Abstract: The present invention provides a clothes hanger rod attachment to be used in combination with wire shelves so as to allow uninterrupted slidability of clothes hangers while retaining strength, durability, low cost, and ease of manufacture. The attachment may be readily used in conjunction with existing wide web and narrow web wire shelving configurations.

Abstract: A laundry room support rack has a wire frame shelf supported by wire frame sides. Each wire frame side has three wire segments. A horizontal segment extends in the front to back direction. A vertical segment extends up from the back end of the horizontal segment. And a diagonal segment extends between an upper end of the vertical segment and a forward end of the horizontal segment. A cross member extends between the opposite upper ends, and has apertured portions for receiving wall fasteners. A front U-shaped segment has arms securely engaging the frame sides at positions near the front ends. The U-shaped segment has a horizontal base segment that permits the hanging of garment hangers thereon. The frame sides gain strength from the diagonal segments for supporting loads on the shelf and the horizontal base segment.

Abstract: A shelf and support arm assembly is comprised of a wire shelf having two different embodiments, the support surface of the shelf being formed by a plurality of parallel, spatially arranged longitudinal wires where a given lateral spacing between the wires differentiates one embodiment of the shelf from another. A support arm is suspended from a forward end of the shelf to facilitate the assembly of the shelf and support arm to a vertical support surface. The support arm is specifically configured so that the same support arm may be employed in attaching both embodiments of the shelf to the vertical support surface.

Abstract: An integral wire shelf and hanger rod having a plurality of support brackets for interconnecting the rod with metal shelf. Each support bracket has a U-shaped section and spaced upper and lower arms welded respectively to the shelf and the hanger rod. The configuration of the support brackets permits a garment hanger to slide across the rod through a path uninterrupted by the support brackets.

Abstract: A sports equipment support rack is a combination of a fixed main frame, a basket, and a hoop and hook assembly. The fixed frame includes bat retainers for supporting a plurality of bats, and parallel guide members for removably supporting such similarly sized balls as basketballs, soccer balls, volleyballs, and the like. The fixed frame also includes opposite pairs of retaining hooks on the opposite lateral sides of the fixed frame. The retaining hooks releasably retain either the basket or the hoop and hook assembly interchangeably. The basket provides storage for articles of sports equipment including smaller sized balls like footballs or baseballs. The hoop and hook assembly includes a horizontal hoop providing a ring surface portion upon which a ball like a basketball can be removably supported.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bicycle support rack that includes a shelf piece and a U-shaped bracket. The shelf piece is anchored to a wall along the rear, and has front corners supporting retaining hooks and apertured fixtures. The U-shaped bracket has a base portion anchored to the wall below the rear of the shelf piece. The arms of the U-shaped bracket extend diagonally up from the base to inwardly bent ends. The inwardly bent ends can be removably disposed through the apertures of the apertured fixtures, thereby resulting in a releasable engagement between the shelf piece and U-shaped bracket. The retaining hooks provide removable support for a bicycle by retaining the top tube of the bicycle frame.

Abstract: A ski equipment support rack for mounting to a wall and for removably and uprightly supporting skis, ski poles, and other accessories of the sport. This ski equipment support rack comprises bent metal wire elements fixed together in relative positions by welded joints. For supporting two skis urged together to have mutually adjacent bottom surfaces, the ski equipment support rack has structure defining a slot extending in the lateral direction. On either side of the slot, the ski equipment support rack has wire segments on which the oppositely extending bindings of the two skis can be removably supported.

Abstract: A fishing rod support rack has upper and lower wire frames. The lower frame has a continuous wire hoop, a wire shelf assembly, and a plurality of bent wire loops all welded together. The upper frame has a continuous wire hoop and a plurality of bent wire loops welded together. The upper and lower frames are attached to a wall in such a selectively spaced vertical relation that the loops of the upper frame generally align directly above the loops of the lower frame. The shelf assembly has upper surface portions on which the butt ends of the fishing rods can be removably supported. The loops of the lower frame removably receive the butt ends of the fishing rods therethrough and afterwards engage the grips of the removably supported fishing rods, thereby providing clearance among the removably supported fishing rods.

Abstract: A bicycle support rack generally comprises metal rod or wire elements welded together, including a single rod or wire element that is bent at its ends to form a pair of horizontally spaced rim hangers. Each rim hanger can removably support one bicycle off the ground by means of the rim of the front wheel. The rod or wire element that defines the rim hangers is also bent in its middle to form a shelf frame. A metal wire grill portion has outer edge margins joined to the shelf frame to define the surface of a shelf for supporting accessories like shoes, helmets and water bottles. Another single rod or wire element is bent to form a pair of segments for bracing the rim hangers. That last rod or wire element is also bent to form a pair of tire stops for urging the front wheels of two bicycles into alignment in vertical planes perpendicular to the wall.

Abstract: A sliding storage container apparatus is provided that is comprised of a storage container having a pair of laterally spaced and longitudinally extending rails secured to its underside, and a pair of tracks that engage the rails in sliding engagement. The tracks are mounted in a laterally spaced longitudinally extending disposition on a flat horizontal base surface and the container is mounted for sliding fore and aft movement on the tracks. The tracks or rails are provided with fore and aft stop abutments that limit the extent to which the container may slide over the tracks, and the container rails are provided with slots dimensioned to enable the rails and the container to be disengaged from the track by elevating or leveling the rails and container and sliding the rails and container forward over the fore track abutments.

Abstract: There is a drawer having a bottom, front, rear and left and right side walls. A continuous rim defines left and right upper edge flanges that extend along and connect to the respective upper edges of the left and right side walls. The left and right rim-flanges also define left and right roller tracks. Left and right rollers extend out from the side walls. Correspondingly, there is a set of left and right roller and slide hardware for attaching to a cabinet cavity. Thus, the side flanges defined by the rim also function as components of the drawer's roller slide. The drawer is supported by its flanges and rollers in such operable engagement with the roller and slide hardware that the drawer can slidably travel in a horizontal plane relative to the mounting structure.

Abstract: A tennis equipment support rack has a fixed frame in combination with a basket. The fixed frame includes a single wire element that is bent to form a basket support rack. The basket has a front, a back, and two opposite side walls. At the upper edges of the side walls there is a continuous peripheral wire that functions as a flange portion by which the basket is supported on the basket support rack. The basket is for containing accessories of the game like balls, towels, sweatbands, and so on, and is easily freed from the basket support rack for transport. The fixed frame has another single wire element that is bent to form a tennis racket support rack. The tennis racket support rack can removably support one or several tennis rackets. The forms of both the fixed frame and the basket permit them to be nested with additional fixed frames and baskets.

Abstract: A golf equipment support rack generally comprising metal wire elements welded together including a pair of wire elements bent to form golf bag hangers. These golf bag hangers are horizontally spaced and provide removable and upright support for a pair of golf bags by means of their upper carrying-strap rings. This golf equipment support rack also has a continuous wire loop bent to form side walls for preventing the golf bags from pivoting too freely and too far outwardly. This golf equipment support rack also has two wire elements bent to form golf shoe supports for two pair of shoes.

Abstract: A shelf system having a wire shelf and end brackets. Snap mechanism in the form of hooks latch the transverse rods of the shelf to the end brackets.

Abstract: A sliding receptacle is provided that is comprised of a receptacle container for supporting an opened bag, and a platform extension and looped band for retaining one or more folded bags. The sliding receptacle is also provided with a pair of laterally spaced and longitudinally extending rails secured to its underside, and a pair of tracks that engage the rails in sliding engagement. The tracks are mounted in a laterally spaced, longitudinally extending disposition on a flat horizontal base surface and the receptacle is mounted for sliding fore and aft movement on the tracks. The receptacle rails are provided with fore and aft stop abutments that limit the extent to which the receptacle may slide over the tracks, and the receptacle rails are provided with slots dimensioned to enable the rails and the receptacle to be disengaged from the tracks by elevating and leveling the rails and receptacle relative to the tracks, and sliding the rails and receptacle forward over the tracks.

Abstract: A garden equipment support rack has a fixed frame in combination with a removable basket. The fixed frame has a first single wire element that is bent to form a basket support rack. The basket has a front, a back, and two opposite side walls. At the upper edges of the side walls, there is a continuous peripheral wire that functions as a flange portion by which the basket is removably supported on the basket support rack. The basket is for containing such assorted things as trowels, garden gloves, small pots, packets of seed and fertilizer, and so on, and is easily freed from the basket support rack for transport. The fixed frame also has several wire elements that are bent and arranged to form a pair of garden tool support assemblies. Each garden tool support assembly can removably support one or several garden tools.

Abstract: An adjustable mounting system for removably supporting modular storage units on a vertical wall is comprised of at least two substantially identical C-shaped brackets and a wall channel. The C-brackets are adjustably mounted on a storage unit, and one of two opposed hooks on each bracket is hooked over the wall channel to mount the storage unit on the channel. The C-brackets also include an outboard flange with a slot and screw hole, providing the adjustable mounting of the bracket to the modular storage unit.