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US 7,784,609 · App. 12/373,716 · Granted Aug 31, 2010

Convertible holder for a consumer article

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Patent No.
US 7,784,609
App. No.
12/373,716
Granted
Aug 31, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A convertible holder for enclosing a consumer article formed by at least two combinable pieces forming an enclosure wherein at least one combinable piece may be converted from forming a part of the enclosure to a support base that attaches to another combinable piece at a transverse angle and the other combinable piece continues to partially enclose the article. The combination of base and enclosing pieces supporting the article at a height above a base surface.

Claims (12)

1. A holder for enclosing an article,

the holder comprising

a support being a bottom part and a base being a cap;

the base having an open top and a closed end;

the base closing the support at an open top of the support;

the support having a recess proximal to the closed end;

the support having interlocking elements inside the recess;

the base having on its outer surface interlocking elements complementing the interlocking elements of the recess;

the base engaging the support at one of the open top and the recess;

the base tightly fitting on its outer surface an inner surface of the recess, perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the support, and the base and the support while interlocked with each other provide a stable position with the support and the base having their bottoms co-planar, and the support being tilted at an angle relative to the vertical.

2. A holder as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the convertible holder comprises a molded material.

3. A holder as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the convertible holder comprises a flexible material.

Continuity (2)
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