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US 10,945,548 B2Granted
Hangable apparatus and systems and methods therefor
AssigneeMedline Industries, Inc.
InventorsPaige Wexler, Joshua Bobo, John Piazzi
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Abstract
A track hanger (100) includes a hook (103) and an extension (104), a base member (102), and a key (403). The key is detachable from the hook, and the base member is detachable from the extension. The key can include a first major surface (401) and a second major surface (402). The first major surface can define one or more barbs (404) that facilitate one-way insertion of the key into a track (106).
Claims20
A track hanger, comprising:
- a first base member portion comprising a first half rail clamp and defining a first half head-receiving aperture;
- a second base member portion coupled to the first base member portion, the second base member portion comprising a second half rail clamp and defining a second half head-receiving aperture;
- wherein the first base member portion is separable from the second base member portion for connecting the first half rail clamp and the second half rail clamp to a rail;
- a hanger comprising an extension situated between a hook and a head, the head situated within a head-receiving aperture formed by the first half head-receiving aperture and the second half head-receiving aperture, with an upper surface of the head exposed to the first half rail clamp and the second half rail clamp;
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- a coupler coupling the first base member portion to the second base member portion;
- wherein threading the coupler onto the first base member portion and the second base member portion moves the head of the hanger toward the first half rail clamp and the second half rail clamp.
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A track hanger, comprising:
- a hook, a head, and an extension, the extension disposed between the head and the hook;
- a base member comprising a first half rail clamp and a second half rail clamp, the base member comprising a head receiver defining a head-receiving aperture exposing the head to the first half rail clamp and the second half rail clamp when the head is inserted into the head-receiving aperture;
- wherein the first half rail clamp is separable from the second half rail clamp for connecting the base member to a rail;
- a key, the key being selectively attachable to the hook;
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- a coupler;
- wherein the head is insertable into the head receiver and the coupler is operable to engage an exterior surface of the head receiver to move the head through the head-receiving aperture toward the first half rail clamp and the second half rail clamp.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.