Patent ID: 6305557
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: B25H

Abstract:
A funnel-shaped holder for holding an implement having a relatively larger-diameter part and a relatively smaller-diameter part, said holder comprising a funnel structure having an upper end that flares open upwardly and is relatively wide for receiving an implement, a lower end that opens downwardly and is relatively narrow, a rear wall with a substantially flat vertical inside surface, opposite converging side walls configured for direct engagement by said larger-diameter part of the implement, each side wall extending non-linearly from the upper end of the holder to the lower end of the holder, the side walls defining, in conjunction with said rear wall, a funnel-shaped recess extending from the upper end of the structure to its lower end, a front wall spaced forward of the rear wall for preventing said implement from falling forward out of the recess, and an opening in the front wall for allowing the smaller-diameter part of the implement to be inserted through the opening into the funnel-shaped recess and the implement then moved down so that the larger-diameter part is received in the upper end of the funnel structure in a position in which it bears in direct engagement on the converging side walls, generally spans the side walls, and is held captive between the front and rear walls of the funnel structure thereby securely and removably holding the implement in a stored position.