U.S. patent application number 11/610040 was filed with the patent office on 2007-04-12 for hand grip.
Invention is credited to Oleg Grigorevich GORDIENKO, Alexandr Mihailovich GRIGASH.
Application Number | 20070079478 11/610040 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 35509544 |
Filed Date | 2007-04-12 |
United States Patent
Application |
20070079478 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
GORDIENKO; Oleg Grigorevich ;
et al. |
April 12, 2007 |
HAND GRIP
Abstract
The inventive belt-suspended handgrip relates to devices for
passenger transport means. The invention provides several
embodiments of the handgrip which is made from a plate provided
with a slot for introducing and extracting a card and whose
structural design enables to rapidly change information cards.
Inventors: |
GORDIENKO; Oleg Grigorevich;
(Moscow, RU) ; GRIGASH; Alexandr Mihailovich;
(Moscow, RU) |
Correspondence
Address: |
PAUL AND PAUL
2000 MARKET STREET
SUITE 2900
PHILADELPHIA
PA
19103
US
|
Family ID: |
35509544 |
Appl. No.: |
11/610040 |
Filed: |
December 13, 2006 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
16/428 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B60N 3/02 20130101; Y10T
16/4724 20150115; G09F 23/00 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
016/428 |
International
Class: |
A45F 5/10 20060101
A45F005/10 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Jun 15, 2004 |
RU |
2004117464 |
Feb 4, 2005 |
RU |
2005102735 |
Jun 14, 2005 |
WO |
PCT/RU05/00326 |
Claims
1. A handgrip to be suspended in a vehicle, said handgrip being
embodied in the form of a plate to enable arrangement and holding
of an information card, characterized in that said plate is
provided with a groove formed by a recess on the plate surface and
a rim along the edge of said recess, said rim being open for
inserting several information cards and their removing by
passengers in the vehicle.
2. (canceled)
3. (canceled)
4. A handgrip as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that said
recess is made rectangular, said rims are located along two
opposite sides of the recess, at least on one of two other sides of
the recess of surface of said recess is made with a smooth
transition to an adjacent surface of the plate and forms with the
rims slots for inserting and/or removing a card.
5. (canceled)
6. (canceled)
7. (canceled)
8. A handgrip to be suspended in a vehicle, said handgrip being
embodied in the form of a plate to enable arrangement and holding
of an information card, characterized in that said plate is made of
a transparent material and provided with a groove inside it, said
groove being open for insertion and removal of an information card,
the plate surface being the outer surface of walls of said
groove.
9. A handgrip as claims in claim 8, characterized in that the plate
is made of a transparent material and the groove is open from
opposite sides of the plate.
10. (canceled)
11. A handgrip to be suspended in a vehicle, said handgrip being
embodied in the form of two plates connected to each other, one of
which being made of a transparent material to enable arrangement of
an information card between the plates, characterized in that at
lease one of said plates is provided with a slot in the form of a
recess on the plate surface, said slot facing the other plate and
being open from opposite sides for insertion and removal of an
information card.
12. A handgrip as claimed in claim 11, characterized in that it is
embodied in the form of three plates connected to each other, a
middle plate being made of a nontransparent material with grooves
at opposite sides connected to transparent plates.
13. A handgrip as claimed in claim 11, characterized in that one of
the plates is made of a nontransparent material with a groove in
which a transparent plate is arranged.
14. A handgrip as claimed in claim 11, characterized in that the
both plates are made of a transparent material.
15. A handgrip as claimed in claim 14, characterized in that each
of the plates is provided with a groove in the form of a recess of
a surface, said grooves forming in the handgrip a single slot for
arranging an information card.
16. A handgrip as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that the
groove is embodied in the form of a strip and being open from
opposite ends of the plate.
17. (canceled)
18. (canceled)
19. A handgrip to be suspended in a vehicle, said handgrip being
embodied in the form of two plates connected to each other to
enable arrangement of an information card between the plates,
characterized in that at least one of said plates is provided with
a protuberance facing the other plate and forming between the
plates a groove, which is open to insert and remove an information
card from the end of at least one of the plates.
20. (canceled)
21. A handgrip as claimed in claim 11, characterized in that one or
both of the plates are made of a transparent material.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to devices for passenger
vehicles, namely to handgrips to be suspended in a vehicle.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] There has been known a handgrip to be suspended in a vehicle
and provided with means for accommodating advertisements (Utility
Model DE9104744U, published 1991). This handgrip is embodied in the
form of a frame with a window for displaying cards containing
information of advertising nature (information cards). Two
embodiments of a slot for an information card are provided. With
the first embodiment, said slot is made in the interior of stays
and crossbars of the frame and is open from the end of said frame
to insert and remove the information card. Since the window
provides access to the card, it is used to remove and replace the
card.
[0003] With the second embodiment, the slot is made on the outside
of the frame in the form of a recess on its stays. The information
card is applied to stays in the recess and glued.
[0004] The drawback to the known device with respect to the both
embodiments thereof consists in that the frame is not strong enough
and may be deformed (bent) and even broken with relative ease. In
addition, with the second embodiment, gluing of the card makes its
replacement difficult and labor-consuming. With the both
embodiments, information cards are not protected against
vandalism.
[0005] There has been also known a handgrip to be suspended in a
vehicle and provided with means for accommodating advertisements
(International Application PCT/CN03/00545, Publication WO
04/007240, dated Jan. 22, 2004). This handgrip is made of a plate
to enable arrangement and holding of an information card by means
of a second plate connected to a first one. The information card is
held between the plates when they are connected. The plates are
made transparent. The drawbacks to this device consist in that,
firstly, it fails to provide for the arrangement of information
cards having a considerable thickness, since this may result in
deformation. Secondly, this device suggests a labor-consuming
operation for replacing the information card. When replacing cards,
the both plates of a handgrip should be disconnected and then again
connected to another information card.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] The claimed inventions are intended, as their closest prior
arts, to enable display of replaceable information cards, by means
of a handgrip. As distinct from the prior art, the present
inventions provide for the arrangement of information cards in
slots provided in a plate from which a handgrip is made. This
allows free arrangement of information cards of a considerable
thickness (more than 0.2 mm) with due regard for a corresponding
slot size. Moreover, the first embodiment of the inventive handgrip
allows for the arrangement of several cards in a slot and their
removal one by one by passengers in a vehicle. The other
embodiments of the inventive handgrip, more specifically, their
particular cases, make it possible to limit access to information
cards for passengers, providing their arrangement inside the plate
(the second embodiment) or between the plates (the third and fourth
embodiments). In so doing, a convenient replacement of cards is
ensured. In particular, insertion of a new card makes it possible
to push out a card inserted earlier. There is no need to disconnect
components of the handgrip. It should be noted that all inventions
afford convenient and quick replacement of information cards by
operating personnel.
[0007] The above technical effect is accomplished in the first
embodiment of a handgrip to be suspended in a vehicle, said
handgrip being embodied in the form of a plate to enable
arrangement and holding of an information card, said plate is
provided with a groove formed by a recess on the plate surface and
a rim along the edge of said recess, said rim being open for
inserting several information cards and their removing by
passengers in the vehicle.
[0008] Said groove may be formed by a rectangular portion of the
surface and rims along three sides of this portion.
[0009] A recess on the plate surface may be made rectangular, more
specifically--on a rectangular portion of the plate surface, with
rims being located along two opposite sides of the recess, at least
on one of two other sides of the recess the surface of said recess
is made with a smooth transition to an adjacent surface of the
plate and forms (along with the rims) slots for inserting and/or
removing a card.
[0010] A recess surface may be provided (from two sides) with a
smooth transition to an adjacent surface of the plate and may form
(along with the rims) slots for inserting and/or removing a
card.
[0011] Said groove may be provided with a spring drawing
information cards up to the plate surface or to the rims.
[0012] Said groove may be embodied to accommodate several
information cards at one time and to enable removal of information
cards one by one.
[0013] The above technical effect is accomplished in the second
embodiment of a handgrip to be suspended in a vehicle, said
handgrip being embodied in the form of a plate to enable
arrangement and holding of an information card, said plate is
provided with a groove inside it, said groove being open for
insertion and removal of an information card, the plate surface
being the outer surfaces of walls of said groove.
[0014] The plate may be embodied transparent and the groove may be
made open from opposite sides of the plate. Specifically, the
groove may be open from opposite ends of the plate.
[0015] The above technical effect is accomplished in the third
embodiment of a handgrip to be suspended in a vehicle, said
handgrip being embodied in the form of two plates connected to each
other, one of which being made of a transparent material to enable
arrangement of an information card between the plates, at least one
of said plates is provided with a slot in the form of a recess on
the plate surface, said slot facing the other plate and being open
from opposite sides for insertion and removal of an information
card.
[0016] The handgrip may be embodied in the form of three plates
connected to each other, a middle plate being made of a
nontransparent material with grooves at opposite sides connected to
transparent plates.
[0017] One of the plates may be made of a nontransparent material
with a groove in which a transparent plate is arranged.
[0018] The both plates may be made of a transparent material. In
doing so, each of the plates is provided with a groove in the form
of a recess of a surface, said grooves forming in the handgrip a
single slot for arranging an information card.
[0019] The groove may be embodied in the form of a strip and open
from opposite ends of the plate.
[0020] One of the plates may be provided with a recess and the
other--with a protuberance arranged in the recess of the opposite
plate with a clearance between them to accommodate the information
card. In so doing, surfaces of said recess and protuberance may be
made cylindrical; a slot formed by them being open along the
forming cylindrical surfaces.
[0021] The above technical effect is accomplished in the fourth
embodiment of a handgrip to be suspended in a vehicle, said
handgrip being embodied in the form of two plates connected to each
other to enable arrangement of an information card between the
plates, at least one of said plates is provided with a protuberance
facing the other plate and forming between the plates a groove,
which is open to insert and remove an information card from the end
of at least one of the plates.
[0022] Said recesses may be provided on each of the plates.
[0023] One or both of the plates may be made of a transparent
material.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0024] With reference to the accompanying drawings:
[0025] FIG. 1 illustrates a handgrip made in accordance with the
first embodiment of the present invention;
[0026] FIG. 2 illustrates a handgrip made in accordance with the
second embodiment of the present invention;
[0027] FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate a handgrip made in accordance with
the third embodiment of the present invention;
[0028] FIG. 5 illustrates a handgrip made in accordance with the
fourth embodiment of the present invention
BEST MODES TO CARRY OUT THE INVENTION
[0029] A handgrip as depicted in FIG. 1 is embodied in the form of
a plate 1 with an opening 2 for connection with a belt by means of
which the handgrip is suspended in a vehicle, an opening 3 for a
passenger hand and a groove formed by a recess 4 and rims 5. A rim
shown in FIG. 1 from the left is cut in part for clearness. The
rims form slots 6 and 7. A slot 6 allows insertion of several
information cards into the groove at one time. A slot 7 enables
removal of information cards one by one. To this end, a card is
pressed by a finger in order to be deformed in accordance with the
surface of the recess 4 and inserted into the slot 7 along a
"rounded" portion of the recess 4.
[0030] The plate, along with the rims, may be made at the expense
of injection molding from aluminum alloy or plastic.
[0031] Of course, the rims may be manufactured separately and then
attached on the plate (handgrip) thereby forming a groove with an
outer surface of said plate (handgrip).
[0032] A handgrip as depicted in FIG. 2 is embodied in the form of
a plate 8 made of a transparent material with an opening 9 for
connection with a belt by means of which the handgrip is suspended
in a vehicle, an opening 10 for a passenger hand. A groove 11 is
provided inside the plate and open from opposite ends of the plate,
thus enabling a quick replacement of information cards. The plate
may be manufactured from, for example, acrylic glass.
[0033] A handgrip as depicted in FIGS. 3 and 4 is composed of
plates 12 and 13, which are bolted or glued using a transparent
adhesive. The both plates are provided with grooves 14 (for a hand)
and 15 (for a belt by means of which they are attached to a
crossbar 16). Each of the plates 12 and 13 is provided with a
recess 17. Recesses 17 form a single groove. An information card is
held within the groove at the expense of friction between the
surface of the card and that of the groove, which is ensured by
conformity of the card sizes and the groove sizes and selection of
materials from which the card and handgrip are made. The card may
be inserted into the groove from opposite ends of the handgrip.
Such a design allows for quick replacement of information
cards.
[0034] The both transparent plates and, accordingly, the handgrip
as a whole may be manufactured from acrylic glass.
[0035] A handgrip as depicted in FIG. 5 is embodied in the form of
plates 18 and 19, which are bolted or glued using a transparent
adhesive. The both plates are provided with a groove 20 for a hand.
The plate 19 is provided with a groove 21 for a belt. The plate 18
is provided with a protuberance 22, which, together with surfaces
of the plates facing each other, forms a groove for insertion and
removal of an information card 23. The groove may accommodate
several information cards for their removal by passengers in a
vehicle.
[0036] The plates 18 and 19 may be made of a transparent or
nontransparent material, since in the case of using a
nontransparent material, it is contemplated that the cards are
partially projected beyond the groove.
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