Spiral tie and accessory rack with stacked pole segments
First Claim
1. A rack for supporting personal accessories, comprising:
- a base ring having a coupling member at one end thereof;
a middle connector having a first end provided with a first coupling member that mates with the coupling member of the base ring, and a second end provided with a second coupling member;
an endpiece connector having a first end provided with a coupling member that mates with the second coupling member of the middle connector, and a second end provided with a core receiving portion;
an elongate core having a first end received and held by the core receiving portion of the endpiece connector, and a second end;
a plurality of annular pole segments, each of the pole segments carrying at least one personal accessory support arm that includes a free end, wherein the pole segments are rotatably received on the elongate core in a stacked manner;
a stop member connected to the second end of the elongate core in such a manner that the pole segments are disposed on the elongate core between the endpiece connector and the stop member;
and wherein the rack further comprises;
interlocking means provided on the pole segments for rotationally interlocking the pole segments together in a such a manner that the free ends of the personal accessory support arms spiral at least partly around the elongate core.
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Abstract
A spiral tie and accessory rack includes an elongate supporting member that defines both a curved hook portion for supporting the rack from a closet rod and a downwardly extending straight core portion for rotatably receiving and supporting a plurality of annular pole segments thereon. The pole segments each carry at least one support arm and are provided with interlocking, angularly phase-shifted male and female features on their lower and upper surfaces, respectively. When the pole segments are properly stacked around the core portion so as to be mated to one another, the tie support arms are arranged to spiral around the inner supporting member. The rack may be supplied in kit form, and may also be converted to a table-top (standing) rack or a wall-mounted rack.
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20 Claims
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1. A rack for supporting personal accessories, comprising:
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a base ring having a coupling member at one end thereof;
a middle connector having a first end provided with a first coupling member that mates with the coupling member of the base ring, and a second end provided with a second coupling member;
an endpiece connector having a first end provided with a coupling member that mates with the second coupling member of the middle connector, and a second end provided with a core receiving portion;
an elongate core having a first end received and held by the core receiving portion of the endpiece connector, and a second end;
a plurality of annular pole segments, each of the pole segments carrying at least one personal accessory support arm that includes a free end, wherein the pole segments are rotatably received on the elongate core in a stacked manner;
a stop member connected to the second end of the elongate core in such a manner that the pole segments are disposed on the elongate core between the endpiece connector and the stop member;
and wherein the rack further comprises;
interlocking means provided on the pole segments for rotationally interlocking the pole segments together in a such a manner that the free ends of the personal accessory support arms spiral at least partly around the elongate core. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A rack comprising:
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a base ring;
an elongate core;
connecting means interconnecting the base ring and the elongate core; and
a plurality of annular pole segments, each of the pole segments carrying two diametrically opposed personal accessory support arms that each include a free end, wherein the pole segments are rotatably received on the elongate core in a stacked manner so that the free ends of the support arms spiral at least partly around the elongate core; and
wherein the rack is configured as a standing rack which is supported on the base ring, and wherein the elongate core extends upwardly from the base ring. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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8. A rack comprising:
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a base ring;
an elongate core;
connecting means interconnecting the base ring and the elongate core; and
a plurality of annular pole segments, each of the pole segments carrying at least one personal accessory support arm that includes a free end, wherein the pole segments are rotatably received on the elongate core in a stacked manner so that the free ends of the support arms spiral at least partly around the elongate core; and
wherein the rack is configured as a convertible rack which is adapted to be supported by the base ring in a plurality of mounting configurations selected from the group consisting of a standing configuration, a rod mounting configuration, and a wall-mounting configuration. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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