US1536885A

US1536885A - Rack

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Publication number: US1536885A
Application number: US705640A
Authority: US
Inventors: Franklin Granvel
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1924-04-10
Filing date: 1924-04-10
Publication date: 1925-05-05
Anticipated expiration: 1942-05-05

Description

G. FRANKLIN RACK Filed April 10, 1924 Fig.1.

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Patented May 5, 19215 1 UNITED STATES anon.

' Application filed April 10. 1924. Serial No. 705,640.

To all whom it may concern":

Be it known-that I, GRANVEL Fa'ANKLiN,

a citizen of the-United States, residing at Flint, in the county of Genesee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packs, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a rack which may be used in various rooms of a household for supporting various articles.

The prime object of the inventionis to provide a rack which may be supported on the wall without the necessity of using nails or, the like whichwould injure the. wall,v

tainnovel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed. 1 In the drawing: Figure 1 is an elevation of the rack embodylng my invention and showing the manner in which the same in ay be mounted, Figure 2 is an end elevationthereof, Figure 3 is a fragmentary longitudinal section showing one end, and

' Figure 4 is a detail transverse section on an enlarged scale taken substantially on the line 4 l of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrow.

Referring to the drawing in detail it will be seen that the rack consists of an elongated block or bar 1 and a comparatively short block or bar 2. A pair of bolts 3' pierce the block 2 and have their heads 1 countersunk in the outer end of the block. These bolts 3 are slidably receivable in bores 5 ex v tending longitudinally through the block 1. An opening 6' is provided. adjacent one end of the block 1 and a threaded bolt 7 extends longitudinally of the block 1 through the opening (Sand extends beyond the end of the block into the block 2; A plate 8 is fixed in theinner edge of the opening 6' posed in the opening 6 so as to bear against the plate 8 for forcing the block 2 away from block 1. The ends of the blocks are provided with a plurality of staples l1 1,536,885" PATENT QFFI enANvEL FRANKLIN, or FLINT, ivironrenn.

and a nut engaged with the bolt 7 is dis- I which may be arranged to advantage as shown in Figure 2 that is with the top and bottom staples substantially horizontal and the center staple substantially vertical.

The rack is placed between two window ams or a window am and door jam or between any two protrusions from the wall of a room and the nut 9 screwed bolt 7 so as to bear againstthe plate 8 and force the block 2 from blockl so that the ends of the blocks may engage the projecting objects and the staples will thus be forced into sunicient frictional engagement therewith so as to hold the rack in place. This all is accomplished without material injury or disfiguring of the objects or the wall.

In the present embodiment of the invention, I provide the bottom edge of the elongated or body portion 1 with aseries of hooks 13. An L-shaped member 14 is disposed with its shorter arm 15 rotatable in the top edge of the body block 1' so that its longer arm 16 may be swung horizontally for the support of numerous articles. A pluralityof hooks indicated generally at 17 are mounted on the upper edge of the body block 1 and are formed with an inverted U-shaped body 18 straddling the block held in place bystaples 19. One of the legs terminates in an. upwardly extending member 20 forming the hook proper.

upon the Although I- have described the invention with a certain degree of'particularity, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the details of construction, in the materials. and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orscope of the invention or sacrn'icing any of its advantages.

- Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is: a

1. A rack of the class described including an elongated body block, and a comparatively. short auxiliary block, a pair of bolts projecting from the auxiliary block and slidably piercing one end of the body block, a threaded bolt engaging the auxiliary block and piercing the body block, said body block provided with an opening, a bearing plate in the opening, a nut threaded on the last mentioned bolt Within the opening so that said last mentioned bolt may be extended from the body block to force the auxiliary block therefrom, so that both of said blocks may be pressed against the object for supporting the rack all in the manner and-for the purpose specified.

2. A rack of the class described including an elongated body block. and a comparatively short auxiliary block, a pair of bolts projecting from the auxiliary block and slidably piercing one end of the body block, a threaded bolt engaging the auxiliary block and piercing the body block, said body block provided with an opening, a bearing plate in said opening, a nut threaded on the last mentioned bolt within the opening so that said last mentioned bolt may be extended from the body block to force the auxiliary block therefrom so that both of said blocks may be pressed against the object for supporting the rack all in the manner and for the purpose specified, a plurality of staples provided on the ends of the block for engaging the object.

u. A rack of the class described including an elongated body block, a con'iparatively short auxiliary block, a pair of bolts piercing the auxiliary blocks and having their heads countersunk therein, said bolts slidably piercing the body block, said body block provided with an opening, a longitudinally extending bore communicating with said opening, a threaded bolt movable through the bore and engaged with the auxiliary block, a nut on the threaded bolt within the opening, a bearing plate within the opening so that said nut may be threaded to bear against the bearing plate thereby extending the threaded bolt to separate the auxiliary block from the body block, staples arranged on the outer faces of the block to engage objects, and a plurality of hanging elements mounted on the body block.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

GRANVEL FRANKLIN lVitnesses JAs. E. MoEvoY, KoLoMoN Parr.