Apparatus used to hang articles on boards

• US 4,750,700 A
• Filed: 02/26/1987
• Issued: 06/14/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Earl R. Wade
• Original Assignee: Earl R. Wade
• Inventors: Wade, Earl R.
• Primary Examiner(s): CHIN SHUE, ALVIN C
• Application Number:
  US07/020,114
• Time in Patent Office: 474 Days
• Field of Search: 248/221.2, 248/220.4, 248/220.3, 248/221.1, 248/303, 248/222.7, 211/54.1, 211/59.1, 211/57.1
• US Class Current: 248/220.43
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0823 Article supports for peg-boards

Abstract

A hook apparatus used for hanging articles on pegboards which includes a length of plated, resilient wire bent at various points and at various angles to create a hook which requires only a single hole for tight engagement. Due to the geometrical configuration of the sections relative to the board surface and to the pegboard hole, pressing the hook into position in a single hole in a pegboard generates a spring force in the hook which is opposed by the pegboard surface and hole edges, and which holds the hook tightly in position. Although engagement in only one hole is necessary for tight engagement, the hook apparatus is of such a configuration that the hook may be engaged in an upper pegboard hole for maximum tightness, with a stabilizer bend portion engaging a next lower hole to resist side-to-side deflection.

Claims

1. In combination, a pegboard and a hook for use with the pegboard and for insertion into a pegboard hole having a diameter and front and rear edges;

said hook comprising;

(a) a downwardly extending stub end of slightly less diameter than the diameter of the pegboard hole and having a length to substantially extend through the hole when said hook is in an operative position thereof;

said stub end having a bend intermediately positioned therealong to accentuate the imposition of tension between said hook and pegboard;

said bend located near the hole rear edge when said hook is in the operative position thereof;

(b) an intermediate leg joining said stub end at a juncture and having a first acute angle therebetween when said hook is in a nonoperative position thereof;

said intermediate leg extending generally downward along a front face of said pegboard when said hook is in the operative position thereof;

said intermediate leg having a region of engagement therealong spaced from said juncture and engaging the peg board under spring tension when said hook is in the operative position thereof;

said stub end being biased into engagement with diametrically opposed sides of the front edge and rear edge of said hole when said intermediate leg is biased against the peg board front face and when said hook is in the operative position thereof;

said junction being spring biased to retain said first angle and to maintain a spring force biasing said intermediate leg snugly against said pegboard;

when said hook is in the operative position thereof, said stub end and said intermediate leg are angled relative to one another greater than said first acute angle such that both said stud end and said intermediate leg are strongly biased against the pegboard at the hole and at said region of engagement;

said intermediate leg being of sufficient length to bias against a front face of a second pegboard hole at said region of engagement beneath the hole wherein said stub end is inserted in the operative position thereof;

(c) said region of engagement comprising a stabilizer bend joining said intermediate leg at and obtuse angle, and said stabilizer bend is inserted in the second pegboard hole when said hook is in the operative position; and

(d) a load carrier arm joining said stabilizer bend and extending angularly outwardly thereof.