Hanger for mounting items
AssigneeThe Cooperative Marketing Co.
InventorsJesus R. Villanueva, Richard G. Krautsack
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Abstract
A hanger for supporting a plurality of generally flat items, such as a pad of coupons, each of which has a mounting pole. The hanger is integral and formed of a generally flat resilient blank made of an extruded organic polymeric resin. The hanger comprises a head portion for mounting on a support structure, a lower portion for carrying the items and a stem interconnecting the head portion and the lower portion. The lower portion includes a pair of oppositely extending arms having adjacent connected ends and remote distal ends. The arms are deflectable from the plane of the blank together to form a shaft for projecting through the mounting holes in the items. The distal end of each arm has one oppositely extending barb-like projection for retaining the items on the shaft.
Claims7
A hanger for supporting a plurality of generally flat items such as a pad of coupons, each having a mounting hole, to be removed one at a time, said hanger being integral and formed from a generally flat resilient blank made of an organic polymeric resin, said hanger comprising:
- a head portion for mounting on a support structure;
- a lower portion for carrying said items;
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- a stem interconnecting said head portion and said lower portion, said lower portion comprising a pair of oppositely, substantially horizontally, extending arms having adjacent connected ends and remote distal ends, said arms being deflectable from the plane of said blank together side by side to form a shaft, extending substantially perpendicularly to the plane of said blank, for projecting through the mounting holes in said items, the distal end of each arm having one oppositely extending barb-like projection for retaining said items on said shaft, the projection on one arm extending upwardly and the projection on the other arm extending downwardly, each of said arms being independently resiliently deflectable in a vertical plane when said arms form said shaft, said arms being relatively movable from a first position wherein said projections do not substantially horizontally overlap said arms to a second position wherein said projections do substantially horizontally overlap said arms, said arms being resiliently biased to said first position, whereby the effective height of the distal end of said shaft can be varied without substantial deformation of said projections.
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