Hanger assembly and system for assembling a modular closet organizer in a closet

A modular closet organizer kit of the type retrofitted into an existing closet for efficient use of the space in the closet, the closet organizer kit comprising:

• at least two vertical partitions each having at least two sets of holes therein, adjacent holes in each set of holes having the same predetermined vertical spacing from each other, and the sets being horizontally spaced at a predetermined distance;
• a plurality of screw fasteners adapted to be received in the holes in the vertical partitions;
• at least one shelf adapted to extend generally horizontally between the vertical partitions, each shelf having a width greater than the horizontal spacing between the sets of holes in the vertical partitions;
• shelf mounts each having an opening therein for receiving one of said fasteners therethrough and into one of the holes in a respective vertical partition, the shelf mount as secured to the vertical partition by the fastener being arranged for engaging the shelf to support the shelf on the vertical partition;
• an extensible and retractable hanger assembly for hanging articles such as a garment bag therefrom, the hanger assembly comprising:
• a hanger rod having a longitudinal axis, a hook formed at one end thereof and a boss projecting outwardly from the rod at a location longitudinally spaced from the hook, the boss lying in a plane including the longitudinal axis of the hanger rod which is generally perpendicular to the plane of the hook such that when the hook lies in a substantially vertical plane and opens upwardly for hanging articles thereon, the boss lies in a generally horizontal plane;
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• a mounting sleeve having a rod channel including a bottom, an open slot opposite the bottom and extending the length of the channel and an open mouth generally at one longitudinal end of the rod channel, a guide channel being formed in the bottom of the rod channel, the guide channel being smaller than the rod channel;
• the rod channel being adapted to slidably receive the rod with the hook disposed outwardly of the mouth of the rod channel such that the rod may be selectively extended from and retracted into the rod channel through the mouth thereof, the guide channel being adapted to slidably receive the boss and having a stop formed therein engageable with the boss to prevent withdrawal of the hanger rod from the mounting sleeve through the open mouth thereof, the boss being engageable with sides of the guide channel for holding the hanger rod from rotation about its longitudinal axis in the rod channel such that the hook is held in a position in which it opens upwardly for receiving and hanging the article;
• flanges extending continuously along the longitudinal edges of the slot of the rod channel the entire length of the rod channel, the flanges being constructed for face to face engagement with the vertical face of the wall, each flange having at least two openings therein having a horizontal spacing equal to the horizontal spacing between the sets of holes in each vertical partition, corresponding openings of the flanges being generally vertically aligned and having a vertical spacing equal to a multiple of the vertical spacing between adjacent holes in the vertical partition whereby the openings in the flanges are adapted to be aligned with holes in the vertical partition and to receive fasteners therethrough for mounting the mounting sleeve on the vertical partition;
• such that a closet organizer may be constructed in a closet without having to form holes to connect the shelves and hanger assembly to the vertical partitions.