US1590980A - Supporting device - Google Patents

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JuneA 29 1926. 1590,98()

1:. c. LAMB 4SUFPBORTING DEVI GE Filed June l, l19,25 n

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lPaitentie'd June 1926.

-DAvln-eimiym @E ANNEABBORMieieiefimfAssieme ireeeiileiiii' f CAREY;oemernerwflvrierireei1- f The invention is' parti'c'iil'zirlydeletedV fier use in eenileeten with the supporting @if lidsy for trunkfeieeder :ChesteY redfe Gabinete; for heldilg .Y garage deeref opeu, in... Connection With.; wi'1 1dew eaeeiiienes, 'es e. Suppert' for simplefiyee Stiengeeiistituetion Whelij Wil oeeupy en '.z ineenspieueue pesiT tien, endlwillieffeetively hlolljdl the f lijd, ydoor 0 1? Qtiieiu .ereble member 'in any edili/Seed n the vice ciridi;ieifie-eied,peitieiilierekent eiveyi end iger lQliseflengitlidiiieleeeten through Reieiiiiiig, melee Tpertieiileiiy te. diedrewinge-eed lier Une- .1preeefiit. te Figureel 1 te .5

inclusive l1 designates the bedy efe here,`

een; 'Thed lidyisraeipied m beheld m an le desired., bythefimpre-Yed supg@ortingE er hef the` foreggingihand `'otii'e r in View, .the nreiieiemwilibemore fully, de

ing;'@reeeenqpsedigotthe;twg'mern-i Ve.ndihe,remindedenteren@ i bers siiOWnjin Fignres @and V5.* 'fThe innermember oi -the hpldng device VVConsists o ffa, fiat v'relatiielyAthin bal; 14 fof spring steel; or other appropriate" materiel "having the perforations l5` 'near one end for,l receivingthe screw., 01j other fastenin'gl yby WIiiei-jsucli end- Ofgtlie-harris hingedte the bii'eket 17:, Y. A

This bracket isgr'an angle'. .braeketend l'is Vsecured*as by the fastening ,vl'S-tefthe under izitlitsl'oppesite end; 'preferably cent-rlly.;and l''gngitudingilly, the seperated. 'Iterininaends diieeti'ens freni the pleine; of the bari i rEhe Y bei le'iie reise' prordedlivit'h fiile' teligile 21 iierieiegitsyendfnewest' the rteriiiiiril 'eiidef Qlmetedgfwitigthe bar.. The ten/gire" Sidefe'-end parallel; ,Withithe H ledigii l'oiigitii-V diritti:` line, theljeef-jvlOnefl .end-jy I Of'j the`v` te-ng'ne is; .Severed -eeiepletelyf from the leer;y ie reundecliandjbent "up ,frein the 44p'lzine'foi the bar -eilQng-V ithe i line Vof ffiexure or hinge" line '2li leaying' ithevflat'gpoiti'en '25f0r' permitting of resilient movement fon the part ci the tengnel.,

i Thebe-raso, formed 1e a-depted te teleeeepe ite'g'eeuely, tlieu'gli" 1 het i neeeseerilyv fiei1i-:.ge single piece of 'fia-ti steel ghifnggf its` inte-rmediite portion, feriiiingtliebeee ielld'gitle trai line QS'O'the top'p'ortioneprevidn the perf-glen... 1The isifieeiieiiefeegareirene-ue eef' f other fastening 34 by Whilehgthe easing, iS pivotally securedte jonesideilth' brox bedy imperi VIn the'iise of 'the device the bar'14 is slid Y into the casing and connected t'o the lid and boxas shown and already described. In the act-.of opening the lid 12, the bar V14 will be drawn outtfo 'a greater or less extent from the casing. 26 according to the angle at which the lidis opened. In opening the lid to the v or vholding-device'. from being separated. V'lhevsides 36 ofthe perforation are fiat lto agree with .the Hat sides'of the vouter tip portionof the tongue 21 andrto guidel the tongue into and out of the perforation. The tongue will also act V'against both 4under edges of the wings 29 and -30 throughout the -courseof itsl longitudinal movement in the casing and willthus-exert, together-withthe wings, aresilient tendency which will frio.

tionally resist the movement of the lidand cause pressureto VYbe put" thereon. The lid may be held by this frictional resistance in any positionY ofv angular adjustment. The tongue 21 acting on the wings 29 and 30 near their free edges 28 lwill'secure a. high degree vof resiliency and yet suflicient pliability in the movement of the device andthe lid. In

addition the two separated terminal ends 19 Y and 20 of the bar 14 will act on the wings 29 I V*and 30."y These separated ends will be pracykeep 1 'tically of the-same width as thewings 29 and 30l and will exert tension' thereon vthroughout the breadth of the wings. The

terminal end 19 will bear directly upward against the wing 29, while the terminal end 20 -willbear downwardly against the base 27 and'will force adjacent parts of the bar 14 up against the wing 30' and will Vserve to the'tongue 21 close aga-inst thevtwo Wings.4V J Y "1 As shown in Figure 1 the terminal ends 19 andf20'in the'fullyclosed positionof the lid 12 will occupy the space just beyond the Vremoved endsV of the wings 29 and 30. In ffact these terminal ends will snap out from beneath `the wings when.A thelid is fully closed and will' be permitted to expand to their fully distended position thereby holdingthe box lid efiectually closed and requiring aconsiderable application of direct force before the inertia ofthe device can be overcome. yThe device forms a very satisfactory;Y

while inexpensive device. l

Referring more particularly to Figures 6 to 10 inclusive the bar member 40 in this form of the device is'secured by the-,fastening 41 to the angle clip 42 which is shown as secured bythe fastening 43 tothegarage door 44 (dotted lines). The garage door is shown as hinged at 45.

-The bar slides back andrforth in the;V 'casing 46 and is provided at its inner end with the diagonal slots or incisi- ons 47 and 48 which converge rearwardly forming the substantially triangulaitongues 49 and 50. These tongues kare both bent up into Vcontact with thewings 51Y and v52 at the top portion ofthe casing 'and theyeXert a frictional resistance against these wings,the wings being also of resilient materia-l adding tofthe fi'ictional* resistance.

Thetriangular tongues 4 9and 50 are dise posed inthe path of the perforations 53' and 54 and they are 'adaptedto enter these p'erforations to arrest the separation of the cas- Ving .andv bar. The. vca singfi's providedvr ywith the perforation 55 by which' 'it is""'s*'e,`CL1Ie dV to the top of the garage. .The wings 51, 52 areV provided withthe elongatedslot 56Y between theml and between the Yperforations 53 and 54`in order to permit'theY wingsto be beaten down at this end upon thebar 40 [so that the' space between the'wing'sand the bai" isYV Y muchv less at this end than'between vthe 'bar and the remaining portions o fthe casing.

'Ihe idea involved is to create aV greater frictional Vresistance atfthis end. of Vthe-cz'isin'gV when the tongues 49 andv 50 enter. the flat tened portions of the wings. Thisoccurs when the garage door isjnea'ring'thel fully Vopen position. Garage doors are heavy and they are apt to be blown l'shut bythe wind andv considerable resistanceV is required` to offset this condition. The tongues y49 and 50 in the flattened portions of theV wings will vdevelop avery high resistance, suitable for .this purpose. f Q Y Y It is obvious that variouschanges and modifications may be made in the details of construction and design of the above speci#Y fically described embodiment of this invention without departingY from the `spirit thereof, such changes and modicationsbeing restricted only'by the scope of the following claims. Y a

That is claimed is:-

1. Aholding deviceof v`the character'de-` scribed comprising a casing having resilientwings, and bar slidably fitted in thecasing and having resilient portions bentl out of iio the plane of the bargfor acting individually against said wingsto'develop frictional resistance in said wings and in said resilient portions of the bar. 2. A holding device as described comprising a casing having independent resilient wings, a bar slidable in the casing and having resilient end portions bearing frictionally against said wings and atongue bearing in common against said' wings, said casing 'having a stopto engage said tongue. 1

3. A holdingdevice as described compris slidabie n said easing and having separated terminal ends bent out ofy the plane ofthe har and resiliently pressing against *said Wings,`said vhar also having a tongue-pressed Vup vfrom the intermediate portion thereof and bearing invcommon against said Wings,

A*said Wings terminating short at one .endwhereby said terminal ends of thev bar may* in the fully telescoped position ofy the harv extend beyond the Wings, said Wings having. w l

a'perforation to receive` said tongue in the `fully open position of the bar whereby to arrest the movement of the har. y

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