Abstract: A storage and retrieval system primarily adapted for the convenient storage and retrieval of media disks includes a plurality of disk enclosures releaseably supported in a hanging fashion from a rod via a plurality of hanger assemblies. The rod has a plurality of grooves and the hanger assemblies have at least two inwardly extending tabs that engage the grooves. The hanger assemblies have an upper section that includes the tabs, and an elongate docking member attached to and disposed below the upper section. The docking member includes a generally downwardly opening channel having a wider main section disposed above a constricted section. The disk enclosures each have a generally elongate docking section that are adapted to releasably engage the docking member such that the disk enclosures are releasably supported in a hanging fashion from the rod with limited rotational movement about the axis of the rod.

Abstract: A hanger bar structure to span across the upper portion of a wardrobe shipping carton that is used to transport garments hung on hangers, particularly new garments shipped from manufactures. The hanger bar is rectilinear with a plurality of slots on its flat upper surface. The size of the slots, the spacing between the slots, and the arcuate shape of the wire hooks at the tops of the hangers is such that a group of garment-laden hangers can be hung at one loading and then slid along the top of the bar to drop individually into slots.

Abstract: A hanger support comprises a base comprising a vertical projection having a pivotal member at an upper end, a plurality of hanging grooves, a plurality of arc members each alternate with one of the hanging grooves, an upwardly raised tab at one end of the projection, and a lower flat abutted the tab. A pivotal engagement mechanism hinges to the other end of the projection of the base. The engagement mechanism comprises an opening at the free end and a slope on one edge of the opening; and a pair of parallel pad members on the bottom of the engagement mechanism; wherein the engagement mechanism is rotatable to cause the flat to contact the bottom of the engagement mechanism with the tab fastened in the opening by engaging the tab with the slope so that a plurality of hangers hung on the hanging grooves are clamped by the pad members in a locked state of the hanger support device. The fastening/unfastening of a hanger is by simply pivoting the engagement mechanism.

Abstract: A device for use in fitting a duvet cover comprises an elongate carrier (10), means (18) for removably mounting the carrier (10) on a support, and two releasable clamping devices(11). At least one of the releasable clamping devices (11) is mounted such that its position may be adjusted longitudinally.

Abstract: A hanger bar structure to span across the upper portion of a wardrobe shipping carton that is used to transport garments hung on hangers, particularly new garments shipped from manufactures. The hanger bar is rectilinear with a plurality of slots on its flat upper surface. The size of the slots, the spacing between the slots, and the arcuate shape of the wire hooks at the tops of the hangers is such that a group of garment-laden hangers can be hung at one loading and then slid along the top of the bar to drop individually into slots.

Abstract: A clothesline system is provided for automatically applying clothespins to articles to be dried once they are placed on a clothesline. The clothesline system comprises first and second pulleys, which are positioned at a spaced apart distance from each other, as well as a main cable, a secondary cable and a plurality of clothespins. The clothespins are capable of being removably attached to the secondary cable, and are movable between an open and closed position for receiving and gripping articles to be dried to the main cable. The clothesline system further comprises a mechanism for automatically opening and closing the clothespins so that they are able to either selectively grip or release the articles to be dried. Finally, the clothesline system comprises a support system for guiding and supporting the main cable such that the main cable is prevented from sagging beyond an acceptable distance within which the clothespins are capable of being attached to the main cable.

Abstract: A scarf organizing device for easily organizing and viewing an assortment of scarves in a drawer. The scarf organizing device includes a pair of mountings. Each of the mountings comprises a plate. The plate includes a first end, a second end, an upper surface and a lower surface. A pair of upstanding members that includes a first end and a second end is securably attached to the upper surface of the plate. Each of the upstanding members includes a bend therein. The second end of each of the upstanding members includes a hole extending therein. A perimeter shoulder is positioned generally adjacent to the second end of a first upstanding member. The device includes a plurality of hanging members. Each of the hanging members comprises a bracket. The bracket comprises a cylinder that includes a first end, a second end and a peripheral wall extending therebetween. The first and second ends include an aperture extending therethrough.

Abstract: A hanger support comprises a base comprising a projection, a horizontal member above the base having a plurality of hanging grooves on the bottom thereof, a vertical member coupled between the horizontal member and the base, a slot at the other end of the horizontal member having a guide and an end recess, and a flexible first protuberance; a pivotal engagement mechanism comprising an outer knob, a body having a first and second pivot ends, a flexible second protuberance, a first dent, and a second dent; a pin for pivotably securing the engagement mechanism to the base; and a pad member on the bottom of the body; wherein the engagement mechanism is rotatable to dispose horizontally for providing a space for inserting a hanger between the pad member and the horizontal member in an unlocked state; and the engagement mechanism is further rotatable to dispose vertically for clamping the hanger.

Abstract: Apparatus for securely retaining hangers includes a hanger bar, a retainer bar, and a pair of end assemblies. Each end assembly is coupled to an end of the hanger bar and has a pair of guide walls projecting away from the hanger bar to form a guide channel. The retainer bar is slideably disposed and moveable within the guide channel between an open position and a clamping position to engage and secure the hangers to the hanger bar. A latching mechanism is attached to each end assembly and is engageable with the retainer bar to secure the retainer bar in the clamping position. The latching mechanism is preferably at least partially disposed between the guide walls to protect the latching mechanism from accidental bumping, thereby reducing unintentional disengagement of the latching mechanism. The apparatus can include at least one biasing member that urges the retainer bar away from the hanger bar to facilitate loading or unloading of the hanger bar.

Abstract: A device for retaining articles, such as hosiery, is disclosed. A method of retaining the articles using the device is also disclosed. The device generally comprises a first member and retaining means. The article to be retained upon the device is positioned upon the first member, such as by being wound around it.

Abstract: A clip device for clamping newspapers includes a beam having a longitudinal groove for receiving a bar which has one end pivotally coupled to the beam at a pivot shaft and which is rotatable outward and inward of the groove. A sleeve is slidably engaged on the beam for engaging with and for retaining the bar in the groove of the beam. A spring may bias the sleeve to engage with the bar. The sleeve includes an ear extended inward of the groove and engaged with the spring, and includes a projection extended outward for allowing a user to move the sleeve easily. The beam includes two end caps secured to the ends for enclosing the ends of the groove.

Abstract: An article of luggage is provided with a suit hanger support which is fastened with the inner wall of the shell of the luggage and is composed of an elastic clamping block, a top frame member, a seat frame shell, and a moving element. The elastic clamping block is provided with a clamping mouth and a plurality of cross grooves for locating a plurality of suit hangers. The top frame member is provided with a press edge, whereas the moving element is provided with an urging edge corresponding in location to the press edge of the top frame member. The moving element, the top frame member and the elastic clamping block are fastened pivotally with the seat frame shell such that the urging edge of the moving element is capable of urging the press edge of the top frame member to force the clamping mouth of the elastic clamping block to close, so as to locate and confine the suit hangers in the cross grooves of the elastic clamping block.

Abstract: A file marker for marking the position of material removed from a file drawer or similar receptacle is disclosed. The file marker comprises a relatively flat body portion having a body side edge, a clip body extending from the body side edge, and a clip extending downwardly from the clip body and defining a gap adjacent to the body side edge for receiving a file rail. The clip is resiliently biased toward the body portion and is resiliently movable to adjust the size of the gap for receiving file rails of varying widths. The adjustable clip is particularly beneficial for accommodating the assorted types of file rails typically found in lateral files and file drawers in office furniture.

Abstract: A template which can be used to assemble a balloon center piece. The template has a plurality of legs with connecting cross pieces and the cross pieces have fasteners spaced at specific intervals which will hold the balloons in position to form the balloon center piece with the proper spacing between the balloons.

Abstract: A garment bag is provided having a hanger support attached to the upper wall thereof, and having upper and lower clamp jaws with a connecting structure between them permitting both rotational and translational movement. A mount structure connects the upper clamp jaw to the upper wall of the garment bag so that it is inclined upwardly from adjacent the rear wall to adjacent the front wall of the garment bag. A limiting pin holds the lower clamp jaw approximately horizontally in the release position. The clamp jaws are in the form of facing channels, and have resilient blocks having a durometer of from approximately 50 to approximately 60 in and extending from them. The resilient blocks may be mounted for transverse movement in the channels, and may be spring urged outwardly as by plural, linearly spaced coil springs, and are deeper than is conventional. The hanger support is able to securely clamp and hold both plastic hangers and wire hangers.

Abstract: A rail clamp is provided for attachment to a vertical rail such as a side rail of a ladder as are used on the rear of recreational vehicles. The rail clamp is molded from plastic and includes threaded members with knobs which allow the clamp to be tightened in any of a variety of positions along the rail. A pair of rail clamps are generally used for carrying bulky items such as lawn chairs exteriorly of the RV. The rail clamps are molded from durable plastic and will fit different size ladder rails as required. The knobs, threaded members and securing nuts can be reversed for convenience in use to either the right or left sides of the clamp body portion.

Abstract: A security system having a frame with an upwardly facing support surface, a hanger for an article of clothing having a downwardly facing edge that can be placed against the upwardly facing support surface to thereby maintain the hanger in a display position, a cover, and first structure cooperating between the cover and the frame for mounting the cover for movement relative to the frame selectively between a) a first position wherein the hanger can be placed into and removed from the display position and b) a second position wherein the cover closely captively maintains the hanger in the display position.

Abstract: A device for holding coathangers in an item of luggage, the device comprising a support adapted for attachment to a wall of the item of luggage, a peg axially extending from a first end attached to the support to a second end and a cover attached to the support for selective rotational movement between an open position permitting coathanger hooks to be placed on and removed from the peg and a closed position substantially covering the peg and coathanger hooks thereon, the cover in the closed position cooperating with the peg to define a space enclosing the coathanger hooks.

Abstract: A trolley and bag assembly adapted to transport hanger-hung garments on overhead rails from an initial point to other points, the bag protectively shrouding the transported garments. The trolley includes a pair of rolling sheaves that ride on the rails and a spaced pair of side arms depending from the sheaves to support a horizontal load bar onto which is hooked a set of hanger-hung garments. Bridging the side arms is a retractable hold-down bar which when raised above the load bar then permits the hangers to be hooked onto the load bar, and when lowered then clamps the hooks of the hangers so that the garments cannot be dislodged from the trolley.

Abstract: The holder is a plastic tube split lengthwise into substantially mirror image halves forming two opposed clamping members hingedly connected by spring operated handles which activate opening and closing of the clamping members to engage a towel or other items hanging on a support.

Abstract: A hanger support construction for attachment to a garment bag has a pair of clamp jaws pivotally connected adjacent their rear ends, and a latching device for releasably securing the clamp jaws in the closed position, the latching device including a front plate forwardly of the forward ends of the clamp jaws, an actuating lever which is connected by a pivot to one of the clamp jaws, and a retainer which comprises the front plate, a link that engages a surface of one clamp jaw which is remote from the second clamp jaw, a pivot for pivotally connecting the link to the actuating lever, and a connecting structure for connecting the front plate to the link. The connecting structure may include a housing which includes the front plate and plates perpendicular to it which overlie the front end portions of the clamp jaws.

Abstract: A link for a pegless clothes line is molded from resilient plastic material and has a stud formation at one end and a recess for receiving a neck of the stud formation of the adjacent link, at the other end. A diamond-shaped aperture opens at one end into an entrance to the recess, and at the other end into an undulating pinch slot of V-shaped cross section. Clothes to be dried have their corners poked through the apertures and are then slid sideways along the pinch slots which hold them in position. Oblique bars enhance the resilience of the sides of the pinch slot.

Abstract: A hanger supporter includes a frame including an upper beam and a lower beam inclined relative to the upper beam. A slide includes one end having an axle slidably engaging with a slot of the lower beam. A lever includes a lower end pivotally coupled to the front end of the lower beam at the pivot axis, a middle portion pivotally coupled to the slide, and includes another end for engaging with the upper beam. The slide is disengaged from the upper beam for engaging with the hangers and is engaged with the upper beam for stably retaining the hangers in place.

Abstract: An apparatus for retaining mounted garment hangers or other hook-shaped members on a hanger rod. A housing is mounted with respect to the hanger bar. The housing has a bore within which a pin is slidably mounted. A retaining rod is secured with respect to the pin so that the retaining rod follows sliding movement of the pin with respect to the housing. A bias force urges the pin into a normally open position. A lock member is mounted within another bore within the housing, so that the lock member slides with respect to the housing. The pin and the lock member preferably engage with each other to actuate the pins between an open position and a locked position. In the locked position of the pin, the retaining bar forces the garment hangers or other hook-shaped members against the hanger rod.

Abstract: A clothes hanger support for a garment bag or other similar item of luggage includes a depending bracket member pivotally supporting a lower jaw member with hanger-supporting features. A closure member and latch handle cooperates with the bracket and jaw members in a closed position to hold the latter in a hanger-retaining position. Alternatively, the closure member latch handle may be pivoted to allow the jaw member to itself pivot to an open position for insertion or removal of hangers on the support. Pivotal return of the closure member latch handle to the closed position also moves the jaw member to its hanger-retaining position by cooperation of a ramp surface and ramp-follower surface of the closure member latch handle and jaw member, respectively. Preferably, the entire hanger support may be made of four unitary components which are formed of injection molded engineering polymer.

Abstract: A coat rack is disclosed having a plurality of resilient hook members fastened inside a chamber thereof and respectively disposed above a respective transverse groove for holding clothes by hangers. Each resilient hook member has a bottom hook controlled by a respective knob to close or open the respective transverse groove for hanging or removing a dress hanger.

Abstract: An end cap for a garment hanger caddy includes an inner portion sized to fit into the end of a tubular member, an outer portion sized to abut the end of the tubular member, and a groove which extends at least partially around the end cap between the inner and outer portions. The inner portion comprises raised splines separated by substantially planar flats. The outer portion comprises raised ribs separated by arcuate interib surfaces.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a space efficient garment storage and display apparatus that includes a support stand and a plurality of display units. The display units include display racks supported by an upright support frame and having storage bars extending across each respective display rack. The storage bars simultaneously display and store garments, such as scarves and the like, which are wrapped or draped therearound. The display units may further include a silhouette located generally above the display racks for displaying the garments as they would normally be worn.

Abstract: A radially slitted holder having a central membrane with two access holes one of which is intersected by at least one radial slit. A radially slitted holder may be deployed using the method and facilitating apparatus of the invention, which employ a rod having a channeled portion therein.

Abstract: A housing member is mounted within a roof portion of an associated automobile to include an elongate clothing support rod longitudinally and medially mounted within the housing member. Access to the clothing rod is effected through slide plates mounted through a bottom wall of the housing member providing for an unobtrusive clothing support bar structure within the associated vehicle. A modification of the invention includes a pneumatic bladder mounted about the clothing rod and inflation apparatus arranged for selective inflation and deflation of the bladder to enhance engagement of hanger members mounted about the support rod.

Abstract: A transfer rack for transportation of garments on hangers in a truck, such as a typical rental truck, having opposite-side tie-down attachments on interior walls thereof. An adjustable-length rod includes a tubular outer element and a solid inner element telescopingly received in the outer element so as to provide a six-inch range of adjustment. A hanger-securing bar is movably mounted along an upper surface of the adjustable-length rod, with one end of the hanger-securing bar attached to the tubular outer element and the other end of the hanger-securing bar attached to the inner element. To accommodate relative movement as the outer and inner elements are telescoping adjusted, the hanger-securing bar includes an elongate slot having a length corresponding to the six-inch range of adjustment.

Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus for storing and dispensing parallelepipedic or cylindrical objects, such as boxes, packets or like articles, characterized in that the pusher is constituted by a blade extending across the passage between two successive partitions defining the same passage, each partition comprising on its four upper, lower, front and rear edges, respectively, an upper, lower, front and rear groove, each of these grooves being laterally defined by a wall, on one of which slides the auxiliary body which has the general shape of a rectangular plate disposed vertically lengthwise and comprising, at the location of each of its top and bottom horizontal sides, a U-shaped channel constituted by two plates mounted square so as to form a horizontal slideway overlapping respectively the upper and lower edge of said wall of the partition, to constitute the members for guiding the pusher.

Abstract: A hanger retaining device including a generally cylindrical hanger bar for receiving clothes hangers and retaining pins substantially perpendicular to the axis of the bar, substantially parallel to each other, and mounted on the bar. A retaining rod slidably mounted on the retaining pins for movement into a closed position wherein the hangers are held or into an open position wherein the hangers may be removed from said bar. A pressure member urging the rod toward its open position is on the retaining pins, and a notch is provided thereon. A slider is mounted on the bar for movement parallel to the axis thereof and has an opening through which the retaining pins pass; there is a retaining edge on the opening which is urged toward the notch, whereby movement of said slider away from the notch withdraws the edge from the notch and permits the rod to move to the open position. Movement of the rod to its closed position permits the edge to enter the notch and hold the rod in its closed position.

Abstract: To prevent clothes hangers from sliding together on a clothes rod during the transport of clothes on said clothes hangers, a holder is provided that exhibits recesses into which hooks of the clothes hangers can be clamped. The device has arms located between eyes having fixation and swivel means. Two holder halves are moulded identically and are preferably made of plastic and can exhibit a prestress.

Abstract: An improved hanger support apparatus is formed of a U-shaped frame having a pair of parallel and spaced-apart legs. A latch arm is pivotly mounted to one of the legs proximate its end and is biased to extend through an opening in the second leg at a point inwardly of its end. The construction of the latch arm provides a "one-way" action, and permits conventional hangers to be inserted past the latch arm into the apparatus for support thereby, while preventing the inadvertent removal of the hangers. A handle is provided for manual operation of the latch arm to allow the latch arm to be pivoted away from the second arm when manual removal of a hanger is desired. The hanger support apparatus is particularly adapted for use in garment bags and similar pieces of luggage.

Abstract: A holder for securing towels or other sheet-like products includes a space for receiving a strap of a lounge chair and a cavity for receiving and retaining a towel advanced longitudinally into place within the holder cavity. A protruding holding ridge at the cavity entrance prevents removal of the towel from the holder once inserted in a longitudinal direction but permits removal in a lateral direction.

Abstract: A combined clothing rack and hanger device which includes a main rack having a plurality of hook hangers disposed on one side and a plurality of squeezing hangers disposed on the other side thereof, and a channel engagement mounted to one end of the main rack, whereby the plurality of hanger devices are disposed in parallel by engaging the main rack on a rail support through the channel engagement.

Abstract: A tubular member having a lateral opening along one side forming a longitudinal opening that is expandable outwardly to be slipped over a support member on which a towel is draped, to resiliently grip the support member and hold the towel there between, and which tubular member may also have a flexible portion for allowing the tubular member to be bent and then fit onto a curved support.

Abstract: An improved hanger support apparatus is formed of a U-shaped frame having a pair of parallel and spaced-apart legs. A latch arm is pivotly mounted to one of the legs proximate its end and is biased to contact the second leg at a point inwardly of its end. The construction of the latch arm provides a "one-way" action, and permits conventional hangers to be inserted past the latch arm into the apparatus for support thereby, while preventing the inadvertent removal of the hangers. A handle is provided for manual operation of the latch arm to allow the latch arm to be pivoted away from the second arm when manual removal of a hanger is desired. The hanger support apparatus is particularly adapted for use in garment bags and similar pieces of luggage.

Abstract: A garment hanger caddy includes a stiff tubular member and a relatively stiff retainer strip secured to the tubular member by a pair of latching members. Each latching member includes an embossed rigde on a central portion of one part thereof positioned to make the latching member stiffer at its central portion than at either end. The latching members can be positioned conventionally with their actuating axes parallel to the longitudinal axis of the caddy, or in a rotated position in which the actuating axes are transverse to the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A trolley clamp for retaining hangers in a garment bag has a rigid frame with an at least partly horizontal lower support bar and is mountable below a top inside of the garment bag. The support carries a plurality of movable hanger-retaining elements between which clothes hangers are captured when the movable elements are abutted against one another. The hanger retaining elements have contoured faces with half-round depressions for matching the contour of the clothes hangers. A pivotable eccentric at the front distal end of the support bar is movable to force the hanger retaining elements into abutment or to allow the hanger retaining elements to separate from one another, allowing space for removal of the clothes hangers.

Abstract: An improved clamp for retaining garment hangers in garment bags of the type having a rigid frame in the shape of a "C" with a top leg, a rear leg and a bottom leg, the top leg and bottom leg being spaced, is arranged such that the bottom leg is inclined downwardly toward a front of the clamp, defining a widening opening toward the front. A clamp bar having a conical eccentric protrusion complementary to the bottom leg is rotatably mounted in the frame between the rear leg and a distal end of the top leg. Users change between an open position wherein the eccentric portion of the clamp bar is turned to one side and thus spaced from the bottom leg, and a closed position wherein the eccentric protruding part of the clamp bar bears against the bottom leg, clamping the hangers in place. The eccentric clamp bar rotates on an axis in a common plane with the lower leg.

Abstract: A clamp for retaining garment hangers in garment bags has rigid frame in the shape of a "C" with a top leg, a rear leg and a bottom leg, the top leg and bottom leg being spaced from one another to admit hangers to be hung on the bottom leg. The frame is mountable at the top inner wall of a garment bag, for receiving garment hangers by their wire hook ends. An eccentric clamp bar rotatably carried in the frame between the rear leg and a distal end of the top leg is movable manually by a user between an open position wherein an eccentric portion of the clamp bar is spaced from the bottom leg, and a closed position wherein the eccentric protruding part of the clamp bar bears against the bottom leg, clamping the hangers in place. The eccentric clamp bar rotates on an axis in a common plane with the lower leg.

Abstract: This invention relates to a coat-hanger carrier, especially for an item or clothes-carrying luggage, of the type comprising a longitudinal bar, on which transverse coat-hangers are held, with means for disengaging said coat-hangers.The coat-hanger carrier according to this invention is characterized by the fact that said bar for supporting the coat-hangers is surmounted by a block of elastic material, pivoting about an axis parallel to said bar and equipped with transverse slots forming elastic teeth locked onto said bar in a closed position.

Abstract: A combination shipping container and garment support. The shipping container is adapted to have garments hung in it while the garments are supported on garment hangers. A hanger bar assembly is mounted in the container, and supports at least several of the hangers. The hanger bar assembly has end holders mounted on opposed walls of the shipping container, and a hanger bar extended between the end holders. The hold-down bar holds the hangers on the hanger bar, being pivotally mounted on the hanger bar at a location intermediate the end holders. The ends of the hold-down bar are held in the end holders when the hold-down is in a position substantially parallel to the hanger bar.

Abstract: A removable skirt and trouser clip for garment hangers includes a pair of rigid, elongated fingers connected in a pinching relationship by a spring, and jaws located at one end of each of the fingers are urged together by the spring for holding garments therebetween. A connector adjacent another end of one of the fingers attaches the fingers below the horizontal crossbar of a garment hanger. The connector includes a pair of opposed members with a plurality of recesses located on the mating faces of each of the opposed members for receiving and clamping about the crossbar.

Abstract: Garment hangers are suspendably and slidably supported on stationary support rails mounted to and below a top plate mounted to an interior top wall of a garment bag. The hangers are locked in position on the stationary rail by either pivoting a track extension from an initial aligned position with the rail to a blocking position transverse to the rail, or by clamping the hangers by a clamp which moves in a rectilinear direction toward and away from the rail.

Abstract: There is provided a tubular, self-locking, garment hanger device of chocleate cross-section, and being an essentially unitary, plastic resin extrusion.

Abstract: A device for gripping clothes hangers comprising a C-shaped housing having an upper horizontal frame for connection to a suitcase. A handle is pivotally connected to the upper horizontal frame of the housing. The handle is latchable to a parallel lower horizontal frame of said housing; a torsion spring having two substantially perpendicular arms fixed in the inner upper corner of the housing. An elastomic C-shape seat includes a lower horizontal part that is fixed inside the lower horizontal frame of the housing. The upper horizontal part of the seat is capped with a rigid cap which is pivotally connected to said handle and to one arm of the torsion spring. The other arm of the torsion spring is sealed inside said housing by a plate which is connected to the vertical part of said housing. The upper horizontal part of the seat is pushed downward to grip the curved portions of the clothes hangers placed inside the seat as the handle is pressed and rotated downward.

Abstract: A hanger storage assembly for handling garment hangers and the like is described including an elongated hanger bar for receiving and supporting the hangers and an elongated retainer bar that is positionable adjacent the hanger bar to engage and secure the hanger hooks interposed therebetween along the length of the hanger bar. The retainer bar is slidably mounted upon supporting members projecting from the hanger bar, each including a biasing spring to positon the retainer bar in adjacent, spaced, parallel alignment away from the hanger bar to allow access for loading. The assembly also includes a latch pair that engages and secures the retainer bar in a hanger-clamping position to hold the hangers on the hanger bar. The latch is releasable, allowing the biasing spring to slidably reposition the retainer bar for loading or unloading. The hanger bar is provided with ends caps which fit into a rack having retaining clips that support the hanger bar and prevent it from rotating.