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US 11,684,193 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;
- and
- a hanger comprising an extension situated between a hook and a head situatable 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 track hanger, comprising:
- a hook, a head, and an extension situated 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;
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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.