US687020A

US687020A - Holder for cups or plates.

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Publication number: US687020A
Application number: US4960101A
Authority: US
Inventors: Eleonore K Hallenberg
Original assignee: ADOLPH HALLENBERG
Current assignee: ADOLPH HALLENBERG
Priority date: 1901-03-02
Filing date: 1901-03-02
Publication date: 1901-11-19
Anticipated expiration: 1918-11-19

Description

N0. 687,020. I Patented Nov. l9,. l90l. E. K. HALLENBERG.

HOLDER FOR CUPS 0R PLATES.

(Application filed Mar. 2, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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A TTUHNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

ELEONORE-K. HALLEN BERG, OF PEWEE VALLEY, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO ADOLPH HALLENB'ERG, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

HOLDER FOR CUPS OR PLATES.

$PECIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 687,020, dated November 19, 1901.

7 Application filed March 2, 190;. Serial No. 49,601. (No model.)

T0 otZZ whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, ELEONORE K. HALLEN- BERG, residing at Pewee Valley, in the county of Oldham and State of Kentucky, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Cups or Plates, of which the following is a specification.

It is my object to provide an improved holder for cups, plates, or pictures which shall'be particularly adapted for suspension from a shelf or other fixed object and to assume and maintain a position in which the cup and plate or other objects shall be held projected forward, so as to exhibit them to the best advantage.

The invention further includes a movable device adapted to engage plates or pictures of different diameters and also to serve as a support for cups or other articlesthat are to be exhibited along with the plates or pictures.

The invention is adapted for self-support upon a suitable base, it being constructed as a tripod and one of its legs being hinged so as to fold or lie between the others when not required for use.

The details of construction are as shown in the accompanying drawings, in which-= Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my device supported upon a horizontal surface as in use. Fig. 2 is a side view showing the device suspended from a shelf or other fixed support and supporting a cup and saucer in the required position. showing the device self-supported on a horizontal surface and having a cup and saucer attached. e

The body or main portion of the holder is formed of wire, preferablya single piece, the

same being bent or doubled at the middle of.

Fig. 3 is a side view.

due position to exhibit a sauceror other ar' ticle. The sharp bend produced, at e, between a and b, serves as a sort of loop for use in suspending the holder from a book .2, as

shown in Fig. 2, the said hook being secured to the under side of a shelf or other fixed object. A saucer a: or a picture or card may be supported on the legs a, and its upper edge is engaged by the downward bend of a hook g, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.. The saucer is thus secured so that/it cannot be detached without disengaging the said hook. For this purpose and also to accommodate saucers,

&c., of difierent diameters or lengths the hook g is adapted to slide vertically on the part a of the holder. The book is preferably formed of wire,which is coiled about the part a and projects forward, as shown. It is apparent that the book may serve as a .con-' 76 venient supportor attachment for a cup y, which will in that case hang in front of the top portion of the saucer 00. When the holder is suspended from a hook z, the weight of the saucer and cup would cause it to swing backward, and thus the goods would not be exhibited to the best advantage, particularly if the shelf beplaced high. In this case the rear projection or prong of the part 0. serves to hold the body or lower portion of the holder 80 projected forward in due position, as shown in Fig. 2, by reason ofcont-act of such prong with the shelf. In other words, the prong serves as a lever and the hook as a fulcrum for maintaining the said position of the goods.

-vertical position, as in Fig. 2, or to be extended for supporting the holder, as in Figs. 5

l and 3. In order to prevent the leg 0' from projectingor sliding too far, a prong b is provided as an attachment of the sleeve b, the same serving as a stop or shoulder with which the leg 0' engages when in the extended po- IOQ sition.

As thus constructed my improved holder A sleeve 1) incloses the go is adapted for use in the ordinary Way upon a horizontal or inclined support and also for suspension at any desired angle from a shelf or other fixed object.

\Vhat I claim is 1. The improved holder for the purpose specified comprising the body portion suitably constructed for supporting articles to be displayed, and having a top part consisting of a Wire provided with a bend that adapts it for suspension as shown, and a prong a, extending rearwardly and to a greater height than said bend, to adapt it for contact with the supportfrom which the holder is suspended and tohold the body or lowerportion of the holder projected forward, substantially as shown and described.

2. The improved holder for cups and saucers, consisting of the body formed of two curved and divergent legs, having shoulders, and the straight upper part extending above the junction of said legs, and the hook g mounted and adapted to slide vertically on such upper part, and to engage the upper edges of saucers of difierent diameters, sub stantially as shown and described.

ELEONORE K. HALLENBERG.

Witnesses:

GUSTAV HALLENBERG, ADOLPH HALLENBERG.