Abstract: Apparatus for flying a sound system is described in which a suspension frame can be winched to a desired height from a roof beam or gantry at a concert venue. The suspension frame has a pair of hanging chains, which are each attached to opposed sides of a loudspeaker cabinet by means of coupling devices. A first webbing loop passes through retaining loops on the rear surfaces of the cabinets and through a tensioning device to ensure that the rear edges are kept in tight contact. A second webbing loop extends from a roof beam or gantry to a lowermost cabinet and includes a second tensioning device. Adjustment of the spacing of the coupling devices on the chain, the tension applied by the second tensioning device and the position of the connection point on the gantry relative to the chains together contribute to enable various required configurations of the speakers in a flown sound system to be achieved, and reproduced after dis-assembly and re-assembly.

Abstract: A hanger of molded plastic body construction has an integral hook anchor for an auxiliary hanger depending from the body of the hanger below and in vertical alignment with the hanger's support hook. The hook anchor has an internal chamber defined by front, back and bottom walls. The chamber is open at both ends and has a height substantially greater than the material thickness of the auxiliary hook to be secured in it. One of the front or rear walls has a horizontal slot providing access to the chamber for the hook of the auxiliary hanger. The slot is spaced above the bottom of the chamber to create a retaining lip for a hook seated in the chamber. In addition, means are provided to restrain the hook from leaving the chamber unless the removal is intentional and forcible.

Abstract: The invention relates to a carrier structure for a suspension conveyor system, provided with load-bearing shelves mounted for adjustment between a horizontal carrying position and a space-saving storage position. It is intended to improve a carrier structure of this type so that in the carrying configuration the goods to be conveyed are prevented from dropping down, while still permitting the carrier structure to be readily converted to a storage configuration in which it requires little space.

Abstract: The present invention provides a handle assembly for umbrellas, or the like, which comprises: a head member adapted to attach to one end of a central rod of an umbrella; at least two arms pivotally mounted on said head member to swing in their respective radial planes through arcs of about 135 degrees, from an inoperative, folded position extending generally parallel a longitudinal axis of said central rod to an operative, unfolded position, extending away from said longitudinal axis in a predetermined angular relation to said axis and capable of acting as a hanger for clothing in this operative, unfolded position; means attached to said head member for hanging said umbrella.

Abstract: A clip strip display unit to which a plurality of packaged items may be clipped for display; the unit being capable of being expanded to fit into a variety of vertical spaces; the unit also being provided with a variety of securing means for securing it in position, these securing means being of the type that will be adapted for use in the usual retail installations that are likely to be encountered.

Abstract: A removable garment rack for transportation of hanging garments in a movable enclosure in which a pair of spaced-apart guide rails have a horizontal longitudinally-extending ledge for supporting a plurality of transversely extending garment supporting rails which are releasably retained on the guide rails for supporting garments.

Abstract: A garment hanger having a pair of pivotable arms which are joined through a rack and pinion which allows the user to extend or collapse the hanger using only one hand. The rack and pinion provides for smooth pivoting of the arms and a latch is provided to secure the hanger in an extended posture. The arms have a greater thickness along their extremities to provide protection for the garments and to allow the arms to collapse in an overlapping fashion to provide for compact storage.

Abstract: Shelves are disclosed having slots cut in their ends, into which are threaded straps comprising loops of webbing. Top-straps are for supporting the topmost shelf from a wall, and shelf-straps are for supporting a shelf from a shelf above. The modularity of the pre-formed loops permits a very versatile system. Long shelves are also shown with T-slots by which the shelf can be supported intermediately.

Abstract: An auxiliary closet assembly having at least one pair of hanger bar members suspended from a main closet hanger rod and supporting at least one auxiliary hanger rod therebetween in downwardly spaced vertical relationship to the main closet hanger rod.

Abstract: A necktie organizer of the type adapted to hang over a closet pole in which the tie supporting rod is provided with separaters to define sections in which ties might be organized by color, or the like, and in which the tie support of each of the sections is rotatable independently of the other sections. A novel method of construction of a necktie organizer is also disclosed in which a rod is passed through an aperture in one of two spaced supports and tubes and washers alternated thereon until the rod spans the supports.

Abstract: A trapezoidal framework for suspending houseplants in front of a window pane. The framework attaches to a window frame and has diagonal members equipped with hooks for supporting pots on straps or wires. The diagonal members are pivotally interconnected and telescopically adjustable, so that the framework can be made to fit a variety of window sizes. Brackets securing the framework to the window frame will accommodate window frames of either rectangular or rounded-off cross-sections. The framework will not interfere with opening and closing of the window or with placement of curtains and draperies.

Abstract: A suspended shelf having hangers which support horizontal panels. The shelf hangers have a plurality of horizontal, vertically spaced crossbars each constructed of a U-shaped, downwardly opening channel member having a pair of side panels and a cross web connecting the panels extending between and longitudinally along the panels. A plurality of crossbeams, at least one near each end of each crossbar, extend between the panels and are spaced below the cross web. A plurality of manually removable sidebars extend between the adjacent vertically spaced ends of the crossbars. Each sidebar has a hook-shaped upper end for hanging over an upper one of the crossbeams and a lower, inwardly bent leg which extends along the underside of the cross web and above the crossbeam of a relatively lower crossbar to a downturned tip. Another pair of sidebars extend up from the uppermost crossbars and are fastened to the ceiling or other shelf support.

Abstract: A fold-down storage rack for permitting the storage of fishing rods across a ceiling includes first and second rack supports, and a pair of parallel rods pivoted to one rack support and including a ridging end member between the rods. The second rack support is parallel to the first rack support and includes a holding bracket coupled thereto and movably engageable with the end member for holding the rack in a storage position substantially parallel with the ceiling, and disengageable to permit the storage rack to be pivoted away from the ceiling.

Abstract: A unit to support while eating packaged convenience foods such as hamburgers, french fries and soda pop comprises an elongated standard and a set of holding members having connectors insertable into the body of the standard. The holding members have reentry portions for engaging or impaling the package of convenience foods and a hanger is provided at one end of the unit so that the unit when assembled and loaded with convenience foods may be suspended like a pendulum from the rear view mirror assembly of a motor vehicle.

Abstract: Structures including buildings, furniture items or room partitions are formed by assembling panels and releasably connecting the panels together with a support system comprising collars on the corners of the panels and elastic members interconnecting these collars so as to hold the structure together into a predetermined form by virtue of the tension of the stretched elastic members. Structures formed by this system include building structures such as small outdoor shelters, furniture items such as display cases, bookshelves, tables and containers and room partitions of virtually any arrangement, and toys.

Abstract: An adjustable garment hanger comprised of four (4) main wire members, which include a support member, two extensible angle members and a connecting rod. Each of the angle members is adjustably attached to both the support member and to the connecting rod by duplex sleeve connectors. The support member includes a suspension hook portion and has formed thereon a pair of downwardly diverging legs, which form an angle substantially the same as the angle of a neck and shoulder portion of a garment. Each duplex sleeve connector is identical in construction and is substantially "S" shaped so as to form two loop portions. Each end of the diverging legs and each end of the connecting rod have one loop portion of the sleeve connector securely attached thereto so as to not allow any movement thereon. Each of the angle members are substantially "V" shaped so as to have two arm portions.

Abstract: A collapsible hanger device comprises an elongate member having a pair of mutually angularly disposed walls extending longitudinally thereof and a pair of arms pivotally mounted on respective ones of the walls. The arms are pivotal relative to the walls about respective mutually angled axes of pivotation between collapsed positions, in which the arms are nestled in an angular space defined by the walls, and extended positions, in which the arms project laterally of the elongate member. The device can be suspended from a wall or a door.

Abstract: A support rod for supporting a number of clothes hangers includes an elongated rigid bar having transverse openings therein for receiving the clothes hangers, and a pair of hooks pivotally mounted at the ends of the bar about axes which extend transversely of the bar. The bar can be suspended by one or both of the hooks. Also, the hooks can be swung toward each other in the long direction of the bar and manually grasped so that the bar can be held by one hand while a user places hangers through the bar openings with the other hand.

Abstract: A support device for a plurality of garment hangers is disclosed and an operating handle member therefor. The support device includes a hook portion by which it can be hung from a standard traverse member in a shipping box and a bead formation by which the device can be lifted on engagement of the operating handle member with the bead formation. The device is particularly easily extruded from PVC, polycarbonate or polypropylene materials.

Abstract: In order to hang sheet material, such as an aluminum skin section of an aircraft, during processing thereof, a plurality of hangers are provided, for releasably engaging an upper edge of the sheet material at spaced locations therealong so as to provide, in one mode, points of attachment for connection of the sheet material to an overhead support or hoist, and to provide in another mode, lateral abuttments for straddling a pair of elevated, spaced parallel rails to hand the sheet material therebetween while awaiting the next processing operation. The body of the hanger has an inverted Y-shape wherein the downwardly oriented leg portions are separated by a vertical slot for receiving the upper edge of the sheet. A releasable shear pin held in the legs of the hanger body is passed through a pin receiving hole provided in the sheet adjacent the upper edge thereof when such sheet edge is inserted in the hanger slot.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a clothes hanger that can be freely moved from one hanger supporting hook or rod to another, the hanger including a hanger frame, and a rack pivotally mounted thereon for movement about a fixed horizontal axis, that comprises spaced parallel rods on each of which one or more garments or other fabric articles can be draped. The rack is swingable between an up position in which the groups of articles draped on the several individual rods are pushed together, and a lowered, horizontal or nearly horizontal position in which the articles draped on each rod may be well spaced from articles draped on an adjacent rod or rods. It is a salient feature, in a hanger of the kind referred to, that any article so draped can, when the rack is in lowered position, be withdrawn from its supporting rod in a direction lengthwise of the rod.

Abstract: A support rack having a main frame and workpiece support hooks on which workpieces are hung for transporting through a finishing system. The rack has a plurality of horizontal, vertically spaced crossbars each constructed of a U-shaped, downwardly opening channel member having a pair of side panels and a cross web connecting the panels extending between and longitudinally along the panels. A plurality of crossbeams, at least one near each end of each crossbar, extend between the panels and are spaced below the cross web. A plurality of manually removable sidebars extend between the adjacent vertically spaced ends of the crossbars. Each sidebar has a hook-shaped upper end for hanging over an upper one of the crossbeams and a lower, inwardly bent leg which extends along the underside of the cross web and above the crossbeam of a relatively lower crossbar to a downturned tip.

Abstract: A portable article hanger is comprised of a planar array of article supports, a member for suspending the array in a substantially horizontal plane, and a member for insuring stability of the planar array within the horizontal plane, when articles are placed on the article supports, by permitting adjustment of the center of gravity of the hanger. The article hanger may be comprised of a plurality of planar array units whereby successive units are adapted for cantilevered engagement with preceeding units, or from opposing ends of a central unit.

Abstract: Folding shelving in a single unit comprising a series of rigid shelves connected at the edges thereof to a flexible side wall extending over and under the same at the top and bottom, wherein the shelving is supported by a single member attached to a wall or standard, and providing for a peaked uppermost compartment and an oppositely extending peaked lowermost compartment.

Abstract: An articulated article support for hook suspended article display devices includes an elongated, flexible, tension load supporting member upon which a plurality of links are mounted in a tandem relationship. Each of the links includes a generally rectangular shaped body having a hook extending outwardly therefrom. Various attachment arrangements are provided for securing one end of the load supporting member to a support surface.

Abstract: A multiple garment hanging device embodying a vertically supported elongate track member. A plurality of hanger slides, each carrying a garment hanger, are slideably mounted on the track member and limit against each other, the lower most one limiting against a stop on the member. By rocking a hanger slide carrying a selected garment, the slide and garment may be removed from the track member.

Abstract: Seasonal greeting cards, other cards, and bulletins are fastened with a stapler to one, or several spaced sturdy tapes held stretched just off a vertical wall or door or in a doorway. Each tape may be looped over an upper slat hooked or otherwise fastened on a molding, and adjustably looped below on a double hook slung by resilient means to a lower slat fastened to a baseboard. Spacing off plane vertical surfaces is provided by slat mountings consisting of lengths of Z-section extrusions or the like. Space is allowed for the lower jaw of the stapler to slip behind the tape. The lower portion of the tape is passed around the middle of the double hook and adjusted for length and tension by a slide. A slot over the middle of each hook guides and stabilizes the tape. Tapes may be mounted horizontally, and also singly, by suitable links in the shape of stirrups, frames, and the like.

Abstract: A segmental articulated display arrangement for hook suspended article display devices includes a plurality of links interconnected in a tandem fashion. Each of the individual links includes a rigid body having transversely spaced side members and longitudinally spaced end members interconnecting the side members. A hook-like portion extends outwardly from the body to provide an article support and includes a recess formed on the inner peripheral surface thereof for frictionally receiving the upper end member of another link.