US 12,390,026 B1Granted

Document hanger

OwnerCatherine A. Martinezinventor

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Abstract

The document hanger has a frame, one or more hanger lines, and a plurality of clips. The document hanger may be configured to display plurality of items simultaneously. As non-limiting examples, the plurality of items may be documents, reports, art projects, photographs, student works, certificates, other light-weight articles, or any combination thereof. As further non-limiting examples, the document hanger may be installed on a wall, on a bulletin board, over windows, or from a ceiling in a classroom, real estate office, business, event venue, or home. The one or more hanger lines may be stretched horizontally between a pair of vertical frame supports. The plurality of clips may be configured to couple individual items selected from the plurality of items to the one or more hanger lines. In some embodiments, the width and/or height of the frame may be adjustable.

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Dependent claims

A document hanger device consisting of:

a vertically-oriented rectangular frame having an open center and consisting of a pair of vertical frame supports and a pair of horizontal frame supports;
a plurality of wire couplers positioned along at least one of the vertical frame supports;
a plurality of hanger lines extending horizontally between corresponding wire couplers on the vertical frame supports;
a plurality of clips coupled to the hanger lines and configured to detachably secure one or more display items to the hanger lines;
and,
a plurality of detachable mounting hooks configured to suspend the frame from a wall or ceiling;
and,
wherein the pair of vertical frame supports are parallel to each other and oriented perpendicular to the pair of horizontal frame supports;
wherein the frame is detachable from the mounting hooks to allow for repositioning or replacement of the display items;
wherein at least one of the vertical frame supports and at least one of the horizontal frame supports consist of telescoping segments joined by frame adjusters configured to allow selective adjustment of a height and a width of the frame;
wherein the hanger lines are repositionable by selectively coupling to different wire couplers, and one or more of the wire couplers are left unpopulated when the hanger lines are not coupled thereto;
wherein each of the hanger lines is made of wire or monofilament polymer;
and,
wherein the display items are removably attachable to the hanger lines while the frame is suspended from the mounting hooks or while the frame is detached therefrom.

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