Modular hanging storage tracks
AssigneeHyperlilly, LLC
InventorWilliam Dane Found
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Abstract
A hanger track system that can be mounted to horizontal or vertical surfaces including ceilings, joists, and walls. The hanger tracks include a surface on which a storage container may be supported. The hanger tracks are positioned substantially parallel to each other and spaced a distance apart such that a storage container can fit in between the hanger tracks and be supported by a portion of the tracks.
Claims22
A hanger track assembly for storage containers, wherein the storage containers include walls that define an interior space accessed by an opening and a flange having a height and a bottom surface, wherein the flange is formed about the opening such that the outer dimensions of the walls are less than the outer dimensions of the flange, the assembly comprising a first and a second pre-formed hanger track that are each integrally formed, wherein the first and second pre-formed hanger tracks each include a planar surface that extends in a lengthwise direction that is contoured to be mounted to and to extend substantially parallel to a ceiling in the lengthwise direction, a vertical support that extends outward from the planar surface a distance that is greater than or equal to the height of the flange and at least one retention surface that extend laterally outward from the vertical support a distance selected so that the bottom surface of the flange is retained on the retention surface when the first and second hanger tracks are mounted so as to be substantially horizontal.
A method of storing storage containers that include walls that define an interior space accessed by an opening and a flange having a height and a bottom surface, wherein the flange is formed about the opening such that the outer dimensions of the walls is less than the outer dimensions of the flange, the method comprising:
- mounting a first pre-formed hanger track so as to extend substantially horizontal, wherein the first hanger track includes a planar surface that extends in a lengthwise direction that is contoured to be mounted to and to extend substantially horizontal in the lengthwise direction, a vertical support that extends downward from the planar surface a distance that is greater than or equal to the height of the flange and at least one retention surface that extends laterally outward from the vertical support a selected distance, and wherein the at least one retention surface comprises an outer edge;
- mounting a second pre-formed hanger track so as to extend substantially horizontal, wherein the second hanger track includes a planar surface that extends in a lengthwise direction that is contoured to be mounted to as to extend substantially horizontal in the lengthwise direction, a vertical support that extends downward from the planar surface a distance that is greater than or equal to the height of the flange and at least one retention surface that extend laterally outward from the vertical support a selected distance, and wherein the at least one retention surface comprises an outer edge, and wherein the second pre-formed hanger track is positioned substantially horizontal a first distance, as measured from the edge of the retention surface of the first pre-formed hanger track to the edge of the retention surface of the second preformed hanger track, from the first pre-formed hanger track, and wherein the first distance is selected to be greater than the distance between the walls of the container but less than the outer dimensions of the flange of the container, and;
- positioning the container adjacent the end of the first and second pre-formed hanger tracks;
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- sliding the container so that the bottom surface of the flange of the container is positioned on the retention surfaces of the first and second pre-formed hanger tracks so that the container is suspended from the first and second hanger members.
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