Supports – Brackets – Specially mounted or attached
Patent
1997-06-16
1999-08-10
Ramirez, Ramon O.
Supports
Brackets
Specially mounted or attached
2482193, 2481251, 24829511, 108 5012, 211107, 2111334, 206557, A47B 3500, A47B 9606
Patent
active
059346345
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to a goods carrier which can be fitted to a vertical post, such as an umbrella post.
It is known to produce a goods carrier in the form of a traylike device which is provided with a slot that is so configured as to enable a post to be inserted through the slot opening and, by embracing the post, secure the tray thereto.
Swiss Patent Specification CH 502,805 describes a display stand which includes a post on which a tray or bowl is attached and decorated and/or filled with goods. The object is to provide a bowl which can be detachably fitted to the post, so as to avoid filling an empty bowl with fresh goods with the tray attached to the post, which may have a disturbing effect. It should therefore be possible to replace an empty bowl with a bowl that has been pre-filled with goods, with a simple hand movement. This is made possible by the fact that the bowl is provided with a slot which extends from the post receiving opening to the periphery of the bowl and which enables the bowl to be fitted to and dismantled from the post. It is proposed that the bowl is configured so that it will firmly grip around the post and therewith be fixed securely thereto. According to one preferred embodiment, one side wall of the slot is resilient, for instance in the form of a lip which springs in front of the slot opening, wherein the bowl is clamped firmly to the post at the inner end of the slot and is detached from the post by pressing the lip away from the slot.
This solution, however, is not suitable for use in open-air cafes, restaurants or tea gardens, where the waiter or waitress carrying a tray in one hand only has one hand available to detach the bowl or tray from the post, i.e. is not able to press back the lip in order to detach the tray. Furthermore, it has been found difficult to provide by means of the clamping force generated by the aforesaid lip an anchorage of the strength required to support heavy loads, for instance a tray carrying a number of beer glasses. The tray taught by the aforesaid Swiss patent specification cannot be rotated around the post.
Accordingly, one object of the present invention is to provide a goods carrier which can be attached to a generally vertical post and which can be attached to and detached from the post with the aid of only one hand. Furthermore, when attached to the post, the carrier shall be able to support relatively heavy loads. A further object of the invention is to provide a carrier which can be moved around the post. These objects of the present invention cannot be achieved with the earlier known devices intended for the aforesaid purpose, but are achieved of the present invention with a goods carrier.
The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to a non-limiting embodiment thereof and also with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the invention used together with a sunshade or rain umbrella;
FIG. 2 illustrates a holder body forming part of the invention;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view from above of an inventive goods carrier, in the fore of a tray; and
FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the tray shown in FIG. 3, taken on the line 1V-1V in FIG. 3.
FIG. 5 illustrates an alternative embodiment of the holder body of the present invention.
FIG. 1 illustrates an example of the manner in which the inventive goods carrier, referenced 1, is attached to a generally vertical post 2 which extends through a serving table 3, the bottom end of the post being anchored in a foot 4 and the upper end of the post supporting a sunshade or umbrella 5.
In the illustrated embodiment, the goods carrier 1 has the form of a tray 6 on which the goods, or items, shall be placed. The tray includes a generally radial, open slot 7 whose width corresponds to the diameter of the post 2. The slot 7 has a radially inward bottom region 8 through which the post a extends when the tray 6 is fitted thereto and which is extended axially, as will best be seen from FIG. 4, so that the bottom region 8 is wider at the botto
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Ramirez Ramon O.
Satellit-System AB
Wentsler Stephen S.
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