Over the door hanging assembly
AssigneeColumbia Frame Inc.
InventorStirling Mintz
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Abstract
An over the door hanging apparatus formed from a pair of hangers and a corresponding set of brackets that allows each hanger to be extended or retracted from the object to be positioned on the door. Each hanger includes a shaft extending from a ball to a hook and each mounting bracket includes a channel having a passageway dimensioned to accept the shaft but not the ball of each hanger. The shaft of each of the pair of hangers extends through the passageway the mounting brackets so that each of the pair of hangers is moveable between a retracted position, where the ball is not engaged with the channel, and an extended position, where the ball is engaged with the channel. The hangers are thus free to extend and retract from the object, and also free to rotate about a longitudinal axis of the shaft of the hooks.
Claims8
An over the door hanging apparatus, comprising:
- a frame having a pair of sides and an upper edge extending between the sides to define a front vertical surface and a rear vertical surface of the frame;
- a mirror coupled to the frame;
- a pair of hangers, wherein each hanger is mounted to one of the pair of sides on the rear vertical surface of the frame and includes a shaft extending along a longitudinal axis from a ball to a hook formed by a first leg that extends perpendicularly from the shaft and a second leg that extends obliquely to the first leg and is spaced apart from the shaft to accommodate to a door therebetween;
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- a set of mounting brackets coupled to the rear vertical surface of the frame, wherein each bracket includes a channel having a passageway dimensioned to accept the shaft but not the ball of each hanger,
- wherein the shaft of each of the pair of hangers extends through the passageway of the channel of one of the set of mounting brackets and is free to slide through the passageway along the longitudinal axis along the rear vertical surface of the frame so that the shaft of each of the pair of hangers is moveable between a retracted position, where the ball is not engaged with the channel and the hook of each of the pair of hangers is positioned below the upper edge of the frame and flush against the rear vertical side of the frame, and an extended position, where the hook is spaced apart from the bracket by the shaft and the ball is engaged with the channel so that the hook extends above the upper edge of the frame and can engage the door with the door being accommodated between the second leg of the hook and the shaft and first leg of the hook in engagement with a top of the door.
A method of suspending a mirror from a door, comprising the steps of:
- providing an over the door hanging apparatus having, a pair of hangers, wherein each hanger includes a shaft extending from a ball to a hook formed by a first leg that extends perpendicularly from the shaft and a second leg that extends obliquely to the first leg and is spaced apart from the shaft to accommodate to a door therebetween, and a set of mounting brackets, wherein each bracket includes a channel having a passageway dimensioned to accept the shaft but not the ball of each hanger;
- coupling the over the door hanging apparatus to a frame with a pair of sides and an upper edge extending between the sides to define a front vertical surface and a rear vertical surface and having a mirror coupled to the frame by securing the set of mounting brackets to the rear vertical surface of the frame with the shafts of the hangers extending through the channels of the mounting brackets;
- sliding the shaft of each of the hangers through the passageway along a longitudinal axis of the shaft to move each of the pair of hangers from a retracted position, where the ball is not engaged with the channel and the hook of each of the pair of hangers is positioned below the upper edge of the frame and flush against the rear vertical side of the frame, to an extended position, where the hook is spaced apart from the bracket by the shaft and the ball is engaged with the channel so that the hook extends above the upper edge of the frame;
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- positioning the hooks over a top of the door so that the first leg of the hook engages the top of the door with the door being accommodated between the second leg of the hook and the shaft so that the mirror is suspended from the door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.