US1262920A - Broom-holder. - Google Patents

Description

N. QHUVALDJY.

BROONI HOLDER.

APPLICATION man Nov.14,19|7.

" Patented Apr. 16, 12H8.

61H02 new @union :NICHOLAS CHOUVALDJY, OF BERKELEY, CLIFORNIA.

BROOM-HOLDER.

invention, such as will enable others skilledin the artto which itappertains to make and use the same.- Y

This invention relates to broom holders: The object of the invention is to provide a holder for the handles of brooms and similar articles, which is not only efficient in holding the handle in a secure manner, .but will also prevent injury tothe wall agalnst which the holder-is, mounted by the article which is supported.

Another important object ofthe invention isto provide a holder for the handles of i brooms and similar articles in which the operation of inserting the handle, and also that of removing the handle therefrom are facilitated and the knocking of the handle against the wall surface is prevented. In

carrying out the above objects I have associated with a pair of spring clamp arms a brace or support which lies below the clamp arms and has a socket or foot portion which stands in substantially axial alinement with the socket portion of the clamp arms. This support, then, has as one of-its functions to hold the broom or other im away from the wall upon which the holder is mounted, so that whether the implement is a brush, broom, a wet mop which might soil the wall, it will be impossiblel for it to'. come into contact with the wall surface. The second function of the support is to act as a fulcrumto facilitate the removal or insertion of the handle, so

that the user will not be tempted to swing,

the portion of the handle below the clamp arms outwardly until the upper end of the handle comes into contact with the wall, and through the successive use of the point of A contact as a fulcrum point,.eventually mar the wall surface. On the other hand, the user of the holder of this invention will be handle, in removing it from the holder,

others ,relating to the details of construction.

Specification of Letters Patent.

vthe `arms together, lement body or other device therein the handle of a broom or like the and to employ the support as a-fulcrum pointeither in removing the handle or inserting it. With the above objects in view, and suchl c rati-interi apr. ic, reis;

Application led November 14, 1917. Serial No. 202,005.

as may hereinafter appear, m invention will now be fully set forth and escribed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. y

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device mounted upon a wall and having a broom handle inserted therein, vand Fig. 2 is a vertical section therethrough.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 represents a base plate upon which u the clamp plate 2 is mounted, andfrom which the supporting arm 3 extends. The base plate 1 `is made of such length and width as will provideva proper foundation for the holder when it is secured against a wall surface, and 'carries the arm 3 as a downward extension. The clamp plate 2 is a flat plate whose'marginal conformation accords, to vthe necessary degree,`to the u pper marginalportions of the base plate l, and is secured to thelatter by means of a nRising from the sides of the clamp plate pair of tubular rivets 4 which pass through y 802 2 are the spring arms V6, the arms 6 including provide the necessary the handle engaging sockets,8 and the outturned lips 9 between the outwardly bowed portions 7 which resilience for holding which the handle is introduced into the socket portion. Preferably, the socket portions 8 are scored or corrugated to aid in holding the broom between the clamp arms.y

The' supporting armB, as stated, is a Idownward elongation of the base plate 1,

and its lower end is outwardly curved until" its extremity underlies'the socket portions of. the clamp arms 6 -in a direction which approximates the. horizontal. Said extremity is then enlarged and shaped into a forked head 10, the socket formed by the forked head being substantially semi-circular in shape and of such width as to receive device. Preferably, the center of the semicircular socket in the forked head 10 lies s.

slightlyforward of the securing axis of the socket portions 8, so that of the handle is thrown slightly outward when kit is engaged in the holder.. The metal around the rim of the socket in the head 10 thev lower portion and' while reinforcing the arm, are not ofl such a heavy character as to destroy the resilience of the element.

llt will be apparent from the foregoing 'description that I have provided a very ecient improvement in holders for brooms and likearticles, in that it not only securely holds the handle of a broom, but furtherin 'the handle from the socket an easier propomore holds it in such a manner that the wall against which it is mounted is protect-` ed Jfrom becoming soiled from the body ont the broom or other implement and also because a fulcrum point is provided which gives easier access to the socket in inserta handle, and renders the removal of sition than where one must pull the handle directly out of .the clamp arms, or rock one end of the broom against the wall surface, and then pull it from between the clamping jaws. Furthermore, the :tulcrum or supporting element avoids the marringv of the wall surface which occurs from the successive contacting of the end or the broom against the wall in rocking it out of the clamping arms where no ulcrum element is provided.

What l claim as my invention is 1. A broom holder, comprising in combination, a base plate tobear against a wall surface, a clamp plate mounted upon the l Lacasse a socket therein to receive the handle which is inserted in the clamp arms, said socket being spaced below the latter so as to provide a fulcrum which coacts with the clamp arms in the insertion or removal of a handle.

2. A broom holder, comprising in combination, a'base plate to bear against a wall surface, a vclamp plate mounted upon the base plate and having a pair'of clamp arms extended therefrom, a supporting arm directed downwardly from the base plate as an extension thereof and being outwardly curved'to Iunderlie the clamp arms, a head formed on theextremity of the supporting arm-and having a socket'therein to receive the handle which is inserted in the clamp arms, said socket being spaced below the latter so as to provide a fulcrum which coacts with the clamp arms in the insertion or removal of a handle.

lin testimony whereof, ll aliix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. i

NllCHOLAS GHUUVALDJY,

Witnesses:

Pnntnr KAMRASB,

Anorrn STEERING.

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