US1221584A - Article-holding rack. - Google Patents

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ARTICLE HOLDING RACK.

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SHELBY PATRICK, OF DURANGO, COLORADO.

.ARTICLE-HOLDING RACK.

Application filed April 3, 1916.

To all whom t may concern: v

Be it known that 1, SHELBY PATRICK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Durango, in the county of La Plata and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Article- Holding Racks; and l do declare the following` to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to malte and use the same.

'lhis invention relates to improvements in racks for holding and locking gymnasium apparatus, tools, and similar articles.

filhe main object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which will effectively hold numerous articles of the classes enumerated and prevent their being stolen or otherwise misplaced.

With this general object in view, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts whichwill hereinafter be more particularly described and claimed and shown in the drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view of my article holding rack, the parts being in unlocked position;

Fig. 2 is similar view showing the parts f in locked position;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the parts disposed as in Fig. 2;

F ig. et is a longitudinal section taken on the line L1-71 of F ig. 1';

Fig. 5 is a similar view taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a transverse section taken on the line 6&6 of Fig. 1;

Fig. Z is a detail perspective View of a portion of the upper plate;

Fig` 8 is a similar view of a portion of the lower plate; and,

Fig. 9 is still another perspective view of the locking lever removed.

1n the embodiment illustrated, l have shown my invention as comprising a pair of elongated plates made of any suitable material, one stationary and the other slidable with respect thereto, the stationary plate being designated by the numeral .1l

and the movable plate by the numeral 2. The stationary plate is preferably secured by one edge to the wall or other support of the gymnasium or the plate where it is to be used by any preferred means, thus pro- Specication of Letters Patent.

A its substantially Patented Apr. 3, 1917. Serial No. 88,561.

jecting the same outwardly at right angles4 to the support. The lower movable member is secured to the upper by means of the bolts 3 which extend through apertures et in the stationary plate and through the elongated openings 5` in the slidable plate, nuts 6 beingscrewed on the ends of the bolts as shown. rllhis arrangement allows a considerable range of movement on the part of the lower member, while at the same time secures it to the upper. The plates are also secured together by means of the lll-shaped members 22, whose horizontal portionsl underlie the movable plate, while its arms eX- tend up the front and rear edges thereof and are secured to the stationary plate 1. As many of these members may be employed as are necessary.

Any suitable means may be used for shifting this movable member but I preferably employ a bell-crank lever 7 for this purpose, said lever being pivoted as shown at 8 to the upright ange 9 of an angle member 10 which is secured by its horizontal flange 11 to the top of the stationary member. lThe short arm 12 of the lever 7 extends downwardly and has a longitudinal slot near its end as shown at 13 to receive a pivotbolt- 14 which eXtends transversely through the movable member 2. The long arm 15 of the lever 7 is extended substantially parallel to the plates 1 and 2 when the same are in their locked positions, the free end of this arm 15 being provided with an opening 1G to receive a pad lock or other form of locking device P. This opening 16, when the arm 15 is in this horizontal position, alines with an additional opening in the upright flange of a locking plate 17 preferably secured to the stationary member l, the lock'P extending through both of these openings. From this description, it will be seen that upon upward movement of the long arm of the bell crank lever 7, the movable member 2 will be shifted toward the left, and that when said arm is moved downwardly, into horizontal position, the movable member will be shifted in the opposite direction.

In order to utilize the structure just described for holding and locking gymnasium apparatus, tools and other articles having a reduced position interposed between their enlarged portions, I provide the upper stationary member with a longitudinal row The entrances to these pockets are formedbyof pockets 18 preferably circular in shape and disposed vertically through the plate.

cutting ared openings 19 from the outer edge of the plate to the outer sidesfofsaid Vpockets, said openings being llared out- Wardly to faeilitate'the entrance ofthe articles thereinto. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2,

Vthe entrances to these pockets are disposed When the bell crank lever 7 is in its raised position, they entrance openings 19 and 21 aline sothat the articleto be disposed in the pockets, hereV shown to be a dumb bell D,

can be readily inserted therein. As soon as the reduced lportion of the dumb bell enters the pockets v18 andQO, the lever 7 can be lowered thus throwing the entrance open- Aings out ,of alinement and preventing theremoval o'fthe dumb bell until the lower plate 2 is again shiftedtowardthe'left Bylocke ing: the endI ofthe arm 15 of the bell'crank lever to the'locking plate `17, 'it ywill beseen that the movable.;plate cannot beshifted so as to Athrow the openings 19 Vand 2'() into alinement to 'release the dumb bell. VIt vis obvious'that the plates 1 and 2.oan`be made as long'or short as desiredandcontainfany number of' pockets, thus allowing a -consi'd'erable number or only a few articles to be locked therein. While a dumb bellis herein shown for the sakeV of convenience, it is vobvious that 'Indian clubs, or other forms offgymnasium apparatus, tools, riiies, ete.,

l.may beheld by this improved rack.

I claim as my invention: 1. In a device of the class described, a stationary member, a slidable member covacting' therewith, both having a plurality of e pockets, said pockets having openings extended through the edges of said members to forni entrances thereto, said members being slidable to move the openings in the pockets into and 'out of alineinent to unlockI or lock the articles heldin said pockets, an angle member secured to said stationary member, a bell crank lever pivotedthereto, one arm thereof being connected to the movable member to shift the same, a locking plate on saidl stationary member, andmeans forl securing the free end of said lever to said locking plate, wherebyto hold the members in locked position,

2. In a device of the class described, a stationary member, a slidablemember coacting therewith, each having a plurality of pockets, said pockets having openings extended through the edges of the members to forni entrances thereto, a U-shaped member secured by its arms to the stationary member and surrounding the slidable member, abolt carried by the stationary member, the slidable member having an elongated socket to receive said bolt, and means for moving the slidable member to dispose the openings into the pockets into and out of alinement with eachother to lock or unlock articles heldin saidpockets, said bolt being engaged by the ends of. said socket to limit the movement of the slidable member.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SHELBY PATRICK. lllitnesses EMoaY E. SMILEY, G. It. Hess.

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' Washington, D; C.

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