Abstract: A plastic hook mechanism which inserts into a piece of cardboard secured to an item of merchandise is disclosed. The cardboard is secured to the merchandise by wrapping both the cardboard and the merchandise in a clear plastic which is subsequently heat treated to shrink it. Thereafter, the plastic hook is inserted through the sealed plastic and into a hole in a crease formed by a folded-over flap at one end of the cardboard. The hook is collapsible so as to fit through the hole even though the hole is far smaller than the hook's shoulderlike support members. After insertion, the hook's shoulders resume their uncollapsed shape and support the cardboard piece, while the hook protrudes through the small hole to allow the plastic wrapped merchandise to be hung on a display rack.

Abstract: An integral two-part, preferably plastic device includes a hanger and a plate-like member. There is a localized area between the two parts so that they may be separated. The hanger supports products before sale, and the plate-like member keeps together a pair of products, after the sale. A pair of socks is exemplary of the products.

Abstract: Apparatus for supporting a member from a drop-tile ceiling is characterized by a decorative escutheon having a recess therein sized to receive a resilient grasping element and to guide the grasping element for movement against the bias of its resiliency from a first, open, to a second, grasping, position. In one embodiment the grasping element has a threaded extension extending therefrom which is engaged by a hook structure such that engagement of the hook with the threaded extension draws the grasping element into the recess to move the grasping element from the open to the grasping position. In another embodiment, the grasping member has a threaded nut thereon which receives a threaded element insertable into the escutheon such that progressive threaded engagement draws the grasping element into the recess to move it from the open to the grasping position.

Abstract: A device readily attachable to a standard toilet-tissue dispenser of a roll type for positioning adjacent thereto in visual alignment supplemental material such as a container of prewetted toilet sheets. The sheets are manually withdrawable from an aperture which is held firmly at a fixed position to assure their ready withdrawal and consistent location.

Abstract: A hanger for any string-type game racket such as a tennis racket has a body member which conforms to and engages an upper, curved edge of the frame about the face, opposite the handle end of the racket. An open, clothes-hanger type hook attached to the upper end of the body permits hanging the racket in a conventional clothes closet on a rod therein, whereby the racket is safely stored while occupying a minimum of useful space. The racket is attached to the body by any convenient means such as pressure sensitive or contact adhering tape, for example, flexible straps of synthetic two-part tape, the parts of the tape being attached to the hanger body and engaging and removably adhering to one another to capture the racket therein, either engaging one another through the openings between the strings of the racket or by one of the tapes passing through the frame among the strings and to an opposite side of the body.

Abstract: A hanger clip for attachment to suspended ceilings of the type having inverted T-shaped overhead beams for supporting ceiling panels is formed from a continuous thin elongated strip with a U-bend portion formed in approximately the middle of the strip having a depth at least sufficient to receive the horizontal flange of the overhead beam, a downwardly extending portion which has formed in the lower end thereof a means for attachment to an article to be displayed, and a vertically upright portion which is adapted to be placed between the vertical leg of the overhead beam and a ceiling panel installed on that beam to hold the hanger clip securely in place. In another embodiment, a pair of hanger clips are fastened together at their lower ends and then placed on opposite sides of the overhead beam.

Abstract: A high temperature industrial furnace roof assembly wherein two refractory bricks are held in adjacent position by suitable securement and have a hanger rod extending from the assembly to suspend the roof assembly from a support structure in desired position in a furnace roof. The hanger rod is maintained in locked position when the weight of the roof assembly is placed upon it. The hanger rod may be depressed into the refractory bricks permitting free rotation of the hanger rod with respect to the hanger and brick assembly and locked into desired position at 90.degree. increments by a force applied to the hanger rod in a direction away from the brick assembly. The roof assembly of this invention is particularly desirable for furnace roof repair and provides for easy installation in operating high temperature furnaces permitting the long axes of the repair assembly to be changed on the jobsite by rotation of the hanger.

Abstract: A hanger for garments or other articles such as shoes having loops or web-like portions from which said articles may be suspended, includes a body member equipped with a hook, the body member being generally of U-shaped configuration when folded for use and having a central web and a pair of wings. Each of the wings defines a slot opening through one end thereof and extending generally horizontally when the hanger is suspended from its hook for engaging the loops or a web-like portion of an article. The upstanding hook is formed integral with the body member to permit suspension of the hanger from a support rod or the like.

Abstract: A suspension hanger suspending a light weight point of purchase display in a manner that will permit swinging and turning of the display by slight air currents that are normally present in the surrounding atmosphere, and which will permit simple lowering of the display in the initial installation, or thereafter, to bring it to its desired height. The suspension consists of a vertical helical spring by which the display is suspended to permit oscillation of the display about a vertical axis, the spring being of a small diameter to permit swinging of the display, and being of a material of a low modulus of elasticity so that upon the exertion of a comparatively small pulling force in excess of the weight of the display the spring is stretched beyond its elastic.

Abstract: A garment hanger including support means dimensioned to engage and support garments suspended thereon, a vertical neck element fixedly secured to the support means, a hook element fixedly secured to the vertical neck element, a rigid tongue fixedly secured to an inner edge of the hook element, and a pivotal tongue hingedly affixed to an inner edge of the hook element, the tongues falling in substantially the same plane as the hook element, the pivotal tongue being urged toward the rigid tongue. When the hooked element is placed over a support such as a clothes line or the like, a portion of the inner edge of the hooked element and the tongues enclose the support and removably secure the garment hanger thereon.

Abstract: A gun case including means for suspending the gun case from a support in such a manner that the gun case may be conveniently stored. The gun case includes at least one openable loop securely attached thereto and receivable around a support such as a clothes rod or a hanger to permit the gun case to be suspended from the support. The openable loops supporting the gun case are releasably secured by metal snaps, buckles or Velcro straps. The gun case may be provided with a rigid hanger receiving a pair of spaced openable loops and permitting the gun case to be suspended from the rod of a clothes closet.

Abstract: A hanger for garments or other articles such as shoes having loops or web-like portions from which said articles may be suspended, included a body member equipped with a hook, the body member being generally of U-shaped configuration when folded for use and having a central web and a pair of wings. Each of the wings defines a slot opening through one end thereof and extending generally horizontally when the hanger is suspended from its hook for engaging the loops or a web-like portion of an article. The upstanding hook is formed integral with the body member to permit suspension of the hanger from a support rod or the like.

Abstract: A hook and a hook assembly adapted in particular to suspend a meat carcass using a sling made of band material. The hook includes a body having a suspending portion and a hooking portion defining a J configuration, a horizontally extending flat portion to flatly receive the sling, a protruding lip portion extending from the suspending portion and defining a lower straight edge overlying the flat portion and disposed below the tip of the hooking portion and defining a spacing between the suspending and hooking portions which is smaller than the width of the band material to prevent the sling from jumping off from the hook.

Abstract: A garment hanging device designed to hold a pair of pants or a skirt, formed from two gripping sections clamped together by a locking lever and hinged around an axial support. The axial support can be provided in a variety of configurations allowing the garment to be either pulled out of its rack enclosure for examination, or removed from the hanger without disconnecting the device from its mounting place or supporting rod.

Abstract: A downwardly extending radial arm having a hook-shaped end portion for engaging milk hoses is secured to a generally horizontal cow stall mounting rail by a self-lubricating ball and socket joint. The ball is secured to the mounting rail by a diametrically extending bolt either received through the mounting rail or through a sleeve around the rail. The socket member is formed of separable halves which upwardly clamp the ball and downwardly clamp an upper end of the support arm by a clamping bolt extending through the socket member halves.

Abstract: A hanger for supporting, on a rod, a plurality of bricks or the like in overhead arches, spans and similar structures. The hanger has an open ended portion or hook for support on the rod and to allow lateral insertion or withdrawal from the rod to avoid the necessity of lifting an entire assembly of bricks while supported on the rod for mortaring an overhead arch or similar structure. Lateral toothed portions are provided for supporting the bricks or for projecting into the sidewalls of frangible building units.

Abstract: Hanger brackets for suspending working scaffold or platform floors from overhead supports. Paired legs adjustably and pivotally joined together in scissors arrangement have finger ends for engaging overhead beams or elements thereof as depending portions of the legs that extend beneath the center pivot are moved inwardly. A spreader bar having a plurality of position adjustment openings is engaged between the depending legs to lock the fingers and bracket in place. The lower leg ends also provide a plurality of adjustment openings so the spreader bar may be engaged at alternate elevations for accommodating various staging or joist type components and for facilitating the attachment of safety elements.