US20150327674A1

US20150327674A1 - Banana holder/hanger banana securing system

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Publication number: US20150327674A1
Application number: US14/279,320
Authority: US
Inventors: Tony Darwin Stevens
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2014-05-16
Filing date: 2014-05-16
Publication date: 2015-11-19

Abstract

This banana securing system locks a bunch of bananas as well as a single banana into a devise by utilizing the banana's stem(s) as a lever between two points. Utilizing a bottom point as a fulcrum, the weight of the bananas now act as a counter balance which pushes the farthest portion of the stem away from the fruit, in an upward direction. This upward force against the other point secures the banana(s) onto the device. The weight of the banana(s) now pull along with outside longer portion of the banana's crescent moon semicircle shape's protective barriers, instead of away from the shorter inside as in other devices. The minimal movement required to utilize this system aids in the prevention of bruising and aids to prevent premature stem separation from the banana's body. This system helps the banana by extending the banana fruit's usability for as long as naturally possible.

Description

HISTORY

Traditional methods for consumer storage of bananas; like laying bananas on a table, or in a bowl actually cause bruising to the banana's peeling or protective barrier. Bruising to the banana pealing is then often transferred to the banana fruit itself, adversely affecting the fruit's usability.
Most other banana hanger type securing systems hang a banana bunch but cannot hang a single banana alone. The securing systems that can hold a single banana require the banana to be moved, and then manipulated or wedged into place. These previous more traditional banana hangers banana securing systems use where the bananas stems join together to hang two or more bananas. Usually this is accomplished by simply hanging the grouped bananas by where their stems join together, from an upper hook or by sleeveing them through or over a single object, appendage, rod, barb, or hook. While traditional banana hangers do a decent job of limiting bruising and allowing off gassing, once the bananas begin to ripen, they often prematurely separate at the stem's base. The reason is, previous more traditional hanger type banana holders apply more pressure along the shorter inside of the banana's natural, crescent moon, semicircle shape. This is created by the weight of the bananas pulling downward, do to gravity, thereby creating a continual force attempting to straighten the banana's natural, crescent moon, semicircle shape. This force pulls opposite and away from the banana's natural shape and therefore transferring more stress to the inside shorter side of the banana's natural, crescent moon, semicircle shape. This stress often manifest itself by premature separation of the inside portion of the banana's protective barrier/peeling where it joins at the base of the stem. If the bananas' protective barrier fails, the consumer is forced to have to hastily utilize any remaining bananas due to the rapid natural decaying process of exposed bananas, or be forced to simply discard them due to their un-usability. For these reasons conventional banana hangers often actually shorten the useable life span of banana(s).
The above more traditional hanger type banana holders method's problems are only exaggerated each time the bundle of bananas has to be handled for a banana(s) extraction from a device by consumers and or as the banana(s) ripen.

SUMMARY

This banana holder/hanger, banana securing system design addresses the more traditional hanger type banana holder's problems by helping to prevent the bananas protective pealing from being bruised and or tearing away from their stem prematurely. Preventing bruising and premature stem separation keeps the banana's natural protective barrier intact, which helps the banana last as long as naturally possible.
While this banana holder/hanger, banana securing system can hold as many bananas as a conventional banana hanger, this banana holder/hanger, banana securing system can also hold the last and or a single banana, without having to reposition the remaining bananas. This system only requires minimal movement as a consumer stabilizes bananas on the devise with one hand while they extract their desired number of bananas, one by one, with the other hand. This banana holder/hanger banana securing system does not require bananas already in the system to have to be repositioned or manipulated, to include the last sole banana.
When loaded with a bundle of bananas, one version utilizing this system takes up no countertop space at all, because it may be mounted to a wall, or may be under mounted to a cabinet or shelve to preserve valuable counter top space. When the system is use with a more traditional mobile rendition, this system has an overall smaller loaded countertop footprint than a loaded traditional banana hanger.
When this banana securing system is used in a more traditional portable version, it can be simply placed on a flat surface. However when this portable version utilizes this banana securing system the bananas now hang inverted backwards from the more traditional renditions. The banana(s) utilizing this banana securing system now curve downward and back toward the device's base. When bananas are inverted in this fashion they typically have an overall smaller countertop footprint than their well-known more traditional renditions which simply hang the grouped bananas by where their stems join together, from an upper hook or by sleeveing them through or over a single object, appendage, rod, barb. These more conventional counterparts, cause the bananas to swing their unsecured ends of the bananas away from their device due to forced weight centralization caused by their crescent moon, semicircle shape being hung from one end.
This banana holder/hanger, banana securing system is an inexpensive, simple, unique, innovative, product and therefore a far superior banana holder banana securing system unlike any known.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

This banana holder/hanger banana securing system can store, hold, display and serve a bunch of bananas as well as a single banana, in the same devise, without having to ever significantly move or manipulate the remaining bananas. With a minimum of two, curved offset; points, objects, appendages, rods, or barbs this securing system secures the bunch's or single banana in place by utilizing their stem(s), the strongest part of the banana. Using some of the banana bunch's or single banana's stem(s) portion between the, minimum of two offset points; objects, appendages, rods or barbs, utilizes the bottom, minimum of one; object, appendage, rod or barb as a fulcrum. The banana's stem(s) are then used as lever(s). The weight of the banana bunch or single banana is now used as a counter balance, which in turn causes the farthest portion of the stem(s), away from the fruit, to push in an upward direction. This upward force along with where the stems naturally larger portion join together, secure the bunch or a single banana into the device. The banana bunch or single banana now hang inverted, with the weight of the bunch or single banana now pulling along with the outside longer portion of the banana's natural, crescent moon, semicircle shape, and in a similar direction as the banana peeling's and phloem strands which aids in the prevention of the premature separation of the banana's body where it joins into the stem's.
This banana/hanger securing system, lends the utility of the banana securing system to countless alterations, ornamental variations and or combinations thereof.

This banana holder/hanger securing system is further described by way of illustrative examples, with reference to the attached annexed drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a front angled view of this banana holder utilizing my banana holder/hanger banana securing system, prior to insertion of a banana bunch, or a single banana into it;

FIG. 2 is a front angled view of this more traditional portable banana holder, utilizing my banana holder/hanger banana securing system, prior to insertion of a banana bunch, or a single banana into it;

FIG. 3 is a side view of this banana holder utilizing my banana holder/hanger banana securing system after the insertion of bananas;

FIG. 4 is a front angled view of this more traditional portable banana holder, utilizing my banana holder/hanger banana securing system with measurements.

FIG. 5 is a front angled view of this banana holder utilizing my banana holder/hanger banana securing system, with measurements.

The banana holder/hanger securing system shown in FIG. 1 can be mounted to a wall, under a shelf or cabinet secured by screws, bolts and or 2 with adhesive tape being utilized on the top and bottom back of the device. Used in a more traditional portable version, this banana holder/hanger banana securing system works as illustrated in FIG. 3. This system uses a minimum of two, offset; points, objects, appendages, rods, or barbs, illustrated in FIG. 3C and D. Using the bunch's stems or single bananas stem portion between the two offset points, objects, appendages, rods or barbs, utilizes, the bottom, illustrated in FIG. 3E; object, appendage, rod or barb as a fulcrum and the stem or stems themselves, as illustrated in FIG. 3F, as a lever(s). The weight of the banana bunch or single banana is now used as a counter balance, as illustrated in FIG. 3G, which in turn causes the stems furthest portion away from the fruit body, to push in an upward direction as illustrated in FIG. 3H, against the top, object, appendage, rod or barb as illustrated in FIG. 3C. This force, along with the stem of a banana bunch or single banana stems natural larger shape at the end where the stems join together, helps to hold the bananas or single banana secured in place. The banana bunch or single banana now hangs inverted, with the weight of the bunch or single banana now pulling in a similar direction illustrated in FIG. 3I, as the longer outside protective barrier of the banana(s) natural protective barrier; stem, peeling and phloem strands, to prevent premature separation of the banana body and its stem's base. The utility of this unique banana securing system may be comprised in one piece as illustrated in FIG. 1, or of multiple pieces as illustrated in FIG. 3. This system may be constructed of any number of materials; wood, metal, plastic, composite, etc. . . which lends the utility of the system to countless alterations, ornamental variations, or designs. It is a system of no present banana hanger/holder banana securing system. This securing system will store, display and serve, both a banana bunch, and or a single banana. It is a further object of the invention, illustrated in FIG. 1 that lends itself to easy production in quantity at the lowest possible expense and may be easily stacked for storage, shipping, supply packaging and or display dispensers.
Also attached to further illustrative examples his banana holder/hanger securing system are black and white photographs taken of both original, handmade, constructed prototypes illustrated in FIG. 1's and FIG. 2's.

Claims

1. A banana holder/hanger, banana securing system, comprised of a base or bracket which supports a plurality of stationary rods, which bend around until they run horizontally one under the other, with the bottom rod being offset and slightly forward of the top rod and is open to one side allowing a single banana or the top row of an intact banana bunch's stem(s) to be placed or slid between the corresponding plurality rods, suspending the banana(s) from the device by using the banana's stem(s) as a leaver(s) against the device's bottom stationary rod which becomes a fulcrum, due to the banana(s) offset hanging weight, and forces the top portion of the banana's stem(s) in an upward direction against the devices upper stationary rod, thereby locking the banana(s) into place enabling the device to suspend a single banana or an entire intact banana bunch.