US20100181444A1

US20100181444A1 - Hanging organizer

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Publication number: US20100181444A1
Application number: US12/356,089
Authority: US
Inventors: Wen-Tsan Wang
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2009-01-20
Filing date: 2009-01-20
Publication date: 2010-07-22

Abstract

A hanging organizer includes a base panel, which has a hanging hole and a crevice extended from the hanging hole to one lateral side for hanging on a rod member, a transparent pocket and storage compartments arranged on the front side of the base panel for holding a card and personal items, an envelop holder provided at the back side of the base panel for holding envelops, and a strap, which is suspended from the base panel and provided with hook and loop materials for joining the ends to hold a hanging ornament or keyring.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(a) Technical Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to organizers and more particularly, to a hanging organizer that can be conveniently hung on a tubular door lock or a rod member in a cabinet or the like for holding different things.
(b) Description of the Prior Art
Many organizers are commercially available. These commercial organizers include floor type organizers and hanging organizers. A floor type organizer has a big size with multiple boxes for storing relatively greater personal items. A hanging organizer has a relatively smaller size, and is designed for hanging on a wall or support means to hold envelops, bills, slippers, and/or other small personal items. Conventional hanging organizers commonly have one or a number of hanging holes or hooks for hanging. These hanging organizers have application limitations. They cannot be freely hung on any place in a house.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide a hanging organizer, which can be hung on a tubular door lock for holding different items. It is another object of the present invention to provide a hanging organizer, which can be hung on a rod member that has its two ends fixed to support means. It is still another object of the present invention to provide a hanging organizer, which can hold small ferrous or steel items by means of magnetic attraction.
To achieve these and other objects of the present invention, a hanging organizer comprises a base panel, which has a hanging hole cut through the front and back sides thereof and disposed near the top and a crevice transversely extending from the hanging hole to one lateral side, a transparent pocket formed on the front side of the base panel for holding a card, a plurality of storage compartments provided at the front side of the base panel for holding different personal items, a strap, which is suspended from the base and having a tape of loop materials and a tape of hook materials respectively fixedly provided at the two distal ends thereof for enabling the two distal ends of the strap be joined together to form a loop, and an envelop holder provided at the back side of the base panel.
Further, the storage compartments are arranged on the front side of the base panel at different elevations, each having a wave-like or stepped top open side.
Further, a magnet is fixedly mounted on the base panel near the top side above the hanging hole for attracting small ferrous or steel items.
The foregoing object and summary provide only a brief introduction to the present invention. To fully appreciate these and other objects of the present invention as well as the invention itself, all of which will become apparent to those skilled in the art, the following detailed description of the invention and the claims should be read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Throughout the specification and drawings identical reference numerals refer to identical or similar parts.
Many other advantages and features of the present invention will become manifest to those versed in the art upon making reference to the detailed description and the accompanying sheets of drawings in which a preferred structural embodiment incorporating the principles of the present invention is shown by way of illustrative example.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hanging organizer in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 2A illustrates an application example of the hanging organizer in accordance with the present invention (I).

FIG. 2B illustrates an application example of the hanging organizer in accordance with the present invention (II).

FIG. 3A illustrates another application example of the hanging organizer in accordance with the present invention (I).

FIG. 3B illustrates another application example of the hanging organizer in accordance with the present invention (II).

FIG. 4A is a schematic front plain view of the hanging organizer in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 4B is a schematic rear plain view of the hanging organizer in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 5A is a front plain view of an alternate form of the hanging organizer in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 5B is a front plain view of another alternate form of the hanging organizer in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 6A is a front plain view of still another alternate form of the hanging organizer in accordance with the present invention

FIG. 6B is a front plain view of still another alternate form of the hanging organizer in accordance with the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The following descriptions are of exemplary embodiments only, and are not intended to limit the scope, applicability or configuration of the invention in any way. Rather, the following description provides a convenient illustration for implementing exemplary embodiments of the invention. Various changes to the described embodiments may be made in the function and arrangement of the elements described without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.
Referring to FIGS. 1, 4A and 4B, a hanging organizer in accordance with the present invention is shown comprising a base panel 1 made of a hard plate member and wrapped with a fabric covering that carrying a color design to cause a sense of beauty. The base panel 1 has a front side, and a back side opposite to the front side. A hanging hole 11 is formed in the base panel 1 near one end, namely, the top end of the base panel 1. The hanging hole 11 can be a circular hole. Alternatively, the hanging hole 11 can be made having any of a variety of shapes. Further, a crevice 12 extends from the hanging hole 11 to one lateral side of the base panel 1. A magnet 17 is fixedly mounted on the base panel 1 above the hanging hole 11 for attracting ferrous or steel clips and other small ferrous or steel items. The magnet 17 is wrapped within the fabric covering of the base panel 1. One transparent pocket 13 and a plurality of storage compartments 14 are provided at the front side of the base panel 1. The transparent pocket 13 has an opening 131 disposed at one lateral side (either the left side or the right side). The storage compartments 14 are provided arranged at different elevations, each having the respective opening disposed at the top side. A strap 15 is affixed with its one end to the front side of the base panel 1 near the bottom. The strap 15 has a tape of loop materials 151 and a tape of hook materials 152 respectively provided at its two distal ends, namely, the fixed end and the free end. By means of fastening the tape of hook materials 152 to the tape of loop materials 151, the strap 15 is arranged into a loop. Further, as shown in FIG. 4B, an envelop holder 16 is provided at the back side of the base panel 1.
FIGS. 2A and 2B show an application example of the hanging organizer in accordance with the present invention. As illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2A and 2B, the base panel 1 is hung on a tubular door lock 2 by means of the hanging hole 11, a card 3 carrying a massage or design is inserted through the opening 131 into the transparent pocket 13, personal items, such as makeup 5, cell phone 6, writing apparatus 7 and the like are put in the storage compartments 14, and a hanging ornament (or keyring) is hung on the strap 15 that is arranged into a loop.
Further, the aforesaid envelop holder 16 is a strap member affixed with its two distal ends to the back side of the base panel 1 for holding envelops, newspaper, etc. The envelop holder 16 can be made of an elastic band. Referring to FIGS. 3A and 3B, by means of temporarily deforming the base panel 1 to expand the crevice 12, the hanging hole 11 of the base panel 1 can be coupled to a rod member 9 that has its two distal ends fixedly connected to two opposite walls of a room, cabinet or any other object. Therefore, the hanging organizer can be hung on any of a variety of rod members conveniently.
FIGS. 5A and 5B show an alternate form of the hanging organizer in accordance with the present invention. This alternate form is substantially similar to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 with the exception that the top open side of each storage compartments 14 according to this alternate form has a wave-like (see FIG. 5A) or stepped configuration (see FIG. 5B).
FIGS. 6A and 6B show another alternate form of the hanging organizer in accordance with the present invention. This embodiment is substantially similar to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 with the exception that the top open side of each storage compartments 14 according to this alternate form slops in one direction. Further, the transparent pocket 13 according to this embodiment is arranged below the storage compartments 14.
A prototype of hanging organizer has been constructed with the features of FIGS. 1˜6. The hanging organizer functions smoothly to provide all of the features disclosed earlier.
It will be understood that each of the elements described above, or two or more together may also find a useful application in other types of methods differing from the type described above.
While certain novel features of this invention have been shown and described and are pointed out in the annexed claim, it is not intended to be limited to the details above, since it will be understood that various omissions, modifications, substitutions and changes in the forms and details of the device illustrated and in its operation can be made by those skilled in the art without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention.

Claims

1. A hanging organizer, comprising:

a base panel, said base panel comprising a front side, a back side opposite to said front side, a top side, a bottom side, two opposite lateral sides, a hanging hole cut through said front side and said back side and disposed near said top side, and a crevice transversely extending from said hanging hole to one of said two opposite lateral sides;

a magnet fixedly mounted on said base panel near said top side above said hanging hole;

a transparent pocket formed on the front side of said base panel for holding a card;

a plurality of storage compartments provided at the front side of said base panel;

a strap, said strap comprising a fixed end affixed to the front side of said base panel, a free end, suspending from said base panel, a tape of loop materials fixedly provided at said fixed end, and a tape of hook materials fixedly provided at said free end and detachably connectable to said tape of loop materials; and

an envelop holder provided at the back side of said base panel.

2. The hanging organizer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said storage compartments are arranged on the front side of said base panel at different elevations, each said storage compartment having a wave-like top open side.

3. The hanging organizer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said storage compartments are arranged on the front side of said base panel at different elevations, each said storage compartment having a stepped top open side.