Patent Application
20220081164
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The disclosure relates to hanging devices and more particularly pertains to a new hanging device for hanging tools in a jug and the jug to a ladder.
The prior art relates to hanging devices, particularly devices for hanging jugs and brushes utilized in painting. Such prior art hanging devices may comprise brackets for engaging buckets and brushes to a ladder, and devices for suspending brushes over buckets,
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a rod, which is resiliently flexible and comprises a medial segment, which is engaged to and disposed between a first segment and a second segment. The rod is shaped so that the rod is configured to be inserted of into a jug, which has a cutout positioned in a front thereof proximate to a top thereof.
The first segment of the rod is inserted such that it extends through a hollow handle of the jug. The medial segment of the rod protrudes through a top of the jug to define a hanging hook. The second segment is disposed within the jug proximate to the cutout to define a set of tool hooks. The hanging hook is configured to selectively hook to an element of a ladder, such as an S-hook, to removably engage the jug thereto. A respective tool hook is configured to selectively engage a tool, such as a paint brush, so that the tool is removably engaged thereto.
A user is positioned to add paint to the jug via the cutout and to hang the jug from the ladder using the hanging hook. The user also can hang paint brushes from the tool hooks. With the jug hanging from the ladder, the user can readily dip a brush into the paint. When a brush is not in use, it can be hung from a tool hook so that excess paint drips back into the jug.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
The first segment 16 of the rod 12 is inserted such that it extends through a hollow handle 28 of the jug 20. The medial segment 14 of the rod 12 protrudes through the top 26 of the jug 20 to define a hanging hook 30. The second segment 18 is disposed within the jug 20 proximate to the cutout 22 to define a set of tool hooks 32. The hanging hook 30 is configured to selectively hook to an element of a ladder, such as an S-hook, to removably engage the jug 20 thereto. A respective tool hook 32 is configured to selectively engage a tool, such as a paint brush, so that the tool is removably engaged thereto.
A user is positioned to add paint to the jug 20 via the cutout 22 and to hang the jug 20 from the ladder using the hanging hook 30. The user also can hang paint brushes from the set of tool hooks 32. With the jug 20 hanging from the ladder, the user can readily dip a paint brush into the paint. When a paint brush is not in use, it can be hung from the tool hook 32 so that excess paint drips back into the jug 20. The jug 20 with rod 12 attached also can be used for other tasks, such as in spackling application, dry wall mudding, and the like.
The medial segment 14 is substantially elongated C-shaped. The first segment 16 extends arcuately from a first end 34 of the medial segment 14 so that the first segment 16 is insertable through the hollow handle 28 of the jug 20. A terminal section 36 of the first segment 16 extends arcuately past the hollow handle 28 to engage the jug 20 proximate to a lower end 38 of the hollow handle 28, allowing the rod 12 to bear the weight of the jug 20 and contents thereof.
The second segment 18 comprises a first section 40 and a second section 42. The first section 40 is engaged to and extends substantially perpendicularly from a second end 44 of the medial segment 14. The second section 42 is engaged to and extends substantially perpendicularly from the first section 40 distal from the medial segment 14 so that the second section 42 is substantially parallel to and coplanar with the medial segment 14. The second segment 18 is inserted into a hole in a handle of a tool so that the tool hangs from the first section 40 of the second segment 18. The second section 42 of the second segment 18 prevents the tools from sliding off of the tool hook 32.
The rod 12 may comprise metal so that it is resiliently bendable, or other resiliently bendable material, such as plastic and the like. As shown in
The present invention includes a method of manufacturing a dual hanging device 10 and jug 20 combination. The method comprises the steps of:
In use, a user adds paint to the jug 20 via the cutout 22 and the jug 20 is hung from the ladder using the hanging hook 30. The user hangs paint brushes from the set of tool hook 32. With the jug 20 hanging from the ladder, the user can readily dip a paint brush into the paint. When a paint brush is not in use, it can be hung from the tool hook 32 so that excess paint drips back into the jug 20.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the elements is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
