Hanger holder accessory and system
OwnerMartha McKenzieinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for attaching an accessory to a hanger holder for holding at least one hanger. The hanger holder has a frame and first and second hanger supports extending from spaced points on the frame. The apparatus includes a first arrangement having a top portion for receiving an end of the accessory, and a second arrangement, arranged adjacent and parallel to the first arrangement, for receiving a section of the frame of the hanger holder in a lengthwise opening. A device is provided for attaching an accessory to a hanger holder. The device includes a first receiving element adapted to receive a first end of the accessory, and a second receiving element arranged adjacent and parallel to the first receiving element and adapted to receive in a lengthwise opening a section of a frame of the hanger holder.
Claims16
In combination, a holder for a clothing hanger comprising a frame, said frame comprising a base frame member and first and second upstanding frame members connected to and extending from different ends of said base frame member, said base frame member and said upstanding frame members defining a plane, an arcuate frame member extending from said plane and adapted to receive a clothing hanger, a supporting frame member connected to and extending from said base frame member to said arcuate frame member, an accessory adapted to be removably mounted to one of said upstanding frame members, said accessory comprising first and second substantially orthogonal rod sections, and means for removably mounting said accessory to one of said upstanding frame members, said mounting means comprising an elongated body comprising first and second ends and a side, a substantially tubular recess in said body adapted to receive said first rod section, such that said second rod section lies in a plane substantially orthogonal to said plane, and a substantially tubular opening in said body extending between said body ends and being open to said body side, said tubular opening being adapted to engage said one upstanding frame member.
In combination, a holder for a clothing hanger comprising a frame, said frame comprising a base frame member and first and second upstanding frame members connected to and extending from different ends of said base frame member, said base frame member and said upstanding frame members defining a plane, first and second frame member sections extending from said upstanding frame members respectively, in substantially opposite directions substantially in said plane, an arcuate frame member extending between said frame sections and adapted to receive a clothing hanger, a supporting frame member connected to and extending from said base frame member to said arcuate frame member, and first and second brackets for mounting said hangar holder frame on a door, each of said brackets comprising means for engaging the top of a door and means for supporting a different one of said frame sections, further comprising an accessory adapted to be removably mounted to one of said upstanding frame members, said accessory comprising first and second substantially orthogonal rod sections, and means for removably mounting said accessory to one of said upstanding frame members and wherein said mounting means comprising an elongated body comprising first and second ends and a side, a substantially tubular recess in said body adapted to receive said first rod section, and a substantially tubular opening in said body extending between said body ends and being open to said body side.
In combination, a holder for a clothing hanger comprising a frame, said frame comprising a base frame member and first and second upstanding frame members connected to and extending from different ends of said base frame member, said base frame member and said upstanding frame members defining a plane, first and second frame member sections extending from said upstanding frame members, respectively, in substantially opposite directions substantially in said plane, an arcuate frame member extending between said frame sections and adapted to receive a clothing hanger, a supporting frame member connected to and extending from said base frame member to said arcuate frame member, an accessory adapted to be removably mounted to one of said upstanding frame members, said accessory comprising first and second substantially orthogonal rod sections, and means for removably mounting said accessory to one of said upstanding frame members, said mounting means comprising an elongated body comprising first and second ends and a side, a substantially tubular recess in said body adapted to receive said first rod section, such that said second rod section lies in a plane substantially orthogonal to said plane, a substantially tubular opening in said body extending between said body ends and being open to said body side, said tubular opening being adapted to engage said one upstanding frame member, and first and second brackets for mounting said hanger holder frame on a door, each of said brackets comprising means for engaging the top of a door and means for supporting a different one of said frame sections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.