US932128A - Bottle-holder. - Google Patents

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R. W. HOUSTON:

BOTTLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 17, 1908.

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Specification oil Letters Patent.

Application filed August 17, 1908. Serial No. 448,820.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD W. Hous- TON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Ma land, have invented certain new and usefu Im rovements in Bottle-Holders, of which t e fol-- lowing. is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved bottle-holder.

The ob'ect of the invention is-to provide a holder or bottles that contain liquid food so that the same may be administered to infants, invalids and others who are unable to help themselves, especially when in a recumbent position.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanymg drawing in which,.

Flgure 1 is a erspective view of the improved bottle-ho der as seen when attached tothe head of a childs bed. Fig. 2 is adeta1l view in section on a larger scale,of the clamp by which the holder may be attached to the cross-rail of a bedstead. Fig. 3 is a view showing broken parts of the bottle and holder. Fig. 4 is a section view showing the construction of pivoted automatic adjuster which is attached to the clamp.

My bottle-holder comprises a device to chp onto the bottle, a short len th of nonreslhent flexible-arm, a pivoted s ank which carries the flexible-arm and has means for automatically securing it in whatever position 1t may be set and a clam by'which these last-named devices may lie attached to the rail of a bedstead or other structure.

The bottle-holder proper consists of a wire having resilient quahties and suitably shaped or gri parts, 1, 2, adapted to take hold 0 a bott e, 3. One clip art comprises a hook, 1, adapted to take a out the neck of the bottle, which in the drawin 1s shownwith its neck pointing downwar In this'instance a rubber nip 1e, 4, is shown on the neck of the bottle. he other clip part may be in the formof a resilientloop, 2, adapted to press the bottom of-the bottle; the said two clip arts, 1, and, 2; are connected by a straig t bar, 5, which extends arallel with respect to the length of the ot'tle. The clip part, 2, that is in the form of a loop may have a circular knob or disk, 6, as shown which will contact directly with the bottom of the'bottle. The. two clips will yield to permit the bottle,3, to be'preseed into ploeition between them and the bottle will t on be properly held. If desired the spring-wire that forms the bottle clips 'may be covered by a sleeve or-tu-be, 7, of rubber.

The clip loop, 2, has its end, 8, sore-wthreaded to better attach it to one end, 9, of the non-resilient flexible arm, 10. This flexible arm is a Well-known construction used for other purposes, which will yield or bend when-stralnls applied to'it, but bein non-resilient will ordinarily retain its curve form or position when it has been set.

rod or shankarm, 12, which is pivoted or jointed at, 13, to a clamp, 14, which ma be secured to an structure, such as the rai 15, of a bedstea The clamp, 14, is shown in Figs. 1 and 2; one side of the clamp is open to admit of its being slipped on to the rail, 15, and one side has a thumb screw, 16, whose end carries a pad, 17, so that when the ad isforced against the wood rail, 15, the atter will not be injured. The rod orv shank-arm, 12, being pivoted on a bolt or pin, 13, projects upward and will have-a swinging or hinged movement.

Means are employed to act automatically and secure the pivoted shank-arm, 12, in any position to whlch it may be set. This means ma comprise a ratchet-segment, 1.8, which is ed on the clamp device, 14. The teeth, 19, of this segment form a curve that is, concentric with respect to the pivot-bolt or pin,-

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13,-on which the shank-arm, 12 turns. obvious that either-one or two segments, 18', maybe used. In the dpresent instance two areshown and the en between the two. The shank-arm carriesa pawl, 20, that is normall pressed by a spring, 21, so as to keep t epawl engaged with the teeth of the segments.

It willbe seen that theconstruction is such that when a littleforce is ap lied to the shank-arm the pawl will yie d, and the shank-arm will turn on its that when the shank-armhas een' 'set to the approximate position desired the pawl and teeth will retain it. The non-resihent flexible arm and the bottle holder carried thereby may then be bent to the precise point desired without further ad ustmentof the shank-arm and as-the flexible armis non- Patented Aug. 2.4, 51909.

The;- other end, 11, of the flexible arm has a stiff of the shank-arm is ivot, 13, and

resilient and will not sprin back, it will retain the bottle-holder at t e desired point. *Havin thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat- .110

screw clamp having a ratchet se(gment,-a

stifi arm pivoted to the clamp an having a pawl to engage the ratchet segment; a bottle holder com risin a single piece of wire holder and its other end connected to the stiff pivoted arm.

2. A bottle holding device comprisingl a screw clamp having spaced-agart ratc et segments; an arm pivoted to t e clamp beby said arm; a non-resilient exible arm having one end connected to the pivoted arm, a wire bottle holder engaging and cerried by the flexible arm,sa1d ottle holder havin a loop at one end to enga e' the bottom 0 a bottle and a clip at the ot er end.

.In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD W. HOUSTON. 1 Witnesses:

G. FERDINAND Voo'r, CHARLES B. MANN, Jr.

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