Patent Application
20250057337
This invention relates to devices for holding objects such as liquor bottles.
There are various devices for holding objects.
In at least one embodiment of the present invention an apparatus is provided which comprises: a structure which resembles a human being; wherein the structure has a head section, an arms section, a torso section, and a legs section; and further comprising a first tray fixed to the structure; and wherein at least a portion of the arms section is underneath the first tray, and supports the first tray.
The apparatus may further include a second tray which is fixed to the structure at a location below the first tray.
The apparatus may further include first and second members which are configured to hold a plurality of glasses below the second tray.
The apparatus may further include a first device having a first end and a second end opposite the first end; and wherein the first end of the first device is attached to the first tray and the second end of the first device is attached to the second tray, and the first device causes the first tray to support the second tray.
The apparatus may further include a second device having a first end and a second end opposite the first end of the second device; and wherein the first end of the second device is attached to the first tray at a different location from the first end of the first device and the second end of the second device is attached to the second tray at a different location from the second end of the second device, and the second device causes the first tray to support the second tray.
The apparatus may further include a top article of clothing configured to removably attach to the structure to cover at least a front chest portion of the structure.
The apparatus may further include a bottom article of clothing configured to removably attach to the structure to cover at least a waist portion of the structure.
In at least one embodiment, a method is provided which includes placing items on a first tray of an apparatus; and wherein the apparatus may be configured as previously described.
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The physical representation 2 has a plurality of sections or regions including a head 3, upper arms 4 and 8, lower arms including simplistic representation of hands 6 and 10, chest 12, torso or lower torso and hip region 14, upper legs 16 and 22, lower legs 18 and 24, and knees 17 and 23 (shown in
The shoes and/or feet 20 and 26 are fixed to the base 28, which is fixed to the base 30.
The tray 40, in at least one embodiment, is preferably physically supported by lower arm portions 6 and 10 as shown by
The tray 40 includes walls 42, 44, 46, and 48, and the bottom and/or bottom surface 50 which make up a box structure having an opening at the top, leading to a recess or indentation enclosed by the walls 42, 44, 46, and 48. The tray 40 is shown as a rectangular shape but may be other shapes.
The tray 60 includes walls 62, 64, and 66, and a bottom and/or bottom surface 67. The tray 60 is fixed to physical representation 2 just below knee sections 17 and 24 as shown by the combination of
The human figure and tray apparatus 1 may be made substantially of wood, hard plastic or some other rigid material, which some exceptions.
Each of the cords 52 and 54 may be a chain or a rope. The human figure and tray apparatus 1 further includes members 68 and 70, each of which may be made of metal. The members 68 and 70 each has a first end fixed at the bottom surface of bottom 67, nearer the wall 66 than to the wall 62, and a second end fixed at the bottom surface of bottom 67, nearer the wall 62 than to the wall 66.
The tray 40 may be used to hold a drinking glass or glasses with a beverage inside of the glass or glasses, with the glasses in an upright position, and the bottom of the glasses resting and supported by the bottom or bottom surface 50 of the tray 40, shown in
The second human figure and tray apparatus may be identical and/or substantially similar to the human figure and tray apparatus 1, except as will be described.
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The electrical cord 102 has a second end, which is opposite the first end, and which is electrically connected to a light 116 shown in a simplistic form in
The second apparatus 100 also includes top piece of clothing 114 which covers an upper part of the body of the apparatus 100, such as a front chest and/or front neck area. The top piece of clothing 114 is shown in dashed line format, and may be removably attached to the front chest and/or neck area of the apparatus 100 by Velcro (trademarked) hooks and/or loop portions on the clothing 114 and mating portions on the chest and/or next area of the body of the apparatus 100.
The second apparatus 100 also includes a bottom piece of clothing 118, which in at least one embodiment covers only the upper thighs. However, in other embodiments, the bottom piece of clothing may cover a waist area and/or a portion of legs of the apparatus 100. The bottom piece of clothing 118 is shown in dashed line format, and may be removably attached to the waist and/or legs area of the apparatus 100 by Velcro (trademarked) hooks and/or loop portions on the clothing 118 and mating portions on the waist and/or legs area of the body of the apparatus 100.
The clothing 114 and/or 118 can be removably attached to the rest of apparatus 100 in other ways, such as with removable adhesives, such as used for Post It (trademarked), technologies, or by snaps or in any other known manner.
The removable nature of the clothing 114 and 118 allows someone to change the clothing 114 and 118 to a different style clothing, and a plurality of articles of clothing may be provided for 114 and/or 118, which can be changed depending on the day or occasion. One can select the particular article of clothing 114 and/or 118 that one wants to attach to the rest of the apparatus 100. The clothing 114 and 118 may be removed entirely.
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Each glass of glasses 120, including glass 121, is shown suspended by the members 68 and 70 of the apparatus 100. There is a distance, D1, between the members 68 and 70, which is shown in
In at least one embodiment, in order to remove the glass 121 from the apparatus 100, one needs to move the glass 121 upwards towards the head 3, and then rotate the glass 121, such as a rotation of ninety degrees so that the bottom section 121a is parallel or substantially parallel to the legs 18 and 24 of the apparatus 100. With the bottom section 121a rotated ninety degrees or about ninety degrees from the orientation shown in
In
Unlike the tray 40, the tray 60 does not have a front wall (like wall 44) in order to allow someone to more easily remove the drinking glasses, such as drinking glasses 120, from the apparatus 100.
Although the invention has been described by reference to particular illustrative embodiments thereof, many changes and modifications of the invention may become apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. It is therefore intended to include within this patent all such changes and modifications as may reasonably and properly be included within the scope of the present invention's contribution to the art.
