Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
Hoider
The pre~ent invQntl~n c~ncern~ a hDld~r whlch i~ intendQd for
storiny Ino5e ob~ect~ and whlch comprl~e~ a b~dy p~rt ~nd a plural-
ity of fixlng membQr~ con~i~ting Df fl~xibl~, pl~t~-like bodi~s
bent to arcuate ~hape ~nd which by th~ ~id Df ~ng~glng membær~ Dn
thelr ends have b~en fix~d in ~ ~lDt Dr ~uiv~lent in the body p~rt
ln such manner that the fixlng member~ are di~p~sed ~ide by ~Ide
with their Gides leaning against æach Dth~r, ~h~r~by an object may
be flxed ln the hnlder by pushing it in between two mutu~lly
adjacent fixing ~æmbers.
~ hDlder of said type has been di~c~Dsed in British Patent
Speci~ication No. 2154857. A holder Df thi~ type i~ particularly
~ppropri~te tD b~ k~pt nn a t~ble Dr ~ttachæd on a wall, and a
gr~at vart~ty of ~mall thln~s may be kept therein, especially tools
and ~pDrt~ ~rticles, but al~D fDr in~tance pensl knlve~, brushes,
tuwel~, garments, etc. The flxing Df an ~biect in the holder is
accDmpl ished by pu~hin~ the Dbiect in between tWD mutually adjacent
fixing m~mbers, whereby in the fixing member6 the 5ide5 are pressed
closer together, th~t i5, the 6pace requiræd for the ob~ect i5
provided from the free spaces between the ~ides nf the fixing
members .
The obi~ce of the pre~nt inventinn i~ t~ provide a holder in which
the pre~sing force ~cting Dn the object k~pt therein h~s been ~o
enhanced that the holder i6 ~uit~d fnr stortng obj~ct~ Df l~rger
~ize ehan before. The holder of the i nvent i on i E eharactærized in
that in~ide ~aeh fixtng m~mb~r b~nt tD arcuat~ ~hap~ i~ pl~c~d ~
~eparate bracing ~ember consl~tln~ of sn Ql~tic b~dy bænt to ~rcu
~t~ sh~pe, th~ ~id~ ~f which l~n ~g~ln~t th~ Inn~r ~ide~ of the
flxing m~mb~r ~D th~t the br~cing mQmb~r increa6Q~ the pre~ing
foro~ ~cting Dn th~ obiQct fixQd in th~ hDld~r.
Th~ holdær Df th~ inv~ntlGn i~ prl~arily int~ndæd to be fix2d on
th~ wall o~ ~ ~t~r~-r~om, ~ clD~æt or ~ ~h~d fDr ~p~rt~ ~rticles.
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Particuiarly tDnls Df lary~? ~ize, s~ch a5 ~pades, r~ke~ or equlval-
ent, and r-ki~t in particul;ar wide Glal~m ~kis, ~r~ ~ult~d to b~
fixed in th~ holder. In ~dditi~n, it 15 po~siblæ t~ modify the
holder to serve as ~ ~ki r~ck to be mounted ~.9. on the rDDf Df a
car.
The ~ra-ing member belonging ~s a part to the hDlder of the inven-
tiDn rDn~ist~ advant~g~ous1y of a pl~te-lik~ body ber.t to ~rcuat~
~hape ~nd h~ving a len~th approxi~tely 1~2-~/~ D~ the l~ngth Df
th~ plate-llke body con~tituting the fixing member. The br~cing
member 1~ prefer~bly separate from th~ fixing member and fixed by
the aid o4 eng~ging members an its ends, in the same slot in the
body part of the holder as the fixing memb~r.
Th~ inventinn i~ describ~d in the following mDre in detail by the
aid of ~n ex~mple, re~erring t~ the dr~wing ~ttach~d, wherein:-
Fig. 1 presents a hDlder ~ccordiny to the inventiDn,
Fig. 2 pre~nts the fixing member belDnging tD the holder D~ Fig.1, and
Fig. ~ pre~ents the bracing ~ember belonging to th~ hulder of Fig.
1 . 1
In ~ig. 1 ~s depicted a holder 1 accDrding to the inventi~n, ir-
tænd~d particularly to bæ fix~d Dn a wallt ~nd ~hich i5 suita~le
e.g. ~nr 6toring ~kis Dr tool6 of lar~e size. The holder 1 compris-
es an ~longated body part 2 with holes 3 for fixing screws. The
b~dy part 2 has an ~longated ~perture ~ with ~l~nge~like borders 5
on its langitudin~l ~ide~, thæ~æ border~ holding ln place the
fixlng members 6 and bracing memboer6 7 of the holder. Thæ ends Df
the body part 2 hav~ been ~haped into brack~ts ~, ag~inst which the
Duter ~ides of th~ DutermDst fixing member~ Gf the holder lean.
Thæ fixing membærs ~ b~longlng to the hold~r 1 are ~la~tlc platæ-
lik2 bodio~, pref~r~bly ~ad~ D~ p~ ic, which ~n ~he holder ar~
b~nt to ~rcu~te ~h~pe a~ 3e2n in Fig. 1. ~n Fig. 2~ a loosæ fixing
member 6 is pre~ented in top vl~. ThDse part~ of the fixing member
6 whlch f~rm Its outside when It is bent have elongated e~inences 9
provided to the purpDse of increa~irg the frictiwn Df r~st betwQæn
the fixlng member~ and the ob~ect inserted therebetween, and thuç
to aid in keeping the Dbject in pl~ce. The ends 10 uf the fixing
~ember ~ have been designed to be ~ngaginy members, ~ompri~ing
nDtches 11 which f~t together with the 41ange-like borders 5 of the
~perturQ in the body part 2.
Th~ bracing members 7 belonging to the hDlder are likewise elastic,
plat~-like bodies made pre-ferably of plastio and in~erted in the
holder after bending to arLuate shap~, as seen in Fig. 1. As can be
seen ln Fig. ~, th~ fixing members ~ and th~ oracing ~embers 7 have
been SD arranged in the holder that lnside ~ach fixing ~ember i5
dispQsed a bracing ~ember, it~ outer sides leaning against the
Inner 5i dQs of the flxlng member. The 4uncti Dn of the bracing
m~mbers 7 i5 to enhance the pres~ing force acting on the ~bject ln
th~ holder between the fixing members 6.
In Fig. 3 i5 pre~ented a 1005e bracing meMber 7, in top vi~w. The
bracing me~ber 7 comprise~ a rather rigid central part 12 h~ving
greater thicknes~ than any other parts Df the br~ring mernber; parts
13 on both sides theræof, which when the bracin~ member i5 hent tD
arcuate shape constitute its ~idesi ~nd ends 14 which ha.ve been
shaped into ~ngaging me~ber~ similarly as the end6 10 of the fixing
member~ 6. It i5 thus understood that the ends 1~ of the braLing
member 7 hav~ notches 15 which fit Dnto the flang~-lIke bDrders
of the aperture in the bDdy p~rt of the hold~r.
The fixing ~mbers ~ ~nd bracing members 7 af4ixed to the body part
2 are char~cterized in that they ~re stresfie~ against ~ach other
~nd ~re ~bl~ to movQ in the longitudin~l direction of the body
p~rS. In the c~e d~plcted in Flg. 1, the holder oompri~e~ fiv~
~ixing memb~r~ 6 w~th braclng m~mb~rs ~ ~ispo~ed Sh~rQ~n, but ~y
incr~lng th~ ~tr~s betwe~n the *ixing memb~r~ ~nd th~ bracing
m~mb~rs It wuuld b~ pD~ibl~ to ~cc~m~udate ~ven mure fixing mem-
b~r~ ~nd bracing m~b~r~ ln th~ ~ame b~dy p~rt 2. T~e ~ttaching of
th~ fixing and br~cing memb~r~ tu th~ bDdy p~rt 2 i9 c~rried out by
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~ir~t pl~cing t~e members on~ wlthln the ~th~r, both b~nt to areu-
~t~ sh~pe, ~D ~hat their ~nd~ lO,lq ~re in regist~r, by arranglng
free ~pace in the aperture ~ in the body p~rt Z fDr the membær~ to
be mounted~ by pl~cing the member~ in ~aid space in transversal
pn~itlon, and fln~lly turning the m~mber~ ~D that the nDtchRs 11~15
on their end~ become l~cked with the fl~nge-llke burders 5 af the
~perture. DetaLhing the fixing member 6 and the bracing member 7
ther~withln fr~m the b~dy part 2 ~f the hDlder i~ carried nut by
equiv~lent 5t@p5 in reversed Drder.
~ixing an object to be stored in the holder 1 i5 simply acc~mplish-
ed by insertlng the Db~ect between the 5 jdes Df tWD mutually adja-
cent fixing member~ 6. since at the fixing of the ob~ect the sides
~f the 41xing ~embers 6, and those of the bracing members 7 there-
in, are urged cl~ser to each Dther and are in addition free to move
thæ whDle length Qf the aperture ~3 with reference tD the body part
2, it 15 possible to place in the hnider solit~Py obiects even of
very lar~e 6i~eA The removal Df ~n obiect which i5 in the hDlder i5
accDmpli~hed simply by pulling it out.
It i5 obvinus to a person skilled in the art that various embodi-
ments of the lnvention are not confIned to the exampl~ presented
but may vary withln the scope of the cl~ims fol lo~ling belDw. For
inst~nce~ the aperture 4 in the b~dy part 2 ~f the hDlder may be
narrDwer than ~hown3 ~r It ~ay be replaced by one or mDre rail-like
meMber~ on which th~ engaging members uf the f ixin~ member~ 6 and
bracing members 7 may l~k. The 6hape and length Df the bracing
members 7 in pr~pDrtiDn tD the length uf the fixing member~ 6 may
al~o v~ry, althDugh the length D~ the br~cing members i~ pref~rably
~bout l/Z-~4 Df the length ot the fixing members ~hen the members
~re loo~e as In Flgs 2 and 3. The ~h~pe ~4 the entir~ h~lder and
the number Df f1xing ~nd bracing m~mber~ belQnglng ther~tD~ and
cunsequently the intended u~e Df the hDlder, may ~l~o vary. It i~
thus po~sible in ~ccord~nc~ with the principles of the lnvention tD
cDn~truct st~r1ng and tran~port 5tand5 e.g. 40r pl~t~-llke bodies
Df large 61ze, ~uch a~ gla~ psne~ in ~hich th~ pl~t~a are
clamped Dn ~ev~ral ~id~ in the lnterspac~ of 4ixing and bracing
members ~ taught by th~ invention.
