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WO1995014131A1
WO1995014131A1 PCT/SE1994/001081 SE9401081W WO9514131A1 WO 1995014131 A1 WO1995014131 A1 WO 1995014131A1 SE 9401081 W SE9401081 W SE 9401081W WO 9514131 A1 WO9514131 A1 WO 9514131A1
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supporting leg
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Torbjörn Andersson
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Andersson Torbjoern
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F57/00—Supporting means, other than simple clothes-lines, for linen or garments to be dried or aired 
    • D06F57/12—Supporting means, other than simple clothes-lines, for linen or garments to be dried or aired  specially adapted for attachment to walls, ceilings, stoves, or other structures or objects
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L13/00—Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L13/10—Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing
    • A47L13/50—Auxiliary implements
    • A47L13/54—Racks for beating carpets

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  • the present invention relates to a rack construction of the kind defined in the preamble of Claim 1, and more particularly to a rack for airing clothes and similar articles.
  • U.S. Patent No. 3,003,645 teaches a rack which includes a telescopic arm that can be folded down against a vertical rack-supporting structure, and a telescopic supporting leg which is pivotally mounted on the outer end of the arm, wherein the arm is located between the supporting structure and the supporting leg when in its vertically down-folded position.
  • the supporting leg includes two parts which can be moved longitudinally in relation to one another and which can be secured in selected relative positions.
  • the arm also includes two parts which can be moved longitudinally in relation to one another.
  • SE Patent No. 162 215 teaches a rack construction which includes an arm that has two parts which can be moved longitu ⁇ dinally in relation to one another, the arm being carried by a wall-mounted attachment so as to be pivotal in the vertical plane and the horizontal plane, and also includes a supporting leg which is pivotally connected to the outer end of the arm for pivotal movement in the vertical plane, so that when the rack construction is in a collapsed stow-away state, the supporting leg and the arm will extend vertically and parallel with one another, with the supporting leg located between the arm and the wall and with the arm resting on the floor/ground or like underlying surface.
  • One object of the invention is to provide a rack construction that can be readily adjusted between a collapsed or stowed state and an extended or use state, despite having a support- ing leg whose length is adjustable, and also in the case when the length of the arm is adjustable, and which will allow at least the length of the arm to exceed the distance between the wall-mounted attachment and the floor/underlying surface.
  • the object also includes providing such a rack construction with simple and robust means which will enable the arm and the supporting leg to be secured in their retracted positions when the rack has been collapsed to a stow-away state.
  • the object also includes the provision of a securing or locking device which will have substantially no tendency to become released unintentionally when the rack is in its collapsed stow-away state.
  • Fig. 1 is a side view of an inventive rack construction and shows the rack in its position of use;
  • Fig. 2 is a side view of the rack construction shown in Fig.
  • FIG. 1 1, but shows the rack in a collapsed stow-away state;
  • FIG. 3 is a view of the wall-mounted rack attachment from above;
  • Fig. 4 shows a lower part of the rack-supporting leg, seen from the left in Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line V-V through the lower part shown in Fig. 4.
  • the rack construction illustrated in Fig. 1 includes an arm comprising inner and outer parts 1 and 2, a supporting leg comprising top and bottom parts 3 and 4, and an attachment means 5.
  • the attachment means 5 includes a mounting plate 6 which is intended to be mounted on a wall of a building for instance, and includes a connection in the form of a shaft 7 which is vertical in the use position of the attachment means and on which there is journalled a connection part 8 which, in turn, carries a horizontal shaft or pin 9 on which one end of the arm part 2 is journalled.
  • the arm part 2 of the illustrated embodiment is a square tube in which the arm part 1, which is also a square tube, can be moved axially. That end of the arm part 1 which is distal from the attachment means 5 is pivotally mounted on a horizontal pivot pin 10 at the upper end of the top supporting leg part.
  • the pivot pins 9 and 10 thus enable the arm 1, 2 and the supporting leg 3, 4 to swing in a vertical plane, while the shaft 7 on the attachment means enables the arm and the supporting leg to swing laterally in relation to the mounting plate 6, which is normally attached to an outer surface of an external wall of a building.
  • the top supporting leg part 3 has a U-shaped profile with the web of the U facing to the left in Fig. 1 and with the internal distance between the legs of the U exceeding the external measurements of the square tube 2, so that the arm part 2 can be accommodated in the U- channel in the part 3.
  • the supporting leg part 4 also has a U-shaped profile which is orientated in the same way as the U-shaped profile formed by the part 3, therewith enabling the part 3 to be accommodated in the part 4 and guided for axial movement therein.
  • a screw projecting out from the web of the U-shaped profile 3 extends through a longitudinally extending slot 11 (Fig.
  • the bottom supporting-leg part 4 is provided with foot-like parts 13 which project out on both sides of the vertical plane extending perpendicularly through the pivot pins 9, 10, said foot-like parts coacting with an underlying surface so as to hold the supporting leg 3, 4 in the vertical plane when the rack structure is in its use position.
  • the bottom end of the supporting-leg part 4 also carries a projection 14 which is intended to be received in a hole (not shown) located in the proximity of the pivot pin 9 on the downwardly facing side of the arm part 2 in Fig. 1.
  • the arm part 1 there is also preferably provided in the arm part 1 a hole which will be in register with the hole located on the underside of the arm part 2 when the arm part 1 is fully inserted in the arm part 2.
  • the rack construction is adjusted from its use position shown in Fig. 1 to its collapsed position shown in Fig. 2 in the following way:
  • the arm part 1 is moved into the arm part 2 and the nut 12 is loosened, whereupon the supporting-leg parts 3, 4 are telescoped together and swung up against the underside of the axially combined arm parts 1, 2, so that the projection 14 will be received in the hole on the underside of the arm part 2, and when applicable also in the hole provided on the arm part 1.
  • the arm 1, 2 and the supporting leg 3, 4 are then swung down around the attachment 5 and allowed to hang generally vertically from the attachment pivot pin 9, where ⁇ with the engagement of the projection 14 in said hole or holes prevents the arm part 1 from sliding from the arm part 2, thereby also preventing the leg part 3 from sliding down out of the leg part 4.
  • the nut 12 may, of course, be screwed down tightly so as to lock the leg parts 3 and 4 together, for instance when the projection 14 only engages with the hole provided in the arm part 2.
  • the pivotal connection 10 between the arm 1, 2 and the supporting legs 3, 4 may be constructed advantageously so that the angle between the arm part 1 and the supporting leg part 3 can be varied between 0° up to roughly the angle shown in Fig. 1, thereby preventing the rack structure from collapsing from the position shown in Fig. 1 by virtue of said angle allowing an increase above the limit value, which may be 90°, for instance, or a somewhat larger angle up to 120°, for instance.
  • the arm parts 1 and 2 are also provided with means which will prevent the arm part 1 from being drawn longitudinally out of engagement with the arm part 2.
  • the arm parts 1, 2 may also be provided with means which will make it difficult to move the arm parts l, 2 axially in relation to one another when the arm is subjected to load.

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Abstract

A rack construction, particularly an airing rack, comprising an arm (1, 2) which is pivotally connected at one end to a supporting leg (3, 4) by means of a first connection (10), and which at its other end is pivotally connected to a wall attachment by means of a second connection (9), wherein when the attachment is mounted on a wall the first and the second connections (10, 9) will allow the arm (1, 2) and the supporting leg (3, 4) to swing in a vertical plane between a use position in which the arm extends horizontally outwards from the attachment (5) and the supporting leg extends vertically downwards and supports against an underlying surface, and a collapsed stow-away position in which the supporting leg is swung in against the arm (1, 2) and lies generally adjacent to and parallel with said arm, and wherein the arm and the supporting leg hang down from the attachment, wherein the supporting leg (3, 4) includes two parts (3, 4) which can be moved axially in relation to one another and secured relative to one another, and wherein the arm includes two parts (1, 2) which are axially movable in relation to one another. The rack construction includes a locking or securing device (14) which in the collapsed stow-away position of the rack construction functions to lock the arm (1, 2), such as when adjusted to essentially its minimum length, against changes in length while at the same time locking the supporting leg (3, 4) against changes in length.

Description

A RACK CONSTRUCTION
The present invention relates to a rack construction of the kind defined in the preamble of Claim 1, and more particularly to a rack for airing clothes and similar articles.
U.S. Patent No. 3,003,645 teaches a rack which includes a telescopic arm that can be folded down against a vertical rack-supporting structure, and a telescopic supporting leg which is pivotally mounted on the outer end of the arm, wherein the arm is located between the supporting structure and the supporting leg when in its vertically down-folded position. The supporting leg includes two parts which can be moved longitudinally in relation to one another and which can be secured in selected relative positions. The arm also includes two parts which can be moved longitudinally in relation to one another.
SE Patent No. 162 215 teaches a rack construction which includes an arm that has two parts which can be moved longitu¬ dinally in relation to one another, the arm being carried by a wall-mounted attachment so as to be pivotal in the vertical plane and the horizontal plane, and also includes a supporting leg which is pivotally connected to the outer end of the arm for pivotal movement in the vertical plane, so that when the rack construction is in a collapsed stow-away state, the supporting leg and the arm will extend vertically and parallel with one another, with the supporting leg located between the arm and the wall and with the arm resting on the floor/ground or like underlying surface.
One object of the invention is to provide a rack construction that can be readily adjusted between a collapsed or stowed state and an extended or use state, despite having a support- ing leg whose length is adjustable, and also in the case when the length of the arm is adjustable, and which will allow at least the length of the arm to exceed the distance between the wall-mounted attachment and the floor/underlying surface.
The object also includes providing such a rack construction with simple and robust means which will enable the arm and the supporting leg to be secured in their retracted positions when the rack has been collapsed to a stow-away state.
In this regard, the object also includes the provision of a securing or locking device which will have substantially no tendency to become released unintentionally when the rack is in its collapsed stow-away state.
With the intention of fulfilling these objects, it is proposed in accordance with the invention that a rack construction of the kind defined in the preamble of Claim 1 (US-A 3,003,645) also includes the features set forth in the characterizing clause of Claim 1.
Further features characteristic of the invention are set forth in the depending Claims, while advantages afforded by the invention will be apparent from the following description of an exemplifying embodiment of a novel rack construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
In the drawings,
Fig. 1 is a side view of an inventive rack construction and shows the rack in its position of use;
Fig. 2 is a side view of the rack construction shown in Fig.
1, but shows the rack in a collapsed stow-away state; Fig. 3 is a view of the wall-mounted rack attachment from above;
Fig. 4 shows a lower part of the rack-supporting leg, seen from the left in Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line V-V through the lower part shown in Fig. 4.
The rack construction illustrated in Fig. 1 includes an arm comprising inner and outer parts 1 and 2, a supporting leg comprising top and bottom parts 3 and 4, and an attachment means 5. The attachment means 5 includes a mounting plate 6 which is intended to be mounted on a wall of a building for instance, and includes a connection in the form of a shaft 7 which is vertical in the use position of the attachment means and on which there is journalled a connection part 8 which, in turn, carries a horizontal shaft or pin 9 on which one end of the arm part 2 is journalled.
The arm part 2 of the illustrated embodiment is a square tube in which the arm part 1, which is also a square tube, can be moved axially. That end of the arm part 1 which is distal from the attachment means 5 is pivotally mounted on a horizontal pivot pin 10 at the upper end of the top supporting leg part. The pivot pins 9 and 10 thus enable the arm 1, 2 and the supporting leg 3, 4 to swing in a vertical plane, while the shaft 7 on the attachment means enables the arm and the supporting leg to swing laterally in relation to the mounting plate 6, which is normally attached to an outer surface of an external wall of a building.
In the illustrated embodiment, the top supporting leg part 3 has a U-shaped profile with the web of the U facing to the left in Fig. 1 and with the internal distance between the legs of the U exceeding the external measurements of the square tube 2, so that the arm part 2 can be accommodated in the U- channel in the part 3. The supporting leg part 4 also has a U-shaped profile which is orientated in the same way as the U-shaped profile formed by the part 3, therewith enabling the part 3 to be accommodated in the part 4 and guided for axial movement therein. A screw projecting out from the web of the U-shaped profile 3 extends through a longitudinally extending slot 11 (Fig. 4) in the part 4 and coacts with a nut 12, therewith enabling the parts 3, 4 to be releasably locked together in selected positions relative to one another. The bottom supporting-leg part 4 is provided with foot-like parts 13 which project out on both sides of the vertical plane extending perpendicularly through the pivot pins 9, 10, said foot-like parts coacting with an underlying surface so as to hold the supporting leg 3, 4 in the vertical plane when the rack structure is in its use position. The bottom end of the supporting-leg part 4 also carries a projection 14 which is intended to be received in a hole (not shown) located in the proximity of the pivot pin 9 on the downwardly facing side of the arm part 2 in Fig. 1.
Although not shown, there is also preferably provided in the arm part 1 a hole which will be in register with the hole located on the underside of the arm part 2 when the arm part 1 is fully inserted in the arm part 2.
The rack construction is adjusted from its use position shown in Fig. 1 to its collapsed position shown in Fig. 2 in the following way: The arm part 1 is moved into the arm part 2 and the nut 12 is loosened, whereupon the supporting-leg parts 3, 4 are telescoped together and swung up against the underside of the axially combined arm parts 1, 2, so that the projection 14 will be received in the hole on the underside of the arm part 2, and when applicable also in the hole provided on the arm part 1. The arm 1, 2 and the supporting leg 3, 4 are then swung down around the attachment 5 and allowed to hang generally vertically from the attachment pivot pin 9, where¬ with the engagement of the projection 14 in said hole or holes prevents the arm part 1 from sliding from the arm part 2, thereby also preventing the leg part 3 from sliding down out of the leg part 4.
If desired, the nut 12 may, of course, be screwed down tightly so as to lock the leg parts 3 and 4 together, for instance when the projection 14 only engages with the hole provided in the arm part 2. The pivotal connection 10 between the arm 1, 2 and the supporting legs 3, 4 may be constructed advantageously so that the angle between the arm part 1 and the supporting leg part 3 can be varied between 0° up to roughly the angle shown in Fig. 1, thereby preventing the rack structure from collapsing from the position shown in Fig. 1 by virtue of said angle allowing an increase above the limit value, which may be 90°, for instance, or a somewhat larger angle up to 120°, for instance.
The arm parts 1 and 2 are also provided with means which will prevent the arm part 1 from being drawn longitudinally out of engagement with the arm part 2. The arm parts 1, 2 may also be provided with means which will make it difficult to move the arm parts l, 2 axially in relation to one another when the arm is subjected to load.
It will be understood that the invention is not restricted to the described and illustrated exemplifying embodiment thereof, and that the invention can be realized in any chosen manner within the scope of the inventive concept defined by the following Claims.

Claims

1. A rack construction, particularly an airing rack, comprising an arm (1, 2) which is pivotally connected at one end to a supporting leg (3, 4) by means of a first connection (10), and which at its other end is pivotally connected to a wall attachment by means of a second connection (9), wherein when the attachment is mounted on a wall the first and the second connections (10, 9) will allow the arm (1, 2) and the supporting leg (3, 4) to swing in a vertical plane between a use position in which the arm extends horizontally outwards from the attachment (5) and the supporting leg extends vertically downwards and supports against an underlying surface, and a collapsed stow-away position in which the supporting leg is swung in against the arm (1, 2) and lies generally adjacent to and parallel with said arm, and wherein the arm and the supporting leg hang down from the attachment, wherein the supporting leg (3, 4) includes two parts (3, 4) which can be moved axially in relation to one another and secured relative to one another, and wherein the arm includes two parts (1, 2) which are axially movable in relation to one another, characterized by a securing device (14) which in the collapsed stow-away position of the rack construction func¬ tions to lock the arm (1, 2), such as when adjusted to essentially its minimum length, against changes in length while at the same time locking the supporting leg (3, 4) against changes in length.
2. A rack construction according to Claim 1, characterized in that the securing device (14) includes a projection (14) on that part (4) of the supporting leg (3, 4) which is distal from the first connection (10), and a hole in the arm (1, 2) which receives the projection (14).
3. A rack construction according to Claim 1 or 2, character¬ ized in that the arm (1, 2) includes an outer arm part (2) which embraces an inner arm part (1) ; and in that the hole extends through the outer arm part and preferably also into the inner arm part.
4. A rack construction according to any one of Claims 1-3, characterized by locking means (12) for locking the supporting leg (3, 4) at a selected length.
5. A rack construction according to any one of Claims 1-4, characterized in that the securing device (14) includes a projection whose distance from the first connection when the supporting leg is adjusted to a minimum length corresponds to the distance from the first connection to the projection- receiving holes in the arm parts (1, 2) , said holes being in register with one another when the arm is adjusted essentially to a minimum length.
6. A rack construction according to any one of Claims 1-5, characterized in that the attachment (5) also allows the arm to swing about an at least generally vertical shaft (7).
7. A rack construction according to any one of Claims 1-6, characterized in that the supporting leg (3, 4) includes a foot having foot parts (13) which project out on both sides of said vertical plane.
8. A rack construction according to any one of Claims 1-7, characterized in that either the arm (1, 2) or the supporting leg (3, 4) has a U-shaped cross-section which receives either the supporting leg or the arm when the rack construction is in its collapsed stow-away position.
9. A rack construction according to Claim 8, characterized in that the supporting leg (3, 4) has a U-shaped cross-section and can be swung up against the underside of the arm (1, 2) to a position in which the arm is received in the U-channel of the supporting leg; and in that the arm and the thus upwardly swung supporting leg can be swung down together in relation to the attachment (5) and therewith brought to said collapsed stow-away position.
10. A rack construction according to Claim 9, characterized in that when the rack construction is in its collapsed stow¬ away state the supporting leg is located between the arm and a wall on which the attachment means (5) is mounted.
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