Adjustable hanger

• US 3,888,448 A
• Filed: 08/23/1973
• Issued: 06/10/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/1973
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Charles A. Rowland
• Original Assignee: Charles A. Rowland
• Inventors: Rowland, Charles A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gelak, Bernard A.
• Application Number:
  US05/390,954
• Time in Patent Office: 656 Days
• Field of Search: 24/129,129A,129B 248/321,328 188/65.4
• US Class Current: 248/328
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1415 Stands, brackets or the like for supporting infusion accessories
• CPC Class Codes: F16G 11/046 by bending the cable around a surface
• CPC Class Codes: F16G 11/143 Hooks
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/3916 One-piece

Abstract

This invention was designed as the solution of a problem in hanging the douche bag to hold the gravity-type fountain syringe or douche bag suspended at the proper height for the correct hydraulic pressure and a gentle even flow. Most doctors recommend hanging the douche bag about thirty inches above the nozzle when in use. This height can be adjusted up or down by use of the adjustable hanger to aid in personal comfort. They also recommend douching in a reclining position in the bathtub. The adjustable hanger eliminates the need for intalling wall hooks as it can be hung from existing appendages such as towel racks, shower stalls, fixtures, curtain rods, etc., and can be adjusted to suspend an object or package at the proper height. The said device is also ideal for use when using strange bath facilities where wall hooks are not provided.

Claims

1. A unitary load suspension device for adjustable positioning along a vertically arranged length of cord or the like comprising:

a body member including an integral load supporting hook at one end thereof and means defining a plurality of passageways therethrough which when the cord is inserted therein confine the cord to a tortuous path to frictionally hole said body at a preselected position along the cord including;

a first passageway opening from the end of said body opposite from said hook, extending at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of said body member and exiting through a side face thereof;

a second passageway, spaced from and parallel to said first, opening from said side face and exiting through the opposite side face; and

a third passageway spaced from said second, lying at an acute angle thereto, opening from a point on said hook end of said body and exiting to said side face, all of said passageways lying substantially in a common plane.

2. A vertically adjustable load supporting arrangement comprising a length of cord having at one end a hook shaped hanger, at the opposite end an enlarged button or stop member, and a load suspension device as defined by claim 1 positioned between said hook and button with said cord extending through all of the passageways in said suspension device.