Suction holder for razor

• US 20010040202A1
• Filed: 05/09/2001
• Published: 11/15/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adams Mfg Corporation (Keter Group SA)
• Original Assignee: Adams Mfg Corporation (Keter Group SA)
• Inventors: Adams, William E. IV
• Granted Patent: US 6,869,053 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/206.2
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 1/09 Holders for drinking glasses, tooth brushes, hair brushes, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 47/00 Suction cups for attaching purposes; Equivalent means using adhesives devices using adhesives, suction or magnetism for hanging or supporting pictures or the like A47G1/17; vacuum work holders B25B11/005; anchoring of ships using suction B63B21/27; suction cups for handling glass B65G49/061; load-engaging elements for cranes using suction means B66C1/02

Abstract

A holder for a razor or similarly shaped article has a suction cup and a split ring or a stem held within at least one bore through the neck of the suction cup. The bore and the ends of the split ring or stem have a multi-sided, preferable a square, cross section. Each side aligns with and is opposite a side of the bore keeping the split ring or stem in a selected position relative to the suction cup. When a square bore is used, the ring can be rotated 90 degrees within the bore from a plane parallel to a wall on which the suction cup could be mounted to a plane perpendicular to that wall. When a razor is placed within the ring when the ring is perpendicular to the wall, the ring will not be deflected downward.

Claims

1. A holder comprising:

(a) a suction cup having a cup portion, a neck containing at least one bore having a multisided cross section, and

(b) a split ring having two ends, said ends having a multisided cross-section complementary to the bore, each end sized and fitted within the at least one bore so that the split ring can be rotated within the bore from a first position to a second position such that in each position every side of the end of the split ring is opposite a side of the at least one bore.

2. The holder of

claim 1

, wherein the multisided cross-section is square.

3. The holder of

claim 1

, wherein the multisided cross-section is hexagonal.

4. The holder of

claim 1

, wherein the multisided cross-section is octagonal.

5. The holder of

claim 1

, wherein the suction cup is made of soft vinyl, and the split ring is made of one of polypropylene and polycarbonate.

6. The holder of

claim 1

wherein the at least one bore is a single bore passing through the neck.

7. The holder of

claim 1

wherein the at least one bore is a pair of bores on a common axis each bore extending from an outer surface of the neck toward a center of the next so that a web separates the two bores.

8. A holder comprising:

a. a suction cup having a cup portion and a neck extending from the cup portion, the neck containing a transverse bore having a multi-sided cross section, and

b. a hook having two ends, a portion of said hook adjacent one of said ends having a multisided cross-section complementary to the bore, said portion fitted within the bore so that the hook can be rotated within the bore from a first position to a second position such that in each position every side of the portion of the hook is opposite a side of the bore.

9. The holder of

claim 8

wherein the hook is one of an eye hook and a J-hook.

10. The holder of

claim 8

also comprising a head attached to the end of the hook adjacent the portion having a multi-sided cross section.

11. A holder and flag comprising:

a. a suction cup having a cup portion and a neck extending from the cup portion, the neck containing a transverse bore having a multi-sided cross section, and

b. a flag having a display portion attached to a pole, at least a portion of said pole having a multisided cross-section complementary to the bore, said portion fitted within the bore so that the flag can be rotated within the bore from a first position to a second position such that in each position every side of the portion of the pole is opposite a side of the bore.