US2870917A - Hanger support - Google Patents

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Jan. 27, 1959 I A. E. F. JOHNSON HANGER SUPPORT Filed Feb. 14, 1955 t 7 Wm."

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United States Patent HANGER SUPPORT Axel E. F. Johnson, Cincinnati, Ohio, assignor to American Hospital Supply Corporation, Evanston, 1511., a corporation of Illinois Application February 14, 1955, Serial No. 487,969 2 Claims. (Cl. 211105.1)

This invention relates to a hanger support, or the like. The invention is particularly useful in connection with a support which may be mounted within shipping cases or containers or employed in other areas for the support of garment hangers and other objects.

An object of the present invention is to provide a sup port which is formed from a single strip of metal and which, although formed of a relatively thin material, provides in its finished form an extremely sturdy support bar while at the same time providing wide anchoring flanges for engaging cross members, etc. upon which the hanger support is carried. A further object is to provide a support bar which is effective in providing a rigid and firm support for hangers while at the same time stabilizing the support against sidewise or tipping movements when in use, A still further object is to provide from a single sheet of metal, or the like, channel members formed at right angles to each other and communicating with each other, whereby transverse channels are provided for engaging abutments or supports while a longitudinal channel is provided for carrying garment supports and other objects, the junction between the angularly-related channels being reinforced to provide a uniformly sturdy support. Other specific objects and advantages will appear as the specification proceeds.

The invention is shown, in an illustrative embodiment, by the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a broken, part sectional view, showing my hanger support mounted within a shipping case or box; Fig. 2, an enlarged perspective view of the hanger support removed from the case or box; Fig. 3, a transverse sectional view, the section being taken as indicated at line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4, a bottom plan view of the hanger support.

The hanger support, in the illustration given, is preferably formed from a single sheet of metal or other suitable material, the metal being channeled longitudinally to provide an intermediate hanger-supporting portion which is generally in the shape of an inverted V, as shown best in Fig. 3. The inverted channel thus formed merges at its ends with end transverse channels 11. Each transverse end channel has an outer, substantially imperforate end wall 12, a substantially flat top wall 13, and a depending inner wall 14 which merges with the channel wall 10. The wall 14 lies along a plane substantially parallel with end wall 12, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 4, and is preferably tapered so as to extend downwardly and inwardly to meet the bottom edge of the channel 10, as shown best in Fig. 2. In order to strengthen the two channel members 10 and 11 at their point of junction, I bulge the top of channel 10 upwardly to form a raised portion 15, where the top of the channel member 10 merges with the top wall 13 of channel 11. For the same purpose, I cause the side walls of channel 10 to diverge slightly at 16 as the channel 10 approaches and merges with the end channels 11. With this structure, I find that the hooks 17 of the hangers supporting the gar- ICC ments 18, as illustrated in Fig. 1, are held rather firmly and against endwise movement. As the side walls 16 diverge, there is a frictional or gripping action of the book 17 engaging this portion of the support and the hook is thus held in a resilient but firm manner at each end portion of the support 10. At the same time, the channel formation illustrated provides, with a minimum of metal, or the like, an extremely sturdy structure for supporting the hangers and the end channels 11 provide wide gripping surfaces for maintaining the hanger supports upon rigid members such as bars 19 within a box or shipping case 20. The raised end portions 15 serve not only as means for checking the sliding movement of different forms of hooks carried by the hanger portion 10, but also reinforce the web structure at a point which might otherwise be a weak point in the supporting structure, while at the same time the wide end channel members 11 distribute the weight of the support over an extended area of the fixed bars 19, etc., and the weight is transmitted through tapering webs 14 over a wide area from the channel members 10.

While, in the foregoing specification, I have shown a specific hanger support in considerable detail for the purpose of illustrating an embodiment of the invention, it will be understood that such details of structure may be varied widely by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1. A hanger support formed from a single integral bar of fiat sheetmetal and comprising a longitudinalextending channel member in the form of an inverted V in cross section and endpieces extending at right angles to said channel member and forming inverted channels adapted to engage supporting bars, said endpieces being provided with vertical end walls connected to said longitudinally-extending channel member by downwardly-inclined web portions merging with the side walls of said longitudinal member and the crest of said channel near each endpiece being bulged upwardly where it merges with said endpiece, said web portions lying along planes substantially parallel with said end walls and being spaced therefrom for receiving supporting bars therebetween.

2. A hanger support adapted to rest upon supporting bars, comprising U-shaped endpieces adapted to receive said bars and an integral longitudinally-extending channel member connecting said endpieces, said longitudinallyextending channel member being in thejform of an inverted V in crosssection, said U-shaped endpieces having depending end walls and having depending webs extending in spaced parallel relation therewith and merging with the side walls of said longitudinally-extending channel, the longitudinally'extending member having a raised rib portion at each end where it merges with the top of each endpiece and providing a raised end at each limit of the crest of the longitudinally-extending channel member.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 823,557 Speer June 19, 1906 1,764,931 Carlson June 17, 1930 1,880,480 Ragsdale Oct. 4, 1932 2,196,624 Chester Apr. 9, 1940 2,265,790 Young Dec. 9, 1941 2,535,233 Ross Dec. 26, 1950 2,788,888 Fisk Apr. 16, 1957 2,805,780 Brennan Sept. 10, 1957 FOREIGN PATENTS 84,177 Sweden Aug. 27, 1935

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