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Application filed October 8,1891. Serial No. 408,190. (No model.)

To all zvhom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, Harvey H. Draper, a citizen of the United States, residing at Arkansas City, in the county of Cowley and State 5 ot Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Broom-Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which io it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon which forms a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and 15 useful improvements in broom-holders; and it has for its objects, among others, to provide an improved holder which shall be cheap, durable, and efficient, and which can be readily converted into small compass when de20 sired.

I form the broom-holder proper of a single piece of wire bent into the desired shape, and brace it by a substantially U-shaped bracewire, the ends of which are connected with the 25 bends of the wire forming the holder proper.

The ends of the wire of the holder proper are detachably engaged with suitable means, and the ends of the brace-wire are formed into loops or eyes to loosely embrace the 30 holder proper, so that they may be slipped therealong for the purpose of folding the same down against the support to occupy but little space. ,

Other objects and advantages of the inven35 tion will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claims..

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which, with the let40 ters. of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and which represents a perspective view of my improvement, showing also in dotted lines the way in which it may be folded down for shipment or storage. 45 Referring now to the details of the drawing by .letter, A designates a suitable support, which may be of any desired shape and size and material, and is provided with hooks B upon which to hang articles such as the dust50 pan and brush or any other articles. The support is designed to be secured to the Avail or other desired place in any suitable manner—as, for instance, by screws b.

Upon the support A are two hooks or screweyes C for the reception of the ends of the 55 broom-holder proper and an intermediate one C' for holding the central portion of said holder, as shown in the drawing. These three screw-eyes are preferably in line, as shown.

D is the broom-holder proper. It is formed 60 of a single, piece of wire of suitable size, and is formed into three loops c, c, and c', the central one of which c' is held in the central screw-eye and the other two, which extend in the same direction, but in the opposite di- 65 rection to the central loop, are braced in a manner-which will soon be described.

The ends of the wire forming the holder proper are turned parallel with the support, and are designed to be detachably held in the 70 outer screw-eyes, as shown.

. E is the brace, which consists of a single piece of wirein the form of a U , with its cross portion held in suitable staples cZ on the base at the side farthest from the screw-eyes, and 75 in which staples it may turn, the parallel arms d' being formed at their ends into eyes e, which loosely receive the outer loops of the holder proper and serve to brace the said holder and hold the latter in a horizontal po- 80 sition.

As shown in full lines in the drawing, the holder is in position for use, the broom-handle being inserted in the central loop, as shown by dotted lines, in the usual manner. 85 The brace-arms hold the holder against downward movement under pressure, and yet permit of sufficient yield of the loops to readily receive and then draw together to hold the handle of the broom. go

When it is desired to pack the device for .shipment or storage, all that it is necessary to do is to remove the ends of the holder proper from the end eyebolts and move the eyes of the brace along on the holder into the posi- 95 tion shown by dotted lines, when the entire holder and brace may be laid down flat against the support, as shown by dotted lines.