# US 8,783,529 B2 · Modular organizer > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,783,529 B2 - Document ID: US8783529B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/548,216 - Filed: 2012-07-13 - Published: 2013-01-17 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2011-07-13 - Applicants: Elsa Dumplet Nunez - Inventors: Elsa Dumplet Nunez - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8783529B2 ## CPC - A47F 5/0006: {Hangers for hanging articles on bars, tringles, bracket arms or the like (dress holders, e.g. for clothing, shoes, A47G25/00; packages for hanging B65D; lockable clothing holders E05B69/00)} - A47G 25/18: for two or more similar garments, e.g. constructed to connect to, or support, a similar hanger - A47G 25/32: involving details of the hook (A47G25/34, A47G25/38 take precedence) - A47F: SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS - A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B) ## Abstract A modular organizer comprises a chain, a plurality of shoulder piece assemblies separable from the chain each comprising separable first and second shoulder pieces made of an elongated body, a first arcuate end and a second arcuate end, the first and second shoulder pieces may have opposing orientations such that one has its arcuate ends facing up and the other has its arcuate ends facing down, the first arcuate end of the first shoulder piece situated adjacent the first arcuate end of the second shoulder piece of each shoulder piece assembly and the second arcuate end of the first shoulder piece situated adjacent the second arcuate end of the second shoulder piece of each shoulder piece assembly. The shoulder piece assembly may appear as a substantially flat ellipse. Each elongated body of at least a plurality of shoulder piece assemblies may traverse an aperture in a link of the chain. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A modular organizer, comprising: a first chain; a second chain; a plurality of shoulder piece assemblies separable from the first and second chains, each shoulder piece assembly comprising a first shoulder piece and a second shoulder piece, each of the first and second shoulder pieces comprising an elongated body, a first arcuate end and a second arcuate end, the first and second shoulder pieces separable from one another, the first and second shoulder pieces of each shoulder piece assembly having opposing orientations such that one of the first and second shoulder pieces has its arcuate ends facing up and the other of the first and second shoulder pieces has its arcuate ends facing down, the first arcuate end of the first shoulder piece situated adjacent the first arcuate end of the second shoulder piece of each shoulder piece assembly and the second arcuate end of the first shoulder piece situated adjacent the second arcuate end of the second shoulder piece of each shoulder piece assembly so that the shoulder piece assembly as a whole appears as a substantially flat ellipse, each elongated body of each shoulder piece of at least a plurality of shoulder piece assemblies traversing apertures in corresponding links of the first and second chains. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The organizer of claim 1, further comprising each elongated body of each shoulder piece of each shoulder piece assemblies traversing apertures in corresponding links of the first and second chains. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The organizer of claim 1, further comprising each of the first chain and the second chain having a hooked top end for mounting on a cross-bar. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The organizer of claim 3, further comprising each hooked top end including a stretchable elastic for converting the hooked top end of each chain into an annulus. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The organizer of claim 1, further comprising the first chain and the second chain each having a removable hook affixed to a top end of the respective first and second chains. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The organizer of claim 1, further comprising a cross-bar connecting the hooked top ends of the first and second chains. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The organizer of claim 1, further comprising the first and second shoulder pieces of each shoulder piece assembly held together affixedly by a locking element. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The organizer of claim 1, further comprising each elongated body having apertures for fastening a locking element to the elongated body. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The organizer of claim 1, further comprising an elastic band affixed to left and right ends of at least one elongated body of a plurality of shoulder piece assemblies. ### Claim 10 A modular organizer, comprising: a chain, a plurality of shoulder piece assemblies separable from the chain, each shoulder piece assembly comprising a first shoulder piece and a second shoulder piece, each of the first and second shoulder pieces comprising an elongated body, a first arcuate end and a second arcuate end, the first and second shoulder pieces separable from one another, the first and second shoulder pieces of each shoulder piece assembly having opposing orientations such that one of the first and second shoulder pieces has its arcuate ends facing up and the other of the first and second shoulder pieces has its arcuate ends facing down, the first arcuate end of the first shoulder piece situated adjacent the first arcuate end of the second shoulder piece of each shoulder piece assembly and the second arcuate end of the first shoulder piece situated adjacent the second arcuate end of the second shoulder piece of each shoulder piece assembly so that the shoulder piece assembly as a whole appears as a substantially flat ellipse, each elongated body of each shoulder piece of at least a plurality of shoulder piece assemblies traversing an aperture in a link of the chain. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The organizer of claim 10, further comprising a plurality of locking elements, each locking element affixing an elongated body to the chain. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The organizer of claim 11, further comprising each locking element having a central aperture for receiving a link of the chain and holding the link of the chain tightly between the locking element and the elongated body that traversed an aperture in the link of the chain. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The organizer of claim 12, further comprising each elongated body having left and right apertures for fastening the locking element to the elongated body traversing the aperture in the link of the chain. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The organizer of claim 11, further comprising a removable hook affixed to a top end of the chain, the hook having a stretchable elastic converting the hook into an annulus. ### Claim 15 A modular organizer, comprising: a first chain; a second chain; a central chain; a plurality of shoulder piece assemblies separable from the first and second chains, each shoulder piece assembly comprising a first shoulder piece and a second shoulder piece, each of the first and second shoulder pieces comprising an elongated body, a first arcuate end and a second arcuate end, the first and second shoulder pieces separable from one another, the first and second shoulder pieces of each shoulder piece assembly having opposing orientations such that one of the first and second shoulder pieces has its arcuate ends facing up and the other of the first and second shoulder pieces has its arcuate ends facing down, the first arcuate end of the first shoulder piece situated adjacent the first arcuate end of the second shoulder piece of each shoulder piece assembly and the second arcuate end of the first shoulder piece situated adjacent the second arcuate end of the second shoulder piece of each shoulder piece assembly so that the shoulder piece assembly as a whole appears as a substantially flat ellipse, each elongated body of each shoulder piece of at least a plurality of shoulder piece assemblies traversing apertures in corresponding links of the first, second and central chains. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The organizer of claim 15, further comprising a plurality of locking plates, each locking plate affixing an elongated body to the central chain. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The organizer of claim 16, further comprising each locking plate having a central aperture for receiving a link of the central chain and holding the link of the central chain tightly between the locking plate and the elongated body traversing an aperture in the link of the central chain. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The organizer of claim 15, further comprising each locking plate also having left and right side apertures for affixing the locking plate to the elongated body traversing the aperture in the link of the central chain. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The organizer of claim 15, further comprising an elastic band affixed to left and right ends of the elongated body of each shoulder piece. ### Claim 20 A modular organizer, comprising: a first rod having a series of apertures spaced apart by a first distance; a second rod having a series of apertures spaced apart by the first distance; a plurality of shoulder piece assemblies separable from the first and second rods, each shoulder piece assembly comprising a first shoulder piece and a second shoulder piece, each of the first and second shoulder pieces comprising an elongated body, a first arcuate end and a second arcuate end, the first and second shoulder pieces separable from one another, the first and second shoulder pieces of each shoulder piece assembly having opposing orientations such that one of the first and second shoulder pieces has its arcuate ends facing up and the other of the first and second shoulder pieces has its arcuate ends facing down, the first arcuate end of the first shoulder piece situated adjacent the first arcuate end of the second shoulder piece of each shoulder piece assembly and the second arcuate end of the first shoulder piece situated adjacent the second arcuate end of the second shoulder piece of each shoulder piece assembly so that the shoulder piece assembly as a whole appears as a substantially flat ellipse, each elongated body of each shoulder piece of at least a plurality of shoulder piece assemblies traversing corresponding apertures of the first and second rods. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The organizer of claim 20, further comprising a third rod having a series of apertures spaced apart by the first distance, each elongated body of each shoulder piece of at least a plurality of shoulder piece assemblies traversing corresponding apertures of the second and third rods. ### Claim 22 A modular organizer, comprising: a first chain; a second chain; one or more further chains; a plurality of shoulder piece assemblies separable from the first and second chains, each shoulder piece assembly comprising a first shoulder piece and a second shoulder piece, each of the first and second shoulder pieces comprising an elongated body, a first arcuate end and a second arcuate end, the first and second shoulder pieces separable from one another, the first and second shoulder pieces of each shoulder piece assembly having opposing orientations such that one of the first and second shoulder pieces has its arcuate ends facing up and the other of the first and second shoulder pieces has its arcuate ends facing down, the first arcuate end of the first shoulder piece situated adjacent the first arcuate end of the second shoulder piece of each shoulder piece assembly and the second arcuate end of the first shoulder piece situated adjacent the second arcuate end of the second shoulder piece of each shoulder piece assembly so that the shoulder piece assembly as a whole appears as a substantially flat ellipse, each elongated body of each shoulder piece of at least a plurality of shoulder piece assemblies traversing apertures in corresponding links of the first chain and the second chain, each elongated body of each shoulder piece of a plurality of shoulder piece assemblies traversing apertures in corresponding links of the second chain and a third chain, the third chain being a chain of the one or more further chains. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The organizer of claim 22, further comprising each elongated body of each shoulder piece of at least a plurality of shoulder piece assemblies traversing apertures in corresponding links of the third chain and a fourth chain, the fourth chain being a chain of the one or more further chains.