US2184536A - Support rack - Google Patents

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Dec. 26, 1939. MEY 2,184,536

SUPPORT RACK Filed Dec. 1, 1937 Patented Dec. 26, 1939 2 1 4 53 UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE SUPPORT. RACK Nora Mary T'womey, New York, N. Y.

Application December 1, 1937, Serial No. 177,468

2 Claims. (01. 211-100) This invention relates to new and useful imare in a common plane, and it has an opening provements in a support rack. Illa by which the frame may be mounted on a The invention has for an object the construchail, screw, ther pport element on a door, tion of a support rack which is characterized'by Wall or e l a frame and a plurality of support bars. It is Several support bars are mounted p 5 contemplated to arrange the f a with a the frame. Each of these bars has end portions opening for a fastening member and in a, an- Id and I5 respectively, which are substantially ner so that the frame may b mounted on a at right angles to the longitudinal length therewall, a bathroom door, or oth i il b t, of, and which have their extremities bent at It is proposed to characterize the support bars i ht a es and ext i o pp p d 10 by the fact that the a pivot upwards t an pressed out portions Na in the side arms ll so inoperative position within the frame, or they that the support s are pivotelly mounted may pivot downwards and be extended ready and m y be rem v y flexing inwards the en for use, portions l4 and I5. Each support arm may Still further the invention proposes the probe p ed in a Vertical position, as Shown in 15 vision of clips or elements for holding the bars and e it is disposed Within e in the raised positions. pass of the frame. Or the support arms may be Another object of the invention resides in propivoted outwards a downwards. as r examviding means for supporting the bars in horizonple indicated by the dot and dash lines in Figs. tal positions so as to extend them as desired. 2 and Preferably, the supp t s 5. 20

A further object f th i ti resides i etc., are of different depths so as to extend out forming the bottom arm of the frame with bayto different distances, indicated by the dot and onet openings adapted to support various small a l es mentio ed. articles; for example, tooth brushes. A Clip I6 is DIOVided o each pp t bar and Another object of the invention is the conis mounted p e frame a d adapted to se- 25 struction of a device as described which is sim- Cure and hold the support in a Vertical D ple d d r b and hi h may b anufa tur d tion within the frame. Each clip l6 comprises and s l t a reasonable t; merely a piece of spring material which is at- For further comprehension of the invention, tached at one end y rivets IT on the frame, an and of the objects and advantages thereof, ref- Which has s Other e d bent in a manner s 30 erence will be had to the following description that it is possible to force a portion 0f the pand accompanying drawing, and to the appended port bar against it and cause it to resiliently bend claims in which the various novel features of d then a e Over t s pp t her and so the invention are more particularly set forth. hold In the accompanying drawing forming a mate- Each support bar is also associated with a 5 rial part of this disclosure: means for holding same in the horizontal posi- Fig. l is a perspective view of a support rack tion. This means comprises a bracket l8 which constructed according to this invention. is mounted on the frame and has a hook por- Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1. tion l8a. When the support bars are moved to Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the horizontal positions they have the end por- 40 the line 3--3 of Fig. 2. tions l4 and I 5 rested on the hooks l8a.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 The bottom arm E2 of the frame is formed of Fig 2. with several bayonet openings 23 communicat- Fig. 5 is a perspective view of another part ing with the front edge thereof and adapted to used in the device. support small articles, particularly tooth brushes. 45

The support rack, according to this invention, While I have illustrated and described my incomprises a frame consisting of a top arm [0, vention with some degree of particularity, I realside arms II, and a bottom arm l2. Thi frame ize that in practice various alterations therein is adapted to be secured on a wall, door, or the may be made. I therefore reserve-the right and like object. The side arms H are parallel to priviledge of C a the form of the details of 50 each other and are made from angle material. construction or otherwise altering the arrange- They continue into the bottom arm [2 which is ment of the correlated parts without departing also made from the angle material. The top from the spirit or the scope of the appended arm ID is merely a strip of material attached beclaims.

tween the arms of the angle members II which Having thus described my invention, what I 55 claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A support rack, comprising a frame of angle material and having vertical side portions continuing into a horizontal bottom portion and one of the arms of the angle material forming said portions being in a common plane adapted to rest against a wall and the other arms of the angle material extending outwards at right angles, aplurality of support bars within the plane of said frame and having downwardly extending end portions pivotally mounted on the projecting arms of said angle material and adapted to swing outwards to the horizontal, hooks mounted on the projecting arms of said angle material for holding said bars in the horizontal position, and clips mounted on the projecting arms of said angle material for holding said bars in the vertical position.

2. A support rack, comprising a frame of angle material and having vertical side portions continuing into a horizontal bottom portion and one of the arms of the angle material forming said portions being in a common plane adapted to rest against a wall and the other arms of the angle material extending outwards at right angles, a plurality of support bars within the plane of said frame and having downwardly extending end portions pivotally mounted on the projecting arms of said angle material and adapted to swing outwards to the horizontal, hooks mounted on the projecting arms of said angle material for holding said bars in the horizontal position, and clips mounted on the projecting arms of said angle material for holding said bars in the vertical position, bayonet slots being formed in the projecting arm of said bottom portion for receiving and holding small articles like tooth brushes.

NORA MARY 'I'W'OMEY.

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