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US 7,789,248 B1Granted
Hangable gear holder
OwnerRussell J. Salerno, Charles E. Mullerinventors
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Abstract
A portable and hangable gear holding unit includes a main portion and a number of positionable gear holding members. Each gear holding member, which may include a hook, extended or orthogonal tab, clip, and or equivalents, is structured for engaging and holding at least one piece of gear above a ground surface. The hangable gear holding unit may be portable, and transported to a location for hanging upon a support structure, such as a partition or chain link fence, for subsequent use in holding gear.
Claims15
A hangable gear holder, comprising:
- a) a main portion having a first surface and a second surface, and an upper edge and a lower edge;
- b) a plurality of movable gear holding members structured for engaging and holding at least one piece of gear, with each gear holding member comprised of an end portion, a middle portion, and a gear engaging end;
- c) a constraining arrangement including at least one elongated rail member, said at least one elongated rail member spaced from the second surface of the main portion and fixed to the main portion at a plurality of pre-selected locations along a longitudinal axis of said at least one elongated rail member and the main portion;
- said at least one elongated rail member spaced and fixed so as to establish a longitudinal slot formed between the second surface of the main portion and a first surface of said at least one elongated rail member;
- d) the longitudinal slot structured for slidably constraining the movable gear holding members, with the longitudinal slot formed so as to be aligned with a longitudinal axis of the main portion;
- e) wherein the longitudinal slot is sized such that the end portion and the middle portion of each movable gear holding member, is capable of being slidably movable within the slot and mechanically lockable in one of a plurality of available fixing locations;
- and at least two spaced s-shaped double hook members, with a first double hook member located at the first end of the main portion and a second double hook member located at the second end of the main portion, respectively, each double hook member comprised of a first hook support structure engaging hook portion for engaging a support structure, a second hook gear holding hook portion for engaging gear and a middle portion for spacing the at least one elongated member from the second surface of the main portion.
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A portable and hangable gear holder deployable at a location for use in engaging and holding gear, the hangable gear holder comprising:
- a) a rigid main plate member, with the main plate member structured having a substantially elongated rectangular and flattened shape with a first surface and a second surface, an upper edge and a lower edge;
- b) a plurality of gear holding members included for engaging and holding at least one piece of gear, with each gear holding member comprised of an end portion, coupled to a substantially straight middle portion, which is coupled to a gear engaging end, wherein the end portion and at least part of the middle portion of each gear holding member are substantially positioned adjacent to the second surface of the main plate member, while the gear engaging end is positioned below the lower edge of the main plate member and extending outwardly forward of the first surface thereof;
- c) two substantially parallel elongated rail members positioned with a first elongated rail member placed above a second lower elongated rail member, and with each elongated rail member additionally substantially equally spaced from the second surface of the main plate member and fixed to the main plate member substantially aligned with and parallel to a longitudinal axis of the main plate member, such that at least one longitudinal slot is formed between the second surface of the main plate member and a first surface of each elongated rail member, and available for accepting and constraining therein the straight middle portion and end portion of each gear holding member, while further supporting a slidably coupled arrangement wherein gear holding members are movable from one fixing location to a second, adjacent, and available fixing location;
- d) with each elongated rail member further structured having a plurality of notches formed in an upper edge at spaced locations along a longitudinal axis of the elongated rail members, with corresponding vertically aligned notches of each elongated rail member establishing the fixing locations for fixing the gear holding member in a substantially vertical orientation when positioned in one of a plurality of fixing locations;
- e) wherein proximate to each of the end portion and the middle portion of each gear holding member a pair of notch engaging projections are structured for dropping into, occupying, and engaging vertically aligned notches of each fixing location, fixing a respective gear holding member in the fixing location so that the gear holding member can be utilized for subsequently engaging and supporting gear;
- f) at least one support structure engaging member fixed to the main plate member and structured for engaging a proximate support structure in order to hang the hangable gear holder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.