U.S. patent application number 09/739365 was filed with the patent office on 2002-06-20 for structure for locating rail and rail holder of rack.
Invention is credited to Lai, Ming-Hsiao.
Application Number | 20020074301 09/739365 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 24971942 |
Filed Date | 2002-06-20 |
United States Patent
Application |
20020074301 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Lai, Ming-Hsiao |
June 20, 2002 |
Structure for locating rail and rail holder of rack
Abstract
A rack comprises two holders fastened with the wall at an
interval, and a rail located between two holders by two locating
structures. The locating structures comprise two guide slots, a
locating block, and two retaining slots. The guide slots are
disposed in the inner wall of a retaining hole of the holders for
locating one longitudinal end of the locating block. The two
retaining slots are disposed at both ends of the retail for
retaining other longitudinal end of the locating block.
Inventors: |
Lai, Ming-Hsiao; (Taichung,
TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Ming-Hsiao Lai
P.O. Box 453
Taichung
TW
|
Family ID: |
24971942 |
Appl. No.: |
09/739365 |
Filed: |
December 19, 2000 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
211/105.1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47K 2201/02 20130101;
A47K 10/10 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
211/105.1 |
International
Class: |
A47F 005/00 |
Claims
I claim:
1. A towel rack comprising two holders fastened with the wall at an
interval, and a rail located between said two holders by two
locating structures; wherein said two locating structures comprise:
a plurality of guide slots disposed in the inner wall of a
retaining hole of said holders; a locating block having one
longitudinal end which is dimensioned and shaped to fit securely
into said guide slots of said retaining hole of said holders; and a
plurality of retaining slots disposed at one end of said rail such
that said retaining slots are dimensioned and shaped to retained
other longitudinal end of said locating block.
2. The towel rack as defined in claim 1, wherein said retaining
hole of said holders is provided in the inner wall thereof with two
guide slots opposite in location to each other; wherein said one
longitudinal end of said locating block has a rectangular cross
section.
3. The towel rack as defined in claim 1, wherein said retaining
hole of said holders is provided in the inner wall thereof with
four guide slots arranged equidistantly; wherein said one
longitudinal end of said locating block has a cruciform cross
section.
4. The towel rack as defined in claim 1, wherein said locating lock
of said locating structures is integrally formed with said holders.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates generally to a towel rack, and
more particularly to a structure for locating a rail and rail
holders of the towel rack.
[0003] 2. Description of Related Art
[0004] As illustrated in FIGS. 1-4, a towel rack of the prior art
comprises two holders 10 and a rail 11 held between the two holders
10 for holding a towel 12. The two holders are fastened with the
wall. The rail 11 is held by the two holders 10 in such a manner
that both ends of the rail 11 are retained in the retaining slots
of the two holders 10.
[0005] Such prior art towel rack as described above is defective in
design in that the rail 11 is not securely located by the two
holders 10, and that the rail 11 is apt to turn at the time when
the towel 12 is being removed from the rail 11, and further that
the two holders 11 are vulnerable to being unfastened with the
wall.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] The primary objective of the present invention is to provide
a towel rack which is free of the shortcomings of the prior art
towel rack described above.
[0007] In keeping with the principle of the present invention, the
foregoing objective of the present invention is attained by the
towel rack comprising two holders and a rack which is securely
located between the two holders by a locating structure. The
locating structure comprises two guide slots, a locating block, and
two retaining slots. The two guide slots are disposed in a
retaining hole of the holders for receiving two opposite sides of
one end of the locating block. The two retaining slots are disposed
at both ends of the rail for retaining two opposite sides of other
end of the locating block.
[0008] The features and the advantages of the present invention
will be more readily understood upon a thoughtful deliberation of
the following detailed description of the present invention with
reference to the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS
[0009] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a towel rack of the prior
art.
[0010] FIG. 2 shows a partial sectional view of the towel rack of
the prior art.
[0011] FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of another towel rack of the
prior art.
[0012] FIG. 4 shows a partial sectional view of the towel rack as
shown in FIG. 3.
[0013] FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of the present
invention.
[0014] FIG. 6 shows an exploded view of the locating structure of
the present invention.
[0015] FIG. 7 shows a longitudinal sectional view of the present
invention in combination.
[0016] FIG. 8 shows a perspective view of a towel rack of the
present invention.
[0017] FIG. 9 shows a partial exploded view of the towel rack of
the present invention as shown in FIG. 8.
[0018] FIG. 10 shows a sectional view of a locating structure
embodied in the present invention.
[0019] FIG. 11 shows a sectional view of another locating structure
embodied in the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0020] As shown in FIGS. 5-11, a towel rack of the present
invention comprises two holders 20 and a rail 21 which is located
between the two holders 20. The holders 20 are fastened with the
wall by a locating bolt. The holders 20 are provided with a
retaining hole 23 in which one end of the rail 21 is retained. In
other words, the rail 21 is located between the two holders 20 by
two locating structures which are similar in construction to each
other. Only one locating structure will be described hereinafter.
The locating structure of the present invention comprises a
plurality of guide slots 231, a locating block 22, and a plurality
of retaining slots 211.
[0021] The guide slots 231 are disposed in the inner wall of the
retaining hole 23 of the holder 20.
[0022] The locating block 22 has one longitudinal end which is
dimensioned to fit securely into the guide slots 231. The
longitudinal end of the locating block 22 may be rectangular or
cruciform in its cross section. In addition, the locating block 22
may be integrally formed with the holder 20.
[0023] The retaining slots 211 are disposed at one end of the rail
21 and are dimensioned and shaped to retain other longitudinal end
of the locating block 22.
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