US3664512A - Hanger construction - Google Patents

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US3664512A
US3664512A US83291A US3664512DA US3664512A US 3664512 A US3664512 A US 3664512A US 83291 A US83291 A US 83291A US 3664512D A US3664512D A US 3664512DA US 3664512 A US3664512 A US 3664512A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G25/00—Household implements used in connection with wearing apparel; Dress, hat or umbrella holders
    • A47G25/02—Dress holders; Dress suspending devices; Clothes-hanger assemblies; Clothing lifters
    • A47G25/06—Clothes hooks; Clothes racks; Garment-supporting stands with swingable or extending arms
    • A47G25/0692—Details of rods for suspending clothes-hangers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F5/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features
    • A47F5/08—Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features secured to the wall, ceiling, or the like; Wall-bracket display devices
    • A47F5/0807—Display panels, grids or rods used for suspending merchandise or cards supporting articles; Movable brackets therefor
    • A47F5/0846—Display panels or rails with elongated channels; Sliders, brackets, shelves, or the like, slidably attached therein
    • A47F5/0853—Rail constructions; Brackets

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  • a hanger construction for removably mounting various articles such as cups, pails, and various tools on a supporting surface.
  • the construction includes a channel member secured to the supporting surface, and a hanger element carried by said channel member and adjustable longitudinally thereof to selected positions.
  • the hanger element is provided with a head portion and a manually adjustable member, the latter being adapted, when in one position of adjustment, to resiliently sandwich portions of the channel member between said head portion and resilient member and retain said hanger element in a selected position.
  • an improved hanger construction which comprises an elongated channel member having the outer distal edge portions thereof transversely offset to form supporting flanges, the latter delimiting an elongated narrow opening therebetween.
  • the channel member has an elongated central section which is secured by a suitable adhesive to either a vertical or horizontal supporting surface.
  • One or more hanger elements are carried by the channel member and are adjustable relative thereto to predetermined selected positions.
  • Each hanger element includes a head portion disposed between the channel member leg sections and in contact with the concealed surface of said supporting flanges.
  • a shank extends from the head portion through the elongated narrow opening delimited by the flanges.
  • a resilient member is carried by the shank and is adapted to be manually adjusted into resilient frictional engagement with the exposed surface of said supporting flanges thereby retaining the hanger element in a selected position of adjustment with respect to the channel member.
  • FIG. 1 is a fragmentary perspective end view partially in vertical section of one form of the improved hanger construction.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 are sectional views taken respectively along lines 2--2 and 33 of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line 44 of FIG. 1, but showing the hanger construction secured to a horizontal supporting surface.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 are respectively, top and front views of the resilient member forming a part of the hanger construction of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 7 is a fragmentary perspective view of a second form of hanger element.
  • FIG. 8 is similar to FIG. 4, but showing the hanger element of FIG. 7 in position for relative adjustment with respect to the channel member.
  • FIG. 9 is similar to FIG. 8, but showing the resilient member in position of frictionally engaging the channel member and retaining the hanger element in a selected position of adjustment with respect to the channel member.
  • an improved hanger construction 10 which includes a channel member 11 and a plurality of hanger elements 12 adjustably mounted thereon.
  • the number and relative locations of the hanger elements may be varied as desired.
  • the channel member 11 may be formed of metal or extruded plastic and may vary in length depending upon the size of the supporting surface 13, see FIG. 4, to which it is secured.
  • the channel member 11 includes an elongated central section 11a, and a pair of elongated leg sections 11b projecting therefrom.
  • the outer distal edge portions of the leg sections are transversely offset towards one another so as to form supporting flanges 110.
  • the flanges are preferably substantially parallel to the central section and delimit an elongated narrow opening 1 1d.
  • the outer or exposed surface of central section is coated with a suitable adhesive 14 which is adapted to effectively bond the channel member to the supporting surface.
  • a suitable adhesive 14 Prior to the channel member 11 being secured to the surface 13, the adhesive coating 14 may be covered over by a suitable strip 14' which may be readily peeled off manually, when desired, so as to expose the adhesive coating.
  • Each hanger element 12 is provided with an enlarged head portion 12a, and a shank 12b projecting therefrom and extending through the narrow opening 11d formed in the channel member.
  • the shape and size of the head portion 120 is such that it spans the distance between the leg sections 11b and, therefore, is impassable with respect to the opening 11d.
  • the dimension of the head portion relative to leg sections 1 lb is such that the element may be manually moved longitudinally of the channel member. To assemble or disassemble the channel member and hanger element, it is necessary that the hanger element be slipped endwise on or off of the channel member.
  • the head portion as shown, has a rectangular configuration and, therefore, once it has been assembled with the channel member, the hanger element will not twist relative to the channel member. It should be understood, of course, that the configuration of the head portion may be varied from that shown without departing from the scope of the invention.
  • the shank and head portion of the hanger element are preferably of one piece construction and may be made of plastic, metal or the like.
  • the segment of the shank disposed within the narrow opening 1 1d of the channel member 11 may have a rectangular cross-sectional configuration with two sides thereof approximately spanning the width of the opening. In such a situation, twisting of the element is prevented even though the head portion has an annular peripheral shape.
  • the member 15 may be formed of rubber or rubberlike material and is provided with a central opening 15a, the diameter of which is slightly less than the diameter of the shank 12b; however, the opening is stretchable thereby allowing the end of the shank to pass therethrough upon manual force being exerted on the member.
  • the shank Once the shank has been inserted through the opening of the member, the latter will be moved upwardly relative to the shank until it frictionally engages the exposed surface of the channel member flanges 1 1c.
  • the flanges are resiliently sandwiched between the head portion 12a and the resilient member 15.
  • member 15 may vary as desired; however, it should be impassable with respect to the opening 11d when it is mounted on the shank. Thus, when the member 15 is in frictional engagement with the flanges 11c, the hanger element will be retained in a fixed longitudinal position on the channel member.
  • FIGS. 7-9 show a modified form 112 of hanger element wherein the resilient member 115 is made an integral part of the shank 112b.
  • the member 115 has a dished configuration and is flexible so that it can be manually adjusted to present either a convex (FIG. 8) or concave (FIG. 9) surface with respect to the exposed surface of the channel member flanges 1 1c.
  • the point of connection at between the center of member 115 and the shank 112b, is spaced axially from the underside of the head portion 112a, a distance which is greater than the thickness of the channel member flanges 11c, see FIG. 8.
  • the axial distance is such that, when the member 115 is flexed upwardly so as to present a concave surface (see FIG. 9) to the flanges, the outer peripheral edge 115b will resiliently and frictionally engage the exposed surface of the flanges and thus, retain the hanger element 112 in a selected longitudinally adjusted position with respect to the channel member.
  • the hanger element 112 may be molded of plastic or the like and the thickness of the resilient member made sufficiently thin so that it will be possessed of the desired flexibility to permit manual flexing thereof. If desired, a small tab, not shown, may be formed on the underside of the member 115 so as to facilitate flexing thereof from the concave to the convex positions.
  • the hanger element may be readily moved to its desired longitudinal position on the channel member and then be retained in such position by a simple manual adjustment of the resilient member. No tools or special dexterity are required of the installer to mount the channel member on the supporting surface 13 and/or to position the hanger elements on the channel member.
  • the distal or outer end of the shank of the hanger element may take various shapes other than that shown in the drawing and will depend upon the use to which the hanger construction is to be put.
  • the channel member may be mounted on a vertical supporting surface, if desired, in which case the opening lld will extend in a horizontal direction.
  • Various adhesives having high bonding characteristics are available on the market for use in mounting the channel member on the supporting surface. Such adhesives, however, should not be deleteriously affected by temperature and/or humidity variations.
  • hanger construction has been provided which does not require tools for mounting and does not deface the surface on which it is mounted.
  • the hanger construction has great versatility and is adapted to accommodate a wide variety of articles.
  • a hanger construction comprising an elongated channel member having a pair of spaced leg sections projecting from a central section, said leg sections being provided with transversely extending flanges forming an elongated narrow opening therebetween; means for securing the central section of said channel member to a supporting surface; and a hanger element carried by said channel member and adjustable longitudinally thereof to selected positions; said hanger element including a head portion disposed between said leg sections and slidably engaging the inner surface of said leg sections and the inner surface of said flanges, a shank portion extending transversely from said head portion and extending through said narrow opening, said head and shank portions being of unitary construction, and a resilient member carried by said shank portion and movable relative to said flanges into resilient frictional engagement with the outer surface of said flanges to effect retention of said hanger element in a selected position of longitudinal adjustment with respect to said channel member.
  • said resilient member comprises a piece which resiliently encompasses and is movable longitudinally of said shank towards and away from said head portion, said piece, when in one position of manual adjustment, resiliently engaging the outer surface of said channel member flanges and sandwiching said flanges between said head Fgrtion and said piece.
  • hanger construction of claim 1 wherein said hanger element is only removable endwise of said channel member when said member is not in resilient frictional engagement with said channel member flanges.

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US5960967A (en) * 1997-12-05 1999-10-05 Neil; George Albert Track and Hook arrangement for storing a variety of articles
US20040151539A1 (en) * 2003-02-05 2004-08-05 Gunter Sikora Releasable snap connection
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US20140346129A1 (en) * 2013-05-22 2014-11-27 Glideware, LLC Extendable Storage Device
US20150335150A1 (en) * 2014-05-22 2015-11-26 Samuel V. Frisby Mobile Permitting Laterally and Vertically Adjustable Displays
US9254050B1 (en) * 2013-10-22 2016-02-09 Michael S. Bradbury Detachable hanging assembly for cookware and utensils
US20160106208A1 (en) * 2014-09-17 2016-04-21 Andrew Martin Kirkpatrick Snack Bag Holder
US20200054152A1 (en) * 2018-08-20 2020-02-20 Lisa Battin Fruit Hanger
US10986942B2 (en) * 2018-11-28 2021-04-27 Holland J. Wood Configurable storage system
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US2606666A (en) * 1950-01-17 1952-08-12 Gray George Cup rack
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US3175243A (en) * 1962-09-10 1965-03-30 Beer Hans Curtain suspension glider and hook
US3190599A (en) * 1962-04-19 1965-06-22 Joseph M Margulis Wall and ceiling hanger
US3342344A (en) * 1966-07-15 1967-09-19 Vogel Peterson Co Hanger receptacle and garment suspension apparatus employing the same
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US2611492A (en) * 1948-10-19 1952-09-23 Ivor B Watts Hanger in strip form
US2606666A (en) * 1950-01-17 1952-08-12 Gray George Cup rack
US3190599A (en) * 1962-04-19 1965-06-22 Joseph M Margulis Wall and ceiling hanger
US3175243A (en) * 1962-09-10 1965-03-30 Beer Hans Curtain suspension glider and hook
US3342344A (en) * 1966-07-15 1967-09-19 Vogel Peterson Co Hanger receptacle and garment suspension apparatus employing the same
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USD260626S (en) 1979-10-25 1981-09-08 Gabor Kadar Novelty figurine
US5960967A (en) * 1997-12-05 1999-10-05 Neil; George Albert Track and Hook arrangement for storing a variety of articles
US20040151539A1 (en) * 2003-02-05 2004-08-05 Gunter Sikora Releasable snap connection
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US9144349B2 (en) * 2007-06-05 2015-09-29 All-Clad Metalcrafters Llc Magnetic pot rack
US20080302745A1 (en) * 2007-06-05 2008-12-11 All-Clad Metalcrafters Llc Magnetic Pot Rack
US20130015148A1 (en) * 2011-07-15 2013-01-17 Southern Imperial, Inc. Merchandise Strip with Support Member
US20140346129A1 (en) * 2013-05-22 2014-11-27 Glideware, LLC Extendable Storage Device
US9022237B2 (en) * 2013-05-22 2015-05-05 Glideware, Llc. Extendable storage device
US9433283B2 (en) 2013-05-22 2016-09-06 Glideware, LLC Extendable storage device
US9254050B1 (en) * 2013-10-22 2016-02-09 Michael S. Bradbury Detachable hanging assembly for cookware and utensils
US20150335150A1 (en) * 2014-05-22 2015-11-26 Samuel V. Frisby Mobile Permitting Laterally and Vertically Adjustable Displays
US20160106208A1 (en) * 2014-09-17 2016-04-21 Andrew Martin Kirkpatrick Snack Bag Holder
US20200054152A1 (en) * 2018-08-20 2020-02-20 Lisa Battin Fruit Hanger
US10986942B2 (en) * 2018-11-28 2021-04-27 Holland J. Wood Configurable storage system
US20240316752A1 (en) * 2024-03-26 2024-09-26 Mark F Corgan Slide Rod Swivel Hook Rack

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