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United States Patent | 3,592,424 |
Hargrave | July 13, 1971 |
A flower spray holding device for use in the holding room of a funeral home, said holding device comprising a backboard adapted to be mounted to the wall of the holding room, said device also including a multiplicity of spikes for receiving a block of styrofoam around which funeral sprays are built, said spikes being normally folded upwardly against said backboard by spring action and held outwardly in a receiving position upon mounting a single spray, the spikes being returned automatically to a normal, safe position when the last of the sprays has been removed from the device.
Inventors: | Hargrave; Joseph C. (Hot Springs, AR) |
Appl. No.: | 04/843,623 |
Filed: | July 22, 1969 |
Current U.S. Class: | 248/27.8 ; 211/100; 211/104; 211/125; 248/291.1; 248/304 |
Current International Class: | A01G 5/00 (20060101); A01G 5/04 (20060101); A47g 007/00 (); A47f 005/08 () |
Field of Search: | 248/201,291,292,293,304,308,309,27.8 211/99,100,104,123,125 |
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