Supports – Suspended supports – Adjustable
Patent
1988-09-12
1989-09-05
Ramirez, Ramon O.
Supports
Suspended supports
Adjustable
248493, A47H 110
Patent
active
048631353
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an adjustable support device for attachment to a surface. It relates particularly, but not exclusively, to a device which is attachable to a ceiling or a wall for supporting a great diversity of objects by means of an elongate flexible member associated with the device and/or a hook member which may be integral with the device.
The present invention was developed with a view to providing a simple, low cost, multi-purpose storage system.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
There is commonly available a very wide variety of cup hooks, nails, pegs, knobs, brackets and other support fixtures from which a multiplicity of household and garage items may be suspended. Such arrangements are well suited for supporting objects provided with a recess or a loop which may be hooked over a protruding portion of the support fixture. If no such provision is made on the object then it is necessary to use wire or string tied to the object to form a loop which may be hooked onto the support fixture.
These known methods of storage have certain disadvantages and are often unsafe as they rely on the availability of string or wire and on the integrity of the tied knots or the twisted wires. An object suspended from the cup hook or peg by wire or string can easily be knocked off its support. Furthermore such hooks, brackets and other support fixtures are of limited utility and tend to protrude substantially from the surface to which they are attached, and may therefore cause bodily injury or damage to clothing when not in use.
The present invention is an improvement over such prior art support fixtures and attempts to overcome one or more of the abovementioned problems.
STATEMENT OF THE INVENTION
According to the present invention there is provided an adjustable support device for attachment to a surface, said device comprising:
a body portion having a passage extending therethrough, said passage being adapted to receive an elongate flexible element therein;
means provided in connection with said body portion for retaining one end of such an elongate flexible element whereby, in use, an elongate flexible element can be arranged in said passage and held at one end by said retaining means, a portion of said flexible element forming a loop external to and supported by, said device and wherein, in use, the length of said loop may be adjusted by pulling on a portion of the flexible element extending from said passage.
Preferably said body portion is hollow and said passage communicates with the interior of said body portion.
Preferably the passage extends between first and second openings provided on opposite sides of the device and the device is provided with an elongate flexible element having one end held in the retaining means and having the free end threaded through the first opening and the second opening to form a loop external to, and supported by the device.
In a preferred embodiment the elongate flexible element is a cord.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
In order that the invention can be more clearly ascertained a preferred embodiment of the support device according to the present invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 is a side view of a preferred embodiment of the support device attached to a wall by means of a single screw;
FIG. 2 is a front view of the device shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 illustrates one application of the preferred embodiment of the device shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 illustrates a second application of the same embodiment;
FIG. 5 is a perspective rear view of the support device of FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is a rear view of the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 5 showing a preferred arrangement of a cord inside the body of the device;
FIG. 7 is a side view of the same embodiment attached to a horizontal surface;
FIG. 8 is a side view of a picture frame suspended from the support device in the conventional manner;
FIG. 9 illustrates an alternative method of suspending a picture frame using t
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Mellor John R.
Patton Duncan R.
John Mellor Pty, Limited
Ramirez Ramon O.
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