US3860207A

US3860207A - Article for carrying and concealably supporting a container

Info

Publication number: US3860207A
Application number: US336551A
Authority: US
Inventors: Leo A Guthart
Original assignee: Alarm Device Manufacturing Co
Current assignee: Alarm Device Manufacturing Co
Priority date: 1973-02-28
Filing date: 1973-02-28
Publication date: 1975-01-14
Anticipated expiration: 1992-01-14

Abstract

An article for carrying and concealably supporting a container, which is supportable in the support rim of an aperture formed in a concealing support surface, and which includes a connecting portion wherein the width thereof is less than the width of the aperture support rim, and which further includes a retaining lip portion which extends from the connecting portion in a plane generally perpendicular to the plane of the connecting portion.

Description

Unite States atent Guthart m] 3,860,207 Jan. 14, 1975 ARTICLE FOR CARRYING AND CONCEALABLY SUPPORTING A CONTAINER Leo A. Guthart, Old Westbury, NY.

Assignee: Alarm Device Manufacturing Company, Syosset, Long Island, NY.

Inventor:

Filed: Feb. 28, 1973 Appl. No.: 336,551

US. Cl. 248/27, 211/88 Int. Cl..... F16m 13/00, B05d 85/20, H02j 7/00 Field of Search 248/27, 311, 300, 215;

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,199,136 9/1916 Westphaln 232/19 Hoehn 232/19 2,859,606 11/1958 Scardino 248/27 2,971,653 2/1961 Shaw 211/72 3,342,343 9/1967 Youlden 211/88 Primary Examiner-J. Franklin Foss Attorney, Agent, or FirmSommers & Sommers [5 7] ABSTRACT An article for carrying and concealably supporting a container, which is supportable in the support rim of anaperture formed in a concealing support surface, and which includes a connecting portion wherein the width thereof is less than the width of the aperture support rim, and which further includes a retaining lip portion which extends from the connecting portion in a plane generally perpendicular to the plane of the connecting portion.

1 Claim, 3 Drawing Figures ARTICLE FOR CARRYING AND CONCEALABLY SUPPORTING A CONTAINER BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates generally to carrying devices, and more specifically relates to an article for carrying and concealably supporting a container.

Carrying devices of the type intended to support containers which contain operational elements therein, such as carriers in a photoelectric system which support containers which contain the light source transmitter or photoelectric cell receiver electronic circuitry elements therein, heretofore required installation thereof at locations remote from the location of the cooperating transmitter or receiver elements to which the contained electronic circuitry elements were connected, by virtue of the dimensions of the carrying device and the contained electronic circuitry elements, as the formation of an aperture in a wall or other concealing support surface, which would be large enough to accommodate the electronic circuitry at a location adjacent to the transmitter or receiver, would prevent concealment of the photoelectric system. Furthermore,

- the location of the contained electronic circuitry elements at a point remote from the cooperating transmitter or receiver elements would result in distortion and signal dissipation, thereby interfering with the operation of the photoelectric system.

In accordance with the foregoing, it may be regarded as an object of the present invention to provide a carrying device which enables installation of contained elements in a wall or other concealing support surface for connection with cooperating elements while concealing the contained element-cooperating element system.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a carrying device which enables location of the contained elements adjacent to the cooperating elements.

SUMMARY or THE INVENTION In accordance with the present invention, the foregoing objects and others are achieved, as will become apparent in the course of the ensuing specification, in an article for carrying and concealably supporting a container, which includes a connector portion, which extends from the upper portion of the support portion which supports the container therein, and wherein the width thereof is less than the width of the support rim of an aperture formed in the concealing support surface, to enable insertion of the container supported in the support portion through the aperture and support thereof in the concealing support surface, and which further includes a retaining lip portion which extends from the connecting portion in a plane generally perpendicular to the plane of the connecting portion, to enable retention of the container and the contained elements in a concealed position adjacent to the location of the cooperating elements.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The invention is diagramatically illustrated by way of example in the drawings appended hereto, wherein similar reference characters indicate like parts, in which:

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of an article for carrying and concealably supporting a container, in accordance with the invention;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the article; and

FIG. 3 is an isometric rear view of the wall with the contained elements and the cooperating elements positioned in the aperture formed therein.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT In accordance with the preferred mode of practicing the invention, the concealable supporting carrier 10 (FIGS. 13), for example, comprises a support portion 11, a connecting portion 12, and a retaining lip portion 13.

The support portion 11, for example (FIGS. 1 and 3), comprises a front wall 20, a back wall 21, which includes an upper portion 22 thereof, side walls 23, 23', and

base support portions

24, 24, 24" which, in the preferred embodiment, support the container A, which contains the electronic circuitry elements B therein.

The connecting portion 12 (FIGS. 1 and 2) for example, extends from the support portion 11 upper portion 22, and includes a width C which isless than the corresponding width D of the support rim E of an aperture The retaining lip portion 13, for example, (FIG. 2)

extends from the connecting portion 12 in a plane generally perpendicular to and downwardly-directed from the plane of the connecting portion 12.

For installation and operation of the concealable supporting carrier 10, for example, (FIG. 3) the aperture F may be formed in the concealing support surface or wall G, and is generally formed to be of a size and shape sufficient to accommodate the cooperating transmitter or receiver elements H therein. The container A, which includes the contained electronic circuitry elements B therein, is placed in the support portion 11 of the concealable support carrier 10 and is supported therein by the supportportion 11

base support portions

24, 24', 24", back wall 21,

side walls

23, 23 and front wall 20. The concealable support carrier 10 is then placed in position in the concealing support surface G by insert- I ing' the support portion 11, withthe container A supported therein, through the aperture F, and placing the support portion 11 thereof on the aperture support rim E, with the retaining lip portion 13 gripping the front portion I of the concealing support surface G to conceal the contained electronic circuitry elements B thereby. Electrical connections are then effectuated between the contained electronic circuitry elements B, which are supported in the concealed support carrier 10, and the cooperating transmitter or receiver elements H, which are then inserted through the aperture F to be supported therein, and a plate (not shown) which may comprise, for example, a double-plug wall outlet plate, is secured in position to conceal the coopcrating transmitter or receiver elements H thereby. Corresponding cooperating transmitter or receiver elements (and electronic circuitry elements which are supported in a corresponding concealable supporting carrier, not shown) may be installed in a similar manner in a concealing support surface on the opposite side of a room (not shown), for example, to complete installation for operation of a photoelectric system,

The connecting portion of the concealable supporting carrier, which extends from the upper portion of the support portion, and which is less wide than the width of the aperture support rim, enables the installation of the contained elements in a concealing support surface for connection with the cooperating elements while concealing the contained element-cooperating element system. The retaining lip portion of the concealable supporting carrier, which extends from the connecting portion in a plane generally perpendicular to the plane of the connecting portion, enables the location of the contained elements adjacent to the coopcrating elements.

While the present invention has been particularly set forth in terms of a specific embodiment thereof, it will be understood in view of the instant disclosure, that numerous variations upon the invention are now enabled to those skilled in the art, which variations in propriety are within the scope of the instant teaching. Accordingly, the invention is to be broadly construed and limited only by the scope and spirit of the claims now appended hereto.

I claim:

1. A station assembly for concealably mounting a station of two-part electronic assembly members on the lower edge of an apertured portion of a wall inwardly of said wall, said apertured portion being of lesser dimensions than the dimensions of the station assembly, said station assembly comprising:

a. a first assembly member adapted to support electronic components comprising, a housing having means extending from the upper edge thereof for suspending engagement with the lower edge of theapertured portion of the wall, inwardly of said wall and substantially in line with said lower edge, to be connected to the electronic components in a second assembly member for connection with the components of the first assembly member, on assembly of said members;

b. said suspending means on the first assembly member comprising a connecting ledge support portion extending from and parallel to the top of the first assembly member and being of less width than the width of the lower edge of the apertured wall portion;

c. a retaining lip portion angularly extending from the connecting portion for registration with the wall immediately adjacent the said lower edge of the apertured portion of the wall, to secure the first assembly member in registered position against the inner side of said wall inwardly of the wall, with the top of the first assembly member aligned with said lower edge of the apertured portion; and

d. means on said housing for supporting a second assembly member on the upper edge thereof, and

e. a said second assembly member, adapted to support electronic components and proportioned to be insertable through said aperture of the wall, supported on the supporting means on the upper edge of said first member assembly, said second assembly member being disposed in alignment with the aperture in said wall, whereby a station assembly of the two electronic support members with complementary electronic circuitry may be positioned inwardly of and behind the wall, through the aperture therein of substantially smaller dimensions than the dimensions of the station assmebly.

Claims

1. A station assembly for concealably mounting a station of twopart electronic assembly members on the lower edge of an apertured portion of a wall inwardly of said wall, said apertured portion being of lesser dimensions than the dimensions of the station assembly, said station assembly comprising: a. a first assembly member adapted to support electronic components comprising, a housing having means extending from the upper edge thereof for suspending engagement with the lower edge of the apertured portion of the wall, inwardly of said wall and substantially in line with said lower edge, to be connected to the electronic components in a second assembly member for connection with the components of the first assembly member, on assembly of said members; b. said suspending means on the first assembly member comprising a connecting ledge support portion extending from and parallel to the top of the first assembly member and being of less width than the width of the lower edge of the apertured wall portion; c. a retaining lip portion angularly extending from the connecting portion for registration with the wall immediately adjacent the said lower edge of the apertured portion of the wall, to secure the first assembly member in registered position against the inner side of said wall inwardly of the wall, with the top of the first assembly member aligned with said lower edge of the apertured portion; and d. means on said housing for supporting a second assembly member on the upper edge thereof, and e. a said second assembly member, adapted to support electronic components and proportioned to be insertable through said aperture of the wall, supported on the supporting means on the upper edge of said first member assembly, said second assembly member being disposed in alignment with the aperture in said wall, whereby a station assembly of the two electronic support members with complementary electronic circuitry may be positioned inwardly of and behind the wall, through the aperture therein of substantially smaller dimensions than the dimensions of the station assmebly.