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US 5,487,517 AGranted
Removable hanger
OwnerHarold C. Smithinventor
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Abstract
A hanger for removable engagement with a support member includes a rigid body with a hook-shaped upper end and a lower end having a removable support attachment for supporting an article on the hanger.
Claims2
A hanger, comprising:
- a rigid body having an upper and lower end and forward and rearward surfaces;
- said body upper end including a hook portion for removable attachment to a support member;
- said hook portion including an arm projecting rearwardly from the upper end of the body, and having upper and lower surfaces, and a leg depending from a rearward end of the arm, and having forward and rearward surfaces and opposing sides;
- said arm lower surface and leg forward surface being generally flat and oriented orthogonally;
- said leg forward surface having a groove formed therein extending from side to side, with an axis generally parallel to the arm lower surface, for removably receiving a projecting flange of a support member therein;
- and
- support means removably connected to the lower end of the body, for supporting an article on said hanger.
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In combination:
- a support channel having a generally "J" shaped cross-section with a a generally vertical forward short leg, a generally vertical rearward long leg, and a generally horizontal base leg connecting the forward and rearward legs;
- said support channel further including a flange projecting generally horizontally and rearwardly from an upper end of the forward leg, said flange having a thickness measured from an upper to a lower surface and a width measured from the forward leg to a rearward edge;
- and
- a hanger removably engaged on said support channel, comprising:
- a rigid body having an upper end, a lower end and forward and rearward surfaces;
- said body upper end including a hook portion removably engaging said support channel;
- said hook portion including an arm projecting rearwardly from the upper end of the body, and having upper and lower surfaces, and a leg depending from a rearward end of the arm, and having forward and rearward surfaces and opposing sides;
- said arm lower surface and leg forward surface being generally flat and oriented orthogonally;
- said leg forward surface having a groove formed therein into which the rearward edge of said flange is slidably journaled;
- and
- support means removably connected to the lower end of the body, for supporting an article on said hanger.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.