Patent · US Expired

Double hooked utility hanger, with hanger suspension hole

US4957259A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 17, 1989
Grant dateSep 18, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 17, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16B45/008
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A double hooked utility hanger having a top attachment hook and a bottom suspension hook, each opposite one another along a connecting shaft, said ends rotated to be perpendicular to each other, or nearly so. A suspension hole is located centrally along the connecting shaft, opening on a plane perpendicular to the top attachment hook of the present invention. This suspension hole is the suspension point for a second and subsequent double hooked utility hanger, providing the means whereby the user may suspend a series of double hooked utility hangers, said series being suspended from a single attachment point from which is suspended the top attachment hook of the first member of the series. Any item capable of being stored in a suspended manner may be thus suspended from the bottom suspension hook of the present invention, either singly or multiply by use of the aforementioned series of double hooked utility hangers. Alternate embodiments include a treble hooked utility hanger, comprising a single top attachment hook connected to a three pronged connecting shaft, the lower two prongs terminating in a bottom suspension hook which provides the means whereby items capable of being stor…

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