Stackable hanger
AssigneeUniplast Industries, Inc.
InventorKing Keung Kennedy Chan
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Abstract
A stackable hanger includes a main body having a hook portion; and a clip portion that extends downwardly from the main body and includes an opening defined by a bottom edge of the main body, first and second side walls, and a connector wall that connects and extends between bottom ends of the first and second side walls. The clip portion has a flexible clip that protrudes outwardly from the connector wall and has an angled wall that overlies at least a portion of the opening and is configured to flex outwardly away from the first and second side walls.
Claims18
A stackable hanger comprising:
- a main body having a hook portion;
- and
- a clip portion that extends downwardly from the main body and includes an opening defined by a bottom edge of the main body, first and second side walls, and a connector wall that connects and extends between bottom ends of the first and second side walls, the clip portion having a flexible clip that protrudes outwardly from the connector wall and has an angled wall that overlies at least a portion of the opening and is configured to flex outwardly away from the first and second side walls;
- wherein the opening has a pair of side slots extending outwardly from the opening so as to define a localized widening of the opening.
A nested hanger arrangement comprising:
- two or more hangers, each hanger comprising
- a main body having a hook portion;
- and
- a clip portion that extends downwardly from the main body and includes an opening defined by a bottom edge of the main body, first and second side walls, and a connector wall that connects and extends between bottom ends of the first and second side walls, the clip portion having a flexible clip that protrudes outwardly from the connector wall and has an angled wall that overlies at least a portion of the opening and is configured to flex outwardly away from the first and second side walls;
- wherein in a stacked condition, the two or more hangers are nested with respect to one another with flexible clip of one of the two or more hangers is received within the opening of another of the two or more hangers with the flexible clips of the two or more hangers seating against one another.
A nested hanger arrangement comprising:
- two or more hangers, each hanger comprising
- a main body having a hook portion;
- and
- a clip portion that extends downwardly from the main body and has an opening formed therein, the opening having a pair of side slots extending outwardly from the opening so as to define a localized widening of the opening, the clip portion having a flexible clip that overlies at least a portion of the opening, the clip portion including a pair of posts that protrude outwardly and are located alongside the opening;
- wherein in a stacked condition, the two or more hangers are nested with respect to one another with the pair of posts of one hanger of the two or more hangers being received within the pair of side slots of another hanger of the two or more hangers and the flexible clip of the one hanger of the two or more hangers being received within the opening of the other hanger of the two or more hangers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.