[1]Patented Oct. 19, 1926. 196039845 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. JOSEPH !4'RITSC' I. OF SEDRO WOOLLEY, WASHINGTON. ADJTJSTA-.BLE TOOL-RANDLE AND IMPLEMENT RACK. Applic-@ition filed December 8, 1923. Serial No. 679,427. This iiiventioii ain-is to provide a siiiiple fraine - ",hich is adju,.tible to -,,teconiiiiodate ai,id displ,,ty iiiipl,eiiieiats of' oiie l@iiid ill'icl anothei-, novel iiae,-,ns beiiig proi,idecl for securiiio- the iiecessiry adjlistiiients, alicl novel m an., e beiiig provietecl for sti@eiigtheiiing the fran,ie. It is 'Witl-iiii the proviiiee of- the disclosure to improve geiierally and to enhalice the iitil10 ity of devices of that type to -which the iiiveiition appertains. With the above and other objects iii -,,ie\-@, -which will ,tppear as the descriotioli pioceeds, the invention resides in the coiibiiia15 tioii and ,iri@aiigemeiit o-.i'@. pai-ts aiici iii the det,,iils of coiistrtictioii hei-eiiiafter described and claimed, it being iiiiderstood that, -Nvitliin the scope of ivliat is cl,,timecl, chanes in the precise ei-fibodimei-it of the IIIATentiOll 20 shown, c,,in be made, witholit departiii(y fron-i the spirit of the iiivention. In the tccomp,,Liiyiiia drawiiig: FigLire I shows iii elev,,ttion a device con.1 structecl in accordance @",ith the iiiveiil'on, 25 pai-ts beiiio, brolk@en L-",ay; FigLire 9, is a scetioii on the Iiiie 2-2 of Ficii-,-e 1; FigLire 3 is ,t fi@agme-.ntal top plai-i; Figtire 4 is i see-. tioii oii the Iiiie 4-4 of Figiire 1. The device foriiiiiig the @tibject mitter of this Ltppli.c,,ition coii-iprises ,i frai-ii denotecl (yeiierally bv the n-uniei.-al 1, the fytilic,incli-idiiig t base 2 Av]-iieli may be coiistriietecl as desirecl. As shown, the b.,ise 2 inellicles a top 3, sides 4 aiid ends 5. TraiisverEe bi-,ices 35 6 extencl bet-weeli the sides I ii-i close relation to the eiicls 5 ,tiid bea,., ,igaiiist the top 3 to -iid ii-i suppoi@tin,-; the top. Openings 7 f,tshioi-ied in the top 3 adjacei-it to the brace@ 6. Verti6al staiiclards 8 extencl doAvnAv@irdly 40 tlirougli the opei-iin(,S 7 ai-id lie in coi-itact -%,,,ith flie br,,tees 6. '@Seciiriiig eleiiieiits 9 loc,,ited Nvitl-iin the b,,tse 2, coiiiiect the lo-wer ends of the staiiclarcls 8 with the bi-aces 6. As shoiyn in Fio-ure 2, the -,taiiclirds 8 @ire 45 disposed about i@idway between the sicleF3 4 of the base 2. Notches or se,,ttc, 10 are Toriiied iii the tipper encls of the stanclards 8. Iii tl-ie notehes 10, the ends of a top bar 11 aro motiiite-,I. 50 See-Lirino, iiieii-ibers 12 p,,i,ss tlii-oiigli the ii-l)per eiicls of the stindai-(Ts 10 ai-icl i-ig,,ige the ends of the top bcir 11. Ci-oss 1),i:i@s 1.4- are moi,il-Ited oii the oiiter -,tirfaccllg of tl-e, st,,- tiiclards S aiacl cove- tfie ciidq o-LI the top bai: tl, iij,iiio, e'lei.,@ieiits 1.@), laecttecl or,. Ot)t)ositc@ oi,, t'@il, top -i4,jl @ i arcts 8 aiid throtigh the cross bars 14 and liolcl the ei-oss bars iii place. Oiviiig to the! dispositioii of the securin@y members 12 and the 'gocul-ilig iiiembel@s 15, the tipper eiids of 60 the stal'id,,trds 8 are reii-iforeed agaiiist spli'tlt'n-, aiid the top bar 11 aiid the ei-oss bars I , 14 are helcl seciirely iii pl,-Lee. Ve rticall.)T spacecl loiigitiidin-I slots 16 are forine d, in 'the top b,,tr 11 ai-id exteiid pr,,)c- 65 tically the eiitire leiio'th of the s,,iicl bar. ArLicle holclers iihich inay be hooks 17, clips 18, or inythiiig of the sort, are 1-iiounted iii the slot.9 16 of the top btr 11 for tclj-Listment loiigitii ci.in,@,ily of the top ba,,, the tptlcle 70 lioldei, s boiiig helct iii adjusted position by i-i-tits 19 and shoiilders 20 locate,,l oii opposite si@,es of the t,op b,,t.r 11 ancl cooperating thcreA,,i@th. ATertic,,Illy spaced longitiidiiial slots 21 -,re foi-iiied in the Cross bvrs 14 on opposite 75 sides of the stiiidards S. Article holders, ivhi-,h miy be hooks 22 or clips 23, are ,tdjList,,tble in the slots 21 loiio-itt,.dii-ially of the ei-oss bti,-, 14. The artiel-e holclers 9,9--2'0 ,t,re he.,Id in position in the Nvay hereinbefore 80 descri becl in coi-iiiectioii witli tl-ie article. holder s 17 and 18. It will be obvioiis tb,,,,t a,- ticles of aiiy desirecl 16iicl m,,iy be llqouptecl oi-i the cleiiients 17-18-22-23. Upp er vertical slots 24: are formecl 'n the 55 st,,tiidarcls S. Supports 25 which may be ancle bolts, are vertically acljustable iii tl-ie lo'ts 24. NLits 26 are tliregclecl oii tl-ie outer eiids of tl-ie bolts 25 and engage the outer s-Lirfaces of the staiidarcls 8. A carrier 27, 90 in tl-ie forin of a bar, extencls horizont,,i,lly I-,etiveeii tl-ie staiid,,trds S. The carrier or bir 1),7 is provicled Nvith longitudinal slots 28. The i-ipst,,Lndiii- ei-icls of the aiigle bolts 25 ai-e engaged in the slots 28 at the elids tliere95 of, aiid by tio-l-iteniilg iip the iluts 26, the eiids of !-he c@rrier or bar 27 ivill be bouncl agaiiist the iiiiier sLirf,,i,ces of the st,,iiid,,Lrcls 8, it beiiig possible tliiis, to holcl the carrier or bar 27 iii vertically adjusting - positioiis. loo I-Torizontal retainers 29 ex'tel'lcl trailsversely of tli.e bar 27 ancl are, held in place oia the bar by bolts 30 located iii the slots 28. The horizontal retainers 29 Ire disposecl in pairs, aiid it is possible to acljust the distaiice be- i o,5 t-weeii the members of ,Liiy I?air of retainers 29, oi- betiaeel'i adjacent pairs of retainers, ,I-io bolts 9,0 inoviilg i-n the slots 28 of the bar 27. Cross iiiembers 31 are disposed horizoi-itall@T and cooperate Nvith the otiter stirfacps iio of it-ie staiidar(Is 8. The otoss mewbers 31 , 'I" -n ry @)oltg @,2 t) , , , " p el, iig
[2]l@@603,845 which are vertically adjustable ill the slots 24 of the standards 8, it belllg possible, tlius, to raise ind lo-wer the cross members 31. I-Iorizont,il i,etaiiiers 33 exte-,i(I ti-,tnsN,ersely r) Of the cross inembers 31 aild carry bolts 34 ()r tiie lil@e, adjustable ii-i. -eloi-ig,,tt@d slots 35 forrp.ecl i.-i the cross members 31. It @ivill be obvious tlilt the ret,,tiiiers 33 iuav be sllifted i.ioilizontalll, -with respect to eaeb otlier. The 10 ret,,.Line,rs 3@ ire diqposed iii pairs, the pairs beii,i locatecl oi-i o pposite sid,-s of the standar(Is S -.Ls clearly showii in Figure 4. The standards 8 haye lower vertical slots 36. A cii,rior or b,,tr 3@( @extends betwee@,i the 15 st,,iiidirds 8 aiicl lias loiigitLCllllal slots 38i II 9 are ert ea A . @l(,@ bolts 3 v i Ily adjust,,tl)le in tlle slot,s 36 aiid a,re ciiga,ed witli the loiv. er carrier or,bir @37 at the eiid,,@ of tlye slots 38 as liereiiibefore explailiecl. Lower trai-.isverse 20 retiiners 40 exteiid cross-Nviqe: o-f the 16-vjer ,I rie in i)lace for c, r p or bir 3@(- @ a.iid ,ire liejd v bolts 39, inovi@")l tile, @;iots @fidj,,istin-ent, b- e, in the @-)8 for tdjii@ilii(.,iit. Geiierallv stated, coi--tst@'llet'loll of tl-io men-lber 37 @iid pai,t@ (@ar-, 25 1-ied the,ieb@, i s the sqn-ie "L'S the eoiistructiori of the iiaeiibe,.r 27, asida froli-i tlie fact tli,,i,t the b,,ir 3@ is somewhat ivicler tliili the biir 27, for @q purpose whiel-i -,@ill be iiiicle ii-i,,tni-feq-t hei-eii,iafter. Retaiiier"@ 40 extei-id tratis30 l,erselv of the blir 37 aiid are beld tlie@eoi-,i, foi, aaltistment, -b), bolts 41 located ii-i fl-i6 slots 3 Cross memb,ors 12 ire proi,-ided ai,id are lield on the stand,,ii-ds 8 I)v bolts 43 located iii the ,qlots 36. Retainers 44 are 35 Mouiited loii tl-iq cross meiiibers 42 aiid ,Lre lield tliereon, for acljustmeiit, throuo@li tl-ie iiistruliieiitalitlr of bolts 45 tl-ie co@-i-struefioii beiilg the s@ine as tli@,t@ s,ho-wii in detail at 33-35-34 in Figure 4 and lierainbefore explaiiied -n coi-inection in,'tl tl-ie eioss jii,e @i I I @iii- 40 bers 31. Articles of aliy IKiiid sucli is sliov(,Is, iiiiy be n-iouiited oi-i -the base 2.1 the h@indles of tile shovels extendii-ig betweeii acl'aceiit lo-,vei, j,et@aii-iers 40 and' adjteelit upper retaillers 1),9, 4.5 ind siiiee the bar 27 is soi-neivhat iiarroi@,er than the bars 37, the tools or otlier objec[s will slaiit inivardly aiid upivardl.-,, toivard the loi-i,-)-ittidiii,,il center of tl-ie friii-iel @is Sll JITIJ iii Figure 2 of the di-awiiig. 0 el 0 eilliall@iiiff thils described the ii-iventiolli, iihat I
