Hinge-mounted hanger systems
OwnerWilliam James Johnsoninventor
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Abstract
A device for mounting on a door hinge, of the type having intermeshing sleeves held together by a hinge pin, for supporting clothes and other items. A hinge-mounted hanger kit for use with different sized hinges, including a hanger for attaching to a hinge using an overlength pin to replace the hinge pin and a spacer or selection of spacers for use in accommodating different sized hinges. An extender for use with a hinge-mounted hanger for displacing the pivot axis of the hanger from the hinge pivot axis and having two different sized receptacles for receiving different sized hinges. A swing-restraint clip for use with a hinge-mounted hanger for attaching to a hinge and interposing between the hanger and an adjacent surface for impeding pivoting movement of the hanger relative to the surface.
Claims10
A hanger kit suitable for mounting on a large door hinge having a vertical dimension of a maximum size or on a smaller door hinge having a vertical dimension less than the maximum size by an increment X, the door hinge having a removable hinge pin, and installed to a door and a door jamb, the kit comprising:
- a. a hanger pin;
- b. a hanger for supporting articles in the vicinity of a door hinge and having two hanger projections spaced apart one from the other by at least the maximum size and each hanger projection having a hanger-pin-receiving hole, the hanger-pin-receiving holes being aligned one with the other;
- c. the hanger pin being of sufficient length to extend from one hanger-pin-receiving hole to the other hanger-pin-receiving hole;
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- d. at least one spacer having an opening through which the hanger pin may pass and having a dimension along an axis defined by the opening of no more than X,
- wherein, in use with a large door hinge, the hanger may be mounted to the hinge by removing the hinge pin and inserting the hanger pin through one of the hanger-pin-receiving holes, the hinge and the other of the hanger-pin-receiving holes, and in use with a smaller door hinge, the hanger may be mounted to the hinge by removing the hinge pin and inserting the hanger pin through one of the hanger-pin-receiving holes, the hinge, the spacer and the other of the hanger-pin-receiving holes,
- wherein the hanger comprises a metal frame releasably supporting a plate, wherein the plate may be engaged with the frame in at least two alternative orientations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.