Holder for round objects for everyday use, such as bottles, plates, bowls, dishes, and the like

Abstract

A holder for round objects for everyday use, such as bottles, plates, bowls, dishes, and the like with a positioning plate and two approximately semicircularly curved holder plates. The holder plates can be brought from an open insertion position into a closed holding position and enclose the objects placed on the positioning plate. By means of a special embodiment of the positioning plate and the novel embodiment of the rotary support of the holder plates, a unit is created that is closed in the holding position, in which the objects placed in it are unequivocally fixed and secured on the positioning plate, so that the unit can be transported and set up again at a different location.

Claims

1. A holder for round objects for everyday use, having an positioning plate (40) and two approximately semicircularly curved holder plates (10, 20), which, with their concave sides facing toward one another, can be moved along a vertical side from an open insertion position into a closed, securable holding position, the outer diameter of the objects (50) placed on the positioning plate (40) being adapted to the inner diameter of the holder plates (10, 20) put in the holding position, characterized in that the positioning plate (40) is provided with a central indentation (41) and laterally raised demarcation stops (42, 43) for the holding position of the holder plates (10, 20); that both holder plates (10, 20) are supported fixedly and nonrotatably on shafts (32, 33) located side by side; that the shafts (32, 33) are rotatably supported in the positioning plate (40); that both shafts (32, 33) are coupled to one another via gear wheels (34, 35) that mesh with one another; that one shaft is connected fixedly to a handle (31), that the handle is connected to a split drive shaft (30) which is in contact with the gear wheels (34,35) so that when the handle is rotated tangentially to the holder, the handle (31) rotates the split drive shaft, which in turn rotates the gear wheels forcing the shafts (32,33) to open the holder plates, and when the handle is rotated back to its original position, the handle rotates the split drive shaft, which in turn rotates the gear wheels forcing the shafts (32, 33) to close the holder plates; that both holder plates (10, 20) are connectable to one another in the holding position via closure elements that are located on the holder plates (10, 20) on the vertical side, opposite from the rotary support of the positioning plate (40).

2. The holder of claim 1, characterized in that the holder plates (10, 20) are connected to the positioning plate (40) via the split drive shaft (30), which is passed through hingelike offset eyelets of the holder plates (10, 20), and one holder plate (10) is connected nonrotatably in the holding position to the positioning plate (40), while the other holder plate (20) is fixedly connected to the split drive shaft (30), which is rotatably supported in the positioning plate (40) and can be put with a handle (31) into the holding position.

3. The holder of claim 2, characterized in that one holder plate (20) is connected fixedly and nonrotatably to an upper partial shaft and the other holder plate (10) is connected fixedly and nonrotatably to a lower partial shaft, and the partial shafts are connected to one another via a reversing gear, and the lower partial shaft is rotatably supported in the positioning plate (40).

4. The holder of claim 1, characterized in that the holder plates (10, 20) are provided with closure eyelets, which in the holding position of the holder plates (10, 20) are located vertically one above the other and are connectable to one another by means of a holder pin.

5. The holder of claim 1, characterized in that the holder plates (10, 20) are connectable to one another in the holding position via detent elements and detent receptacles.

6. The holder of claim 1, characterized in that the holder plates (10, 20) comprise elastic material.

7. The holder of claim 6, characterized in that the holder plates (10, 20), produced by injection molding from plastic, are provided on at least a portion of their concave inner sides with an elastic covering (11, 21), for instance of plastic foam.

8. The holder of claim 1, characterized in that the holder plates (10, 20) are composed of different-colored partial plates.

9. The holder of claim 1, characterized in that the holder plates (10, 20) are prestressed on their shafts (30; 32, 22) via springs, when the holder plates rest on the objects for everyday use (56) that have been set down on them.

Description

DRAWINGS

(1) Exemplary embodiments of the invention are shown and described in further detail in conjunction with the drawings. Shown are:

(2) FIG. 1, the plan view of a holder in a closed, empty holding position;

(3) FIG. 2, the plan view of the holder of FIG. 1 in the open insertion position of the holder plates;

(4) FIG. 3, the plan view of the holder of FIG. 1 in the closed holding position with the plates set down on it;

(5) FIG. 4, a holder with separate shafts for the holder plates in a front view;

(6) FIG. 5, a further perspective side view of the holder of FIG. 4, which is offset from that drawing by 90; and

(7) FIG. 6, a perspective view of the closed holder with an empty receiving chamber.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(8) FIG. 1 shows the holder in the closed, empty position, in which the handle 31 of the shaft 30 extends diagonally across the positioning plate 40. The positioning plate 40 can be provided with a central indentation 41 and lateral raised stops 42 and 43 for securely setting down the plates, bowls and the like.

(9) As FIG. 2 shows, from this basic position the holder plates 10 and 20 can be pivoted outward into an insertion position. In that process the handle 31 with the shaft 30 is rotated more and more tangentially to the holder. The holder plates 10 and 20 can also be adjusted contrarily, as indicated by the positions 10 and 10 and 20 and 20, respectively. This is achieved by corresponding coupling of the drive shaft 30 of the handle 31, as will be shown below.

(10) The plates 50 that have been put in place can be held in secured fashion in the holding position of FIG. 3, in which the holder plates 10 and 20 contact the plates 50 by way of elastic elements 11 and 21. The holding position of the holder plates 10 and 20 can be secured even further by means of integrally formed-on closing elements.

(11) In FIG. 4, the holder is shown in a front view, in which the gear wheels 34 and 35, coupled to the drive shaft 30, form a reversing gear for separate shafts 32 and 33. In this way, it is attained that with a single rotation of the handle 31, both holder plates 10 and 20 simultaneously experience a contrary pivoting. This can also be achieved by means of a split drive shaft 30, in which both partial shafts are coupled via a reversing gear, and the lower partial shaft is rotatably supported in the positioning plate 40 and the upper partial shaft is connected fixedly and nonrotatably to the handle 31.

(12) FIG. 5 shows the holder in the holding position, in a position rotated by 90 from FIG. 4.

(13) The inner diameter of the concave sides of the holder plates 10 and 20 is adapted to the outer diameter of the various objects to be set down, such as plates, bowls, bottles, and the like. This means that a fixed unit in the stack can be attained for each type of dish.

(14) The holder plates 10 and 20 may be produced from plastic and have coverings 11 and 21 of plastic foam, which are embodied as vertical strips.

(15) The positioning plate 40 can be produced as a deep-drawn plastic part, in which the indentation 41 in the middle of the positioning plate 40 ensures a better hold of the objects for everyday use. The same purpose is also attained by the stops 42 and 43 protruding from the upper side of the positioning plate 40, which contact the outer circumference of the objects set down, at least of the lowermost object for everyday use.

(16) Finally, FIG. 6 shows a perspective view of the holder, in which the empty holder can be seen in the holding position. The contact of the holder plate 20 with the demarcation stops 42 and 43 of the positioning plate 40 can be seen. Moreover, the coverings 11 and 21 on the concave inner sides of the holder plates 10 and 20 can be seen as vertical strips, which protrude from the concave insides of the holder plates 10 and 20 and are able, being pressed together, to contact the stack of inserted objects. The closed holding position of the holder plates 10 and 20 can be made absolutely secure by closure elements (not shown), which are mounted on the sides 12 and 22 of the holder plates 10 and 20 opposite the rotary support of the holder plates 10 and 20. The holder then forms a fixed, closed unit around the inserted objects.