Suction cup holder
View Patent ↗The present invention provides an attachment system for a suction cup and a fixture, including a resilient suction cup and a wire fixture. This attachment means quickly and securely attaches the suction cup to the fixture, enabling the fixture, when secured to a smooth surface by the suction cups, to hold heavy objects. A preferred embodiment of the invention includes a pair of parallel, horizontal rigid wires separated by a distance smaller than the head of a resilient suction cup but larger than the neck of the cup. The head of the cup is compressed to fit it between the pair of wires, which hold the neck and the entire suction cup in place. A pair of transverse wires intersecting the horizontal wires limit the horizontal movement of the cup.
1. A wire form fixture made of metal wires, said fixture having at least one horizontal wire supports forming a shelf surrounded by vertical walls, said vertical walls each having composed of parallel, vertical wires, at least four vertical, parallel wires forming a section generally lying in a vertical plane and at least one suction cup holding apparatus; a resilient suction cup, the suction cup having a suction body and a neck extending from the body with an enlarged head, said suction cup holding apparatus being attached to two adjacent vertical, parallel wires of at least one or said sections releasably holding the neck of the suction cup, said at least one suction cup holding apparatus comprising:
a piece of metal wire bent in the form of a rectangle with rounded corners, said rectangle being dimensional to be both of sufficient size to enable the head of the suction cup to be forced into the rectangle and to hold the neck of the suction cup to retain the suction cup in the rectangle, and to prevent the head from slipping from the rectangle, said apparatus being attached to said two adjacent parallel wires of said section with one pair of opposing parallel sides of said apparatus being parallel to said parallel wires of said section and the other pair or opposing parallel sides of said apparatus being perpendicular to said parallel wires of said section.
2. A wire form fixture according to claim 1 wherein said at least one suction cup holding apparatus comprises at least two suction cup holding apparatuses, and two of said apparatuses being located on said section and being symmetrically disposed said section.
3. A wire form fixture made of metal wires, said fixture having at least one horizontal wire supports forming a shelf surrounded by vertical walls, said vertical walls each being composed of parallel, vertical wires, at least four vertical, parallel wires forming a section generally lying in a vertical plane and at least one suction cup holding apparatus; a resilient suction cup, the suction cup having a suction body and a neck extending from the body with an enlarged head, said suction cup holding apparatus being attached to two adjacent vertical, parallel wires of at least one of said sections releasably holding the neck of the suction cup, said at least one suction cup holding apparatus comprising:
a piece of metal wire bent in the form of a rectangle with rounded corners, said rectangle being dimensional to be both of sufficient size to enable the head of the suction cup to be forced into the rectangle and to hold the neck of the suction cup to retain the suction cup in the rectangle, and to prevent the head from slipping from the rectangle, said apparatus being attached to said two adjacent parallel wires of said section with one pair of opposing parallel sides of said apparatus being parallel to said parallel wires of said section and the other pair of opposing parallel sides of said apparatus being perpendicular to said parallel wires of said section, wherein said fixture is supportable on a vertical wall solely by the suction cup.