Accessory organizer
AssigneeSharper Image Corporation
InventorEdward C. McKinney JR.
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Abstract
The present invention is an apparatus for organizing clothing accessories such as jewelry, neckties, scarves, and other like items. The organizer can hang from a closet rod and has a slidable track so that the items hanging from hooks attached to the slidable track can be easily accessed. The organizer provides dynamic motion of the slidable track without the need for electricity.
Claims55
An apparatus for organizing accessories, comprising:
- a housing;
- a slidable track;
- a latch mechanism that can selectively retain the slidable track within the housing;
- a plurality of hooks connected with the slidable track;
- and
- a release button, when depressed releases the slidable track from the latch mechanism so that the slidable track extends linearly out of the housing.
An apparatus for organizing accessories, comprising:
- a housing;
- a slidable track;
- a latch mechanism that can selectively retain the slidable track within the housing;
- a plurality of hooks connected with the slidable track;
- and
- means for extending the slidable track linearly out of the housing.
An apparatus for organizing accessories, comprising:
- a slidable track;
- a housing;
- one of said slidable track and said housing having a groove;
- the other of said track and said housing having track wheels to engage the groove on the slidable track;
- a plurality of hooks connected with the track;
- means for retaining the slidable track within the housing;
- and
- means for releasing the slidable track from the housing, so that the slidable track extends linearly away from the housing.
An apparatus for organizing objects, comprising:
- a housing;
- a slidable track;
- a plurality of hooks connected with the slidable track, wherein at least some of the hooks have multiple levels adapted to retain more than one item at a time from a single hook;
- a latch mechanism for retaining the slidable track within the housing;
- and
- a release button for releasing the slidable track, so that the slidable track will extend linearly out of the housing.
An apparatus for organizing accessories comprising:
- a plurality of hook mechanisms;
- each hook mechanism including at least first and second fingers and a tab;
- and
- wherein said first finger has a smooth surface and said second finger has an uneven surface.
An apparatus for organizing items comprising:
- an extendable track having a plurality of hooks;
- and
- means adapted for mounting said track in a closet for extension out of the closet.
A hook mechanism that is adapted to hang a plurality of items which hook mechanism includes a tab, a first finger and a second finger, with the second finger having a plurality of grooves.
A hook mechanism that is adapted to hang a plurality of items includes an upper tab, below which is positioned a middle finger, and below which middle finger is positioned a lower finger, with the lower finger including a plurality of grooves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.