Article mounting apparatus

Claim 2

In an apparatus for retaining a pair of articles each having a pair of opposite edges: first and second elongated members spaced from each other and extending in parallel; a first pair of flexible article retainers each having a thickest portion and mounted on said first elongated member only at said thickest portion for pivotal flexing movement at said thickest portion with respect to said first elongated member and each of said first pair of flexible article retainers including means for retaining a first edge of one of the articles; and a second pair of flexible article retainers each having a thickest portion and mounted on said second elongated member only at said thickest portion for pivotal flexing movement at said thickest portion with respect to said second elongated member and each of said second pair of flexible article retainers including means facing one of the said first article edge retaining means and spaced therefrom for retaining an opposite edge of one of the articles, thereby allowing the pair of articles to be held in a non-uniform angular orientation with respect to each other.

Claim 3

In apparatus for retaining a pair of articles each having a pair of opposite edges: first and second elongated members spaced from each other and extending in parallel; a first pair of flexible article retainers mounted on the first elongated member and each including means for retaining a first edge of one of the articles; means positioned between the first elongated member and each of the first pair of article retainers for biasing each first article retainer toward the first edge of a retained article; a second pair of flexible article retainers mounted on the second elongated member and each including means facing one of the first article edge retaining means and spaced therefrom for retaining an opposite edge of one of the articles, the four article retainers being shaped and mounted on the elongated members for pivotal flexing movement with respect to the elongated members so as to allow non-uniform angular orientation of the retained articles; and means positioned between the second elongated member and each of the second pair of article retainers for biasing each second article retainers toward the opposIte edge of a retained article.

Claim 4

In apparatus for retaining a pair of articles each having a pair of opposite edges: first and second elongated members spaced from each other and extending in parallel; a first pair of flexible article retainers mounted on the first elongated member and each including means for retaining a first edge of one of the articles; means positioned between the first elongated member and each of the first pair of article retainers for biasing each first article retainer toward the first edge of a retained article; a second pair of flexible article retainers mounted on the second elongated member and each including means facing one of the first article edge retaining means and spaced therefrom for retaining an opposite edge of one of the articles, the four article retainers being shaped and mounted on the elongated members for pivotal flexing movement with respect to the elongated members so as to allow non-uniform angular orientation of the retained articles; and means positioned between the second elongated member and each of the second pair of article retainers for biasing each second article retainers toward the opposIte edge of a retained article.

Claim 5

In an apparatus for mounting a pair of articles each having two opposite edges: four flexible article retainers each having a thickest portion and each including an article edge retaining portion; and a pair of parallel elongated support members, each of the elongated support members supporting two of the article retainers at said thickest portion with the elongated support members intersecting each article retainer in the direction of thickness of said thickest portion of the article retainer and with their article edge retaining portions facing the article edge retaining portions of the two other article retainers for retaining the pair of articles by their two opposite edges between the facing article edge retaining portions, only one of said support members having its respective article retainers each engaging and supporting one of the pair of articles for pivotal flexing movement about a position of engagement between the article retainers and said one of said support members to retain the articles between facing article retainers at variable angular orientations.

Claim 6

In an apparatus for mounting a pair of articles each having two opposite edges: four flexible article retainers each having a thickest portion and each including an article edge retaining portion; and a pair of parallel elongated support members, each of the elongated support members supporting two of the article retainers at said thickest portion with the elongated support members intersecting each article retainer in the direction of thickness of said thickest portion of the article retainer and with their article edge retaining portions facing the article edge retaining portions of the two other article retainers for retaining the pair of articles by their two opposite edges between the facing article edge retaining portions, only one of said support members having its respective article retainers each engaging and supporting one of the pair of articles for pivotal flexing movement about a position of engagement between the article retainers and said one of said support members to retain the articles between facing article retainers at variable angular orientations.

Claim 7

In apparatus for mounting a pair of articles at a predetermined spacing between selected portions of the articles while permitting variable angular orientations of the articles: a pair of parallel elongated members; and four flexible article retaining members each having a thickest portion, the article retaining members being mounted at said thickest portions with two article retaining members carried by each of the elongated members, the article retaining members including means for retaining an article between each pair of opposed article retaining members with the selected portion of the article aligned with said thickest portions of the article retaining members, the elongated members mounting the article retaining members with said thickest portions positioned at intervals selected to provide the predetermined spacing between the selected portions of the articles and with the article retaining members mounted for pivotal flexing movement with respect to the elongated members along said thickest portions.

Claim 8

In apparatus for mounting a pair of articles at a predetermined spacing between selected portions of the articles while permitting variable angular orientations of the articles: a pair of parallel elongated members; and four flexible article retaining members each having a thickest portion, the article retaining members being mounted at said thickest portions with two article retaining members carried by each of the elongated members, the article retaining members including means for retaining an article between each pair of opposed article retaining members with the selected portion of the article aligned with said thickest portions of the article retaining members, the elongated members mounting the article retaining members with said thickest portions positioned at intervals selected to provide the predetermined spacing between the selected portions of the articles and with the article retaining members mounted for pivotal flexing movement with respect to the elongated members along said thickest portions.

Claim 9

In apparatus as set forth in claim 4: each article retaining member being mounted and engaged along said thickest portion only, so as to be flexible pivotally about said thickest portion.

Claim 10

In apparatus as set forth in claim 4: at least alternate ones of the article retaining members having surfaces of generally hexagonal shape and having said thickest portions located centrally of the article retaining members.

Claim 11

In apparatus as set forth in claim 4: the elongated members mounting adjacent article retaining members in contact with each other along said thickest portions to space the articles with said selected portions spaced apart by said predetermined spacing.

Claim 12

In apparatus as set forth in claim 4: spacers mounted on the elongated members and separating each adjacent pair of article retaining members at said thickest portions to space the articles with said selected portions spaced apart by said predetermined spacing.