Merchandise hanger assembly
OwnerWilliam Pfeiferinventor
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Abstract
A tag support member is mounted in a vertical bore in a hanger bracket behind the vertical bore in which a horizontally disposed hanger is resiliently mounted in a centered position such that the tag support member is cantilevered outward above the hanger. The bracket may be mounted on a perforated board or clipped onto a flat, horizontally disposed support bar set on edge. In the latter case, a projection on the lower rear edge of the bracket snaps over the support bar to firmly lock the bracket in place. Hangers may be disposed in opposite directions from a horizontal bar by a pair of hanger brackets mounted back to back with a clip in between for engaging the bar.
Claims8
In combination, a hanger member comprising an elongated shank and a base portion of circular cross-section depending at substantially a right angle from one end of the shank, a tag support member comprising an elongated shaft having means at one end for displaying information related to merchandise to be hung from the hanger member and having a base portion of noncircular cross-section depending at substantially a right angle from the opposite end of the shaft, and a bracket comprising a body member having a planar rear surface and an upper surface, a first bore of circular cross-section extending vertically downward into said body member from said upper surface for receiving the base portion of said hanger member, resilient centering means integral with said body member bearing against the sides of the shank of the hanger member for returning the hanger member to a center position wherein the shank extends forward at substantially a right angle to the planar rear surface of the body member whenever displaced laterally therefrom, and a second bore having a noncircular cross-section corresponding to that of the base of the tag support member extending vertically downward into said body member from said upper surface between said first bore and said planar rear surface, said second bore being of such a depth that with the base of the tag support member inserted in the second bore, the shaft extends substantially parallel to and spaced above the shank of the hanger member.
A hanger bracket for use in connection with a hanger member comprising an elongated shank and a base portion of circular cross-section depending at substantially a right angle from one end of the shank, and a tag support member comprising an elongated shaft having means at one end for displaying information related to merchandise to be hung from the hanger member and having a base portion of noncircular cross-section depending at substantially a right angle from the opposite end of the shaft;
- said bracket comprising a body member having a planar rear surface and an upper surface, a first bore of circular cross-section extending vertically downward into said body member from said upper surface for receiving the base portion of said hanger member, resilient centering means integral wth said body member bearing against the sides of the shank of the hanger member for returning the hanger member to a center position wherein the shank extends forward at substantially a right angle to the planar rear surface of the body member whenever displaced laterally therefrom, and a second bore having a noncircular cross-section corresponding to that of the base of the tag support member extending vertically downward into said body member from said upper surface between said first bore and said planar rear surface, said second bore being of such a depth that with the base of the tag support member inserted into the second bore the shaft extends substantially parallel to and spaced above the shank of the hanger member.
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