Abstract: An adjustable holding device and method for same wherein the device comprises a base having a top surface and a bottom surface and a carriage having an upper surface and a lower surface, adjacently positioned with the base. Two upright members, each having a first end in a channel in the base and a second end extending through guides on the carriage, hold the article in position. Upon rotation of the base relative to the carriage, the upright members positionally alter to compensate for various sized articles to be secured by the adjustable holding device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 8, 1994
Date of Patent:
October 1, 1996
Assignee:
Cobbs Manufacturing Co.
Inventors:
John Schenken, Charles A. Haas, Jerome Hartmann
Abstract: A drink container stabilizing device which normally rests upon a relatively horizontal surface for releasably holding various sized drink containers. One or more biased members, each of which are secured to the inner surface of a frame, releasably hold various sized drink containers within the frame's interior region. The frame has a top end and a bottom end which rests upon the relatively horizontal surface when the drink container stabilizing device is in a resting position. A retaining member may be used to further secure the one or more biased members proximate the top end of the frame, and a base plate may be attached to the bottom end of the frame so as to provide an underlying support for a drink container should the device be raised from its resting position. The base plate may further serve to secure the one or more biased members proximate to the bottom end of the frame.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 29, 1991
Date of Patent:
December 10, 1991
Assignee:
Cobbs Manufacturing Co.
Inventors:
Jerome Hartmann, John E. Schenken, Charles A. Haas