Utility hook for attachment to an overhead garage door track
OwnerMartin D. Webbinventor
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Abstract
A utility hook is adapted to removably fit upon a standard overhead garage door track so as to not interfere with the garage door operation and may be used to suspend bulky items from the garage door track. The utility hook's lower portion may be hook-shaped to suspend a bicycle or alternatively have a flat horizontal bottom to suspend a ladder. The utility hook's upper portion is a vertical segment continuous from the lower portion and bent at the top to approximately a right angle with an inward turned lip on the end, fitting over and engaging the upper flange of the track when the utility hook is set in place. The hook may be moved along the track by first rotating the utility hook outward away from the track and then sliding the utility hook along the track.
Claims20
A system for storing an object in an elevated position from a standard overhead garage door track comprising:
- an installed standard overhead garage door track;
- a utility hook having an upper portion wherein said upper portion will engage and attach to said standard overhead garage door track so as not to interfere with the garage door operation;
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- a utility hook having a lower portion with a curved opened end, continuous from said upper portion, with a shape that is configured to support an object, the utility hook supporting the object directly underneath the track.
The garage storage system 11, wherein the end of said lower portion's segment has an upturned tip.
A system for storing an object in an elevated position from a standard overhead garage door track comprising:
- a utility hook having an upper portion vertically continuous from the lower portion, wherein said upper portion is formed with approximately a right angle bend that is configured to extend over the ceiling mounted section of the garage door track, such that the upper portion of the utility hook is configured to fit tightly against the outer vertical surface and outer horizontal upper flange of the ceiling mounted section of the garage door track;
- said right angle extension having a lip formed with an approximately 180 degree bend towards the lower portion of the garage door utility hook that is adapted to nonpermanently engage and hold the garage door utility hook onto the ceiling mounted section of the garage door track and as not to interfere with the garage door operation;
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- said utility hook having a lower portion that is hook-shaped to engage and support said object, the hook supporting the object directly underneath the track.
A system for storing an object in an elevated position from a standard overhead garage door track comprising:
- an installed standard overhead garage door track;
- an object to be stored from said garage door track;
- a utility hook having an upper portion formed with approximately a right angle bend that may extend over the ceiling mounted section of the garage door track, such that the upper portion of the utility hook may fit tightly against the outer vertical surface and outer horizontal upper flange of the ceiling mounted section of the garage door track;
- said right angle horizontal extension having a lip formed with an approximately 180 degree bend towards the lower portion of the garage door utility hook such that said lip may tightly encompass the horizontal upper flange's edge as to nonpermanently engage and hold the garage door utility hook onto the ceiling mounted section of said garage door track and as not to interfere with the garage door operation;
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- said utility hook having a lower portion extending downward and orientated in the same plane as said upper portion, the lower portion having a first bend segment orientated away from the lip of the upper portion;
- said lower portion's first bend segment extending downward to a second bend segment orientated back toward the lip of the upper portion;
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- said lower portion's second bend segment horizontally extending under the upper portion with the lower portions second horizontal segment orientated approximately parallel to and under the upper portion's right angle extension to provide a flat supporting surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.