Supporting device

Claim 2

A supporting device for tools or the like comprising a duality of elongated spaced elements for engagement by a tool or the like, said elements defining an elongated opening therebetween adapted to receive the handle of such a tool, a plurality of spaced abutments on the upper surfaces of said elements for retaining such tools on said elements, a first means for support projecting downwardly at one end of said elements, said first means for support including a plurality of individual spaced prongs for alternatively engaging the forward side of a vertical structure and extending through openings in a horizontal structure, a second means for support projecting upwardly at said end of said elements, said second means for support being substantially parallel to said first means and spaced outwardly therefrom, said second means for support including a plurality of individual spaced prongs for engaging the rearward side of a vertical structure and cooperating with said first means for support in holding said device to such a verTical structure, and a third means for support inwardly of said first and second means for support, and substantially perpendicular thereto for resting on a horizontal structure and cooperating with said first means for support in holding said device to such a horizontal structure.

Claim 3

A device as recited in claim 1 in which said elements are rods in spaced parallelism.

Claim 4

A device as recited in claim 2 in which said abutments are balls secured to the upper surfaces of said rods.

Claim 5

A device as recited in claim 3 in which said third means for support is a continuation of said rods, the said rods having principal portions projecting upwardly beyond said third means for support and at an obtuse angle relative thereto.

Claim 6

A device as recited in claim 4 in which said first means for support is an additional continuation of said rods extending downwardly substantially at right angles to the outer ends of said first-mentioned continuation of said rods, said additional continuation of said rods defining said individual prongs of said first means for support.

Claim 7

A device as recited in claim 5 including in addition a plate secured to said rods at said first-mentioned continuations thereof, said second means for support being spaced tangs projecting from one edge of said plate defining said individual prongs of said second means for support.

Claim 8

A device as recited in claim 6 in which each of said tangs is a continuation of said plate including a first portion aligned with said plate and adjacent thereto, and a second portion bent upwardly from said first portion substantially at right angles relative thereto.

Claim 9

A supporting device for implements comprising a duality of spaced parallel rods, each of said rods including a first relatively short straight portion having an undersurface adapted to engage the upper surface of a horizontal structure, a second relatively short straight portion extending downwardly substantially at right angles from one end of said first portion for alternatively engaging the forward surface of a vertical structure, and extending through openings in the upper surface of a horizontal structure for cooperating with said first portion in holding said device to such a horizontal structure, and a third portion longer than said first and second portions extending upwardly from the opposite end of said second portion at an obtuse angle relative to said first portion for engagement by an implement to be supported, a plurality of spaced balls secured to the upper surface of each of said third portions for forming abutments to retain such implements so engaged by said third portions, and an element attached to and interconnecting the upper surfaces of said first portions of said rods, said element having a plurality of spaced parallel tangs having portions projecting upwardly and in a plane substantially parallel to said second portions of said rods, said tangs being spaced outwardly beyond said second portions of said rods for engaging the rearward surface of such a vertical structure and cooperating with said second portions in holding said device to said vertical structure.

Claim 10

A supporting device for implements comprising a duality of spaced parallel rods, each of said rods including a first relatively short straight portion having an undersurface adapted to engage the upper surface of a horizontal structure, a second relatively short straight portion extending downwardly substantially at right angles from one end of said first portion for alternatively engaging the forward surface of a vertical structure, and extending through openings in the upper surface of a horizontal structure for cooperating with said first portion in holding said device to such a horizontal structure, and a third portion longer than said first and second portions extending upwardly from the opposite end of said second portion at an obtuse angle relative to said first portion for engagement by an implement to be supported, a plurality of spaced balls secured to the upper surface of each of said third portions for forming abutments to retain such implements so engaged by said third portions, and an element attached to and interconnecting the upper surfaces of said first portions of said rods, said element having a plurality of spaced parallel tangs having portions projecting upwardly and in a plane substantially parallel to said second portions of said rods, said tangs being spaced outwardly beyond said second portions of said rods for engaging the rearward surface of such a vertical structure and cooperating with said second portions in holding said device to said vertical structure.

Claim 11

A device as recited in claim 8 in which said element includes a substantially flat plate, and said tangs include additional portions extending from an edge of said plate to outer ends of said additional portions, said first-mentioned portions of said tangs extending from said outer ends of said additional portions of said tangs.