REMOVABLE HANGING DEVICE

• US 20140231606A1
• Filed: 02/19/2014
• Published: 08/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert A. Sobb
• Original Assignee: Robert A. Sobb
• Inventors: Sobb, Robert A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,345,343 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/224.8
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0815 Panel constructions with apertures for article supports, e.g. hooks
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0823 Article supports for peg-boards
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/083 Grids; Article supports therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 7/044 Hanging flower-pot holders, e.g. mounted on walls, balcony fences or the like on windows or doors A47H27/00
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 7/045 the flower-pots being suspended therefrom by wires or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0045 specially adapted for games played with rackets or bats A63B60/56 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 17/06 Parts for wire fences
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/022 repositionable

Abstract

A removable hanging device configured to be retained within one of a lattice fence and a chain-link fence is disclosed, wherein the hanging device includes a retaining element having a substantially square cross-section configured to be received in a square opening formed in a fence, a hanger body configured to allow an article to be supported thereby, and a shaft connecting the retaining element to the hanger body. The retaining element is aligned with and extended through the square opening of the fence prior to being rotated to orient a top surface of the hanger body parallel to a ground surface. The rotation of the hanging device causes the retaining element to be oriented at 45° with respect to the square opening, causing the retaining element to be secured within the fence as the retaining element is unable to be removed from the square opening without first rotating the hanging device.

Claims

1. A removable hanging device for use with a structure having at least one square opening formed therein, the removable hanging device comprising:

a retaining element configured to be received in the at least one square opening of the structure, the retaining element including a substantially square rear face;

a hanger body configured to support an article; and

a shaft connecting the retaining element to the hanger body.

2. The removable hanging device according to claim 1, wherein the retaining element includes side surfaces connecting the rear face to a front face thereof, the side surfaces extending in a direction of an axis of the shaft, wherein the axis of the shaft extends from the hanger body to the retaining element through a center of the shaft.

3. The removable hanging device according to claim 2, wherein the side surfaces of the retaining element are disposed radially outwardly from the axis of the shaft a distance greater than or equal to a distance that any portion of the shaft extends radially outwardly from the axis of the shaft.

4. The removable hanging device according to claim 2, wherein at least a portion of the hanger body adjacent the shaft is disposed radially outwardly from the axis of the shaft a distance greater than or equal to a distance that any portion of the shaft extends radially outwardly from the axis of the shaft.

5. The removable hanging device according to claim 1, wherein the shaft is substantially cylindrical.

6. The removable hanging device according to claim 1, wherein the shaft includes a channel formed therethrough in a direction substantially transverse to an axis of the shaft, wherein the axis of the shaft extends from the hanger body to the retaining element through a center of the shaft.

7. The removable hanging device according to claim 6, wherein the channel formed in the shaft divides the shaft into a first portion to one side of the channel and a second portion to a second side of the channel.

8. The removable hanging device according to claim 7, wherein the first portion and the second portion connect a first axial portion of the shaft coupled to the retaining element to a second axial portion of the shaft coupled to the hanger body.

9. The removable hanging device according to claim 7, wherein the first portion and the second portion are flexible and resilient and configured to flex when the hanger body is compressed toward the retaining element.

10. The removable hanging device according to claim 9, wherein the flexing of the first portion and the second portion causes the first portion and the second portion to bow at least one of outward radially or inward radially with respect to the axis of the shaft.

11. The removable hanging device according to claim 1, wherein an aperture extends through the retaining element, the shaft, and at least a portion of the hanger body.

12. The removable hanging device according to claim 11, wherein a coupling device is received within the aperture.

13. The removable hanging device according to claim 12, wherein the coupling device is configured to compress the hanger body toward the retaining element.

14. The removable hanging device according to claim 1, wherein the hanger body includes a projection configured for supporting the article.

15. The removable hanging device according to claim 1, wherein the shaft has a substantially rectangular cross-section as it extends from the retaining element to the hanger body causing the shaft to have four side surfaces, wherein a channel formed in the shaft extends from a first one of the side surfaces to a second one of the side surfaces.

16. A removable hanging device for use with a structure having at least one square opening formed therein, the removable hanging device comprising:

a retaining element configured to be received in the at least one square opening of the structure, the retaining element including a substantially square cross-section as the retaining element extends from a rear face thereof to a front face thereof;

a hanger body including a rear face; and

a shaft connecting the front face of the retaining element to the rear face of the hanger body, wherein the shaft has a substantially rectangular cross-section as the shaft extends from the front face of the retaining element to the rear face of the hanger body, the shaft including a channel formed therein extending from a first side surface of the shaft to a second side surface of the shaft and formed adjacent to a third side surface and a fourth side surface of the shaft causing the shaft to include a first portion between the channel and the third side surface and a second portion between the channel and the fourth side surface.

17. The removable hanging device according to claim 16, wherein the first portion and the second portion are flexible and resilient.

18. The removable hanging device according to claim 17, wherein the first portion and the second portion are configured to flex when the hanger body is compressed in a direction toward the retaining element.

19. The removable hanging device according to claim 16, wherein an aperture is formed through the hanger body, the shaft, and the retaining element.

20. The removable hanging device according to claim 19, wherein the aperture is configured to receive a coupling device therethrough.