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US3187902A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Multiple tool holders

Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc
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Filing: 1963-12-16
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Granted: 1965-06-08
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Expires: 1983-12-16
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 John F Nelson

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 00:51
CPC Classifications
B; B25; B25H; B25H3/00; B25H3/04

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 197 words
A ONE-PIECE BRACKET MADE OF PLASTIC MATERIAL ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ON A COMPLEMENTARY UPRIGHT APERTURED SUPPORTING PLATE, COMPRISING AN ELONGATED BODY HAVING A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF ARTICLE SUPPORTING MEMBERS PROJECTING HORIZONTALLY THEREFROM EACH BEING U-SHAPED IN CROSS SECTION AND HAVING AN UPSTANDING KNOB AT THEIR FREE EXTREMITIES, THE ARTICLE SUPPORTING MEMBERS IN EACH PAIR COOPERATING WITH EACH OTHER TO RESTRAIN ARTICLES FROM LATERAL AND DOWNWARD MOVEMENT WHEN MOUNTED THEREBETWEEN, MEANS PROVIDING HORIZONTAL SUPPORT FOR EACH ARTICLE SUPPORTING MEMBER AND INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND BRACE MEANS, SAID FIRST BRACE MEANS ADAPTED TO REST AGAINST SAID APERTURED SUPPORTING PLATE, SAID SECOND BRACE MEANS CARRIED BY SAID FIRST BRACE MEANS AND EXTENDING NORMAL THERETO IN UNDERLYING RELATIONSHIP TO SAID ARTICLE SUPPORTING MEMBERS TO UPHOLD AND PROVIDE SUPPORT THERETO, AND MEANS FOR SECURING SAID BRACKET TO SAID SUPPORTING PLATE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SPACED LUG PORTIONS PROJECTING FROM SAID ELONGATED BODY IN A DIRECTION GENERALLY OPPOSITE TO SAID ARTICLE SUPPORTING MEMBERS FOR RECEPTION WITHIN A PLURALITY OF APERTURES OF SAID APERTURED SUPPORTING PLATE, EACH PAIR OF SAID ARTICLE SUPPORTING MEMBERS POSITIONED IN COOPERATING RELATIONSHIP WITH AT LEAST ONE OF SAID LUG PORTION SO AS TO BE INDIVIDUALLY SUPPORTED THEREBY.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 197 words
A ONE-PIECE BRACKET MADE OF PLASTIC MATERIAL ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ON A COMPLEMENTARY UPRIGHT APERTURED SUPPORTING PLATE, COMPRISING AN ELONGATED BODY HAVING A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF ARTICLE SUPPORTING MEMBERS PROJECTING HORIZONTALLY THEREFROM EACH BEING U-SHAPED IN CROSS SECTION AND HAVING AN UPSTANDING KNOB AT THEIR FREE EXTREMITIES, THE ARTICLE SUPPORTING MEMBERS IN EACH PAIR COOPERATING WITH EACH OTHER TO RESTRAIN ARTICLES FROM LATERAL AND DOWNWARD MOVEMENT WHEN MOUNTED THEREBETWEEN, MEANS PROVIDING HORIZONTAL SUPPORT FOR EACH ARTICLE SUPPORTING MEMBER AND INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND BRACE MEANS, SAID FIRST BRACE MEANS ADAPTED TO REST AGAINST SAID APERTURED SUPPORTING PLATE, SAID SECOND BRACE MEANS CARRIED BY SAID FIRST BRACE MEANS AND EXTENDING NORMAL THERETO IN UNDERLYING RELATIONSHIP TO SAID ARTICLE SUPPORTING MEMBERS TO UPHOLD AND PROVIDE SUPPORT THERETO, AND MEANS FOR SECURING SAID BRACKET TO SAID SUPPORTING PLATE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SPACED LUG PORTIONS PROJECTING FROM SAID ELONGATED BODY IN A DIRECTION GENERALLY OPPOSITE TO SAID ARTICLE SUPPORTING MEMBERS FOR RECEPTION WITHIN A PLURALITY OF APERTURES OF SAID APERTURED SUPPORTING PLATE, EACH PAIR OF SAID ARTICLE SUPPORTING MEMBERS POSITIONED IN COOPERATING RELATIONSHIP WITH AT LEAST ONE OF SAID LUG PORTION SO AS TO BE INDIVIDUALLY SUPPORTED THEREBY.

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