# US 10,767,685 B2 · Hangable apparatus and systems and methods therefor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,767,685 B2 - Document ID: US10767685B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/651,774 - Filed: 2017-07-17 - Published: 2017-11-02 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2013-11-21 - Assignees: Medline Industries, Inc. - Applicants: Medline Industries, Inc - Inventors: Lisa Bauer; Brad Mills; David Noskowicz - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10767685B2 ## CPC - A47H 1/18: Other curtain suspension devices, e.g. wire, cord {, springs} - A47H 1/02: Curtain rods {(stair rods A47G27/06)} - A47H 1/142: for supporting rods - A47H 13/04: by hooks, e.g. with additional runners (by hooks specially adapted to pleat belts A47H13/16) - A47H 13/14: Means for forming pleats - F16B 45/00: Hooks; Eyes (if the attaching parts or means are concerned, groups F16B13/00, F16B15/00, F16B19/00, F16B25/00, F16B35/00, F16B47/00 take precedence; for hanging pictures or the like A47G1/16; towing hooks for ships B63B21/58; for hoisting or hauling purposes B66C; hooks or eyes with integral parts designed to facilitate quick attachment to cables or ropes at any point F16G11/14) - F16M 13/022: {repositionable} - A47G 1/20: Picture hooks; X-hooks (plugs or hooks for general use F16B13/00, F16B45/00) - A47G 7/00: Flower holders or the like - A47H: FURNISHINGS FOR WINDOWS OR DOORS (concerned with the functioning of the door or window E05; roller blinds E06B) - F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D) - F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS - A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B) ## Abstract A hanger (100) for a hanging item (1400) is provided. The hanger can define an aperture (102). The aperture can include a split rotated concave cardioid upper contour (104). The split rotated concave cardioid upper contour can include a first portion (105) and a second portion (106). The first portion and the second portion can be separated by an inverted convex cardioid (109). The inverted convex cardioid can be suspended into the aperture by two concave sidewalls (112,113). The aperture can include an intersecting concave lower contour (114) comprising a cusp (117). ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus, comprising: an item having a hanger with an upper edge, the hanger defining oppositely facing, separated C-shaped open apertures, separated by an extension bridge; wherein, the open apertures are defined by an opening in the upper edge that extends down to the oppositely facing, separated C-shaped open apertures and the extension bridge; the hanger to fold along a fold line disposed along the extension bridge to cause the oppositely facing, separated C-shaped open apertures to face in a common direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a rigid reinforcing device disposed about at least a portion of each oppositely facing, separated C-shaped open aperture. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, the item comprising a curtain extending distally the hanger. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, the curtain comprising a porous mesh section and an opaque section, the porous mesh section disposed between the hanger and the opaque section. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The apparatus of claim 4, the porous mesh section extending between eighteen and twenty-two inches beneath the hanger. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, the oppositely facing, C-shaped open apertures comprising a first C-shaped open aperture and a second C-shaped open aperture, the hanger defining an opening situated to a right side of the first C-shaped open aperture and a left side of the second C-shaped open aperture. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The apparatus of claim 6, the extension bridge separating the first C-shape open aperture from the second C-shaped open aperture by a distance of between two and twenty inches. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, the extension bridge separating the first C-shape open aperture from the second C-shaped open aperture by between five and ten inches. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, the extension bridge separating the first C-shaped open aperture from the second C-shaped open aperture by between ten and fifteen inches. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, the extension bridge separating the first C-shape open aperture from the second C-shaped open aperture by about twelve and a half inches. ### Claim 11 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, the rigid reinforcing device comprising a plastic device that is stitched to the hanger. ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, the rigid reinforcing device comprising a plastic device that is adhesively bonded to the hanger. ### Claim 13 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, further comprising a track seated within lobes defined by each of the oppositely facing, C-shaped open apertures. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising a bracket coupled to the track. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The apparatus of claim 13, the track comprising a tube and a peninsular indentation. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, the peninsular indentation extending from the tube and terminating at a friction pinch configured to frictionally retain objects inserted into the peninsular indentation to the track. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the track is flexible. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The apparatus of claim 17, the track comprising a coating. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The apparatus of claim 18, the coating comprising a silicon-based coating.