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US 2026/0174259 A1Published application
Hanger with overdriven hook portion
AssigneeMacneil IP LLC
InventorsStephen KANE, Frederick W. MASANEK, JR.
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Abstract
An axial length of a shaft shank of a hanger hook portion exceeds the axial length of a receiver formed in a hanger body. In assembly, this permits a barb terminating the shaft to be overdriven beyond the receiver, such that an upwardly facing second bushing surface of the barb is temporarily axially spaced from a downwardly facing first bushing surface of the receiver.
Claims18
A hanger for suspending at least one article, the hanger comprising:
- a hanger body adapted to suspend the at least one article, the hanger body having a top surface, a hollow receiver disposed on a vertical axis and downwardly extending from the top surface of the hanger body and having a receiver sidewall, a lower end of the receiver sidewall forming a downwardly facing first bushing surface, the inner sidewall having an axially aligned first length between the top surface of the body and the first bushing surface;
- a hook portion having a body and an axially aligned shank, a shank shaft downwardly extending from the body through the receiver and terminating in a barb, the barb having an upwardly facing second bushing surface radially outwardly extending from the shank shaft;
- wherein
- the second bushing surface of the barb engages the first bushing surface of the receiver sidewall to thereby support the hanger body and the at least one article;
- and wherein
- the body of the hook portion has a downwardly facing stop surface, the shank shaft downwardly extending from the stop surface to the second bushing surface by an axially aligned second length, the second length being greater than the first length so as to permit the barb to be downwardly overdriven beyond the first bushing surface.
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A hanger for suspending an article, the hanger comprising:
- a hanger body horizontally extending between first and second ends, a first article gripping member disposed near the first end of the hanger body, a second article gripping member disposed near the second end of the hanger body;
- the hanger body having a top surface, a receiver disposed on a vertical axis and downwardly extending from the top surface of the hanger body, a receiver sidewall formed around the axis and terminating in a lower end, a downwardly facing first bushing surface formed at the lower end of the receiver sidewall, the receiver horizontally disposed between the first article gripping member and the second article gripping member;
- and
- a hook portion having a body, a shank having a shank shaft downwardly extending from the body of the hook portion and terminating in a barb, the barb having an upwardly facing second bushing surface radially outwardly extending from the shank shaft;
- the first bushing surface of the hanger body being suspended on the second bushing surface of the barb;
- the hook portion having a hook adapted to be suspended from a display bar, wherein
- the second bushing surface has a first diameter and the receiver sidewall has a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, an axially aligned first length of the receiver sidewall measured between the top surface of the body and the first bushing surface, the body of the hook portion having a downwardly facing stop surface from which the shank shaft downwardly extends, an axially aligned second length of the shank shaft measured between the stop surface and the second bushing surface, the second length being greater than the first length so as to allow the barb to be overdriven beyond the first bushing surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.