Abstract: A combination wardrobe for storing trousers, shoes, shirts, belts and ties which is capable of presenting these items for access and storage, which is adjustable to accommodate different numbers and sizes of shoes, which occupies a small space, can be placed in a closet and is rotatable about a base for selective access to the items.

Abstract: A storage compartment for a refrigerator door is disclosed which includes a recess formed in the door liner of the refrigerator. The recess is provided with pivot connections and a pivot stop. A rack is provided that is made to allow viewing of the contents. The rack is rotatably insertable into the recess defined by the door liner and can then be rotated forwardly from the door until the rack comes into contact with the stop on the door. In the rotated state, the contents of the rack may be easily accessed and removed. The rack is further designed so that if the door is shut while the rack is in an open position the rack will not contact the cabinet wall, preventing damage to the cabinet and the rack.

Abstract: An adjustable wrench-rack comprises a hanging body and two retaining bodies. The hanging body is provided with a plurality of locking holes. Each of the two retaining bodies is provided on a rear surface thereof with a plurality of threaded holes for fastening the retaining body to the hanging body by bolts engageable with the threaded holes and the locking holes. The two retaining bodies are provided respectively on a front surface thereof with a plurality of retaining slots in which the ring wrench, the double-ended wrench and the combination wrench are held securely. The retaining slots are provided respectively with an opening and a hooked body serving to prevent the wrench from slipping out of the retaining slot in which it is held.

Abstract: The present invention provides a new and improved draining and drying device for kitchen utensils hereinafter sometimes referred to as the draining device including a base member having a substantially rectangular bottom wall and four integral perpendicular side walls. The bottom portion of the front wall and the front portion of the bottom wall are provided with opening devices so that water dripped from utensils will flow out of opening devices into the sink, for example. An inner member is provided for insertion into the base member which is formed on all sides and the bottom with rods providing open spaces between each rod. The inner member receives the kitchen materials which have been washed and are inserted to dry. In one embodiment the inner member includes a small rectangular device having multiple small openings for water to drop out which can be used to receive small utensils such as knives, forks, spoons, etc.

Abstract: There is provided a bicycle storage device which includes a housing bracket and first and second bicycle support members. Each member is moveable from a storage position to a bicycle support position; each member has an elongated arm which rotates from an upward stored position to a horizontally extending support position with a resilient member maintaining the members in a storage position.

Abstract: A clothes hamper (10) includes a backboard (12) configured and decorated to resemble a basketball backboard. Brackets (18) support the backboard at the top of a door. First and second generally S-shaped hooks, each having a first U-shaped configuration at one end of the S for fitting over the top edge of a door, the portion over the door edge being flattened sufficiently to enable the door to be closed with the hook over the top thereof and a second U-shaped configuration at the other end of the S in inverted relationship to the first U-shaped end for extending through the apertures of the spaced frame brackets so as to support the backboard in a vertical orientation on the door. A hoop (26) configured to resemble a basketball goal is supported on the backboard by a unitary mounting plate for pivotally attaching the hoop to the lower half of the frame.

Abstract: A foldable clothes hanger rail system that consist of a clothes hanger rail that is retractable when not in use. The foldable clothes hanger rail system was developed for applications such as laundry rooms where a permanent clothes hanger rail takes up too much room and is only needed on an intermittent basis. The rail is made retractable by having the rail attached to pivot members that pivot around screws fastened into a wall mountable frame. The pivot members are supported by chords or chains running from the upper portion of the frame and support the rail when it is rotated downward and in service. A rail clip is provided on the upper portion of the frame to keep the rail retracted when not in ervice. The entire system is made into one single unit to be easily mounted on a wall.

Abstract: A rack assembly for holding towels, toothbrushes and other things, which includes two fastening elements secured to a wall by screw nails for the connection thereto of two couplers via two connectors for the connection therebetween of a cross rod therebetween to support two frame plates, and for the connection thereto of two supporting rods permitting two suspension rods to be secured between the two supporting rods by means of two upper struts and two lower struts. A cylindrical toothbrush holder is releasably hung on either one of the two couplers, and comprises access doors through which toothbrushes can be placed in the holder plates thereof.

Abstract: A hook for displaying products in front of a shelf includes a bracket adapted to be mounted on the shelf, a bearing, a stop and a detent, a journal rotatable in the bearing between a product display position and a product clearing position, a product carrier connected to the journal to support products in a vertical hanging position in front of the shelf when the journal is in the display position and a prop connected to the journal which cooperates with the carrier to support the products in a horizontal position when the journal is rotated into the clearing position. The detent on the bracket is cooperable with the prop to prevent rotation of the journal out of the clearing position toward the display position and the prop may be disengaged from the detent of allow the journal to rotate back to the display position. A shield connected to the journal may also be provided which surrounds the carrier forward of the shelf.

Abstract: A device comprising an element (1) serving as a housing and a mounting frame for an apparatus and a suspending element (2), the latter comprising a means (5) suitable for working in conjunction with a complementary means (3) which is integral with the housing (1) so as to form a pivoting coupling; the device also includes adjustable means of spacing (4,5,6) integral with either one of elements (1,2) of the device, said spacing means being designed to work together with a surface of the other element in order to hold the housing (1) in an adjustable predetermined angular position. The spacing means comprise, for example, a means (5) integral with one of elements (1,2) and formed with a rib (4) designed to work together with any one of several grooves (7) formed in the other element.

Abstract: A storage device has hangers for individual articles such as garments spaced along a beam which is movable between a first position in which the hangers are generally in a vertical array and a second position in which they are in horizontal array. The device is adapted to be installed in a closet, where the beam can be projected to the outside of the closet and then rotated to its second position. In a variant, the device is part of a mobile clothes' horse.

Abstract: A light bulb organizer and storage device consisting of a board on which light bulbs may be mounted and which may be mounted on the inner surface of a closet wall above the door opening of the closet, the board being movable from an elevated horizontal storage position above the level of the top of the door opening, in a zone normally considered to be waste space, to a lowered vertical position so that the bulbs are displayed through the door opening. The bulbs are protected against blows or other damaging contacts when the board is in the storage position. The board is provided with a spring urging it either to said storage position, or to its display position.

Abstract: A remote control console, comprising a base, and a remote control unit supporting member for supporting a plurality of remote control units which emit activating beams. The remote control unit supporting member is rotatably mounted to the base such that the activating beams of the attached remote control units may be selectively directed toward a common remote position.

Abstract: A collapsible bag frame includes a one piece part which defines a frame, a mounting member, and two tabs. The mounting member is hinged to the frame, and the tabs are hinged to the frame. A bag such as a garbage bag is secured to the frame by a wire clamp. The tabs are movable from a first position, in which the frame is allowed to rest alongside a wall, and a second position, in which the tabs hold the frame out from the wall, thereby positioning the frame for use.

Abstract: A storage rack for articles of clothing or accessories such as ties and belts which may be mounted to a wall or ceiling. The rack includes an arm pivotable with respect to a mounting bracket between vertical storage and horizontal operative positions.

Abstract: A garbage can retainer includes a pair of spaced-apart side members having a top cross bar extended between upper edges thereof and a front cross bar extended between forward ends thereof. Rearward ends of the side members are hinged to an upright support structure for up and down pivotal movement of the apparatus between a lowered storage position wherein the top cross bar rests on the lids of cans positioned between the side walls and the front cross bar is positioned closely adjacent the front sides of the cans, and a raised access position wherein both the top and front cross bars are raised upwardly and rearwardly in clearance relation above the trash cans for convenient insertion and removal.

Abstract: The invention provides a collapsible saddle rack for wall mounting. The rack is easily moveable from an upper operative position presenting a horizontally disposed rack to a lower position in which the rack is pivoted downwardly to a position of rest against an associated wall. The rack includes a mounting plate, and two frame members pivotally mounted on the plate. In the operative position, the frame members interengage and are self-supporting, but may be easily disengaged and swung to their retracted positions.

Abstract: A storage unit comprises a frame having a plurality of clothes hangers supported on a central member. The frame is provided with two support brackets and is hinged so that it can be moved from a lower, downwardly inclined position to an upper horizontally extending position to enable clothes to be stored in a small space and to be retrieved easily. Two struts maintain the frame in the upper position.