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Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1966-05-16
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Granted: 1966-12-06
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Expires: 1986-05-16
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Burmeister Henry

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 02:50
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47F; A47F5/00; A47F5/08; A47F5/0807; A47F5/0815; A47F5/0823

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 273 words
A SUPPORT ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ON AN UPRIGHT PANEL HAVING A MULTIPLICITY OF EQUIDISTANTLY HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY SPACED ROWS AND COLUMNS OF HOLES THERETHROUGH, SAID SUPPORT CONSISTING OF A BASE AND A SEPARABLE FORWARDLY EXTENDING HANGER MEMBER, SAID BASE COMPRISING A FLAT VERTICAL BODY ADAPTED TO LIE FLUSH AGAINST THE FRONT SURFACE OF SAID PANEL, SIAD BODY HAVING L-SHAPED FINGERS EXTENDING REARWARDLY AND UPWARDLY FROM OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE TOP EDGE THEREOF, SAID BODY HAVIN G A TONGUE EXTENDING FOWARDLY FROM SAID TOP EDGE THEREOF BETWEEN SAID FINGERS AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID BODY, SAID BODY HAVING A LIP EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM THE BOTTOM EDGE THEREOF AT RIGHT ANGLES THERETO, SAID TONGUE AND SAID LIP HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME DIMENSIONS AND BEING MUTUALLY IN VERTICAL ALIGNMENT, SAID TONGUE AND SAID LIP EACH HAVING A RECTANGULAR HOLE THERETHROUGH, AT LEAST THE FORWARD EDGES AND THE SIDE EDGES OF SAID RECTANGULAR HOLES LYING IN COMMON VERTICAL PLANES, AT LEAST SAID RECTANGULAR HOLE IN SAID LIP BEING SQUARE IN OUTLINE, SAID HANGLER MEMBER HAVING DEPENDING VERTICAL MEANS AT THE REAR END THEREOF, SAID MEANS BEING SQUARE IN OUTLINE, SAID HANGER MEMBER HAVSAID SQUARE HOLE IN SAID LIP AND REGISTERING RELEASABLY IN SAID RECTANGULAR HOLES, THE PORTIONS OF SAID FINGERS WHICH EXTEND REARWARD AFORESAID HAVING A LENGHT SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE THICKNESS OF SAID PANEL, SAID FINGERS BEING SPACED APART A DISTANCE EQUAL TO THE HORIZONTAL DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO HOLES IN THE PANEL, SAID FINGERS BEING INSERTIBLE IN SAID LAST-NAMED TWO HOLES WITH SAID REARWARDLY EXTENDING PORTIONS THEREOF POSITIONED IN THE HOLES AND THE UPWARDLY EXTENDING PORTIONS TH EREOF ENGAGING THE BACK WALL OF THE PANEL.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 273 words
A SUPPORT ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ON AN UPRIGHT PANEL HAVING A MULTIPLICITY OF EQUIDISTANTLY HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY SPACED ROWS AND COLUMNS OF HOLES THERETHROUGH, SAID SUPPORT CONSISTING OF A BASE AND A SEPARABLE FORWARDLY EXTENDING HANGER MEMBER, SAID BASE COMPRISING A FLAT VERTICAL BODY ADAPTED TO LIE FLUSH AGAINST THE FRONT SURFACE OF SAID PANEL, SIAD BODY HAVING L-SHAPED FINGERS EXTENDING REARWARDLY AND UPWARDLY FROM OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE TOP EDGE THEREOF, SAID BODY HAVIN G A TONGUE EXTENDING FOWARDLY FROM SAID TOP EDGE THEREOF BETWEEN SAID FINGERS AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID BODY, SAID BODY HAVING A LIP EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM THE BOTTOM EDGE THEREOF AT RIGHT ANGLES THERETO, SAID TONGUE AND SAID LIP HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME DIMENSIONS AND BEING MUTUALLY IN VERTICAL ALIGNMENT, SAID TONGUE AND SAID LIP EACH HAVING A RECTANGULAR HOLE THERETHROUGH, AT LEAST THE FORWARD EDGES AND THE SIDE EDGES OF SAID RECTANGULAR HOLES LYING IN COMMON VERTICAL PLANES, AT LEAST SAID RECTANGULAR HOLE IN SAID LIP BEING SQUARE IN OUTLINE, SAID HANGLER MEMBER HAVING DEPENDING VERTICAL MEANS AT THE REAR END THEREOF, SAID MEANS BEING SQUARE IN OUTLINE, SAID HANGER MEMBER HAVSAID SQUARE HOLE IN SAID LIP AND REGISTERING RELEASABLY IN SAID RECTANGULAR HOLES, THE PORTIONS OF SAID FINGERS WHICH EXTEND REARWARD AFORESAID HAVING A LENGHT SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE THICKNESS OF SAID PANEL, SAID FINGERS BEING SPACED APART A DISTANCE EQUAL TO THE HORIZONTAL DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO HOLES IN THE PANEL, SAID FINGERS BEING INSERTIBLE IN SAID LAST-NAMED TWO HOLES WITH SAID REARWARDLY EXTENDING PORTIONS THEREOF POSITIONED IN THE HOLES AND THE UPWARDLY EXTENDING PORTIONS TH EREOF ENGAGING THE BACK WALL OF THE PANEL.

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