Patent ID: 9291301
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: A47J,A47L,F16M

Claim Text:
1. A support device for an article that is adjacent to a sink margin and sink walls, said support device comprising: (a) a first arcuate flexible finger having a longitudinal axis, said first finger having a first proximal end portion and an opposing first distal end portion; (b) a second arcuate flexible finger having a lengthwise axis, said second finger having a second proximal end portion and an opposing second distal end portion; and (c) a shoulder element that is sized and configured to cradle the article in an upright position, said shoulder element is disposed in an attached manner therebetween said first proximal end portion and said second proximal end portion, said shoulder element includes a cradle segment that has a continuously curving concave surface wherein said cradle segment extends for a full width of said shoulder element in an arcuate axis that is perpendicular to said longitudinal and lengthwise axes, wherein said first flexible finger, said shoulder element, and said second flexible finger approximately form an inverted symmetrical “U” shape that frictionally straddles the sink margin, wherein operationally said support device cradles the article in an upright position adjacent to the sink margin via said cradle segment that suspends the article in an open environment to facilitate article drainage in the open environment, wherein the article can be supported in either one of two opposing positions with the article adjacent to said shoulder element and said first arcuate flexible finger or the article adjacent to said shoulder element and said second arcuate flexible finger.