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US 5,350,072 AGranted
Residential integral shelf and hanger rod
AssigneeLee-Rowan Company
InventorsRichard D. Rogers, Charles Camilleri, Raymond Wood
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Abstract
An integral wire shelf and hanger rod having a plurality of support brackets for interconnecting the rod with metal shelf. Each support bracket has a U-shaped section and spaced upper and lower arms welded respectively to the shelf and the hanger rod. The configuration of the support brackets permits a garment hanger to slide across the rod through a path uninterrupted by the support brackets.
Claims8
A residential integral shelf and hanger rod from which garment hangers can be hung by their hooks comprising:
- a shelf member having a back and a front and being formed of longitudinal and transverse wires welded together,
- the longitudinal wires including parallel horizontally spaced forward and rearward wires;
- the rearward wire being adjacent the back of the shelf and the forward wire being toward the front of the shelf relative to the rearward wire;
- a lower forward wire spaced below and parallel to the forward wire;
- an elongated garment hanger rod;
- a plurality of support brackets connected to the forward wire;
- the lower forward wire, and the garment hanger rod;
- the configuration of each bracket being non-linear and clearing the hook of a garment hanger whereby the garment hanger can slide along the garment hanger rod in an uninterrupted path that passes the support brackets;
- all of the wires and the garment hanger rod having diameters of less than one half inch whereby the integral shelf and hanger rod can be handled and installed by one person in a residential closet;
- and,
- the longitudinal wires include an upper front wire spaced forward of the forward wire;
- the transverse wires extending across and being welded to the forward, rearward and upper front longitudinal wires.
9 more elements
A residential shelf and garment hanger rod installed in a closet comprising:
- a wire-frame shelf member of lightweight construction suitable for residential use and having a forward portion and a rear edge;
- the rear edge adapted to abut a back wall of the closet;
- the forward portion having a generally vertical flange;
- said flange having upper and lower parallel and coextensive metal rods disposed transversely thereon, the upper rod spaced above the lower rod and the two rods defining a vertical plane;
- a garment hanger rod;
- a plurality of rod support brackets, each having a shank and a U-shaped portion;
- said shank being welded to both said parallel rods;
- said U-shaped portion having a pair of arms including a lower arm and an upper arm;
- said lower arm extending upwardly and forwardly and terminating in a load bearing connection with said garment hanger rod;
- said U-shaped portion and its arms being oriented to locate said garment hanger rod in said vertical plane and spaced below the lower rod;
- the configuration of said U-shaped portion and arms being coordinated so that a garment hanger, while suspended on said garment hanger rod, is provided with a path to slide along the garment hanger rod uninterrupted by the support brackets;
- and,
- the shelf has a front edge spaced forward of the vertical flange and the span between the front edge and back edge is substantially greater than half the depth of the closet in which the shelf and garment hanger rod is installed whereas the span between the flange and the back edge is about half the depth of the closet.
10 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.