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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4714166 | Supporting rack for cooking utensils A supporting rack for suspending heavy cooking utensils is provided. The supporting rack basically includes a bar of predetermined width and length with suspending members including hooks assembled in the bar. The basic bar has outwardly-extending flanges... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4700849 | Combination wine rack and glass retention/dispensing assembly A combination wine rack and glass retention/dispensing assembly for glasses of a type having a stem attached to a generally planar base. The assembly comprises a main housing with front, rear, and side walls, in which the front and rear walls have bottle-... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4690288 | Article storage and display device A storage device for the storage and/or display of articles such as toys, tools, clothing, accessories, includes at least one strand member such as a chain suspended from one end to hang vertically. The chain has a plurality of fasteners attached thereto.... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4678169 | Printed circuit board holder A holder for supporting a printed circuit board in a vertical plane for movement along a path for treatment of sides of the board. The holder comprises a rigid frame support an means for mounting the frame for movement along the path. The improvement comp... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4664267 | Garment hanger for motor vehicle A garment hanging device for a vehicle body includes a support attached to the vehicle body and defining a downwardly opening inverted U-shaped channel having opposed lip portions extending toward one another and providing an entry opening into a cavity. ... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4653818 | Apparatus for organizing storage containers in a cabinet Dry food storage containers of various sizes are supported by hanger plates which form part of a rack adapted to be slid into and out of a cabinet. When the rack is slid out of the cabinet, the containers may be laterally removed from or laterally inserte... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4653678 | Ganging hook for garment hangers 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... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4648514 | Hanging holder for tape cassette A hanging holder is provided which supports a videocassette with respect to a support channel and a vertical surface mounting the support channel. The holder is a closed sleeve into which the videocassette is inserted and includes a hook which engages the... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4643317 | Combination sports equipment storage rack and ball retriever A combination sports equipment storage rack and ball retriever includes a support member which is attached to a fixed surface. The support member includes a pair of wing portions to which sports equipment such as rackets may be mounted. A ball retriever i... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4633918 | Coil hanger and handling method This invention relates to material handling of helical coils of resistance heating wire, hangers for use in handling the wire coils, an assembly of hangers and coils and a method for handling such coils on hangers wherein the manufacture of resistance hea... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4632286 | Clothes hanger A garment hanger has a base with a hook and a trousers mount. A connector connects the base and the trousers mount in such a way that one end of the mount is open and a space for hanging and removing trousers is formed between the base and the mount. The ... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4619385 | Pants rack A rack having a longitudinal base member with a longitudinal flexible material holding member secured to the side of the base member by pivotal connection at one end of the holding member allowing a pair of pants to be inserted through the opening between... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4607881 | Seat caddy for spectator seating A seat caddy for stadium type bleacher seating, comprises a rack having depending and article supporting bottom portions of lattice construction. The depending portion extends downwardly from the seat, the upper end being connected to the seat by suitable... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4603507 | Multi-tier multi-unit pot hanger assembly A multi-tier multi-unit pot hanger assembly includes a first hanger member constructed of a unitary piece of wire and including a pot encircling loop and an upwardly extending arm with a hook for hooking on an overhead rack or the like, and a second hange... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4597616 | Drawer-like container assembly A drawer-like container assembly comprising a support frame for slidingly supporting a rectangular container having at least opposed engageable side support members. The frame has a pair of spaced elongated container engaging channels for slidingly engagi... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4592527 | Overhead trolley A trolley for suspending a weight from an overhead track having a pair of spaced, parallel rails or comprising an I beam. The trolley comprises a pair of slide members slidable along the track; friction elements locatable below the track; and arms interco... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4577766 | Coat hanger support A finned tube support for coat hangers comprising a hollow plastic tube of sufficient length and sufficient internal diameter to slip over a closet rod of the type normally employed for holding hangers thereon in a closet, the plastic tube having a wall t... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4573591 | Molded shower shelf A molded, one-piece shower shelf construction is disclosed which has been particularly configured for efficient and economical fabrication by injection molding. In the illustrated embodiment, the construction includes a pair of spaced apart, generally ver... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4561547 | Suspendible storage assembly A suspendible storage assembly for containment of various sports equipment and the like during nonuse is provided wherein a plurality of vertically spaced apart platforms cooperate with a plurality of elongate pliable supporting means, some of which are e... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4541131 | Combination bath and shower accessory An open rectangular frame with object-storing trays slidably and rotatably mounted in spanning relation between the long sides of the frame, and opposite extending supports from said frame which enable the frame to be horizontally oriented across the side... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4540094 | Product hanger Support apparatus for supporting products on a processing line of the type wherein a plurality of support bars are supported transversely of such line, and comprising hanger means shaped and adapted for supporting products therefrom, attachment means at e... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4523526 | Hanging strapped shelves 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 o... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4497525 | Container, in particular for transporting freight by air A freight container is disclosed which can be used for transporting stackable items and hanging items. The container is particularly stable and features at least one section which contributes to the load-bearing frame, runs transversely and features an un... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497464 | Support hook and assembly for merchandising display Apertured blister packs or the like are displayed by being suspended from beyond the edge of a shelf by means of an integrally-formed hook which attaches to the shelf. Attachment is either through apertures in the shelf or to a shelf price molding with th... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4476983 | Support hook and assembly for merchandising display Apertured blister packs or the like are displayed by being suspended from beyond the edge of a shelf by means of an integrally-formed hook which attaches to the shelf. Attachment is either through apertures in the shelf or to a shelf price molding with th... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4475660 | Caddy for janitorial supplies A caddy for janitorial cleaning supplies in which a pair of compartmented supply-receiving units are supported in vertically spaced relation on a sheet-form standard capable of suspension by hooks from a circular or rectangular trash dolly as well as bein... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4474298 | Necktie organizer 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 ... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4474316 | Tie hanger A tie hanger comprising a closet hanger having a lower horizontal bar with a non-circular cross-section, and a plurality of hanger cards having holes conforming to the non-circular cross-section of the bar, the cards being mounted on the bar via said hole... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4461386 | Rack for transporting recorded discs A rack for use in carrying recorded discs through a cleaning operation includes a substantially C-shaped rod having a hook at its top end and three sets of spaced posts extending from the sides of a circular bottom portion. A separate plastic spindle is m... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4453655 | Display hanger for belts A multi-purpose display hanger for belts having means for selectively supporting such belts by the buckle element thereof upon a horizontally disposed rod or similar support. Means is provided for engaging that type of buckle having a centrally disposed p... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4441583 | Grating cable hanger A cable hanger bracket is provided for hanging a swinging scaffold from a walkway grating comprising vertical parallel side walls, a connected bottom wall and U-type oppositely extending bends for overlapping the grating of a steel grating walkway. A soft... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4431108 | Clothes hanger support A vertical, retracting, tubular clothes hanger support having an outer member secured to an overhead support with an inner member slideably mounted within the outer member. A spring retracts the inner member into the outer member for convenient storage. T... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4416401 | Clothes hanger A one piece semi-flexible garment hanger having a flexible strap adjacent the hook of the hanger. The strap may be doubled and fastened in a loop to hold the bottom bar of the hanger to the top bar and hook in tensed, stiffened condition, or further hange... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4415093 | Garment hanger spacing apparatus An apparatus for spacing garment hangers having suspension hooks on a garment-supporting rod, comprising a flexible strap member having a middle portion, a first end portion with an aperture therethrough, and a second end portion. Clasp means is provided ... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4399918 | Tag pin devices Pegboard attachments for supporting a garment or other lightweight article on a Pegboard for display are so constructed the garments may be joined to the attachments which, in turn, may be joined to a peg without danger of the attachments slipping from th... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4387873 | Device for suspension of a solution container A device for suspension of a solution container in both an infusion and drain position, easily foldable or rollable for storage or carrying. The device comprises an elongated, flexible, foldable strap (10) attached at one end to a bracket (12), the bracke... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4377114 | Hanging storage shelf unit The present invention provides hanging storage compartment apparatus with various shelf levels adapted to be suspended by a plurality of tension lines from an overhead structure, such as a ceiling. The storage apparatus includes at least one storage unit ... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4364496 | Coat hanger The present invention discloses a hanger having an elongated shaft with a hook located on each end of the shaft. A flange is positioned on the elongated shaft and the flange extends radially outward from the shaft. A keying means is positioned on the shaf... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4357059 | Container, in particular for transporting freight by air A freight container is disclosed which can be used for transporting stackable items and hanging items. The container is particularly stable and features at least one section which contributes to the load-bearing frame, runs transversely and features an un... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4346825 | Hat supporting device A portable hat supporting device is disclosed for displaying soft wool hats and providing a support for a soft hat which does not distort the hat. The device is suitable for home use and for display in stores. The device comprises a frame having at least ... | 08/31/1982 |
