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US 8,523,027 B2Granted
Hanger system
OwnerTraci Linn Reillyinventor
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Abstract
A hanger system with hooks attached to and suspended from a hanging or stationary frame, and from one to a multiplicity of rods capable of holding garments or other items, which rest in the hooks. The hooks are designed to allow the rods to rest in vertical relation to one another within the hooks although, depending on the hanging orientation of the hanger system, the rods may hang adjacent to or diagonal from one another. The frame may be hung from a closet rod or similar support, or may be attached to a surface such as a wall or a shelf, either directly or with spacers between the frame and the surface.
Claims16
A hanger system comprising:
- a bar,
- spaced apart first and second hooks each of said hooks having first and second spaced apart sides, an opening and a bottom arranged opposite to the opening, the terminus of the first side of each hook being attached to the bar, and
- a plurality of rods configured to be received into the hooks through the opening, where the spacing between the first and second sides are greater than a largest width of the rods so that the rods are longitudinally removable via the first and second spaced apart sides, and where the rods are of a length that they are longer than the distance between the two hooks, the rods being mounted for longitudinal movement, so that items stored on the hanger system can be removed by grasping the desired item stored on one of the rods with a user's first hand and grasping the rod holding the item with the user's second hand, and pulling the rod longitudinally from between the first and second spaced apart sides with the second hand while continuing to hold the item with the first hand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.