Hanger rack for hand tools

• US 20070007222A1
• Filed: 07/17/2006
• Published: 01/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jui-Chien Kao
• Original Assignee: Jui-Chien Kao
• Inventors: Kao, Jui-Chien
• Granted Patent: US 7,258,239 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 211/70.600
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0807 Display panels, grids or rods used for suspending merchandise or cards supporting articles; Movable brackets therefor with fixed brackets A47F5/0876; packages comprising articles attached to cards B65D73/00; labels G09F
• CPC Class Codes: B25H 3/04 Racks

Abstract

A hanger rack for hand tools includes a bar having a rail formed at an upper side of the bar. Multiple fixture pieces are movably mounted on the bar. Each fixture piece has a seat with a hook slidably attached to the rail and a hanging member laterally extending from the seat for attaching with a hand tool. Whereby, the fixture pieces are slidable along the bar, spaces between two adjacent fixture pieces can be adjusted according to the sizes of the hand tools such as screwdrivers.

Claims

1. A hanger rack for hand tools comprising:

a bar (10) having a rail (13) formed at an upper side of the bar (10) and two fastening members respectively formed at two ends of the bar (10); and

multiple fixture pieces movably mounted on the bar (10), each fixture piece having a seat (21) with substantially inverted J-shaped cross-section including a hook (211) slidably attached to the rail (13), and a hanging member laterally extending from the seat (21) for attaching with a hand tool.

2. The hanger rack as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bar (10) has a longitudinal strip (101) with a front face and a rear face, two parallel legs (102) extending perpendicularly along the longitudinal strip and on the rear face.

3. The hanger rack as claimed in claim 2, wherein the bar (10) has two parallel channels (12) respectively defined in an upper face of an upper one of the parallel legs and a lower face of a lower one of the parallel legs.

4. The hanger rack as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hook (211) is substantially U-shaped and extends perpendicularly from the end of the seat (21) and has a guide channel (212), and the rail (13) has a round edge to mate with the guide channel (212).

5. The hanger rack as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fastening members include two holes (11) defined at two ends of the bar (10).

6. The hanger rack as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hanging member (22A) is formed as a block and has an opening (221A) defined through the block and two notches (222A) respectively defined at two diametrically opposite sides of the opening (221A).

7. The hanger rack as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hanging member includes a finger (22B) laterally extending from the seat (21) and a stop (221B) uprightly formed at a free end of the finger (22B).

8. The hanger rack as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hanging member includes a finger (22C) laterally extending from the seat (21) and a positioning pole (221C) erected from the finger (22C).