US2922528A - Sock rack - Google Patents

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Jan. 26, 1960 D. E. CARLSON SOCK RACK Filed Oct. 12, 1956 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS United States Patent SOCK RACK Duane E. Carlson, South 'Milwaukee, Wis. Application October 12, 1956, Serial No. 615,630 2 Claims. (Cl. 211-89) This invention relates to a novel rack intended primarily for yieldably holding a plurality of pairs of socks rolled into ball form after laundering, and for exposing the socks to view to permit easy selection of a pair to be Worn at any time. However, the invention is not limited to the holding of socks and may be employed for holding various other yieldable articles, for example, scarves, towels, gloves, ties and belts.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple, attractive and novel rack which may be mounted on a door, a wall or other support in a vertical position, a horizontal position, or other position, or may simply rest on a floor or a piece of furniture in a tilted position and will accessibly hold the desired articles in orderly manner.

Another object is to provide a novel rack composed of two end brackets and a series of laterally spaced rods extending substantially middirectionally between said brackets.

A further object is to so locate the two rods at the sides of the series as to allow easy insertion and removal of articles, and to so locate an intervening rod as to limit the insertion of the articles.

A still further object is to provide a novel construction which permits mounting of the brackets and rods on a panel at the factory, or allows shipment and sale in disassembled form for easy assembly and mounting by the purchaser.

Yet another object is to provide a simple and inexpensive construction which can be expeditiously manufactured and profitably sold at a reasonable price.

Fig. l is a perspective view showing the preferred form of the invention in use;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation partly broken away and in section showing the same form of the invention;

Fig. 3 is a view partly in end elevation and partly in section, on line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a front elevation showing a different form of construction;

Fig. 5 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in section, on line 5-5 of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 6 is a view partly in end elevation and partly in section, on line 66 of Fig. 4.

The constructions shown in the drawings will be rather specifically described but it is to be understood that variations may well be made. As examples, the rods may be straight or zig-zag, solid or tubular, one piece or telescopic, and may have either plain or artistically shaped surfaces. Also, the end brackets need not be of the exact shapes shown, and these brackets, as well as the rods, may be constructed from any suitable metal or from a modern plastic. Also, when the rack includes a back panel, this panel may be of any desired shape and formed from metal, wood or plastic.

In Figs. 1 to 3, a back panel 10 is provided with a suspending loop 11 to be hung upon a hook or the like 12 and it may be considered that said panel is formed :from ply-wood and provided with a metal edge binding 13.

"2 An upper horizontal bracket plate 14.and a lower horizontal bracket plate are provided with attaching flanges 15 and 15a,-respectively,-the flange 15 being preferably directed downwardlyand the flange 1512 directed upwardly. The "flanges are secured'to the panel 10 by screwsor' the like 16.

Betweenthe upperand lower bracket plates 14 and 14a, there is provided a series of laterally spaced vertical rods, a series of three equally spaced rods being preferred. The two rods 17 at the sides of the series are spaced uniformly from the panel 10, and the intervening central rod 18 is spaced a shorter distance from said panel.

The rods 17 and 18 may be permanently or detachably connected with the bracket plates 14 and 14a. These rods have been shown as having reduced ends 19 received in openings 20 in the plates 14 and 15. This facilitates assembly at the factory, or by the purchaser if the rack be shipped and sold in disassembled condition.

The spacing of the rods 17 from the panel 10 is such that pairs of socks rolled into balls may be readily forced between said rods and said panel to the limit dictated by the control rod 18. For illustrative purposes six pairs of rolled socks are indicated at B but the rack would ob viously hold a greater number.

In Figs. 4 to 6, an upper bracket plate 14b and a lower bracket plate 14c are secured flat against a back panel 10a by rivets or the like 16a, and it may be considered that said back panel 10a is of sheet metal.

Rods 17a and 18a have rearwardly bent ends 21 suitably secured at 22 to the plates 14b and 14c, the portions 23 of said plates, to which the rod ends are secured, being preferably forwardly olfset as shown. The rods 17a and 18a are related with each other in the same manner as the rods 17 and 18.

From the foregoing it will be seen that novel provision has been disclosed for attaining the desired ends. However, attention is again invited to the possibility of making variations as to structure, materials, and use. Also, it will be understood that a back panel need not be supplied with the end brackets and rods, leaving it to the purchaser to mount said brackets upon any support which he may prefer.

I claim:

1. A rack for attachment to a planar supporting surface, including a pair of spaced end plates having flat portions for attachment to said planar surface, said flat portions being in a common plane, at least three laterally spaced rod means secured to and extending substantially unidirectionally between said spaced end plates parallel to the plane of said flat portions, said rod means. being fixed by said end plates against relative lateral movement, the outer two of said rod means being spaced from the plane of said flat portions and attached to Said end plates adjacent the ends thereof, and the inner rod means being spaced a lesser distance from the plane of said flat portions than the outer two rod means, whereby yieldable articles may be inserted from either side for the full length of said rack to be yieldably held between the rod means and the planar supporting surface to which the flat portions are attached, the inner of said rod means serving to limit the movement of said articles in the direction of insertion.

2. A rack for yieldable articles, including a supporting panel of larger area than the dimensions of the rack, a pair of spaced end plates attached to said panel, at least three laterally spaced rod means secured to and extending substantially unidirectionally between said spaced end plates, said rod means being fixed by said end plates against relative lateral movement, the outer two of said rod means being spaced from said panel and the inner rod means being spaced a lesser distance from the said panel than the outer two rod means, whereby yieldable articles may be inserted from either side for the full length of said rack to be yieldably held between the rod means and the panel, the inner of said rod means serving to limitthe movement of said articles in the direction of insertion.

ReferencesCited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Raab July 9, 1918 Harrod Mar. 22, 1927 Hackley Oct. 29, 1929 Feerick Dec. 20, 1949 Fenzl Oct. 10, 1950 Hornick Aug. 12, 1952 Smith Sept. 30, 1952 FOREIGN PATENTS France Apr. 21, 1903

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