US3828373A

US3828373A - Outdoor wash stand

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Publication number: US3828373A
Application number: US00301080A
Authority: US
Inventors: F Fraley
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1972-10-26
Filing date: 1972-10-26
Publication date: 1974-08-13
Anticipated expiration: 1991-08-13

Abstract

A wash stand for outdoor use and comprising a ground stake of sufficient length to stand at substantially waist height as vertically erected, a plurality of wire form members engaged to the ground stake and extended radially outward and upward at their ends to receive and support a wash bowl therewithin, and arcuate sectors provided on said wire form members for peripheral engagement and support of the wash bowl inwardly thereof and providing radiused cross members outwardly thereof for towel bar and other uses.

Description

United States Patent 1191 Fraley Aug. 13, 1974 OUTDOOR WASH STAND 2,861,764 11/1958 Fisher 248/146 ,3l7,l 519 7 Z' h 248 156 [76] Francis Fraley, 535N- Thlrd 3591,831 711931 SL281 41166 Saint Clair, Mich. 48079 I [22] Filed: Oct. 26, 1972 Primary Examiner-Henry K. Artis pp No: 301,080 Attorney, Agent, or Firm Dale Austin mme [57] ABSTRACT [52] US. Cl 4/170, 4/ 167, 248/156 A wash Stand for outdoor use and comprising a {51] Int. Cl. A47k 1/04, A47k 1/05 ground stake of sufficient length to stand at substan- [58] Field of Search 4/166, 167, 168, I59,

248/l46 156 149 413 tlally waist height as vertically erected, a plurality of wire form members engaged to the ground stake and [561 82218381311881;1 8;111:8118 223 UNITED STATES PATENTS cuate sectors provided on said wire form members for 1,366,872 1/1921 Cantleberry 248/156 peripheral engagement and support of the wash bowl 1,666,293 4/1928 LOllOl'l 248/156 X inwardly thereof and providing radiused cross mem- 25201450 8/1950 Austm, 248/156 X bers outwardly thereof for towel bar and other uses. 2,603,439 7/1952 Vesconte 248/156 X 2,701,701 2/1955 Wolff 248/ 146 X 4 Claims, 8 Drawing Figures OUTDOOR WASH STAND BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Campers usually use a small table or a couple of sticks between two trees to make a wash stand that will support a wash bowl, a soap dish, a mirror, etc.

Unless the wash bowl is fastened down in some way, the water usually splashes around as the wash bowl is moved about and invariably the towels, soap and everything at hand is wet and messy. Cups set on the table or a shelf are knocked off on the ground and get dirty. And it is generally hard to keep the usual toilet items collected together near the wash stand and from being knocked about and on the ground or from being misplaced or lost.

Although camp site wash stands which are self contained units have been suggested before, most of them have provided little more than a stand for the bowl itself, a towel and a soap dish. And, the wash bowl is usually supported in such a way that it is unstable and may cause the whole stand to fall over.

Of further importance is that any wash stand for camp use must be capable of being disassembled in sufficiently small segments to be able to be compactly stored away and carried about from one camp site to the next. This is also important in manufacturing and packaging such units for sales and distribution about the country.

SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION The present invention relates to a wash stand for outdoor and camp site use which includes a ground stake, made in several segments, and with an end fitting for several radially extended arms to support a wash basin FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the arms.

FIG. 5 is a top view of the arms on the supporting stake and with the wash bowl shown in phantom as it is supported thereon.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged side view of the soap dish arm, which includes the shelf, cup dispenser and mirror supporting arm, with certain parts shown in cross-section.

by its outer rim therewithin so that the support for the wash basin is immediately under it for added stability.

In addition, each of the radial arms is formed to provide an arcuate segment which extends beyond the supported rim of the wash bowl and which may be adapted for use as towel racks, tooth brush holder, soap dish, etc. Since these are circumferentially disposed about the wash bowl, they are convenient to it and what ever weight they add is relatively counter balanced on the opposite side.

Still further, one of the radial arms is adapted to receive an attachment on which may be mounted a small shelf, a cup dispenser and a mirror. Although this weight, of itself, is not appreciable it is also counteracted by a waste basket which is hung on the ground stake on the relatively opposite side.

The whole wash stand assembly is made to include pieces which break down or are made to fit within the waste basket, including the wash bowl, so that the waste basket, itself, serves as both the shipping and storage container for everything and no other box or storage means is required.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIGURES FIG. 1 is a full side view of the wash stand of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged and partially cross-sectioned side view showing the different stake sections and wash bowl arrangement.

FIG. 3 is a further enlargement of just the head or fitting for the wash bowl supporting arms.

FIG. 7 is a top plan view of just the shelf. FIG. 8 is an enlarged perspective view of the tooth brush holder attachment and cover.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The camp site wash stand of the present invention, in its prefered form, is shown as fully assembled and erected in the first drawing figure.

It includes a ground stake 10 with a fitting 12 on an extension in its upper end which supports four spaced radial arm members 14 that in turn receive and support a small wash bowl or basin 16 therewithin. One of the radial arm members also includes an attachment 18 to which is affixed a shelf 20 and a cup dispenser 22 and which is bent over to provide a hook 24 on which a mirror 26 may be hung.

A waste basket 28, of sufficient size to receive and retain all of the pieces of the wash stand, when disassembled, is also shown hanging on a hook 30 on one side of the ground stake.

FIG. 2 shows the ground stake 10 in greater detail. It is made, to include a lower end piece 32 which is pointed, as at 34, and has an annular plate 36 welded near its other endto serve as a means of driving the whole stake into the ground by stepping on it, with both feet, and using ones weight to force it down to ground level, as shown in the first drawing figure.

The stake includes a second section 38 which is joined to the lower one by a threaded stud 40 engaged in the next adjacent ends of each part.

A similar coupling may be used for the third section 42 of the ground stake. However, an external coupling 44 is shown in this instance for joining the second and third parts of the ground stake together in order toaccommodate a two piece extension member 46 which is telescopically received in the upper end of the ground stake.

The extension member 46 is held at any selected height above ground level, in the ground stake, by a set screw 48 through a side wall of the upper most stake section 42.

It will be noted that the hook 30, for the waste basket 28 is welded to the side of the ground stake, so that it does not extend into the stake section in which the extension is received and cause any interference.

An end plug 50 is fastened by a short piece of chain to the upper most end of the ground stake member 42 and can be used to drive the ground stake into the ground, if needed.

FIG. 3 shows the fitting 12 which is provided on the upper end of the extension member 46 for holding the arm members 14 that receive and support the wash bowl. Since the illustrated embodiment makes use of four arm members, the fitting includes four separate short tubular members 58 which are welded to its sides and are equally spaced about its end to receive the wire form ends 54 of each arm member therewithin.

A side wall of each tubular member 52 is cut and bent outwardly, just slightly, as shown at 56, to avoid a sharp edge and provide a better rest for the supporting arms when they are engaged therein. And, a closure member 58 is provided on the end of the extension with slots 60 that are formed to positively locate and fix the arms so they cannot turn sideways and will stand radially outward as required.

Each of the radial arm members is made to the form of the one shown in FIG. 4, although they may be modified or adapted for other uses, as will be described later.

The arm members are of bent wire rod, which is plastisized or other wise protected, and they are formed to include the bent ends 54, which are engaged in the ground stake extension fitting, and to include an outwardly and upwardly curved part 62 that has an arcuate sector 64, in wire form, at its far end. This latter includes a radiused cross member 66, which downwardly stepped and outwardly extending arms 68 at each end, and an interconnecting radiused section 70 spaced from the smaller radiused cross member 66 and standing apart therefrom.

In combination, the radial arm members 14 and their outer disposed arcuate sectors 64 are shown by the top plan view of FIG. to be receptive of the rolled edge 72 of the wash bowl 16, on their inner radiused cross members 66, and to provide outwardly disposed towel racks, or holders for a soap dish or tooth brushes, as further discussion will show.

The wash bowl 16 is of a plastic material, which is easier to take care of, has the rolled edge 72 mentioned, and is of a size to be received and supported on the radial arms in the manner described.

FIG. 6 shows an adaptation made of one of the radial arm members to provide a soap dish 74, within the arcuate sector 64,.and which is provided with a short upstanding tubular element 76 on the outer disposed radiused cross member 70 that is receptive of a smaller rod 78, with a locating pin 80 to properly orient it, and provide the shelf, cup dispenser and mirror holder attachment 18.

The small shelf 20 is circular in shape and is of flat sheet materialwith a radial slot 82 out from its center and which enables it to be fitted within the flanged edges of a U-shaped member 84 fixed to the rod 78.

The cup dispenser 22 is of the type generally known and with the fixture to support the dispenser, identified.

as 86, fastened to the rod 78 sufficiently about the shelf for convenient use.

FIG. 8 shows a tooth brush holder 88 which is of a size to fit within the arcuate sector 64 of one of the supporting arm members and has its opposite ends rolled over, as at 90, for engaging the outwardly extending side arms 68 thereof. It has a series of holes 92, through which the tooth brush handles are extended, and a seethrough plastic cover 94 for protection.

Just as the soap dish 74 is shown as made as a part of the arcuate sector of one of the supporting arm members, it follows that the tooth brush holder could be also, or that the soap dish could be a separate fit-on attachment.

ASSEMBLY FOR USE The whole camp site wash stand of the present invention, all of the parts and pieces, may be kept within the waste basket 28. Consequently, the latter serves as both a shipping and storage container for the whole assembly.

The three

sections

32, 38 and 42 of the ground stake are engaged together first. No tools are necessary and handtight pressures are adequate and recommended to facilitate disassembly when breaking camp.

The two sections of the extension 46 are next assembled, with the fitting 12 already on the one end, and the four radial arm members 14 are engaged to it.

The ground stake is then forced into the ground, where ever desired, by use of either the foot rest 36 or the end plug 50, if needed.

Next, the extension 46 is fitted into the ground stake l0 and the radial arms are checked to be sure their ends 54 are seated in the fitting 12 with their extended parts 62 down in the guide slots 60 of the closure 58 so that they are relatively fixed to extend outwardly, as shown in FIG. 5.

The wash bowl 16 is next placed with its rolled edge 72 over the arcuate segments 66 of each arm member.

The attachment 18 is next pre-assembled with its shelf 20 and cup dispenser 22. Then it is mounted on the radial arm member which includes the receptive tubular part 76 and it is turned so that the hook end 24 is relatively over the wash bowl 16, in which position its locating pin 80 will drop into a receptive slot and hold it.

The soap dish 74 and tooth brush holder 88, if not made as a part of the radial arm sectors, are added and the mirror 26 is hung on the attachment hook 24. The waste basket 28 is hung on the hook 30, and except for water in the wash bowl, the stand is ready for use.

Adjustments for small children and adults are easily made by loosening the set screw 48 and lowering or raising the level of the wash bowl, as desired.

To disassemble the wash stand the procedure is the opposite.

No instructions are really necessary for either assembly or disassembly since the procedure is so simple and obvious.

l claim: I

l. A wash stand for outdoor use, and comprising; a ground stake having a pointed end for ground penetration and a length as erected to stand vertically to substantially waist height, means received upon the vertically disposed end of the ground stake for supporting and retaining a wash bowl for use thereon, said means including a fitting having arms extending radially outward therefrom and inclusive of radiused cross members at the ends of said arms formed for peripheral engagement support and retention of a wash bowl thereon, and a wash bowl having a rolled edge for receiving and retaining said radiused cross members thereunder and within for collective peripheral engagement and retention of said wash bowl against lateral movement and for positive peripheral support thereof over and apart from said fitting and the ground stake thereunder.

2. The wash stand of claim 1, said radially extending arms being separable from said fitting and being of bent wire form curving upwardly relatively under the wash bowl to be supported thereon and having an arcuate sector providing the means of peripheral engagement within the rolled edge of said wash bowl.

3. The wash stand of claim 2, said arcuate sectors on said radially extending arms including a first radiused ments, and said arms, said stake segments and said wash bowl being collectively sized and dimensioned for storage in a common receptacle usable as a waste basket with the wash stand, as assembled and erected.

Claims

1. A wash stand for outdoor use, and comprising; a ground stake having a pointed end for ground penetration and a length as erected to stand vertically to substantially waist height, means received upon the vertically disposed end of the ground stake for supporting and retaining a wash bowl for use thereon, said means including a fitting having arms extending radially outward therefrom and inclusive of radiused cross members at the ends of said arms formed for peripheral engagement support and retention of a wash bowl thereon, and a wash bowl having a rolled edge for receiving and retaining said radiused cross members thereunder and within for collective peripheral engagement and retention of said wash bowl against lateral movement and for positive peripheral support thereof over and apart from said fitting and the ground stake thereunder.

3. The wash stand of claim 2, said arcuate sectors on said radially extending arms including a first radiused cross member receptive within the rolled edge of the wash bowl and a second radiused cross member outwardly thereof for towel bar and other uses.

4. The wash bowl stand of claim 3, said radially extending arms being each capable of disassembly from said fitting, said ground stake being of separable segments, and said arms, said stake segments and said wash bowl being collectively sized and dimensioned for storage in a common receptacle usable as a waste basket with the wash stand, as assembled and erected.