Article-securing device

Abstract

Abstract A device for holding a container or the like to a mounting base of a supporting base, located within another container, for example, includes a bolt member which is mounted for rotation on the base plate and which may be operated by a hand lever extending outwardly therefrom. The upper end of the bolt is provided with a widened head portion of oblong configuration having a long end which is normally oriented so that it will align with a long end of a socket or receiving member which is defined at the lower end of the container or article to be anchored. The head portion advantageously comprises two parts including an upper head and a lower disc shaped part having end faces which are congruent to the underside of the upper part. The lower part is advantageously rotatably mounted on the pin but includes a surface which frictionally engages the pin. Rotation of the hand lever after the oblong outline of the head portion is aligned with the receiving slot of the socket of the article to be fixed will pivot the bolt with the oblong head within the socket receiving portion so that the oblong portion extends across the receiving slot and anchors the article to the supporting base. The lower part of the head will pivot with the bolt only if the wall bordering the socket slot is thin enough so that it will not block its pivoting. If the wall is thicker it will block the lower part so that only the upper part will move with the bolt.

Inventors

• 👤 Theodor Georgi

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