US4976385A
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Holder for tubular container
Assignee: Matsumoto Design Co Ltd
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Filing: 1988-12-02
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Granted: 1990-12-11
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Expires: 2008-12-02
Abstract
Abstract The present invention is drawn to a holder for a tubular container which is provided with at least two attracting magnet parts, which are respectively provided with a magnet for attracting and holding a tubular container made of a magnetic material in an upright position, at a front face of a base body, and an elastic lower end support which is located below the magnet parts and supports a bottom of the tubular container. At the front face of the base body, a guide slope plate has a surface inclined from the rear to the front of the base body at the upper part of the base body so that a container held by the magnet parts can be easily removed by inserting one's hand between the container and the guide slope plate. Alternatively, the holder for a tubular container can include attracting magnet parts adapted to have their magnetically attracting force rendered effective or ineffective so that the container can be easily removed.
Inventors
- 👤 Takashi Matsumoto
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 06:32
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60N; B60N3/00; B60N3/10; B60N3/103; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S224/00; Y10S224/926
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
198 words
A holder for holding, in an upright position, a tubular container having a magnetically attractable component, said holder comprising: a base body having an upper part and a lower part and defining a front face extending between said upper and lower parts; at least two magnet parts mounted to said base body and comprising magnets which generate magnetic forces at the front face of said base body; a resilient support mounted to said base body and disposed below said magnets, said resilient support extending outwardly of the front face of said base body; and a guide slope plate located at the upper part of said base body, said guide slope plate defining a surface inclined, as taken in an upward direction extending outwardly of the upper part of the base body, from the front of said base body at which said front face is defined toward the rear of said base body such that a clearance having a wedge-shaped cross section is defined between said surface and a tubular container having a magnetically attractable component disposed against the front face of said base body when such a tubular container is attracted to said front face by said magnets.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
198 words
A holder for holding, in an upright position, a tubular container having a magnetically attractable component, said holder comprising: a base body having an upper part and a lower part and defining a front face extending between said upper and lower parts; at least two magnet parts mounted to said base body and comprising magnets which generate magnetic forces at the front face of said base body; a resilient support mounted to said base body and disposed below said magnets, said resilient support extending outwardly of the front face of said base body; and a guide slope plate located at the upper part of said base body, said guide slope plate defining a surface inclined, as taken in an upward direction extending outwardly of the upper part of the base body, from the front of said base body at which said front face is defined toward the rear of said base body such that a clearance having a wedge-shaped cross section is defined between said surface and a tubular container having a magnetically attractable component disposed against the front face of said base body when such a tubular container is attracted to said front face by said magnets.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
267 words
A holder for holding, in an upright position, a tubular container having a magnetically attractable component, said holder comprising: a base body having an upper part and a lower part and defining a front face extending between said upper and lower parts; at least two magnet parts mounted to said base body and comprising magnets which generate magnetic forces at the front face of said base body; a support mounted to said base body and disposed below said magnets, said support extending outwardly of the front face of said base body; and means operatively associated with said magnets for rendering the magnetic forces generated by said magnets generally ineffective in attracting a tubular container having a magnetically attractable component against the front face of said base body, said means comprising a guide slope plate located at the upper part of said base body, said guide slope plate defining a surface inclined, as taken in an upward direction extending outwardly of the upper part of the base body, from the front of said base body at which said front face is defined toward the rear of said base body, a protrusion bar connected to said guide slope plate and extending adjacent the front face of said base body, and mounting means mounting said guide slope plate and the protruding bar connected thereto to said base body, said guide slope plate being movable, via said mounting means, between a first position at which said protruding bar connected thereto is retracted within said base body and a second position at which said protruding bar projects outwardly of said front face.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
267 words
A holder for holding, in an upright position, a tubular container having a magnetically attractable component, said holder comprising: a base body having an upper part and a lower part and defining a front face extending between said upper and lower parts; at least two magnet parts mounted to said base body and comprising magnets which generate magnetic forces at the front face of said base body; a support mounted to said base body and disposed below said magnets, said support extending outwardly of the front face of said base body; and means operatively associated with said magnets for rendering the magnetic forces generated by said magnets generally ineffective in attracting a tubular container having a magnetically attractable component against the front face of said base body, said means comprising a guide slope plate located at the upper part of said base body, said guide slope plate defining a surface inclined, as taken in an upward direction extending outwardly of the upper part of the base body, from the front of said base body at which said front face is defined toward the rear of said base body, a protrusion bar connected to said guide slope plate and extending adjacent the front face of said base body, and mounting means mounting said guide slope plate and the protruding bar connected thereto to said base body, said guide slope plate being movable, via said mounting means, between a first position at which said protruding bar connected thereto is retracted within said base body and a second position at which said protruding bar projects outwardly of said front face.
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