Supports: racks – Horizontal rod type
Patent
1992-04-13
1993-06-01
Gibson, Jr., Robert W.
Supports: racks
Horizontal rod type
211 94, 2111056, A47F 500
Patent
active
052152014
ABSTRACT:
A protracting and retracting towel bar for the hanging of towels in a kitchen cabinet comprising a multiple sided, elongated hollow core support section. A slot extends axially on one side and through both ends. A piston slides freely in the core having an extended bracket supporting multiple extending rods.
One end of said towel bar has the improving addition of a telescoping insert section. Said insert compresses a spring against a stop block and is then pinned in place. The telescoping section will compress into the core under manual pressure but will remain captivated upon release. In operation the towel bar is compressed into a cabinet space and released at the proper areas to self fasten. The design of the improved towel bar allows installation directly under the sink basin area of a kitchen cabinet, i.e., from the inner edge of the top door stile, back on an level plane to the back wall of said cabinet. This area being particularly pointed out as the most efficient for a towel bar. The mounting of the combined towel rod with the spring activated addition is accomplished by most anyone from outside the confines of a cabinet without the use of tools or fasteners. All major componants of the towel bar are made of plastic for smooth rust free operation. All being made by the economic extrusion and injection molding process. As an alternate embodiment the towel rods of the towel rod mechanism, as described, are substituted by an adopting bracket whereby a utility tray is removeably attached thereto. The towel bar thereby becomes a retracting tray for the storage of every day kitchen aids. All other features of the towel bar mechanism remain the same.
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