Abstract: A hanger designed for removable engagement with a roof gutter includes a rigid body with a hook-shaped upper end adapted for attachment to the gutter lip, and a lower end having an eyebolt or the like to which a bird feeder may be attached. The lower portion of the hanger has a rearward edge which projects rearwardly farther than the rearward edge of the hook portion of the hanger, such that the lower rearward edge will contact the fascia board of the roof when the hook portion is connected to the gutter lip.

Abstract: A recreational vehicle includes an annular roller for supporting an awning fabric. The roller has a plurality of C-shaped retainer channels internally disposed at spaced positions on its annular periphery. A pair of these C-shaped channels are shaped to receive the awning fabric and to receive rods which extend through the awning fabric to hold the awning fabric in fixed position relative to the roller. A coupling member has a bead which is retained within another of the C-shaped retainer channels. The article also has a body portion which extends from the bead. A hole may be provided in the body portion to receive a member such as a hook. Different articles such as potted plants, clothes hangers and messages may be attached to the hook.

Abstract: A chandelier having a frame for supporting ornaments with loop shafts attached thereto provides a frame member having a predetermined thickness and a width between an inner edge and an outer edge. An ornament shaft that terminates in a loop has segments that engage a width defining edges of the frame member while the ornament is positioned in a vertical hanging orientation. The ornament further includes an opening defined by the shaft and a portion of the loop that is constructed and arranged so that the frame member may be engaged with and disengaged from the loop only through the opening and only by first rotating the shaft substantially out of the vertical orientation. The loop is further constructed and arranged so that substantially vertical displacement is prevented. The opening may be defined by an end of the loop and the shaft and the frame member may include one or more formations or indentations having a width less than the width of adjacent sections for supporting the loop.

Abstract: A removable and adjustable clothes hanger bracket for mounting on a fixed garment hook in the interior of a vehicle to increase garment carrying capacity. The bracket includes a flat rectangular base plate and a detachable flat triangular hanger extension. The base plate has an adjustable opening at its upper end for hanging it on the fixed garment hook and a slotted portion and support portion on its front surface. The hanger extension member is removably received in the slotted and support portions of the base plate and has an outer end extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom with a notched top edge for supporting a plurality of garment hangers and a hooked portion at the outer end. A pair of removable tabs disposed in the rectangular opening of the base plate allow the size of the opening to be selectively altered to receive different sizes of fixed garment hooks.

Abstract: A novel chandelier hook for a chandelier trimming is provided. The hook has a pair of bends, one of which is adapted for engagement with an opening in a chandelier frame, and the other of which is adapted to resist accidental displacement of the trimming from the chandelier frame.

Abstract: An apparatus arranged for securement to a roof positioned above a passenger compartment of a vehicle, wherein the structure includes a grasping tube receiving a flexible tether line therethrough, wherein the tether line is mounted to a securement loop and the loop is pivotally mounted to a hook clamp that is releasably mounted to the roof of the vehicle. A modification of the invention includes a plate structure with a loop member adjustably mounted longitudinally of the plate to provide selective orientation of the tether line and tube within the passenger compartment.

Abstract: Improvements in devices for receiving, hanging and supporting purses, handbags and other strap carried containers on the edge of a table, desk or other support; portable hanger devices for purses, handbags and the like able to engage the periphery of a table, desk or other support and receive therewithin the straps of a purse or handbag in such a manner as to support it in at least two optional positions, thus enabling free support of the container, handbag or purse in either crowded or open conditions around the table or desk.

Abstract: A vehicle power train support apparatus is provided for temporarily supporting from a vehicle frame a portion of a vehicle power train. The apparatus includes a telescoping transverse support arm assembly suspended by two eye bolts, and optionally by two chains or straps, from a vehicle frame. A support table is adjustably mounted to the transverse support arm assembly at varying vertical increments. A spring-biased sliding lock plate or latch secures the table at a desired vertical position. The table supports the portion of the vehicle power train.

Abstract: Suspension or hanger bars, particularly a weight-responsive hanger bar which is pivotable to indicate changes in weight of the suspended object. The device is particularly adaptable to suspension of moisturized planters, such that the hanger bar is pivoted, as the moisture content of the planter is depleted.

Abstract: A utility device for a key ring which serves a plurality utilities, including key ring anchorage, bottle cap opener, screw driver, hook and item holder with respect to another object. The utility device has a generally C-shaped structure having a central open space defined by interior walls of a main member, two cross members and two opposed tabs. A hole is provided in the C-shaped structure to permit a key ring (key chain and the like) to be connected thereto. The distance between facing ends of the tabs is preselected to permit the ends to cooperate so that a user can leverably act on a bottle cap to open a capped bottle. One external corner of the C-shaped structure is preferred to be provided with a flat, beveled blade edge to serve as a screwdriver blade. It is further preferred for a portion of the interior walls to have a predetermined contour which servies to assist hooking of the C-shaped structure onto an object.

Abstract: The active-substance support consists of a rectangular film or sheet (1) of a thermoplastic material which, at its upper end, comprises a T-shaped head piece (2) of which the symmetrically arranged hook-like side arms (3,4) can be bent downwards at a right angle along folding lines (5,6) extending parallel to the longitudinal direction. When needed, the initially flat side arms (3,4) are bent downwards at a right angle and hung on the honeycomb frame so that the active-substance strip (1) is kept centrally suspended in a honeycomb passage.

Abstract: A dust cover is provided with a transverse hook such that when the dust cover is secured in place on the first stage of a scuba regulator, the regulator assembly can be handled and hung by the hook without damage to the regulator or damage or kinking of regulator hoses. Embodiments for both American and European (DIN) configured regulators are enclosed.

Abstract: A system for coating articles by the use of electrostatic attraction of ionized particles which are subsequently cured. The system includes a pair of carriers for jointly carrying each article through the system, from application of the particles to the article through curing of the particles on the article. Each carrier is capable of carrying the article independently of the other. After deposition of the particles on the article the article and the carriers are conveyed through a cleaning station wherein one of the carriers is moved out of carrying engagement with the article and cleaned while the article supported by the other carrier. The other carrier is then moved out of supporting engagement with the article and cleaned while the article is supported by the first carrier.

Abstract: A hanger for a package has a frame extending downwardly from a hook and having a lower portion extending beyond a locking finger so as to prevent unnoticeable opening of a cover of a package held by the hanger. The locking finger is inclined to the plane of the frame and the frame has guide surfaces parallel to the locking finger so that the frame will be canted relative to the package to ensure the cover locking positioning of the hanger.

Abstract: A support for lightpole cables within the hollow upper portion of a lightpole which is adapted for non-slip attachment to an intermediate portion of the light cable assembly and is provided with means for positive anchoring the attachment portion to the upper end of a hollow lightpole cable for positively supporting the cable assembly within the lightpole to isolate the weight of the cable assembly from the electrical connections between the upper cable ends and the lighting fixture supported by the pole.

Abstract: A portable power tool includes a retractable hook assembly by which the tool can be safely suspended from the framing of a building under construction, out of harm's way yet within easy reach, when the tool is not in use. The retractable hook assembly desirably includes a cable and a spring-loaded cable retraction spool for coupling the hook to the tool. The hook is adapted to be maintained in an out-of-the-way position when the tool is in use so as not to interfere with the tool's normal operation. When it is desired to set the tool down, the hook is withdrawn from the assembly and engaged with a horizontal framing member. In one arrangement, the retracted hook is oriented so that it can engage a framing member directly, without first being manually withdrawn from the assembly. The retractable hook assembly can be retrofit onto existing power tools and provides safety and convenience measures not heretofore available.

Abstract: A hanger hook is of modified S shape and all parts of the hanging hook lie substantially in the same plane. The hook has utility particularly but not exclusively in hanging a birdfeeder from a substantially horizontal tree branch and the like. The hook has a lower open loop providing a bite for receiving thereover the circular portion of a birdfeeder or plant hanger. The hanger also has an upper open loop for receiving the branch. The hook resists efforts of squirrels, raccoons, or the like but not people to disassemble the hanger from the hook and to disassemble the hook from the branch.

Abstract: A ladder bracket for supporting a ladder on buildings during construction work has a pair of parallel side rails connected by transverse struts. Aligned end portions of the side rails are curved about a circular radius into hook members for engagement with a rung of a ladder to be supported. In a first embodiment, opposite ends of the side rails are each provided with three keyhole shaped apertures arranged in a triangular array. In use, the side rails are secured on an intended work surface by nails driven temporarily through the keyhole shaped apertures. In a second embodiment, a pair of securement tabs are connected by hinges to outer side edges of each of the side rails. Driven fasteners are captured within a cylindrical boss provided on each of the securement tabs. The securement tabs are pivotally mounted by the hinges and thus the driven fasteners may be secured to a variety of different intended working surfaces.

Abstract: A clothes hanger with a suspension hook, where a continuous slot, lying essentially in the plane of the hook, is situated in the area of the top of the curve of the suspension hook. A rod is pivotably mounted in this slot in such a fashion that its free end can swing between two terminal positions, in which it extends below or above the curve of the hook.

Abstract: The clip of the present invention consists of a sheet which is made up of a first, second and third section. The first section contains a hole. The second sections forms an obtuse angle with the first section and has a central cutout. The third section is folded back along the second section such that the third section does not lie in the obtuse angle. The third section has two points for penetrating an object that is to be fastened by means of a hook.

Abstract: A vertically elongated thin, generally planar body constructed of at least reasonably stiff and shape retentive material is provided including opposite ends and opposite face sides and edges extending between the ends. The upper end portion of the body includes a plurality of integral angulated tangs struck therefrom, projecting outwardly from the face sides and inclined outwardly from the body toward the lower end of the body. The tangs include sharpened outer lower ends and the lower end of the body includes support structure from which an article to be suspended beneath a pan roof of the type including at least one pair of laterally adjacent elongated pan roof sections including adjacent longitudinal side upwardly projecting closely juxtaposed flanges may be supported.

Abstract: Small honeycombed devices, such as wafers, for hunting, trapping and other purposes are molded from plastic material impregnated with artificial simulations of natural scents or other scents such as insect repellants, attractants or insecticides, deodorants or deodorizers, or decorative and floral fragrances. Means may be included by which the devices can be removably stacked together to intensify a particular scent or to provide a combination of different scents and/or by which the devices can be suspended from a supporting object.

Abstract: A bracket for attachment of an electric meter box (termed, in the trade, a meter base or socket) to a wall wherein the bracket is comprised of a mounting strap and at least one hook. The mounting strap, when in position attached to the rear wall meter base extends beyond the perimeter of the base with means for attaching the strap to the wall. The hook or hooks provide the means for attaching the meter base to the bracket and extend from the mounting strap and terminate in a curve adapted to hold the meter base against the mounting strap.

Abstract: A plant hanger suitable for attaching to the rim of an upwardly positioned flower pot is disclosed. The plant hanger includes generally a plurality of strong, flexible, similar members, each of which terminates upwardly in an upper pot engaging hook. Each of the plurality of members terminates downwardly in a member interconnector of suitable configuration to retain a lower pot support therein. The plant hanger can be easily connected to an upper positioned pot by engaging rim portions of the upper pot with member connected hooks. When properly installed, the plant hanger member interconnector is positioned below and in axial alignment with the upper positioned pot to receive and support the hanger of a lower positioned pot.

Abstract: A member for mounting a suspension rail for hanging exhibits such as paintings is adapted to be secured to a wall near the ceiling by screws. The member has a base plate and a supporting projection extending horizontally from the base plate. The base plate has a pair of inclined surfaces at both sides of the supporting projection. The projection is formed with a horizontal slit to form an elastic piece to facilitate the engagement of the suspension rail.

Abstract: A surface mounted article holding device adhesively attached to a supporting surface, the device havng a thin flexible surface attaching layer from which for removal of the device, the remainder of the device is first detached and subsequently the thin layer is peeled from the surface, the device including a relatively thin web connecting the wall attaching portion of the device with a depending article holding portion thereof, the web being forwardly of the body portion and remote from the engagement of the body portion with the supporting surface, the thickness of the shoulder forming a barrier to inhibit peel back of the edges of the body portion adjacent the holding surface and thus increasing substantially the otherwise holding capacity of the device.

Abstract: A hanger system for a container is described as comprising the combination of a container having side and bottom walls and a top wall including a dispensing outlet, wherein the bottom wall has a concave portion. A hanger attachment lug is located and fully contained within the concave portion of the bottom wall of the container, and the attachment lug includes a shaft portion which is substantially circular in cross-section and a retention flange extending outwardly from the distal end of the shaft portion. A detachable hanger member includes an attachment clip formed adjacent its lower portion adapted to engage the shaft portion of the attachment lug to detachably and rotatably attach the hanger member to the container. The hanger member includes an upper hook portion which extends upwardly from the attachment clip and is adapted to suspend the container in inverted condition.

Abstract: A device for preventing a food tray from falling into a waste can is mounted to a can housing and presents one or more hook arms which arrest the tray as it is being inserted into the housing for emptying into the can. The tray is retained in a position such that it is visible from and can be retrieved from outside the housing.

Abstract: An attachment device for attaching insulation material to a wall or other surface comprises a flat portion (1) adapted to engage the wall (8) and to which a self-adhesive coating (2) such as a double-adhesive tape has been attached. The coating (2) has a protective film (3) on the side facing from the plate (1), said self-adhesive coating (1) being adapted, after the protective film has been stripped off, to be attached to the surface (8) to which the insulation (7) is to be attached. The attachment device is provided on the side situated opposite to the self-adhesive coating (2) with a flap (4) extending from the plate (1) and adapted to penetrate into and support the insulation (7).The plate preferably comprises a metal sheet (1, 11) and a flap (4, 12) cut out thereof and bent out from the plane of the sheet.

Abstract: This invention relates to a construction fastener and more specifically to a clamp or clip for securing a horizontally extending channel to another hoizontally or vertically extending construction element of miscellaneous configuration. The fastener is formed from a strip of resilient metal or spring steel and at least one end includes a notched portion for engaging a horizontally extending channel. The notched portion is oriented with respect to the horizontal channel such that the longitudinal planar surface of the notched portion is normal to the horizontal axis of the channel. The notched portion includes a cam-like spring tab adapted to spring out of the way and to snap back and lock behind the channel when the channel is inserted into the notched portion.

Abstract: A display element is disclosed which can be used for displaying product information forwardly of an apertured product display shelf and which can be used selectively as a price channel flag for securing in a price channel in a supermarket and the like. The element is formed from a blank of plastic sheet having rectangular display and attachment panels with a transverse fold line extending therebetween. The attachment panel has a slit which forms a depressable arrow-shaped head for secruing in an aperture of the shelf adjacent the forward edge. Sections of the attachment panel adjacent the head engage the upper surface of the shelf thereby precluding upward tilting of the element. The display panel is folded down in front of the shelf and can be provided with an information display card or label.

Abstract: A trip map and toll ticket holder apparatus (10) including a retention unit (12) comprising a bracket member (25) having a hook member (26) provided with a narrow slit (29) which frictionally engages a toll ticket (50); and, a suspension unit (11) comprising an open V-shaped suspension member (13) having an upper arm (14) adapted to releasably engage the hook member (26) and a lower arm (17) dimensioned to engage the loops of a spiral binding (102) which secure map segments (101) together.

Abstract: An arm which is hook shaped and has a vertical section and a foot section is secured in brackets which are attached to a wall of a support structure. The brackets are of sheet metal and are formed with opposed arcuate portions which define bearing surfaces. The vertical section of the arm is captured within the bearing surfaces by bolts which extend through the sides of the U-shaped members near their open ends. Pins and slots are provided in the U-shaped members and in the vertical section of the arm whereby the arm is supported with its foot section extending outwardly from the wall for carrying articles. By moving the arm vertically with respect to the U-shaped members so that the slots and pins clear each other, the arm may be rotated to a stowed position adjacent to the wall. Pluralities of such hook shaped arms may be attached to the wall, spaced horizontally from each other, for supporting heavy articles such as bicycles, boards and the like.

Abstract: A holder for an accordion type hose for connecting a recreational vehicle plumbing system to a central sewage processing system having an elongated cylindrical core, a fixed circular disk concentrically attached to one end thereof, a removable circular disk selectively attachable to the other end thereof, and a handle attached to the fixed disk end thereof. An accordion type hose is collapsed and the core inserted therethrough. The removal disk is attached such that the hose is captivated between the two disks.

Abstract: An integral unit for suspending one or more apertured items for display forwardly of a display shelf is arranged to be secured to the shelf and, alternatively, to a hook which is secured to the shelf. The unit is an integral flexible plastic strip and includes a mounting portion which joins an item-supporting portion at a transversely extending fold line. The upper edge of the mounting portion includes an anchor adapted to be resiliently inserted and interlock in a hole in a display shelf so as to engage the shelf for purposes of mounting. A through hole in the mounting portion permits the strip to be suspended from a hook. One side of the mounting portion may be adhesively coated for a further alternative manner of securing the strip to the shelf. The item-supporting portion has one or more finger-like hook members defined by inverted U-shaped die-cuts in the strip. The finger-like hook members are vertically aligned to support the apertured items for display.

Abstract: A multi-purpose display hanger for belts having means for selectively supporting such belts by the buckle element thereof upon a horizontally disposed rod or similar support. Means is provided for engaging that type of buckle having a centrally disposed pivotally mounted prong, or that type of buckle having a laterally extending projection on an inner surface thereof for engaging any of a series of holes in an oppositely disposed end of the belt.

Abstract: The bicycle storage rack has a member which is provided with a channel for receiving a bicycle tire. The member is adapted to be vertically mounted on a wall, the upper end of the member being provided with means, such as a hook portion, which is to support the bicycle from the wall by means of its front wheel. The hook portion is preferably integrally formed with the member. To support the small-wheeled bicycle, a hanger element is provided to cooperatively interengage with the member.

Abstract: A door composed of multiple strip of the type comprising a support with hooks and strips provided with means for hooking to said support, wherein the support takes the form of a channel whose transverse section is in the form of an inverted C, in the base of which are arranged hooks known per se whose ends constitute a guide with the corresponding edge of the channel with a view to receiving a panel which closes the hooks.

Abstract: A device for supporting a strip of photographic film and for preventing the same from curling during the drying step of developing thereof. A body portion is provided with at least one pair of hook members extending from an edge thereof. The hook members are arranged spaced apart on said edge to enable them to pass through and be positioned within the sprocket holes adjacent end frames of the film strip. One such device may be positioned at the top of a strip of film to support the same on a hanging line or pin for drying; a second device may be positioned at the bottom edge of the film strip to prevent the same from curling during said drying of the strip.

Abstract: An overhead swivel suspension set that consists of a mount and a support, i.e. a grab. The set when assembled is used to hang an object, e.g. a floral display or an electric light fixture, from a ceiling or the like. The mount includes a base adapted to be secured to a ceiling, and a horizontal ring held below the base by pendant legs. The base, the legs and the ring are die cast as a single piece. The opening through the ring constitutes a vertical bearing. The upper surface of the ring serves as a horizontal step bearing. The ring is gapped over an arc of considerably less than 180.degree. to provide a radial slot. The support comprises a journal with a grab, e.g. a hook, at its lower end, and an enlarged head at its upper end. The journal, the grab and the head are die cast as a single piece. The journal is rotatable in the opening through the ring so that it can turn about a vertical axis in the mount. The diameter of the journal is greater than the width of the gap.

Abstract: A hanger is disclosed comprising spaced apart hook means that are joined by separated connecting means defining an access area or alley therebetween. One of the connecting means has an opening to provide an entrance and exit to the access area and thereby to at least one of the spaced apart hook means.

Abstract: An adapter for wire electrode assemblies of electrostatic precipitators so that wire electrodes of the type comprising an elongated electrode wire having its opposite ends terminating axially within two identical shrouds, each of the shrouds shaped as an elongated rod terminating in a combined frusto-cone and enlarged button head may be used with all types of support structures. The adapter comprises a curved or hook shaped piece of metal or other suitable material having in one end thereof a vertically aligned hole or slot adapted to cooperate with a bolt or pin, and in the other end thereof a horizontally aligned keyhole or slot adapted to receive the frusto-conical shroud of a wire electrode, the centers of the vertically aligned hole and horizontally aligned hole being in the same vertical plane.

Abstract: A coupling or chain connector device is disclosed comprising a first coupling member cooperable with a second coupling member. The second coupling member has a tortuous path between the inner and the outer regions thereof. The tortuous path comprises a first through fourth substantially linear sections and a first through third interconnecting sections sequentially interposed between the first through fourth linear sections. The first coupling member is at least partially receivable in the second coupling member for passing the first coupling member through the tortuous path to couple the first coupling member to the second coupling member. The first coupling member may take the form of a linear wire or bar or may take the form of a substantially ring-shaped structure. The first and second coupling members may be incorporated into a unitary structure with the first coupling member established on one end thereof and the second coupling member established on the other end thereof.

Abstract: The improved swivel hook assembly of the invention features fixed mounting of a housing portion to a ceiling or other extended surface area, as by a screw assembly or the like, and releasable mounting of a hook portion to the housing for rotation therein. The hook portion can be connected to and rotated in the housing so as to adjustably position an article when connected to the hook portion. Means may be provided for engaging and disengaging the hook portion and housing while the hook portion is in the housing so as to prevent or permit free rotation of the hook relative to the housing.The hook may be divided into a plurality of segments spring biased towards each other into an openable closed loop to releasably secure an article on the hook. Limit means may also be provided on the hook and a push-pull handle may be provided on a closure for releasably sealing the hook in the housing. The assembly thus has improved utility and convenience.

Abstract: A rotatable ceiling hook for plants and the like. The hook is shaped in the form of a helix which is secured to a support at a point midway between its ends by a suitable means such as a screw to provide a strong and balanced ceiling hook. Interposed between the screw and the helix is a base and a washer separated by a rigid cylindrical spacer. The helix rotates around the spacer, thus providing easy rotation even when the screw is firmly attached to a support and the hook is heavily loaded.

Abstract: A swivel hook has a hook member with a frustoconical projection terminating in a cylindrical extension of diameter less than the smaller diameter end of the frustoconical portion. The mounting member for the swivel hook has a frustoconical hole into which the frustoconical projection is fitted. The elements of the swivel hook are adapted to be cast of a metal or molded of a plastic, in such a manner that the bearing surfaces of one of the elements forms a part of the die for the bearing surfaces of the other element. During the casting or molding process, the cylindrical extension is beyond the frustoconical hole, and the elements are moved relative to each other following casting or molding to move the cylindrical extension into alignment with the frustoconical hole.

Abstract: Support means for placement on a ceiling or wall structure for the support of ornamental or functional items. The support means includes a load supporting attachment for abutment with a flat surface which attachment is held in place by a flexible wire of small diameter which extends through a ceiling or wall opening also of reduced diameter. The wire is removably secured in place by a locking plate which is frictionally engageable with a load bearing member in place on the unseen side of the ceiling or wall structure. Means are provided interengaging the locking plate and the load bearing member to retain said plate against undesired movement after installation.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for lifting the top coil from a stack of coils. The apparatus includes a housing which is to be attached to the forks of the fork lift truck and a hook suspended from the housing wherein the hook is adapted to facilitate removal of a coil from a stack and its subsequent transport. The method involves the steps of offsetting a top coil from a stack of coils so as to position a portion of its inner core to overhang the cores of the remaining coils in the stack, and thereafter engaging such overhanging portion of the top coil to lift it from the stack and transport it to a desired location.