US3195967A

US3195967A - Hanging canister set

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Publication number: US3195967A
Application number: US238636A
Authority: US
Inventors: James B Nolan
Original assignee: F H LAWSON CO
Current assignee: F H LAWSON CO
Priority date: 1962-11-19
Filing date: 1962-11-19
Publication date: 1965-07-20
Anticipated expiration: 1982-07-20

Description

July 20, 1965 J. B. NOLAN HANGING CANISTER SET Filed Nov. 19, 1962 INVENTOR. JAMES B. NOLAN,

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United States Patent 3,31%,967 HANGlN-G (IANKSTER James B. Nolan, Cincinnati, Ghie, assignor to The F. H. gawsen Company, Cincinnati, Ghio, a corporation of Filed Nov. 19, 1962, Ser. No. 23$,636 4 Elaims. (Ci. 312 246) This invention has to do with canister sets, and relates more particularly to canisters which may be suspended under a shelf, a kitchen cabinet, a utility cabinet, or other supporting surface.

Customarily such canisters are provided insets of four or five to contain such everyday household items as flour, sugar, salt, coffee, and tea. For the most part they comprise conventional receptacles-usually of cylindrical configuration-having a closed bottom and a lid or cover at the top. Such canisters are normally kept in the kitchen,

either on a counter top or other work surface, or else on a shelf. Since the items in the canisters are usually in daily use, they are most often kept where they are readily available to the housewife, and this often means that they occupy valuable space which might otherwise be used as a work area.

Accordingly, a principal object of the instant invention is the provision of a hanging canister which may be readily suspended from the under side of a wall cabinet, shelf, or the like, so that the canister will be readily accessible to the user while at the same time freeing additional counter or shelf space for other purposes. Such arrangement is also advantageous in that the canisters need not be moved when cleaning the counter, shelf or the like.

A further object of the instant invention is the provision of a hanging or suspended canister construction in which the bracket means by which the canister is suspended also serves as a top closure or cover for the suspended canister.

Still a further object of the invention is the provision of a canister of the character described wherein sealing engagement between the canister body part and the cover forming part of its mounting bracket is effected by the weight of the canister and its contents, i.e. by the pull of gravity, the canister body being secured to its cover part by means of inturned flanges which overlie the cover part so that the canister will hang by its own weight and hence seal itself when in the closed position.

Still another object of the instant invention is the provision of a canister construction of the character described incorporating locking means for releasably securing the canister in the closed position, such means being readily releasable when it is desired to remove the canister from the cover part so as to expose its contents.

The foregoing, together with other objects of the instant invention which will appear hereinafter or which will be apparent to the skilled worker in the art upon reading this specification, I accomplish by that construction and arrangement of parts of which I shall now describe certain exemplary embodiment.

Reference is made to the drawings wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a front elevational view of a set of wall cabinets illustrating a series of canisters in accordance with the instant invention suspended therebeneath.

FIGURE 2 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical sectional View illustrating the attachment of a canister to its combined mounting bracket and cover part.

FIGURE 3 is an exploded perspective view of a canister and mounting bracket in accordance with the instant invention.

FIGURE 4 is a perspective view of an alternate form of mounting bracket adapted for attachment to a vertical support.

Referring first to FIGURE 1 of the drawings, the refer- Eddiifih? Patented July 20, 1965 ence numeral 1 indicates a series of canisterswhicl1 may be of varying sizessuspendcd from the under surface 2 of a conventional set of wall hung kitchen cabinets 3. As will be explained more fully hereinafter, the canisters are mounted for to and fro sliding movement, and to this end are provided with handles 4 by means of which they may be readily gripped both for sliding movement and for removal from their mounting brackets.

Preferably the canisters will be of generally rectangular configuration having a body part composed of bottom, side and end walls joined together to form an open top receptacle. As possibly best seen in FIGURE 3, the opposite side walls of each canister terminate upwardly in inturned flanges or tracks 5 and 6. Similarly, the front end wall of the canister is provided with an inturned flange 7 which, as best seen in FIGURE 2, terminates inwardly in a rolled edge or lip 8.

Referring again to FIGURE 3, the flanges or tracks 5 and 6 are adapted to slidably receive the opposite side edges of the cover plate or top 9 which also forms a part of a mounting bracket which, in the embodiment illustrated, comprises a bracket member 10 having oppositely directed

flanges

11 and 12 extending outwardly from its uppermost edge, such flanges being provided with openings l3 and 14 into which screws 15 (FIGURE 2) may be inserted for engagement with the under surface of the cabinet 2. Similar flanges, such as the flange 16, project oppositely outwardly from the lowermost edges of the bracket, and these may be spot welded, as at 17, or otherwise secured to the uppermost surface of the cover plate 9.

As will be evident, the width of the cover plate 9 will be such that its opposite side edges will slide beneath the flanges or tracks 5 and d; and to this end the upper edge 18 of the rear wall of the canister body is displaced downwardly by a distance sufficient to permit the forward or leading edge of the cover plate 9 to freely pass beneath the flanges.

At its leading edge, the cover plate 9 is preferably provided with a corrugated portion or groove 19 adapted, when the parts are in the closed position, to mate with the rolled edge or lip 55 on the front flange 7, in the manner illustrated in FIGURE 2, thereby releasably securing the parts together in the closed position. In addition, it is preferred to provide the cover plate with a downturned flange Ztl having a strip 21 of resilient cushioning material on its inner surface which will make sealing contact with the upper marginal edge of the rear end wall of the canister body when the parts are in the closed position.

As should now be evident, when the canister body is associated with the cover plate of the mounting bracket and the parts moved to the closed position of FIGURE 2, the canister will be completely sealed, the weight of the canister and its contents acting to effect sealing contact between the flanges or tracks 5 and 6 and the marginal side edges of the cover plate. Similarly, along its front end edge, the lip 8 seats in the corrugation or groove 19 to effect a tight engagement of the parts; and at the rear end of the canister body, the downturned flange 2t and the resilient strip 21 will effect a tight closure. Obviously, the strip 21 will also serve as a bumper to cushion closing movement of the canister. When it is desired to remove the canister from the mounting bracket, a pulling force on the handle 4 will cause the lip 8 to be disengaged from the groove 19, whereupon the canister body may be either moved to an opened position or else removed from the mounting bracket. referably the leading edge 22 of the cover plate will be inclined downwardly in the manner best seen in FIGURE 2 so that when the canister body part is returned to its closed position, the lip 8 will strike the downwardly inclined lip 22 and be deflected upwardly thereby so that the lip will readily engage in the groove 19, thereby securing the parts in the closed position.

lying and supported on opposite marginali'side' edges of said cover plate, a groove in said cover plate adjacent the The materials from which thetcanisters and the mounting brackets are constructed does not constitute a limita? tion on the instant invention, although a preference is expressed for either light weight stainless steel or aluminum. Obviously, however, the. parts could be fabricated I from diverse other materialsrhaving the requisite strength i.

and'flexibility to carry out the objectives of the invention.

In FIGURE 4, I have illustratedan alternative form of mountingbracket suitable for attachment to a vertical support. In this instance the bracket member 23 is of generally triangular configuration with the cover part engaging flanges 24, 25 extending outwardly from the base edge of-the bracket, Whereas the wall engaging flanges 26, 27 project outwardly from the rear or vertical edge of the bracket.

Having, howeverfdescribed the invention in an ex- I einplary embodiment, and with the understanding that modifications may be made therein Without departing from its spirit and purpose, what I desire to secureiand protect by Letters Patent is: r Y

to a supporting surface.

front edge thereof for engaging and releasably securing the lip portion on said front flange, a downturned flange on the rear edge of said cover plate for contact with the rear wallof said'body part, and bracket means secured totheupper surface off said cover plate for attaching it 2. The structure claimed in claim 1 wherein a resilient cushioning material is secured to the inner surface of the downturned flange on said cover plate. v

3; The structure claimed in claim 2 wherein said bracket means includes a horizontally disposed flange positioned so as to be juxtaposed to a horizontally disposed support ing surface. a

' 4. The structure claimed in claim '2 wherein said mounting bracket includes a vertically disposed flange positioned lsoias to be juxtaposed to a vertically disposed supporting 1. A hanging canister comprising a body part havin g a bottom; front, rear and sidewalls terminating upwardly in an open top, side flanges projecting inwardly frorn'the upper edges of said side Walls, a front flange projecting inwardly from the upper edge of said front wall, said front flange terminating along its free side edge in a lip portion, and mounting means for suspending said body part from :a supporting surface, said mounting means comprising a cover plate of a size to closethe open top 7 of said body part with the said inturned side flanges overv FRANK JSHERRY, Primary Ex miner. CHANCELLOR HARRIS, Examiner.

Claims

1. A HANGING CANISTER COMPRISING A BODY PART HAVING A BOTTOM, FRONT, REAR AND SIDE WALLS TERMINATING UPWARDLY IN AN OPEN TOP, SIDE FLANGES PROJECTING INWARDLY FROM THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID SIDE WALLS, A FRONT FLANGE PROJECRING INWARDLY FROM THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID FRONT WALL, SAID FRONT FLANGE TERMINATING ALONG ITS FREE SIDE EDGE IN A LIP PORTION, AND MOUNTING MEANS FOR SUSPENDING SAID BODY PART FROM A SUPPORTING SURFACE, SAID MOUNTING MEANS COMPRISING A COVER PLATE OF A SIZE TO CLOSE THE OPEN TOP OF SAID BODY PART WITH THE SAID INTURNED SIDE FLANGES OVERLYING AND SUPPORTED ON OPPOSITE MARGINAL SIDE EDGES OF SAID COVER PLATE, A GROOVE IN SAID COVER PLATE ADJACENT THE FRONT EDGE THEREOF FOR ENGAGING AND RELEASABLY SECURING THE LIP PORTION ON SAID FRONT FLANGE, A DOWNTURNED FLANGE ON THE REAR EDGE OF SAID COVER PLATE FOR CONTACT WITH THE REAR WALL OF SAID BODY PART, AND BRACKET MEANS SECURED TO THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID COVER PLATE FOR ATTACHING IT TO A SUPPORTING SURFACE.