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US 11,229,307 B1Granted
Hanging apparatus
AssigneeOmachron Intellectual Property Inc.
InventorWayne Ernest Conrad
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Abstract
An apparatus for hanging clothing or sports equipment that is removably mountable in a locker cubby and may be reconfigured from a closed position in which the apparats lies generally flat for transport and an open in use position wherein multiple locations are provided to support clothing and sports equipment.
Claims15
An apparatus for hanging clothing or sports equipment comprising:
- (a) a back panel having an upper end, a lower end, a front side, an opposed rear side and right and left opposed sides;
- (b) a right side panel rotatably mounted to the right side of the back panel, the right panel is moveable between a closed position in which the right side panel is rotated inwardly towards the front side of the back panel and an in use position in which the right side panel extends generally forwardly from the back panel;
- (c) a left side panel rotatably mounted to the left side of the back panel, the left panel is moveable between a closed position in which the left side panel is rotated inwardly towards the front side of the back panel and an in use position in which the left side panel extends generally forwardly from the back panel;
- and,
- (d) a shelf rotatably mounted to the back panel and moveable between a folded position in which the shelf is rotated inwardly towards the front side of the back panel and an in use position in which the shelf extends generally transversely to the back panel, wherein the shelf is supported in the in use position by the right side panel and the left side panel
- wherein when the right side panel and the left side panel are in the in use position, each of the right side panel and the left side panel has a rearward side adjacent the back panel and a forward side, the forward side of the at least one of the right side panel and the left side panel has a lower arcuate portion which has a plurality of hook members.
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An apparatus for hanging clothing or sports equipment comprising:
- (a) a back panel having an upper end, a lower end, a front side, an opposed rear side and right and left opposed sides;
- (b) a right side panel rotatably mounted to the right side of the back panel, the right panel is moveable between a closed position in which an inner surface of the right side panel is rotated inwardly towards the front side of the back panel and an in use position in which the right side panel extends generally forwardly from the back panel, the inner surface of the right side panel has a right side shelf engagement member;
- (c) a left side panel rotatably mounted to the left side of the back panel, the left panel is moveable between a closed position in which an inner surface of the left side panel is rotated inwardly towards the front side of the back panel and an in use position in which the left side panel extends generally forwardly from the back panel, the inner surface of the left side panel has a left side shelf engagement member wherein, when the right side panel and the left side panel are in the open position, the inner surface of the right side panel is opposed to and faces the inner surface of the left side panel;
- and,
- (d) a shelf rotatably mounted to the back panel and moveable between a folded position in which the shelf is rotated inwardly towards the front side of the back panel and an in use position in which the shelf extends generally transversely to the back panel, a right side of the shelf has a right side panel engagement member and a left side of the shelf has a left side panel engagement member;
- wherein the right side shelf engagement member has a right side guide surface that is angled inwardly and a right side opening is provided between an upper end of right side guide surface and the right side panel, and
- wherein the left side shelf engagement member has a left side guide surface that is angled inwardly and a left side opening is provided between an upper end of left side guide surface and the left side panel, and
- wherein, as the shelf is raised to the in use position, the left side panel engagement member passes by over the left side guide surface until the left side panel engagement member is positioned above the left side guide surface and the right side panel engagement member passes by over the right side guide surface until the right side panel engagement member is positioned above the right side guide surface, and subsequently the shelf is rotated downwardly whereby the left side panel engagement member has a portion that seats in the left side opening and the right side panel engagement member has a portion that seats in the right side opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.