Device for rotatably supporting articles

Claim 1

A device connectable to a vertical surface for supporting an article and which is swingable relative to the surface, comprising in combination: a. a bracket having a base portion, a first side adapted to be secured against the surface, and spaced apart plate members projecting from a side opposite the first side, said plate members being in generally vertically aligned relationship, and each being provided with an opening; b. a frame having a main member, a plurality of cross members secured, at approximately their midpoints, to the upper face of said main member at spaced apart points along said main member, and extending transversely to said main member, an upright member secured to the one face of said main member at a location inwardly spaced from one end thereof, and extending perpendicular to the plane containing said cross members, a brace fastened between said upright member and said main member adjacent their point of connection, and a connector carried by said upright member, spaced above said main member, and aligned with that portion of said main member which lies between said upright member and the adjacent one end of said main member, said connector and said portion of said main member each being provided with an opening, and each overlying, and bearing upon, a respective one of said plate members; c. connecting members extending through said openings in said plate members, said main member and said connector for rotatably securing said frame to said bracket; and d. a platform received on said frame to extend over only that portion of said frame that extends between said upright member and the end of said main member opposite said one end thereof, said platform having a top wall for supporting the article and a plurality of rib members depending therefrom in spaced relationship, corresponding to the spacing of said plurality of cross members of said frame, said plurality of rib members bearing upon and being secured to said plurality of cross members, that one of said plurality of cross members that is nearest said upright member being shorter than the remainder of said cross members, and said top wall of said platform, in the area of said one of said cross members, converging inwardly to an apex point located adjacent to said upright member and being provided with a notch at such apex point for accommodating said brace.

Claim 2

A device connectable to a vertical surface for supporting an article and which is swingable relative to the surface, comprising in combination: a. a bracket having a base portion, a first side adapted to be secured against the surface, and spaced apart plate members projecting from a side opposite the first side, said plate members being in generally vertically aligned relationship, and each being provided with an opening; b. a frame having a main member, a plurality of cross members secured, at approximately their midpoints, to the upper face of said main member at spaced apart points along said main member, and extending transversely to said main member, an upright member secured to the one face of said main member at a location inwardly spaced from one end thereof, and extending perpendicular to the plane containing said cross members, a brace fastened between said upright member and said main member adjacent their point of connection, and a connector carried by said upright member, spaced above said main member, and aligned with that portion of said main member which lies between said upright member and the adjacent one end of said main member, said connector and said portion of said main member each being provided with an opening, and each overlying, and bearing upon, a respective one of said plate members; c. connecting members extending through said openings in said plate members, said main member and said connector for rotatably securing said frame to said bracket; and d. a platform received on said frame to extend over only that portion of said frame that extends between said upright member and the end of said main member opposite said one end thereof, said platform having a top wall for supporting the article and a plurality of rib members depending therefrom in spaced relationship, corresponding to the spacing of said plurality of cross members of said frame, said plurality of rib members bearing upon and being secured to said plurality of cross members, that one of said plurality of cross members that is nearest said upright member being shorter than the remainder of said cross members, and said top wall of said platform, in the area of said one of said cross members, converging inwardly to an apex point located adjacent to said upright member and being provided with a notch at such apex point for accommodating said brace.