ARTICLE HANGING STORAGE APPARATUS

• US 3,798,810 A
• Filed: 08/27/1971
• Issued: 03/26/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: United Binding Company Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Claude F. Brisson, John E. Schuna
• Inventors: Brisson, Claude F., Schuna, John E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Skogquist, Harland S.
• Application Number:
  US05/175,608
• Time in Patent Office: 942 Days
• Field of Search: 40/65,64,102 211/46 312/184
• US Class Current: 40/375
• CPC Class Codes: B42F 15/06 for hanging large drawings or the like

Abstract

An apparatus for the compact storage in hanging position of large flat articles, such as plat maps. Said apparatus comprises extruded plate members of the length of such articles and of a width to have a plurality of longitudinal open bottom grooves therein with said grooves having a keyhole like configuration and being closely spaced together with the upper portions of said grooves being in vertically offset or staggered relation and hangers carrying said articles being slidably disposable in said grooves and having portions to be retained in the upper portions of said grooves, said plate members comprising modular hanger supporting members which may be secured to a supporting surface such as the upper inner surface of a storage cabinet.

Claims

1. A storage apparatus for hanging flat articles having in combination, a hanger supporting member comprising an elongated block-like member having formed therein longitudinally thereof a plurality of open bottom grooves spaced thereacross, said grooves having upper passage portions and lower passage portions of a narrower width than that of said upper passage portions and extending downwardly therefrom, said lower passage portions forming shank portions of said grooves, alternate of said shank portions having a lesser length than the remainder thereof and being closely spaced together, said upper passage portions being staggered in vertical relation with respect to one another whereby said grooves are more closely spaced together than said upper passages would permit in coplanar transverse alignment, means comprising hanger members slidably disposed within said grooves to be respectively retained thereby and having portions depending therefrom, said hanger members each comprising an upper bar respectively receivable and retainable within said upper passage portions of said grooves, a lower bar spaced from each of said upper bars, means connecting said upper and lower bars, said means being slidably receivable within said shank portions of said grooves, and envelopes of small thickness being respectively carried by said lower bars of said hangers, said envelopes having an upper end portion folded over said lower bar to be sealed upon itself and form a closed loop.