US1319844A - Viola - Google Patents

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V'. A. BUTLER. BROOM RACK. APPLICATION FI LED MAYI4, I919- Patented Oct. 28, 1919.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VIOLA A'V IS BUTLER,,OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Bacon-BACK To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, VIOLA Avis BUTLER, a citizen of the, United States, resid' at New York'city, in the county of New ork and State of New York, have invented cerand which is of considerable use in kitchens V where closet room is limited or omitted. Another object of this invention is the provision of a support or rack of the above stated character, which shall be simple, durable and eflicient, and which may be manufactured and old at a comparatively small cost. a

With these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in cer-- tain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of. my invention, reference is to be had to the follow= ing description, and accompanying drawin in which:

igure 1 is a perspective view of a rack or support constructed in accordance with my invention, v

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectlonal view of the same.

Referring in detail to the drawings, th numeral 1 indicates a board or body of the support or rack which has secured to its upper edge and at each end hooks 2 adapted to fit into eyelets driven or otherwise secured into the walls or doors of a room. The board or body 1 is provided with relatively spaced vertically disposed openings 3 extending from the lower edge to the upper edge there- Spccification of Letters Patent.

Application flled Kay 14, 1918 Serial No. 297,052.

of and adapted to receive clamps 4. The clamps 4 are each identical/in construction :fid reference to one is thought suflicientfor The clamp 4 is preferably constructed of resilient material which is bent to form a spring portion 5 having parallel arms 6 that are disposed or located within the opening 3 being held therein by the arms having fnctional contact with the wall of the opening under the influence of the spring portion 5. The ends'of the arms 6 are disposed at right angles and extcr'iorly of the opening to form shanks 7 the ends of which are of substantially arcuate sha e to form jaws 8. A ring or band 9 is slida 1e upon the shanks 7, for limiting the outward movement of the shank 7 and jaws 8 with relation to each other and wh1ch is adapted to cause the jaws 8 to move in the direction of each other for clampin a broom handle or like article placed there tween when said band or ring is fed or moved in the direction of the jaws, thus firmly clamping the broom handle, If,

,for any reason, it is desired to remove the the arm porclamps 4 from the openings 3, tion 6 may be moved in the direction of each other by squeezing upon their extreme lower ends whereby the entire clamp can be pulled outwardly of the opening of the body or board 1.

The v'bodyor board 1 has secured to its lower edge relatively spaced hooks 10 and which hooks are positioned between the clamp 4 for the purpose of supporting or holdin dust cloths, and like article or may be use for supporting cooking utensils if desired,

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will gbe understood that minor changes in construction, combination and arrangement of part may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the inventlon as claimed.

Having thus described I claim is A support comprising a body having very invention, what tically disposed openings, resllient clamps including spring portions and relatively spaced arms disposed Within the openings, Walls of the openings under the influence of said arms having their lower ends disposed the spring portions,

at right angles to form shanks, said shanks In testimony whereof I aifix my signature having their ends bent arcuately to form in presence of two Witnesses.

jaws adapted to grip a broom handle, a VIOLA AVIS BUTLER. ring slidable upon the shanks for forcing Witnesses: the jaws toward and from each other, said BERNARD LEHMAN,

arms adapted to frictionaily engage the RUBY REALBERG.

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