Supports: racks – Special article – Article includes elongated portion
Reexamination Certificate
2002-06-20
2004-09-28
Novosad, Jennifer E. (Department: 3634)
Supports: racks
Special article
Article includes elongated portion
C239S273000, C211S183000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06796440
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is related to a display rack for long-handled sprinklers wherein said display rack is mainly made up of an upper supporting board having retaining holes disposed thereon to locate the upper section of a long-handled sprinkler, and a base board having holding holes disposed thereon to hold the lower section of said long-handled sprinkler. Thus, said long-handled sprinkler having a sprinkle head disposed at the top is located securely at both upper and lower sections thereof onto said display rack. In addition, said sprinkle head can be adjusted to point at the direction as desired for clean and beautiful display of the same thereon.
Please refer to
FIG. 1
showing a first conventional display rack for long-handled sprinklers. Said conventional display rack
10
is made up of an upper board
11
having a multiple of oval locating columns
12
disposed thereon, a base board
13
having a multiple of oval hollow posts
14
corresponding to said oval locating columns
12
thereof, and a multiple of smaller staged-grooves
15
disposed at the bottom of said oval hollow posts
14
thereof. In practical use, a long-handled sprinkler
40
is led through said oval locating column
12
, passing through said oval hollow post
14
and placed onto said smaller staged groove
15
thereof at the lower section thereof. There are several drawbacks to such conventional display rack
10
. Said upper supporting board
11
can only loosely and partially locate the upper section of said long-handled sprinkler
40
via said oval locating column
12
, which makes it impossible to adjust the angle and direction of said sprinkler
40
to fit the location of said display rack
10
. It is, thus, limited in the space of display thereof. Second, said long-handled sprinkler
40
can only slant against said oval locating column
14
and oval hollow post
15
thereof for location, which makes it look rather disorderly in arrangement. Third, when said display rack
10
is moved, said long-handled sprinklers
40
displayed thereon are easily shaken into disorder and need another arrangement, which is quite bothersome and inconvenient.
Please refer to
FIG. 2
showing another conventional display rack for long-handled sprinklers. Said another conventional display rack
20
is made up of an upper board
21
having a multiple of inserting holes
22
and locating slots
221
disposed thereon for said long-handled sprinkler
40
to be led and located at said locating slots
221
thereon, and a base board
23
having a multiple of oval grooves
24
extending downwards for the lower section of said long-handled sprinkler
40
to be located therein. There are some disadvantages to such conventional display rack
20
. First, said long-handled sprinkler
40
is slantingly led through said inserting hole
22
and located at said locating slot
221
thereof in a single direction, enable to be adjusted to fit the location of said display rack
20
thereof. It is also limited in space of display thereof Second, said long-handled sprinkler
40
is leaned against said locating slot
221
thereof for location, which looks disorderly in arrangement and inconvenient for the selection of the consumers. Third, when said display rack
20
is moved, said long-handled sprinkler
40
can be easily dislocated from said locating slot
221
and shaken at said inserting hole
22
thereof. Another arrangement of the same is thus required, which is quite troublesome and inconvenient.
SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTNION
It is, therefore, the primary purpose of the present invention to provide a display rack for long-handled sprinklers, comprising an upper supporting board having a multiple of retaining holes disposed thereon which, each defined by arch indented grooves protrusion edges, and an arc retaining flange thereon, can locate upright the upper section of said long-handled sprinkler, and a base board having a multiple of holding holes disposed thereon which, each having a circular slant slope and a stop flange disposed therein, can hold the lower section of said long-handled sprinkler in straight position. Besides, said long-handled sprinkler can be easily adjusted in angle and direction to fit the location of said display rack thereof.
It is, therefore, the second purpose of the present invention to provide a display rack for long-handled sprinklers wherein a locating section of said long-handled sprinkler is fit into the space defined by said arch indented grooves and protrusion edges thereof for straight location so that said sprinkler thereof will be not easily shaken when said display rack is moved, and a sprinkle head disposed at the top of said long-handled sprinkler is adjusted to point at the direction as desired for clean and beautiful arrangement of the same on said display rack thereof.
It is, therefore, the third purpose of the present invention to provide a display rack for long-handled sprinklers wherein the lower section of said long-handled sprinkler is led through said circular guide slope and held in straight by said stop flange thereof for easily and quick location of the same.
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Novosad Jennifer E.
Yuan Mei Corp.
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