US2835944A

US2835944A - Hammer holder

Info

Publication number: US2835944A
Application number: US466988A
Authority: US
Inventors: Eli S Johnston
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1954-11-05
Filing date: 1954-11-05
Publication date: 1958-05-27
Anticipated expiration: 1975-05-27

Description

y 1958 E. s. JOHNSTON 2,835,944

HAMMER HOLDER Filed Nov. 5, 1954 INVENTOR Eu 5. JoHNs-rou United rates Patent HAlVlMER HOLDER Eli S. Johnston, Fort Myers, Fla.

Application November 5, 1954, Serial No. 466,988

4 Claims. (Cl. 24-3) This invention relates to an improved hammer holder for suspension from a garment worn by a user, as from the string of a carpenters nail apron.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a simpler, more practical, and more comfortable device of this kind, which is easily and quickly installed and removed, and which can be made in a rugged and serviceable form at extremely low cost.

Other important objects and advantageous features of the invention will be apparent from the following description and the accompanying drawings, wherein, for purposes of illustration only, a specific form of the invention is set forth in detail.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a hammer supported in a holder in accordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 is an enlarged top plan view of the holder and an associated string of a carpenters nail apron;

Figure 3 is a side view of Figure 2; and

Figure 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken substantially on the line 44 of Figure 3.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the illustrated holder is in the form of a body 16 of fiat bar material comprising a straight bight portion terminating at its opposite ends in legs 12. As illustrated in Figures 2 and 3, intermediate portions 13 of the legs are laterally inwardly indented so as to define portions 14 which converge toward the free upper ends 15 of the legs. The end portions 18 of the legs diverge from each other toward the free ends 15, and are provided with transversely aligned holes 20. As shown in Figure 4, the legs 12 curve laterally outwardly and downwardly with respect to the upper end of the holder.

In suspending the holder on a nail apron A, the convex edges 19 of the legs 12 are disposed toward the apron, so that the bight portion 10 is reached away from the apron, and the string S is passed through both holes 20 and is tied, as indicated at K, around one of the legs 12.

With this arrangement, it is clear that the holder, and a hammer H engaged therein, will be supported clear of the body of the user and will not interfere with his freedom of movement.

A hammer H is installed in the holder by passing its handle 22 downwardly through the holder until its head 24 rests upon the declining edges 21 of the legs 12, close to the bight portion 10. The indented portions 13 of the legs 12 keep the hammer head 24 at the down end of the holder and away from the body of 2,835,944 Patented May 27, 1958 the wearer of the device. It will also be noted that the declining edges 21 of the holder legs advantageously serve to throw a hammer head downwardly toward the lower end of the device whenever a hammer is hastily thrown into the holder.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that minor changes in the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. In a hammer holder, a body comprising a bight portion terminating at its ends in upwardly curved legs having free upper ends, and means on the upper ends of the legs for suspending the holder, said legs extending in a downward and outward direction with respect to the upper ends of the legs, said legs having downwardly and laterally outwardly declining hammer head engaging edges.

2. In a hammer holder, a body comprising a bight portion terminating at its ends in upwardly curved legs having free upper ends, and means on the upper ends of the legs for suspending the holder, said legs extending in a downward and outward direction with respect to the upper ends of the legs, said legs having laterally inwardly indented portions at points intermediate the ends of the legs, said indented portions serving to prevent movement of a hammer head upwardly toward the upper ends of the legs away from the bight portion of the holder body.

3. In a hammer holder, 2. body comprising a bight portion terminating at its ends in upwardly curved legs having free upper ends, and means on the upper ends of the legs for suspending the holder, said legs having upwardly divergent upper end portions provided with holes for receiving the string of a carpenters nail apron.

4. In a hammer holder, a body comprising a bight portion terminating at its ends in upwardly curved legs having free uppers ends, and means on the upper ends of the legs for suspending the holder, said legs extending in a downward and outward direction with respect to the upper ends of the legs, said legs having laterally inwardly indented portions at points intermediate the ends of the legs, said indented portions serving to prevent movement of a hammer head upwardly toward the upper ends of the legs away from the bight portion of the holder body, said legs having upwardiy divergent upper end portions above said indented portions, said divergent upper end portions having means thereon for accommodation of holder suspending means.

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