Newspaper holder

• US 4,335,864 A
• Filed: 04/11/1980
• Issued: 06/22/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/1980
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Marjorie A. Merlini
• Original Assignee: Marjorie A. Merlini
• Inventors: Merlini, Marjorie A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Foss, J. Franklin
• Application Number:
  US06/139,461
• Time in Patent Office: 802 Days
• Field of Search: 248/316 R, 248/316 D, 248/316 B, 24/259 R, 24/260, 24/255 R, 24/252 R, 24/253, 211/89, 232/1 C
• US Class Current: 248/316.7
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 25/08 Portable pocket clothes-holders attachable to trees, walls, tables, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 29/1203 Newspaper receptacles
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 7/28 Other arrangements on doors or windows, e.g. door-plates, windows adapted to carry plants, hooks for window cleaners edge protecting devices for door leaves E06B3/88; special glazing; emergency glazing; double glazing E06B3/66
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/44017 with specific mounting means for attaching to rigid or semirigid supporting structure or structure-to-be-secured

Abstract

Holder having a clip to clamp on the edge of a door and a bow for holding a newspaper or the like against the surface of the door.

Claims

1. Newspaper holder for use on a door, comprising:

(a) a generally U-shaped clip consisting of a first leg, adapted to lie against the inner surface of the door, a base adapted to lie against the edge surface of the door, and a second leg adapted to lie against the outer surface of the door, the legs of the clip converging toward one another away from the base to provide a substantial clamping force when applied to the edge of the door, and

(b) a bow extending from the clip across the surface of the door and having an outer end that engages the surface of the door with substantial pressure, the clip and the bow being integrally formed from a single strip of material, the free end of the first leg being provided with a portion bent outwardly to prevent damage to the surface of the door and the free end of the bow being provided with a similar portion curved away from the surface of the door, being formed in the base of the clip to enable the holder to be fixed to the end of the door and facilitate storage of the holder when it is not in use.

2. Newspaper holder as recited in claim 1, wherein the material is polished stainless steel and the removal of a newspaper from the bow causes the outer end of the bow to strike the surface of the door with sufficient force to cause an audible sound.

3. Newspaper holder as recited in claim 1, wherein the second leg of the clip is straight and the outer end of the bow lies on an imaginary extension of the second leg.

4. Newspaper holder as recited in claim 3, wherein the first leg of the clip is straight and the outer end of the bow lies on an imaginary extension of the first leg.

5. Newspaper holder is recited in claim 1, wherein the bow is bent in the form of an arc of a circle.