Handle Holder Device

Abstract

The handle holder device that is the object of this invention easily holds the handles of cleaning equipment, also those with different diameters and different sections, embracing them completely with an elastic part that joins to a support part thermo-molded to it.

Claims

1. A handle holder device of a single piece comprising: a first part, a support element on which rests a handle of a generic cleaning tool or a tubular profile of an upright; said support element surrounding only in part a longitudinal section of an outer surface of the handle or of the upright, a first end equipped with hooking devices for engaging a second part and a connection union; and a second end, opposite the first end, joined to a third part, an elastic retention element, which extends in an orthogonal direction to a main axis of the handle or of the tubular section of the upright, the elastic retention element being flexible and elastic, and adapted to completely surround, together with the support element, a longitudinal section of the circumferential and/or peripheral surface of the handle or the tubular section of the upright, wherein the second end of the elastic element, on a part opposite that of the connection with the support element, is joined solidly to the connection union.

2. The handle holder device according to claim 1 wherein the first end of the support element is configured with a side of a first straight end for presenting the connection devices easily joined to the respective connections exposed by the connection union.

3. The handle holder device of claim 2 to, wherein the straight side is parallel to the main axis of the handle.

4. The handle holder device of claim 1, wherein the elastic element comprises two or more transversal elements, with a small cross-section.

5. The handle holder device of claim 4, wherein the transversal elements are laminar, spaced apart from each other by interposed spacing.

6. The handle holder device of claim 1, wherein the material at least of the elastic element or at least of the support element is of a non-slip type so that it creates a condition of retention due to the compression of the elastic element extended and pulled, which pushes part of the outer surface of the handle against the support element.

7. The handle holder device of claim 1, wherein the support element has a hook on an outside thereof for connecting to the handle holder in repositioning and taking from an external support.

8. The handle holder device of claim 1, wherein the connection between the support element, the elastic element and the connection union is a thermoset connection, creating a continuous smooth surface adhering to the handle.

9. The handle holder device of claim 1, wherein the elastic retention element at its second end has a connection union, which joins to the coupling elements.

10. The handle holder device of claim 9 to, wherein the interposed spacing between the transversal retention elements of the elastic element constitute the lateral guides for the coupling elements with the connection elements on the connection union.

11. The handle holder device of claim 9 wherein the connection elements that connect to said coupling elements are on the end part of the interposed spacing between the transversal retention elements.

12. The handle holder device of claim 1, wherein the end part of the connection union has a protruding tab for gripping and pulling the elastic element.

13. The handle holder device of claim 7, wherein the handle holder that has a hook on the outside is installed on a tubular profile of an upright, preferably a trolley, and in a roughly vertical direction, surrounding the flexible part of its elastic element the above-mentioned upright, and with the relative hook facing upwards on the outside, creating an effective and easily repositionable multi-purpose hook for holding any tools, cloths, or consumables on said hook.

14. The handle holder device of claim 1 installed in a multiple configuration, applied directly onto several uprights of a cleaning trolley, creates a series of fixed hooks or attachment points, for holding tools with several suspension points, or the support bases of a repositionable shelf of a cleaning trolley.

15. The handle holder device of claims 10 wherein the connection elements that connect to said coupling elements are on the end part of the interposed spacing between the transversal retention elements.

16. The handle holder device of claim 7 installed in a multiple configuration, applied directly onto several uprights of a cleaning trolley, creates a series of fixed hooks or attachment points, for holding tools with several suspension points, or the support bases of a repositionable shelf of a cleaning trolley.

17. The handle holder device of claim 13 installed in a multiple configuration, applied directly onto several uprights of a cleaning trolley, creates a series of fixed hooks or attachment points, for holding tools with several suspension points, or the support bases of a repositionable shelf of a cleaning trolley.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0034] The technical characteristics of the invention, according to the aforesaid objects, can clearly be seen in the content of the claims below, and its advantages will become more readily apparent in the detailed description that follows, made with reference to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate a preferred embodiment, which is purely exemplary and not limiting, in which:

[0035] FIG. 1 shows the handle holder device of the invention from a perspective view, on which a handle of a generic cleaning apparatus is supported, where the handle holder is in an open configuration.

[0036] FIG. 2 shows what is set out in FIG. 1 from a different perspective view.

[0037] FIG. 3 shows what is set out in FIG. 1 from a side plan view.

[0038] FIG. 4 shows what is set out in FIG. 1 from a top plan view.

[0039] FIG. 5 shows the handle holder device of the invention from a perspective view that is retaining, in a closed configuration, the handle of a generic cleaning tool.

[0040] FIG. 6 shows what is set out in FIG. 5 from a different perspective view.

[0041] FIG. 7 shows what is set out in FIG. 5 from a top plan view.

[0042] FIGS. 8 and 9 show, from two different perspective views, a different arrangement for using the handle holder, applied directly on the upright of a cleaning trolley and with the relative external hook facing upwards, configuring, both individually and in multiple applications, a hanger for tools, tools, cloths and the like.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

[0043] The drawings show an exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment of a preferred embodiment of the invention.

[0044] The handle holder device 1 that is the object of the present invention consists of just one single piece.

[0045] This handle holder ideally comprises three parts, a first part, said support element 2, on which the generic handle 3 of a cleaning tool initially rests.

[0046] This support element has a concave shape, being able to partially include a portion of a handle arranged with its main axis parallel to the longitudinal extension of the support element.

[0047] Usefully, said support element can have a continuous profile minoring the section of handle with the maximum diameter that is to be retained; or possibly for greater universality of use, to be composed of several profiles, each one suitable for a specific diameter of the most widely used tool handles.

[0048] Possibly the profile of said support element could consist of the combination of different profiles, circular, polygonal and curved in order to adapt to the various handles of widely used cleaning tools.

[0049] The first longitudinal end 4 of the support element 2 has one or more coupling elements 5 capable of joining with the respective connecting unions 6 on the end of the connection 7.

[0050] The second end 8 of the support element 2, opposite the aforesaid first end 4, is joined in a thermo-formed mode to the second part of the handle holder device 1 composed of a flexible elastic element 9 that carries out the retention surrounding the remaining part of the peripheral surface of the handle 3, after having been pulled and joined at its end with the aforesaid coupling elements 5.

[0051] The part of the elastic element 9 that is joined to the coupling elements 5 is called connection union 7.

[0052] Said elastic element 9 is advantageously joined to the second end 8 of the support device 2 in such a way as to produce a continuous surface, without any roughness that is difficult to clean or that produces holes that facilitate the build-up of dirt that is difficult to remove.

[0053] Moreover, the seamlessness of the thermo-molded connection for all or most of the longitudinal extension of the parts provides a secure union between elements with a different elastic modulus, very rigid and solid, the support element 2, made of plastic or resin, and very flexible and elastic the elastic element 9, made of rubber or silicone or another polymer, or the combination thereof.

[0054] In order to obtain a considerable elastic excursion, even with a modest increase in stress, the elastic element 9 has two or more transversal elements 10, facilitating their elongation by contracting their reduced cross-section.

[0055] Said transversal elements 10 can take the configuration of two or more suitably spaced laminar elements.

[0056] The inter-space 11 between said transversal elements 10 also creates the seat within which the hooking elements enter, acting as lateral guides before said hooking elements are joined with the connecting union 7.

[0057] To facilitate the pulling of the elastic element 9, surrounding the handle resting against the support element 2 and the subsequent steps of the connection between the coupling elements 5 with the connection union 7, the end part of the elastic element 9 or of the same connection union 7 has a grip consisting of a tab 12 protruding outwards.

[0058] This handle holder device has the benefit of not taking up much space and that it can be left constantly on the handle even during normal cleaning.

[0059] In fact, the elastic element, which for the most part embraces the outer surface of the handle with the various transversal elements 10, advantageously configured in a laminar manner, slightly increases the cross-section of the handle.

[0060] In the aforementioned eventuality, the support element, instead of being fixed to the trolley or another stable retention device, has a hook 13 on the outside so as to be able to easily connect to an edge or to a profile of the cleaning trolley.

[0061] In this way, the repositioning and removal of the tool does not take place with the detachment of the handle holder from the respective handle held by it, but simply by lifting the handle up to the height which allows the hook 13 to separate from the respective edge of the cleaning trolley, in this way facilitating the fast and simple use of any cleaning tool equipped with a handle.

[0062] Another possible way to use said handle holder 1 is its direct application on one or more uprights 14 of a cleaning trolley 15 for hanging equipment and/or tools 16.

[0063] If necessary, the combination of several handle holders 1 applied on the uprights 14 can retain tools or equipment with several suspension points and/or create the end stop for a support shelf that can be positioned at the desired height along the uprights 14 of a cleaning trolley 15.