Bar Supported Patents (Class 248/340)
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Patent number: 6253399Abstract: A tray may be temporarily attached to a supporting frame, such as a bed frame rail, to provide a support surface that enables the placement of various desired personal accessories in close proximity to persons enjoying limited mobility. A side support member is attached to an edge of the tray, and extends perpendicularly above and below the support surface of the tray. The upper portion of the side support is formed into a retaining hook, of a size permitting it to be received upon a circular bed support railing. The lower portion of the side support rests against a lower support railing. In this manner the lower side support resists the tendency of the retaining hook to rotate about the upper bed frame railing as accessories are placed upon the outwardly-extending support surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 1998Date of Patent: July 3, 2001Inventor: William J. Wagner
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Patent number: 6145678Abstract: An adjustable storage rack apparatus for suspension from an overhead support, for storage of selected objects, such as boxes, lumber, pipe, sports equipment. First and second hanger members form an inverted U-shaped bracket sized to fit over the overhead support. The first side of each of the first and second hanger members extends below the inverted U-shaped bracket, and the second side of each of the first and second hanger members is bent to form a U-shaped bracket for supporting at least one object therefrom. Respective first and second elongated angle members each have first and second legs extending at right angles, and the first leg of the respective first and second elongated angle members are each adjustably secured to the lower end of the first side of the respective first and second hanger members.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 1998Date of Patent: November 14, 2000Inventor: Robert C. Morrison
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Patent number: 6119999Abstract: A picture hanging system comprising a rod from which one or more pictures are suspended by a pair of wires or cables. In the preferred embodiment the cables are each suspended from a link comprising turnbuckle or the like having a nut affixed to a bolt, so that the picture may be levelled merely by rotating the nut relative to the bolt (or vice versa) to reduce or increase the spacing between the rod and each side of the picture.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 1998Date of Patent: September 19, 2000Inventor: David Fleishman
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Patent number: 6095473Abstract: A device for detachably connecting a bag to a bar has a securing clip to be attached with a first side to a bag and a load hook pivotably connected to a second side of the securing clip so as to pivot about a pivot axis extending parallel to and above the bar. The load hook, when the bag is connected to the bar, has a locking position in which the load hook engages with an engagement surface across a top side of the bar and locks the bar at the securing clip. A pulling member is connected to the load hook. The load hook is pivoted from the locking position into a release position by the pulling member against a counter force.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 1998Date of Patent: August 1, 2000Assignee: vauDe Sport Albrecht Von DewitzInventor: Stefan Engers
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Patent number: 6062521Abstract: A generally flat holder for clipping to a user's trousers and holding a towel or other fabric object. The holder has a body including an upper section forming a C-shaped hook forming a first gap between opposing ends of the C, and a lower section comprising a frame forming a central opening encircling an upwardly projecting tab. A U-shaped second gap is defined between the tab and the surrounding portion of the frame. The body is generally rigid, but is sufficiently flexible so that the hook and tab may be deflected to increase their respective gaps. Deflection enables the hook to be slipped over the belt or edge of the trousers of a user, and enables the tab to admit passage of a towel or the like into the central opening of the lower section of the body. The tab is configured to maintain engagement with the towel, but readily releases the towel when deflected by manual pressure such that its respective gap is widened. All edges of the body are beveled.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 1998Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Inventors: William N. Kelley, Arne A. Jensen, Sr.
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Patent number: 6027091Abstract: A curtain clip device (10) includes a top flange portion (14) with two inwardly directed channels (16) and (18) bounding of the upper surface (20) of the top flange portion (14). The inwardly directed channels (16) and (18) partially enclose the upper surface (20) of the top flange portion (14) to form a recess (24) sized to receive a support structure. A diagonally downward extending lever (26) protrudes from the outside lower corner of adjacent channel (18). Rotation of the lever (26) causes the top flange portion (14) to be flexed, allowing the clip device (10) to engage with a support structure. A curved lower jaw (30) depends downward from the lower surface (22) of the top flange portion (14) and has a free end (32) configured to form a jaw clasp (34). A stationary clasp (36) depends from the lower surface (22) of the top flange portion (14), which is designed to selectively mate in an interlocking configuration with the jaw clasp (34) of the curved lower jaw (30) thereby securing a protecting curtain.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 1998Date of Patent: February 22, 2000Inventor: Scott A. Johnson
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Patent number: 5971339Abstract: A hanging apparatus (10) for a dumbbell (12) of the type having a straight cylindrical bar (14), a sleeve (16) on the straight cylindrical bar (14) and weights (18) at opposite ends. The hanging apparatus (10) comprises a frame (20) having a hook (22) at a first end. A structure (24) is for attaching a second end of the frame (20) to the straight cylindrical bar (14) of a dumbbell (12). The hook (22) will suspend the dumbbell (12) from a support shaft (26), enabling a person (28) using the dumbbell (12) not to reach down to a floor to pick up the dumbbell (12) and lower the dumbbell (12) back to the floor upon completion of a workout. These movements would put undue strain on forearm (30) and elbow joint ligaments and can cause severe damage to the entire arm muscles, tendons and tissues of the person (28).Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1997Date of Patent: October 26, 1999Inventor: Leo A Falasco, Jr.
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Patent number: 5967689Abstract: A binder for storage of sheet materials, particularly large sheet materials, such as maps, blueprints and the like, in a flat configuration. An elongated frame element, which supports the sheet materials along a marginal edge in a hanging orientation, is provided with a pivoting hand grip mounted on the frame and movable between vertical and horizontal orientations. The hand grip, of which there may be more than one, enables the binder and its contents to be conveniently removed from a storage rack and re-positioned for use.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 1998Date of Patent: October 19, 1999Assignee: The Planhold CorporationInventor: Don William Fleischauer
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Patent number: 5964438Abstract: An improved wall-mounted storage unit system which uses a reversible mounting bracket and which places the majority of the unit's gravitational stress upon the bracket itself, rather than on the interlocking edges of the panel or rail members. A rail member having a small, upwardly protruding lip is mounted to a wall. The mounting bracket is then affixed within a cutout section of a vertical side panel in either of two desirable reversed positions such that the bracket may be attached to the mounting rail and the rear edge of the panel able to be placed flush against the wall. An adjacent panel may then be mounted using the same type of bracket. At no point does the vertical panel itself ever engage the mounting rail. Means are then provided to permanently secure the bracket and panel to the rail and to adjust the vertical height of a panel, if necessary, after it is attached to the mounting rail.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 1994Date of Patent: October 12, 1999Inventor: Charles Camilleri
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Patent number: 5938255Abstract: The present invention discloses a tool to permit the support and lifting of a planar sign member to a ceiling so as to attach that sign to a ceiling support rail. The tool comprises an elongated pole having a first or lower end and a second or upper end and a frame assembly attached to the upper end of the pole. A pair of spaced apart yokes are mounted on the top side of the frame assembly. Each yoke is arranged to directionally align and hold a ceiling anchor thereon, from which anchor, sign support hooks hang, to permit a sign to be hung from the anchor upon the anchors being secured to a ceiling rail by the tool extending thereagainst.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 1997Date of Patent: August 17, 1999Inventors: Sidney Rose, Alan L. Stenfors, Michael S. Hoffman
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Patent number: 5911396Abstract: A closet guitar hanger system, for storing at least one guitar having a neck and a head, in a closet having a closet rod, comprising a frame and a cradle attached to the frame. The frame comprises an upper frame and lower frame which are adjustable with respect to each other for accommodating guitars having different sized heads. The frame has a closet rod cache for hanging from a standard closet rod. The cradle comprises a c-curve for accommodating the neck, and a pair of supporting members for supporting the head. Spacer rods extend horizontally into spacer rod holes in the frame for separating a plurality of guitar hangers from each other while located on the same closet rod, for preventing guitars supported by said guitar hangers from touching each other.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 1998Date of Patent: June 15, 1999Inventor: David R. Bireley
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Patent number: 5836486Abstract: A plurality of recesses are aligned on a hanging member, and hangers are caught on engaging portions formed at the bottoms of the respective recesses. Thus, garments hung on the hangers can be suspended on the hanger bar of this invention at predetermined intervals therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 1997Date of Patent: November 17, 1998Assignee: NKG Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yasuhiro Ohsugi
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Patent number: 5768843Abstract: A system for mounting a series of ceiling panels beneath a floor supporting joist having laterally extending support surfaces includes at least one resilient mounting clip suspendable from the support surfaces. The mounting clip is formed with a pair of spring biased hooked arms constructed and arranged to self-locate upon the support surfaces, and a retainer loop positioned in spaced relationship to the joist. A panel holding framework assembly is supported from the retainer loop and includes a panel holding framework supporting the ceiling panels.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 1996Date of Patent: June 23, 1998Inventor: Jerome J. Dziedzic
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Patent number: 5746461Abstract: A device that promotes the safer handling and attachment of an object to an overhead support by providing a positioning pole and hanger that uses a rotatable U-shaped catch that works in conjunction with a stop located on the hanger to maintain the object in a vertical position during the attachment operation irrespective of the pole's position with respect to the object.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 1996Date of Patent: May 5, 1998Inventor: James Broberg
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Patent number: 5716034Abstract: The invention provides a hanger for suspending a paint bucket from the rung of a ladder. The hanger includes an elongated member having an upper portion provided with a downwardly turned hook that can be placed around the rung to suspend the hanger from the rung. The elongated member also includes an upwardly turned hook from which the handle of the bucket is suspended, and a support member on the lower part of the elongated member that supports the side of the paint bucket. The upwardly turned hook, the downwardly turned hook and the support member are positioned to cooperate to hold the bucket beneath the ladder and tipped toward the ladder with the handle of the bucket held out of the way and the top of the bucket in an optimum position between the rungs of the ladder.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 1994Date of Patent: February 10, 1998Inventor: Lynn F. Unkefer
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Patent number: 5620159Abstract: A hanger assembly is provided for adjustably supporting an irrigator bag and allowing hanging and drying of an irrigator sleeve. The assembly includes a rod having two hooks at the top, a downwardly facing hook for hanging the rod and an upwardly facing hook for hanging the sleeve. A hanger arm is slidably mounted on the rod. The rod has a number of openings which may be engaged by a pin in the hanger arm to allow adjustment of the height of the arm.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1995Date of Patent: April 15, 1997Inventor: Carl E. Tack
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Patent number: 5613719Abstract: A hanger for hanging an object in an elevated position. The hanger includes a receptacle fixed on its shaft for receiving an extension implement such as a broom handle. In the preferred embodiment, the receptacle is a loop formed integrally from the material of the hanger. The extension implement is inserted into the receptacle and the hanger is lifted to the elevated position for fastening. The receptacle may take a variety of shapes and sizes, and may be fixed at any position on the hanger.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 1995Date of Patent: March 25, 1997Inventor: Russell Anderson
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Patent number: 5584455Abstract: A device for holding garment hangers is described which has two parts: one preferably inflexible hook part made of plastics material or metal shaped to be carried by a rail and a flexible loop or strap or series of loops, adapted to receive many garment hangers. The two parts are connected flexibly and the loop may be adjusted to alter its separation from a rail. The device allows more garments to be hung from a single rail than previously was possible and is particularly useful in the transport and storage of garments in shops, warehouses and factories. Two devices may be interlocked across a handler's shoulders.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 1995Date of Patent: December 17, 1996Inventor: Paul Artemi
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Patent number: 5582387Abstract: A primary hanger has a hook portion for receiving a hanging rod and a first retention structure, a fold line segment depending from the hook portion and a sideward opening communicating with the hook portion opening and a flap segment depending from the fold line segment, the flap segment defining a second retention structure cooperative with the first retention portion to retain the flap segment with the hook portion upon folding of the flap segment about the fold line segment. The flap segment and the hook portion define a passage therebetween upon the folding of the flap segment about the fold line segment. A secondary hanger has an upper part which is sized to enter the sideward opening of the flap segment and which has openings therethrough registrable with the first and second retention structures to be captured thereby upon folding of the flap segment about the fold line segment, the second hanger thereby being hung from the first hanger.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 1995Date of Patent: December 10, 1996Assignee: B&G Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Chester Kolton, Stuart S. Spater
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Patent number: 5575446Abstract: A device for clamping the wires of a string of decorative lights to Christmas tree branches is formed of a wholly integral length of flexible, but normally shape-retaining material doubled back on itself from opposite ends thereof at opposite sides of a diagonally oriented, substantially central part of the length of material to provide oppositely directed, open loop clamping portions whose openings are at respective opposite sides of but at the central part of the length of material. The flexible material is such that an opening to an open loop can expand to accept branches to be received and held in a clamping loop along with light string wires and can be rotated to open the opening when release of a branch is desired. A loop of the device is selected for clamping to a branch leaving the other loop to serve as a handle for manipulating the device and thereafter free for receiving a Christmas tree decoration.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1994Date of Patent: November 19, 1996Assignee: Barbara SwensonInventors: Barbara Swenson, D. Scott Beckham
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Patent number: 5547156Abstract: A holder for supporting a curtain relative to a wall or ceiling surface. The inventive device includes an elongated support plate mountable to a wall or ceiling surface and having a pair of retaining channels extending therealong. A plurality of sliding hooks are movably positioned within the channel and extend downwardly from the support plate to couple with a curtain.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 1994Date of Patent: August 20, 1996Inventor: Zoran Djuric
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Patent number: 5527007Abstract: A CDU hanger mount assembly and hanger is provided. The mount assembly and hanger allows the CDU to be supported by an object for supporting the CDU while the connecting point between the hanger mount and the pivot end of the hanger may be selectively moved from a point midway between the front and back of the CDU top toward the back of the CDU. This allows the CDU to be less displaced from the vertical upon displacing contact with an object such as a bedframe piece. The hanger and hanger mount assembly allows the alignment of the indicia on the CDU with the top surface of the material collected in the CDU to be a more accurate representation of the actual volume of material collected in the CDU. The mount assembly and hanger may also be used with medical devices other than CDUs.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 1993Date of Patent: June 18, 1996Assignee: Sherwood Medical CompanyInventor: Eugene E. Weilbacher
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Patent number: 5492297Abstract: A tension clamp hanger which acts to suspend flexible articles or objects within a flexible container, from a support. The hanger has a rigid, vertical shank with a hook at the upper end and a generally horizontal lower end which is separated into two opposing halves. In use, the hook portion of the hanger is engaged with the support, such as a rod or tree, to suspend the hanger. A flexible portion of the article or container to be suspended is looped around the rigid, vertical shank of the hanger to completely encircle the shank, and after crossing the flexible portion back over itself, the flexible portion is placed in between the opposing parts of the lower end. The tension clamp hanger then acts to grip the article or container more tightly as the article is pulled in a downward direction. The article is easily released, however, by simply pulling the article up and away from the lower end of the hanger.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 1994Date of Patent: February 20, 1996Inventor: Thomas F. Underwood
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Patent number: 5490651Abstract: A hanger clip construction adapted for use with overhead members, such as the T-bars of suspended ceilings, includes a first arm having first and second ends and a second arm having first and second ends. A first hinge connects the first arm second end to the second arm first end. A spring member is secured at a first end by a second hinge to the first arm and at a second end by a third hinge to the second arm. The spring maintains the first and second arms in one of two stable end positions of the hanger clip. The spring is in tension only when the first and second arms are between the two stable end positions. In one of the stable end positions, the first arm first end and the second arm second end extend over side edges of the overhead member to secure the hanger clip thereto.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 1993Date of Patent: February 13, 1996Assignee: Fasteners For Retail, Inc.Inventor: Daniel J. Kump
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Patent number: 5480116Abstract: A sign holder assembly is used to pendently support signs, posters and like material from a ceiling or overhead support. The holder assembly has a semi-flexible plastic clip that snaps over a ceiling grid to hang a sign from a ceiling. A hook slides into a groove in the bottom of the clip to lock the clip on the ceiling grid. The lower end of the hook extends through an eyelet in the sign to support the sign.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 1994Date of Patent: January 2, 1996Inventor: Mike T. Callas
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Patent number: 5480140Abstract: A new and improved bath-tub basketball game with a basketball hoop with an upper surface and a lower surface. The lower surface has a plurality of securement eyes thereon. The basketball hoop has a circular shape with an eight inch diameter. The basketball hoop has suction cups for coupling to a wall of the bathtub. A net has a plurality of U-shaped securement strings thereattached for coupling with the plurality of securement eye of the lower surface of the basketball hoop. A sponge ball serves as a ball to shoot through the basketball hoop and as a device for washing.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 1994Date of Patent: January 2, 1996Inventor: Joseph L. Darnell
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Patent number: 5467845Abstract: A rope braking device is formed from a steel rod defining a substantially rectangular frame about which a rope may be entwined for the purpose of braking the passage of the rope through the rope braking device for the controlled lowering of an object secured to one end of the rope. The rod may be a single one-piece rod bent into the rectangular frame configuration with the opposite ends of the rod being bent into two upstanding hooks for supporting the rope braking device on a fixed support. When the rope braking device is used for lowering kegs from a truck, a keg hooking device is used which includes a pair of hook members, each having a hook engageable in a rim aperture of a keg and a loop secured to an oval ring adjacent the center of the keg wherein the loop and hook of each hook member are disposed orthagonally to each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 1994Date of Patent: November 21, 1995Assignee: Engineered Resources, Inc.Inventor: William M. Scruggs
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Patent number: 5435513Abstract: A device and method for holding a container in an inverted position to assist in dispensing the contents of the container. A bracket and retaining band are doubled along the length of the container. The retaining band holds the bracket into abutment with the container. The bracket has a mounting portion or mechanism that allows the bracket to be hung from or mounted to a supporting structure. The bracket also includes a portion towards the opposite end of the bracket which stabilizes the bracket along the side of the container to resist rotation of the hook. The bracket and retaining band allow suspension of the container in an inverted position for easier dispension of the contents of the container.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 1994Date of Patent: July 25, 1995Inventor: Robert T. Davis
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Patent number: 5427343Abstract: A container hanger for manual attachment to a conventional plastic bottle such as a shampoo bottle at its flat end portion which allows the support device to be fastened by screwing into the base of the container and hung inverted from a towel rack or shower pipe, thereby allowing easy access to the fluid within the container while greatly organizing a bathroom area to keep containers off the counter top surfaces and floors. The support device includes a self-drilling threaded fastener for manual insertion and attachment to the plastic container.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 1993Date of Patent: June 27, 1995Inventor: Shel Ferris
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Patent number: 5413301Abstract: A mounting hook and clip (30) for merchandise display incorporates a display and identification panel (37) on one of two spaced limbs (34, 37) between which a garment is entrained, for example through the intermediary of a folded mounting card (40) forming opposed side panels (41, 43), with a laterally offset locking tongue (39) on one of the elements (37) penetrating either or both slots (47, 49) in one or both card side panels (41, 43).Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 1994Date of Patent: May 9, 1995Inventor: Bernard V. Cadman
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Patent number: 5340074Abstract: An eyeglass display hanger permits the eyeglasses to be tried on in the normal wearing position while the hanger is still attached thereto. The eyeglass display hanger consists of a planar body which is divided into front and rear body portions by a crease line. The body further includes a slot on the crease line. The front body portion includes a first aperture which is adapted for being received over a cantilever display bar and a second aperture which is adapted for receiving the temple bar of a pair of the eyeglasses. For assembly of the hanger with a pair of eyeglasses, the front and rear body portions are folded over onto each other and the temple bar of the eyeglasses is inserted downwardly through the aperture in the front body portion and through the slot in the crease line so that the temple bar is received between the front and rear body portions. The front and rear body portions are then secured together, preferably by a self-sticking adhesive or by staples.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 1993Date of Patent: August 23, 1994Assignee: Accessories Associates, Inc.Inventors: Felix A. Porcaro, Jeffrey A. Feibelman, Daniel A. Triangolo
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Patent number: 5314155Abstract: The invention provides the suspension device for suspending a cable sleeve or fitting on a support cable. The suspension device includes a strip-shaped securing part which has one end fashioned as a hook and the other end fashioned as a mounting lug for securing to end members of the cable sleeve. Preferably, the securing part is provided with an arrangement to prevent accidental disengagement of the hook from the support cable.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 1992Date of Patent: May 24, 1994Assignee: RXS Schrumpftechnik-Garnituren GmbHInventors: Martin Behrendt, Martin Greisinger, Hans Winterhoff
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Patent number: 5267764Abstract: An arrangement for attaching ceiling anchors to ceiling rails, including a bifurcated support which is attachable to an elongated pole. The support is engagable with an installment head which is bifurcated to define a carrying space for ceiling anchors. The installment head is adapted to keep anchors from slipping off of the head as it is moved relative to a ceiling rail.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 1992Date of Patent: December 7, 1993Assignee: Rose Displays, Ltd.Inventors: Michael S. Hoffman, Thomas Devlin, Amy Potts
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Patent number: 5219141Abstract: An offset bracket carried on a fulcrum ring or hook for adjustably positioning a hanging item, such as a lighting fixture or a planter, in relation to a ceiling or other overhead point. The bracket comprises an elongated fulcrum shaft pivotally engaging the fulcrum ring or hook. A hook is fixed to one end of the fulcrum shaft to carry the hanging item, and an adjustable bifurcated leg support is fixed to the other end of the fulcrum shaft. The leg support rests against the ceiling or an overhead support surface. Radial and angular adjustment of the fulcrum shaft on the fulcrum ring or hook provides offset positioning of the hanging item relative the ceiling or other attachment point.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 1991Date of Patent: June 15, 1993Inventor: Raymond J. Pecor
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Patent number: 5188332Abstract: A sign holder assembly used to pendently support signs, posters or advertising material from a ceiling or overhead support. The holder assembly has a strip of magnetic material that adheres directly to metal ceiling structures. A channel body accommodates one or more hooks that are attachable to the sign. A gripping tool having an elongated handle is used to locate the holder assembly adjacent the metal ceiling surface and remove the holder therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 1991Date of Patent: February 23, 1993Inventor: Mike T. Callas
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Patent number: 5174537Abstract: The support for price marker signs comprises a central body provided with an engagement element which is suitable for being hung from the horizontal rail of the displays generally used in shops. A counterweight is fixed below the central body and a sign, having a support for a writable surface, is connected above the central body. The support autonomously assumes and stably maintains a correct vertical position even after repeated movements of the display and continuous manipulations of the items on display.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 1991Date of Patent: December 29, 1992Assignee: Leamm S.r.l.Inventor: Giuseppe Mazzorato
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Patent number: 5149042Abstract: The apparatus described herein is for cantileverly mounting a ceiling fan and/or a ceiling light fixture and power cord to a side wall of a building so that it appears to hang from the ceiling without the user having to actually attach it to the ceiling. The mounting apparatus is made in four sections. There is a first tubular section that has mounting holes to receive mounting fasteners to mount the first section to the side wall of a room. There is a power cord guide cap in one end of the first tubular section. A second tubular section is angularly attached at a first end to another end of the first tubular section. A third tubular section is angularly attached at a first end to a second end of the second tubular section. There is a fourth tubular section that has one end releasingly and angularly connected to a second end of the third tubular section. The third tubular section has a suspension bar attached within the second end.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 1991Date of Patent: September 22, 1992Inventor: Christopher E. Dumais
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Patent number: 5137158Abstract: An apparatus for mounting to an interior surface of a trunk lid or a forward interior wall of a truck bed for support and transport of various bag members thereon for the convenience of suspending the bags containing transportable articles therewithin. The apparatus includes a bar member mounting magnetic and suction members to provide selective securement to the trunk lid or truck bed wall respectively. A modification of the invention includes a framework, with the framework including an upper bar pivotally mounting magnet and suction cup members for their selective use, wherein a lower bar includes a plurality of hangers and the bar is provided with spaced "U" shaped recesses for receiving coat hanger members thereon for transport of garments.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 1991Date of Patent: August 11, 1992Inventor: Ronald L. Brockway
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Patent number: 5110074Abstract: A bracket for use with a bolt is disclosed. The bracket has a bolt holding portion between a first holder member and a second holder member formed of a plate spring urged in a bolt-holding direction. For preventing movement of the holder members along the bolt, the first holder member has a female threaded portion and the second holder member includes a stopper claw.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 1991Date of Patent: May 5, 1992Assignee: Inaba Denki Sangyo Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takeshi Deguchi
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Patent number: 5107996Abstract: A garment supporting apparatus for the efficient suspension of articles of clothing in a constricted space is described. The apparatus comprises a brace element with a pivotally engageable mounting hook on each end for attaching to a garment rod. The brace element includes a series of spaced apart holes for suspending a number of clothes hangers and a series of laterally projecting integral hooks, along at least one longitudinal edge, for suspending a further number of clothes hangers where one of the mounting hooks is released from the rod.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 1991Date of Patent: April 28, 1992Inventor: Greg Whittaker
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Patent number: 5094414Abstract: A suspension hanger for a resealable plastic bag. The bag has upper and lower portions connected by a resealable seam. The suspension hanger comprises first and second matching panels, each panel including a substantially horizontal upper surface having exterior and interior edges. A substantially vertical exterior surface extends downward from the exterior edge of the upper surface. A substantially vertical interior surface extends downward from the interior edge of the upper surface. The interior vertical surface of each panel includes a first indentation lying below and separated from the upper horizontal surface of the panel by an upper portion of the vertical interior surface which projects beyond and overlies the first indentation. The first indentation is adapted for the disposition therein of the upper portion of the plastic bag. The interior vertical surface of each panel further includes a second indentation which is deeper than, continuous with, and lies below the first indentation.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 1990Date of Patent: March 10, 1992Assignee: Protune of Louisiana, Inc.Inventor: Allan F. Eddy, Jr.
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Patent number: 5083813Abstract: A ski pole clip securely attaches a ski pole to a ski lift relieving a skier of the burden of holding the ski pole during a ski lift ride. The clip includes a first portion adapted for attachment to a ski pole and a second portion adapted for attachment to a portion of the ski lift. The clip is light-weight and remains attached to the ski pole during use of the ski pole, but does not interfere with use of the ski pole.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 1990Date of Patent: January 28, 1992Inventor: Keith W. Adkins
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Patent number: 5074516Abstract: An apparatus for rotatable securement of an instrument such as a thermometer particularly usable for attachment with respect to a refrigerated environment including a bracket adapted to be fixedly secured with respect to a vertically extending wall within the refrigerated environment or adapted to be positioned suspended from conventional rod-like portions of shelving positioned therein. An instrument housing means particularly adaptable for housing of a thermometer is rotatably mounted with respect to the lower portion of the bracket member in such a manner as to allow complete rotation of the housing with respect to the bracket when the bracket is secured with respect to a vertically extending wall without contact with the environmental structure. This configuration is achieved by sizing of the distance of the bracket between the pivot point and the rear wall attachment area thereof to be greater than the distance between the pivot point and the outermost dimension of the instrument housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1990Date of Patent: December 24, 1991Assignee: Franklin Machine Products, Inc.Inventors: Michael Lewis, Joe Grato
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Patent number: 5052733Abstract: A ceiling sign installation pole having a slot for carrying an anchor and an intersecting slot for permitting the exiting of a hook hung from the anchor. The installation head has a flat surface with two bumps for lifting adjacent ceiling tiles out of the way during the installation process. The walls of the exit slot bevel outwards towards the bottom of the installation head. Additional slots may be provided for different sized anchors. A flexible joint is used to connect the installation head to an elongated pole.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 1990Date of Patent: October 1, 1991Inventors: Victor Cheung, Matthew K. Haggerty
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Patent number: 5050833Abstract: There is provided a garment rope gang-sling hook device characterized by said hook having disposed thereon three small, low-friction, ball or roller bearing, rollers having substantially flat rolling surfaces, disposed in fixed position on the crook of said hook, the axis of rotation of the centrally disposed roller forming an angle of between 30.degree. and 89.degree. with the axes of rotation of each flanking roller, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 1991Date of Patent: September 24, 1991Inventor: Daniel C. Usner
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Patent number: 5044588Abstract: A map holder includes a map pouch, a carrier arrangement for holding the map pouch, and structure for mounting the carrier arrangement onto a vehicle member. The map pouch includes transparent material through which at least part of the map is viewable, and further includes a mounting strip along a perimeter of the pouch. The carrier arrangement comprises a pair of separable pouch-mounting members adapted, in a first position, to be secured together while securing between them the mounting strip of the pouch and, in a second position, to be separated from each other while allowing the pouch to be withdrawn from the carrier arrangement to allow a change of maps, for instance.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 1990Date of Patent: September 3, 1991Inventor: Tod D. Gunter
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Patent number: 5037165Abstract: A drawer organizer consists of a pair of glides and a tray movable on the glides. The glides are extrusions of low-friction plastic material. Each glide comprises a pair of side walls interconnected by a top wall defining a downwardly open groove and is assembled without tools by pressing the downwardly open groove onto the upper edge of a corresponding drawer side. The glides have generally transverse longitudinal flanges inside the drawer at levels below the tops of the drawer sides and support opposite flanges of a tray for movement within the drawer. At least one of the side walls of the glide is diagonal to enable the downwardly open groove to elastically grip the drawer sides fit to different drawer side thicknesses.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 1990Date of Patent: August 6, 1991Assignee: Vance Industries, Inc.Inventors: William M. Rapp, Joseph A. Gaines
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Patent number: 5018694Abstract: A clothes hanger spacer device for spacing garment hangers when suspended from a garment-supporting rod, comprising a one piece length of material having axially spaced apart hook-shaped opposite end portions for hooked over engagement with a garment-supporting rod, and a closed loop projecting beneath said axially spaced apart hook-shaped opposite end portions for dispostion beneath a garment-supporting rod for carrying a clothes hanger in hooked assembly with the closed loop. The device is disclosed in two forms with one form having hooked shaped opposite end portions being symmetrically shaped and oriented relative to one another and adapted to hook onto a garment-supporting rod. A modified form has hook shaped and opposite end portions being oriented so as to be attachable with a garment-supporting rod with tip ends located on opposite sides of the rod when in attachment.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 1990Date of Patent: May 28, 1991Assignee: HICO Products, Inc.Inventor: Heidi S. Olson
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Patent number: 5014957Abstract: A hanger assembly for supporting multiple pairs of socks or other hosiery in suspended disposition from a conventional sock retailing display fixture is provided. The hanger assembly includes an elongate main body portion and a longitudinally centered fixture attachment hook-shaped portion integrally formed from plastic. The main body includes a plurality of sock attachment openings spaced along the longitudinal extent thereof in balanced relation to the hanging axis of the main body and a corresponding plurality of plastic fasteners for attaching the sock pairs to the main body at each sock attachment location for balanced suspension of the multiple sock pairs.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 1989Date of Patent: May 14, 1991Inventor: William H. Nichol, Jr.
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Patent number: 5013004Abstract: A suspension pack for supporting articles in point-of-sale advertising. The suspension pack includes a body folded to provide wall portions in face-to-face contact, and a suspension member extending through a slit in the fold. A base portion of the suspension member has at least one resilient tongue which engages the fold to resist withdrawal of the suspension member from the body.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 1989Date of Patent: May 7, 1991Assignee: Andre Philip WilkinsInventors: Andre P. Wilkins, Brian Lee