Towel or blanket support device
First Claim
1. A device for supporting articles in a pile, said device comprising:
- a guide means;
a plurality of spacing elements each having two opposed surfaces, each surface having a low sliding coefficient of friction;
means provided on the spacing elements for co-acting with said guide means to allow movement relative thereto for varying the spacing between said two opposed surfaces of said adjacent spacing element members;
said co-acting means being substantially unrestrained by said guide means in the direction of said movement;
said spacing elements adjacent to one another when in a spaced apart relationship defining a storage zone for receiving and storing an article;
said spacing elements in use at least partially separating neighboring articles in the pile to permit any one of the articles to be removed without disrupting the pile, said low sliding coefficient of friction of said opposed surfaces facilitating removal of the article from the respective storage zone.
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Abstract
A device (10) for supporting articles (11) in a pile so that any one of the articles in the pile can be removed without disrupting the orderly arrangement of the pile. The device (10) comprises a guide means (13) and a plurality of spacing elements (20) mounted on and slidably movable along the guide means (13). The spacing elements adjacent to one another when in a spaced apart relationship define a storage zone (29) each for receiving and storing one of the articles. The spacing elements (20) serve to maintain at least partial separation between articles in the pile to permit any one of the articles to be removed without disrupting the pile. As each article (13) is removed from the pile, the spacing elements above it slide down along the guide means (13) to progressively decrease the height of the pile.
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1. A device for supporting articles in a pile, said device comprising:
- a guide means;
a plurality of spacing elements each having two opposed surfaces, each surface having a low sliding coefficient of friction;
means provided on the spacing elements for co-acting with said guide means to allow movement relative thereto for varying the spacing between said two opposed surfaces of said adjacent spacing element members;
said co-acting means being substantially unrestrained by said guide means in the direction of said movement;
said spacing elements adjacent to one another when in a spaced apart relationship defining a storage zone for receiving and storing an article;
said spacing elements in use at least partially separating neighboring articles in the pile to permit any one of the articles to be removed without disrupting the pile, said low sliding coefficient of friction of said opposed surfaces facilitating removal of the article from the respective storage zone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
- a guide means;
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