Hanger with ratcheting sliding-jaw clamps
AssigneeDavid MACNEIL
InventorFrederick MASANEK
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Abstract
A hanger is injection-molded in one piece from a suitable polymer. At each of a plurality of gripping locations, a stationary gripping member and a mobile gripping member are provided, each of which preferably terminate in inwardly directed article supporting fingers. For each pair of gripping members, a fastening arm is provided on one of the members while a channel is provided in the other of the gripping members. A pawl engages with an array of teeth to fasten the gripping members together and to secure e.g. a pair of vehicle floor mats therebetween.
Claims9
A hanger for suspending at least one article, comprising:
- a body;
- at least one pair of opposed downwardly depending article gripping members, one of said pair being a stationary article gripping member affixed to the body to downwardly depend therefrom;
- the other of said pair of article gripping members being a mobile article gripping member translatable in a first direction at an angle to the vertical and toward the stationary gripping member to fasten the article therebetween;
- at least one of the mobile gripping member and the stationary gripping member having an article support finger extending in parallel to the first direction toward the other gripping member;
- a first one of the mobile article gripping member and the stationary article gripping member having a fastening arm extending in parallel to the first direction toward a second one of the mobile article gripping member and the stationary gripping member, the fastening arm having formed therein a plurality of detenting teeth spaced apart from each other in the first direction;
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- the second one of the mobile article gripping member and the stationary article gripping member having an arm-receiving channel and a movable pawl for engaging at least a selected one of the detenting teeth on said fastening arm, a lever operatively connected to the pawl for selectively disengaging the pawl from the detenting teeth.
A hanger for suspending an article, comprising:
- a body;
- at least one pair of opposed downwardly depending article gripping members, one of said pair being a stationary article gripping member affixed to the body to downwardly depend therefrom;
- the other of said pair of article gripping members being a separate mobile article gripping member linearly translatable in a first direction at an angle to the vertical and toward the stationary gripping member to fasten the article therebetween;
- at least one of the mobile gripping member and the stationary gripping member having an article support finger extending in the first direction toward the other gripping member;
- a first one of the mobile article gripping member and the stationary article gripping member having a fastening arm extending parallel to the first direction toward a second one of the mobile article gripping member and the stationary gripping member, the fastening arm having formed thereon at least one detent;
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- the second one of the mobile article gripping member and the stationary article gripping member having an arm-receiving channel and a movable latch for engaging the detent on said fastening arm to fasten the article between the two gripping members, a lever operatively connected to the latch for selectively disengaging the latch from the detent in order to release the article from the hanger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.