the suspending panel (30). Consequently, the screwdrivers (50) can be taken out from the holding bores (211) in the sliders (20) for use. Moreover, the suspending rod (10) with the sliders (20) can be detached from the suspending panel (30) and hung on a wall or a display panel individually after unscrewing the screws (33) from the threaded holes (13) in the suspending rod (10).
With reference to Figs. 5 and 6, the suspending panel (30') may have multiple holding caps (36) extending from the suspending panel (30') at a location above the holding bar (40), corresponding respectively to the sliders (20) on the suspending rod (10) and adapted to abut grips (61) of screwdrivers (60).
Each holding cap (36) has a cavity defined in the bottom of the cap (36) to hold the end of the grip (61) of the corresponding screwdriver (60) inside. The holding caps (36) can be located at different heights relative to the holding bar (40) to respectively hold the grips (61) of different types of screwdrivers (60).
The holding bores (211') in holders (21') of the sliders (20') may be round holes.
With the arrangement of the holding caps (36), the screwdrivers (60) will not be removable from the suspending device until the holding bar (40) is detached from the suspending panel (30'), such that a thief-proof effect is provided.
To take the screwdrivers (60) out for use from the suspending device, the holding bar (40) is firstly removed from the suspending panel (30') by means of releasing the fasteners (43). The suspending panel (30') is slightly bent to define a gap between each holding cap (36) and the corresponding screwdriver (60), such that the screwdrivers (60) can be taken out from the holding bores (211') in the sliders (20').
With such a suspending device in accordance with the present invention, the manufacturer can change the amount of sliders (20,20') mounted on the suspending rod (10) and the distance between adjacent sliders (20,20') to fit with different type of screwdrivers (50,60). Therefore, to manufacture different suspending devices for different types of screwdrivers (50,60) is easy and convenient, and the cost for manufacturing suspending devices is lowered
relative to the prior art.

Claims (10)

  1. CLAIMS: 1. A suspending device for screwdrivers comprising: a suspending
    rod (10) having two holes (11) defined through the suspending rod (10) respectively near two ends of the suspending rod (10); and multiple sliders (20) slidably attached to the suspending rod (10) and each having a holder (21); two clamping arms (22) respectively extending from top edge and bottom edge of the holder (21) and respectively engaging with top edge and bottom edge of the supporting rod (10); and a holding bore (211) defined through the holder (21) to hold a shank (53) of a screwdriver (50).
  2. 2. The suspending device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a suspending panel (30) on which the suspending rod (10) is detachably attached having at least one suspending hole (31) defined through the suspending panel (30).
  3. 3. The suspending device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the suspending panel (30) further comprises a holding bar (40) detachably attached to the suspending panel (30), corresponding to the suspending rod (10) and comprising multiple holding recesses (42) defined in the holding bar (40) and corresponding respectively to the sliders (20) on the suspending rod (10); and multiple tabs (34) extending from the suspending panel (30) between the suspending rod (10) and the holding bar (40), corresponding respectively to the sliders (20) on the suspending rod (10) and adapted to hold necks (52) of screwdrivers (50).
  4. 4. The suspending device as claimed in claim 3, wherein each tab (34) has a concave free end (341).
  5. 5. The suspending device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the suspending panel (30') further comprises a holding bar (40) detachably attached to the suspending panel (30'), corresponding to the suspending rod (10) and comprising multiple holding recesses (42) defined in the holding bar (40) and corresponding respectively to the sliders (20) on the suspending rod (10); and multiple holding caps (36) extending from the suspending panel (30') at a location above the holding bar (40), corresponding respectively to the sliders (20) on the suspending rod (10) and adapted to abut grips (61) of screwdrivers (60).
  6. 6. The suspending device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the holding caps (36) are located at different heights relative to the holding bar (40).
  7. 7. The suspending device as claimed in claim 3, 4, 5 or 6, wherein the suspending panel (30,30') has two locking slots (35) and two locking holes (351) communicating respectively with the locking slots (35); the holding bar (40) further has two ears (41) extending respectively from two ends of the holding bar (40) and extending respectively into the locking slots (35) in the suspending panel (30,30'); and two fasteners (43) extending respectively into the locking holes (351) and through the ears (41) on the holding bar (40) and the locking slots (35) in the suspending panel (30,30') to detachably attach the holding bar (40) to the suspending panel (30,30').
  8. 8. The suspending device as claimed in claim 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, wherein the suspending rod (10) further has multiple threaded holes (13); the suspending panel (30) has multiple through holes (32) aligning respectively with the threaded holes (13) in the suspending rod (10); and multiple screws (33) extending respectively through the through holes (32) in the suspending panel (30) and screwed respectively into the threaded holes (13) in the suspending rod (10) to detachably attach the suspending rod (10) to the suspending panel (30).
  9. 9. The suspending device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the suspending rod (10) further has two rails (12) formed on the suspending rod (10) in parallel; and an upper one of the clamping arms (22) on each slider (20) has an inverted L-shaped cross-section and a lower one of the clamping arms (22) on each slider (22) has an L-shaped cross-section, and a distal end of each clamping arm (22) slidably engages with a respective one of the rails (12) on the suspending rod (10).
  10. 10. The suspending device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the holding bore (211) in each slider (20) is defined by an inner periphery and two slots (212) defined in the inner periphery and each having an opening in communication with the holding bore (211) and facing to each other.
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