Claims
- 1. Overhead storage apparatus comprising a main support member which has an attachment means at an upper end thereof whereby said member can be attached to an overhead stationary support; a tubular article carrying member which is mounted on the main support member so as to be slidable upwardly and downwardly therealong and is engaged with the main support member so that it is not turnable therearound, the lower end portion of the article carrying member being formed with a gap and having at the upper end of said gap a downwardly facing transverse abutment face; releasable catch means comprising an upwardly facing transverse abutment face which is provided on an upwardly bent lower end portion of the main support member and is resiliently biased to an operative position in which it is positively engaged beneath said abutment face of the article carrying member when the article carrying member is lifted into a raised position relative to the main support member to retain the article carrying member in said raised position, the main support member being resiliently flexible and bowed so that it bears against the internal surface of the article carrying member at the side of the latter opposite that side at which the abutment faces are disposed and said faces are thereby biased into mutual engagement by the inherent resilience of the main support member, the upwardly bent lower end portion of the main support member being disposed in said gap in the lower end of the article carrying member when the catch means is engaged and said abutment faces being manually transversely relatively movable out of mutual engagement against said resilient bias to release the catch means and allow the article carrying member to move downwardly relative to the main support member into a lowered position; and a stop arranged inside the tubular article carrying member so as to be engaged by said abutment face of the main support member when the article carrying member is moved to its lowered position thereby to retain the article carrying member in said lowered position.
- 2. Overhead storage apparatus comprising a main support member having an attachment means at an upper end thereof whereby said member can be attached to an overhead stationary support, a plurality of article carrying members mounted in end-to-end relation on the main support member so as to be slidable upwardly and downwardly along said main support member and each having a lower abutment face, and releasable catch means comprising a transverse abutment lug at the lower end of the main support member which is biased into engagement with the lower abutment face of the lowermost article carrying member when the lowermost article carrying member is lifted into a raised position to support said article carrying member in said raised position, said abutment lug and abutment face being manually transversely relatively movable at a position adjacent the lower ends of said members, out of mutual engagement against said bias to release the catch means and permit downward sliding movement of the lowermost article carrying member along the main support member into a lowered position, the lower and upper ends of adjacent upper and lower article carrying members respectively being positively transversely displaced relatively to one another by a spigot which is provided on one of the adjacent ends of said adjacent article carrying members and which abuts an interior side face of the adjacent article carrying member opposite to the face thereof toward which said abutment lug extends whereby on removal of the lower one of said adjacent article carrying members from the main support member said spigot positively urges the lower abutment face of the upper one of said adjacent article carrying members into engagement with the abutment lug.
- 3. Overhead storage apparatus according to claim 2 wherein the other of the adjacent ends of said adjacent article carrying members is formed with a socket which can be engaged by the spigot on said one of the adjacent ends of said adjacent article carrying members to enable the adjacent article carrying members also to be disposed in aligned end-to-end relation.
- 4. Overhead storage apparatus according to claim 2 wherein resilient biasing means are provided between the article carrying member and the main support member for resiliently biasing the article carrying member relative to the main support member thereby resiliently to bias said abutment lug into positive engagement with the lower abutment face of the lowermost article carrying member to support said article carrying member in its raised position, said abutment lug and abutment face being manually transversely relatively movable out of mutual engagement against the action of said resilient biasing means to release the catch means and permit downward sliding movement of the article carrying member along the main support member.
- 5. Overhead storage apparatus comprising a main support member which has an attachment means at an upper end thereof whereby said member can be attached to an overhead stationary support; a tubular article carrying member which is mounted on the main support member so as to be slidable upwardly and downwardly therealong and has a downwardly facing transverse abutment face; and releasable catch means comprising an upwardly facing transverse abutment face which is provided on a lug formed integrally with the main support member adjacent the lower end thereof and is resiliently biased to an operative position in which it is positively engaged beneath said abutment face of the article carrying member when the article carrying member is lifted into a raised position relative to the main support member to retain the article carrying member in said raised position, the main support member being resiliently flexible and bowed so that it bears against the internal surface of the tubular article carrying member at the side of the latter opposite to that side at which the said abutment faces are disposed and said faces are thereby biased into mutual engagement by the inherent resilience of the main support member, said abutment faces being manually transversely relative movable out of mutual engagement against said resilient bias to release the catch means and allow the article carrying member to move downwardly relative to the main support member into a lowered position.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 331,444, filed Feb. 12, 1973, now abandoned.
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Continuations (1)
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