Hanger accessory and hanger system
AssigneeStanley Black & Decker MEA FZE
InventorsTe-Sheng LIU, Chia-Wei J. CHANG, Chun-Chiang LIU
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A hanger accessory which may be configured to be mounted and locked on either a rail or pegboard is disclosed. The hanger accessory includes an accessory body having a rail bracket, and a hook. The hanger accessory also includes a lock having both a rail lock and a pegboard lock. The hanger accessory is configurable between a first configuration in which the rail bracket and rail lock may secure and lock the hanger to the rail, and a second configuration in which the hook and pegboard lock may secure and lock the hanger to a pegboard.
Claims16
A hanger accessory (100) mountable on a rail (106) and a pegboard (104) comprising:
- an accessory body (114);
- a rail bracket (122) connected to the accessory body (114) and mountable on the rail (106) on a first rail portion;
- at least one hook (138,140) connected to the accessory body (114) and engageable with a first pegboard hole (110) of the pegboard (104):
- and
- a locking mechanism (108) mounted on the accessory body (114), wherein the locking mechanism (108) has a rail locking mechanism (172) arranged to selectively engage to a second rail portion of the rail and a pegboard locking mechanism (174) arranged to selectively engage one or more second pegboard holes (186) of the pegboard (104);
- wherein the hanger accessory (100) is configurable between a rail hanger configuration wherein the rail bracket (122) and the rail locking mechanism (172) are engageable on the rail (106) and a pegboard hanger configuration wherein the at least one hook (138,140) and the pegboard locking mechanism (174) are engageable on the pegboard (104).
A hanger system (102) comprising:
- a rail (106);
- a pegboard (104);
- and
- a hanger accessory (100);
- said hanger accessory further comprising:
- an accessory body (114);
- a rail bracket (122) connected to the accessory body (114) and mountable on the rail (106) on a first rail portion;
- at least one hook (138,140) connected to the accessory body (114) and engageable with a first pegboard hole (110) of the pegboard (104):
- and
- a locking mechanism (108) mounted on the accessory body (114), wherein the locking mechanism (108) has a rail locking mechanism (172) arranged to selectively engage to a second rail portion of the rail and a pegboard locking mechanism (174) arranged to selectively engage one or more second pegboard holes (186) of the pegboard (104);
- wherein the hanger accessory (100) is configurable between a rail hanger configuration wherein the rail bracket (122) and the rail locking mechanism (172) are engageable on the rail (106) and a pegboard hanger configuration wherein the at least one hook (138,140) and the pegboard locking mechanism (174) are engageable on the pegboard (104).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.