Oblong object holder

• US 20110073498A1
• Filed: 09/30/2010
• Published: 03/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: David H. Palmer
• Original Assignee: David H. Palmer
• Inventors: Palmer, David H.
• Granted Patent: US 8,322,523 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/38
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 11/008 Pocket toiletry etuis
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 11/324 with pivoting keys A45C11/325 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 29/04 Nail files, e.g. manually operated
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 29/18 Manicure or pedicure sets, e.g. combinations without case, etui, or the like combined with or on sheath of scissors B26B13/22, B26B29/04

Abstract

A holder of oblong objects pivotably mounted therein so as to be selectively positionable and selectively retainable therein comprising a pair of oblong sidewall structures spaced apart from one another each having a mounting side end across from one another with at least one of said pair of oblong structures having a sidewall opening at the mounting end thereof extending therethrough. A pivot pin is positionable in said sidewall opening, and also removable therefrom. An oblong object holder has a connection structure at a connection end thereof and supports a selected object to be held in the holder at an opposite support end thereof with the connection structure having a pair of connection bars each extending away from the support end and about an opposite side of a connection opening between them to result in gap ends thereof facing one another across a connection gap extending between them from the connection opening. The connection bars are formed of a resilient material sufficiently resilient to allow the gap ends to be forced away from one another far enough to allow the pivot pin to pass between them toallow oblong object holder and any oblong object supported to be positioned in the first object retaining space.

Claims

1. A holder of oblong objects pivotably mounted therein so as to be selectively positionable and selectively retainable therein, said holder comprising:

a first pair of oblong sidewall structures spaced apart across a first object retaining space from one another each having a mounting end with a sidewall opening therethrough such that said sidewall openings are also across from one another,

a second pair of oblong sidewall structure pairs spaced apart across a second object retaining space from one another and each having a mounting side end across from one another with each mounting side end having a sidewall opening therethrough such that said sidewall openings are also across from one another, there being a separator sidewall structure in said second pair of oblong sidewall structures having an opposite end thereof joined with an end support wall and an accommodating sidewall structure therein having an opposite end thereof spaced apart from said end support wall by an ejector space, said separator sidewall structure in said second pair of oblong sidewall structures being spaced apart from a nearest oblong wall structure in said first pair of oblong sidewall structures by a corresponding object retaining space,

a restraining spring formed of a resilient sheet curved sufficiently to form a joined spring end with a pair of spring sides across from one another each extending away from said joined spring end to each have a free end across from one another with each free end having a spring opening therethrough such that said spring openings are also across from one another, said restraining spring supported on said mounting side end of a supporting one of said sidewall structures in said second pair thereof such that said spring openings therein are each across from said sidewall opening in said supporting sidewall structure on either side thereof,

an ejector mounted in said holder to be positioned in said second and said corresponding object retaining spaces at an ejector side of those said object retaining spaces to extend between said second pair of spaced apart oblong sidewall structures with said ejector formed of a resilient material such that an end thereof can be forced further into said object retaining space and thereafter return to said ejector side when said forcing ceases,

a pivot pin positionable concurrently through each of said sidewall openings and said spring openings, and also removable therefrom, and

an oblong object holder having a connection structure at a connection end thereof and supporting a selected object to be held in said holder at an opposite support end thereof, said connection structure having a pair of connection bars each extending away from said support end and about an opposite side of a connection opening between them to result in gap ends thereof facing one another across a connection gap extending between them from said connection opening, said connection opening having opposite sides thereof separated by distances larger than distances across said pivot pin at said first and said corresponding object retaining spaces when said pivot pin is extending concurrently through each of said sidewall openings and said spring openings, said connection bars formed of a resilient material sufficiently resilient to allow said gap ends to be forced away from one another far enough to allow said pivot pin to pass between them, said oblong object holder and any oblong object supported at said support end thereof being thin enough in a direction perpendicular to the direction of extent of said connection bars about said connection opening to be positioned in at least one of said first and said corresponding object retaining spaces.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein said ejector is curved sufficiently to form a joined ejector end thereof with a pair of ejector sides across from one another each extending away from said joined ejector end to each have a free end across from one another, said ejector being mounted in said holder with said joined end thereof in said ejector space to have one of said first ejector sides positioned in said second object retaining space at an ejector side of said first object retaining space to extend between said second pair of sidewall structures and to have that remaining one of said ejector sides positioned in said corresponding object retaining space at an ejector side thereof to extend between first sidewall structure pair and said separator sidewall structure in said second sidewall structure pair.

3. The device of claim 2 wherein at least a portion of a said ejector space is formed by a recess in said end wall support.

4. The device of claim 3 wherein a said joined ejector end of a said ejector is at least partially in said recess in said end wall support.

5. The device of claim 4 wherein said joined ejector end of said ejector at least partially in said recess in said end wall support is constrained toward remaining there by a side of said recess pressing on said joined ejector end of said ejector.

6. The device of claim 2 further comprising said oblong sidewall structures of said first and second pairs of oblong sidewall structures being further joined by a dividing bar near said mounting side ends thereof adjacent said ejector with said ejector having an ejector button extending outward from each of said ejector sides thereof to be alongside said dividing bar such that said ejector buttons on said ejector sides of said ejector are on alternate sides of said dividing bar.

7. The device of claim 2 wherein said oblong object holder has a connector button on said connection structure between said connection bars and said supported object extending outward from said connection structure to be alongside said dividing bar.

8. The device of claim 1 wherein said supported object comprises a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector and an electronic circuit component.

9. A holder of oblong objects pivotably mounted therein so as to be selectively positionable and selectively retainable therein, said holder comprising:

a pair of oblong sidewall structures spaced apart across an object retaining space from one another each having a mounting side end across from one another with at least one of said pair of oblong structures having a sidewall opening at said mounting end thereof extending therethrough,

a pivot pin positionable in said sidewall opening, and also removable therefrom, and

an oblong object holder having a connection structure at a connection end thereof and supporting a selected object to be held in said holder at an opposite support end thereof, said connection structure having a pair of connection bars each extending away from said support end and about an opposite side of a connection opening between them to result in gap ends thereof facing one another across a connection gap extending between them from said connection opening, said connection opening having opposite sides thereof separated by distances larger than distances across said pivot pin at said object retaining space when said pivot pin is extending concurrently through said sidewall opening, said connection bars formed of a resilient material sufficiently resilient to allow said gap ends to be forced away from one another far enough to allow said pivot pin to pass between them, said oblong object holder and any oblong object supported at said support end thereof being thin enough in a direction perpendicular to the direction of extent of said connection bars about said connection opening to be positioned in said first object retaining space.

10. The device of claim 9 wherein said oblong object holder has a connector button on said connection structure between said connection bars and said supported object extending outward from said connection structure to be alongside said dividing bar.

11. The device of claim 10 further comprising said oblong sidewall structures of said first pair of oblong sidewall structures being further joined by a dividing bar near said mounting side ends thereof adjacent said ejector button extending outward from said connection structure to be alongside said dividing bar.

12. The device of claim 9 wherein said supported object comprises a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector and an electronic circuit component.

13. The device of claim 9 wherein said pair of sidewall structures is a first pair of sidewall structures and said object retaining space is a first object retaining space and further comprising a plurality of sidewall structure pairs each formed of a pair of oblong sidewall structures spaced apart across an object retaining space from one another and each having a mounting side end across from one another, there being a separator sidewall structure in each sidewall structure pair and an accommodating sidewall structure therein, said separator sidewall structure in each of said plurality of sidewall structure pairs being spaced apart from said accommodating sidewall structure in an adjacent sidewall structure pair, including a nearest sidewall structure in said first sidewall structure pair as an accommodating sidewall structure, by a corresponding object retaining space.

14. The device of claim 13 wherein said accommodating sidewall structure farthest from said first sidewall structure pair has a sidewall opening therein at said mounting side end thereof across from said sidewall opening in a said oblong sidewall structure in said first pair of oblong sidewall structures in which said pivot pin is concurrently positionable concurrently, and also removable therefrom.

15. The device of claim 13 wherein said oblong object holder is a first oblong object holder and said object retaining space is a first object retaining space, and further comprising a second oblong object holder having a connection structure at a connection end thereof and supporting a selected object to be held in said holder at an opposite support end thereof, said connection structure having a pair of connection bars each extending away from said support end and about an opposite side of a connection opening between them to result in gap ends thereof facing one another across a connection gap extending between them from said connection opening, said connection opening having opposite sides thereof separated by distances larger than distances across said pivot pin at said second and said corresponding object retaining spaces when said pivot pin is extending concurrently through each of said sidewall openings, said connection bars formed of a resilient material sufficiently resilient to allow said gap ends to be forced away from one another far enough to allow said pivot pin to pass between them, said oblong object holder and any oblong object supported at said support end thereof being thin enough in a direction perpendicular to the direction of extent of said connection bars about said connection opening to be positioned in at least one of said second and said corresponding object retaining spaces.