Hanging tool organizer
OwnerGretchen Frankenstein, Thomas Kessnerinventors
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Abstract
A fabric hanging tool organizer formed of a lengthwise extended backing structure formed of a flexible material bounded by an edging of substantially non-stretchable material and having a single device suspender. A plurality of suspension elements are attached to the backing structure in spaced apart positions along a lengthwise extent thereof. The suspension elements include a plurality of hangers and a plurality pockets.
Claims20
A fabric hanging tool organizer device structured to hang lengthwise on a vertical wall surface, the organizer device comprising:
- a lengthwise extended backing structure formed of a substantially flexible material substantially bounded by an edging of substantially non-stretchable fabric material;
- a plurality of suspension elements attached adjacent to a first face of the backing structure in spaced apart positions along a lengthwise extent thereof, the suspension elements comprising a plurality of hangers and a plurality pockets, wherein:
- each of the hangers further comprises a strip of substantially non-stretchable fabric material secured across the first face of the backing structure and each being formed in an array of one or more individual fabric loops each, and
- each of the pockets further comprises a panel of substantially flexible material secured adjacent to the first face of the backing structure and having a closed bottom portion and spaced apart opposing side portions thereof secured to the first face of the backing structure and a bounded open top portion thereof;
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- a single device suspender adjacent to a first end portion of the lengthwise extended backing structure.
A fabric hanging tool organizer device structured to hang lengthwise on a vertical wall surface, the organizer device comprising:
- a lengthwise extended flexible and substantially non-stretchable fabric backing structure having a peripheral edge portion thereof being substantially bounded by an edging of substantially non-stretchable fabric material, and exactly one device suspender adjacent to a top portion thereof;
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- a vertical array of suspension elements attached to a first face of the backing structure in vertically spaced apart positions along a lengthwise extent thereof, the suspension elements comprising a first vertically spaced grouping of a plurality of hangers and a second vertically spaced grouping of a plurality pockets, wherein:
- each of the hangers further comprises a strip of substantially non-stretchable fabric material oriented substantially crosswise the lengthwise extent of the backing structure and having spaced apart opposing end portions thereof secured between the first face of the backing structure and the edging of substantially non-stretchable fabric material substantially bounding the backing structure with each of the hangers being formed in an array of one or more individual fabric loops each secured to the first face of the backing structure, and
- each of the pockets further comprises a panel of substantially flexible material having a closed bottom portion thereof secured between the first face of the backing structure and a strip of the substantially non-stretchable fabric material, a open top lip portion thereof bounded by an edging of the substantially non-stretchable fabric material, and spaced apart opposing side portions thereof secured between the first face of the backing structure and the edging of substantially non-stretchable fabric material substantially bounding the backing structure.
A method for storing tools, the method comprising:
- a) suspending a lengthwise extended tool organizer device hanging substantially vertically relative to the a substantially vertical hanging surface by means of a single suspender element, the substantially vertically suspended lengthwise extended organizer device comprising:
- i) a lengthwise extended backing structure formed of a substantially flexible material substantially bounded by an edging of substantially non-stretchable fabric material and having the single suspender element positioned adjacent to an upper end portion thereof, and
- ii) a plurality of suspension elements attached adjacent to a front face of the backing structure opposite from the substantially vertical hanging surface and arranged in spaced apart positions along a lengthwise extent thereof, the suspension elements comprising a plurality of hangers each formed of a strip of substantially non-stretchable fabric material secured across the front face of the backing structure and each being formed in an array of one or more individual fabric loops, and a plurality pockets each formed of a panel of substantially flexible material secured adjacent to the front face of the backing structure and having a closed bottom portion and spaced apart opposing side portions thereof secured to the first face of the backing structure and a bounded open top lip portion thereof;
- b) into each of a plurality of the one or more individual fabric loops of a first one of the plurality of hangers, inserting a tool having a relatively elongated neck portion sized to be received there through and a relatively enlarged handle portion sized to interfere therewith;
- c) into at least one of the one or more individual fabric loops of a second one of the plurality of hangers, inserting a tool having a relatively foreshortened nose portion sized to be received there through and a relatively enlarged handle portion sized to interfere therewith;
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- d) into at least one of the plurality pockets, inserting through the open top lip portion thereof a tool substantially devoid of one of:
- a portion sized to be received through one of the one or more individual fabric loops of one of the plurality of hangers, and a relatively enlarged handle portion sized to interfere therewith.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.