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US 4,372,450 AGranted
Hanging racks
AssigneeBasic Line, Inc.
InventorsVito Licari, Yaffa Licari
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Abstract
A hanging rack includes a support member and at least one hanger which is removably attached to the support member. The support member is provided with an internal receptacle having a receiving station adapted to releasably receive a plug attached to the hanger. The receptacle also includes a locking station which communicates with the receiving station such that the plug can be moved from the receiving station to the locking station, where it is releasably locked in place.
Claims64
A plastic hanging rack, comprising:
- plastic hanging means for hanging articles therefrom, said hanging means including a plug, and
- a plastic support member, having a front, a back and a receptacle provided internally of said support member, said receptacle having a receiving station sized and shaped so as to form a snap fit with said plug of said hanging means and to releaseably receive said plug of said hanging means when said plug is snapped into said receptacle from said front of said support member towards said back of said support member and a locking station communicating with said receiving station, said locking station being sized and shpaed so as to releaseably lock said plug of said hanging means in said receptacle when said plug is moved from said receiving station to said locking station.
A hanging rack, comprising:
- hanging means for hanging articles therefrom, said hanging means including a T-shaped plug, and
- a support member, having a front, a back and a receptacle provided internally of said support member, said receptacle having a T-shaped receiving station sized and shaped so as to releaseably and completely receive said plug of said hanging means when said plug is inserted into said receptacle from said front of said support member towards said back of said support member and a T-shaped locking station located directly below said receiving station and communicating with said receiving station such that a lower portion of said receiving station forms a part of an upper portion of said locking station, said locking station being sized and shaped so as to releaseably lock said plug of said hanging means in said receptacle when said plug is moved from said receiving station to said locking station.
A hanging rack, comprising:
- hanging means for hanging articles therefrom, said hanging means including a plug,
- a support member, having a front, a back and a receptacle provided internally of said support member, said receptacle having a receiving station sized and shaped so as to releaseably receive said plug of said hanging means when said plug is inserted into said receptacle from said front of said support member towards said back of said support member and a locking station communicating with said receiving station, said locking station being sized and shaped so as to releaseably lock said plug of said hanging means in said receptacle when said plug is moved from said receiving station to said locking station, and
- inhibiting means for inhibiting the inadvertent movement of said plug from said locking station to said receiving station, said inhibiting means including a wedge positioned on said hanging means so as to engage an edge of said receptacle.
A hanging rack, comprising:
- hanging means for hanging articles therefrom, said hanging means including a plug, and
- a support member in the form of a substantially open framework, said support member including a front, a back, a rib extending between opposite ends of said framework and a receptacle provided in said rib internally of said support member, said receptacle having a receiving station sized and shaped so as to releaseably receive said plug of said hanging means when said plug is inserted into said receptacle from said front of said support member towards said back of said support member and a locking station communicating with said receiving station, said locking station being sized and shaped so as to releaseably lock said plug of said hanging means in said receptacle when said plug is moved from said receiving station to said locking station.
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