Wall hanger and spacer for skateboards and scooters

• US 7,014,052 B2
• Filed: 04/09/2002
• Issued: 03/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: David K. Nygren, Richard D. Lutz, Ross D. Dettorre
• Original Assignee: David K. Nygren, Richard D. Lutz, Ross D. Dettorre
• Inventors: Lutz, Richard D., Nygren, David K., Dettorre, Ross D.
• Primary Examiner(s): NOVOSAD, JENNIFER ELEANORE
• Application Number:
  US10/120,024
• Publication Number:
  US 20020144962A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,442 Days
• Field of Search: 211/18, 211/23, 211/35, 211/60.1, 211/66, 211/71.01, 211/85.7, 211/87.01, 211/89.01, 211/94.01, 211/106.01, 211/162, 248/214, 248/215, 248/220.21, 248/223.41, 248/223.51, 248/223.61, 248/225.11, 248/251, 248/304, 248/305, 248/307, 248/309.1, 248/311.2, 248/331.3, 248/339, D65/66, D65/52
• US Class Current: 211/85.7
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0838 Rails or bars; Article supports therefor, e.g. brackets being slidably attached on the outside thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 11/028 Storage in cupboards or ski-racks, e.g. with clamping devices
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 2203/44 Storage or transportation means for ice or roller skates

Abstract

A small flat wall mountable panel having a flat visual display surface has two spaced apart upwardly arched hooks mounted on backstop spacers and aligned horizontally to receive a skateboard wheel mount or a scooter handle bar therein. An outwardly arched spacer arm below the hooks contacts the board or scooter to maintain the skateboard or scooter away from the wall. A rail with a sliding track can receive and mount a number of the hanger/spacer devices horizontally aligned on a wall. End caps and interconnectors between rails have flat surfaces for visual displays.

Claims

1. A compact wall hanger and spacer configured for hanging a skateboard or foldable scooter on a wall while maintaining the skateboard or foldable scooter away from contact with the wall, comprising:

a panel mountable on a wall, said panel having a pair of spaced apart upwardly curving integral hooks horizontally aligned and extending outwardly from said panel, said pair of hooks being spaced outwardly from said panel on an integral backstop spacer, and said pair of hooks being sized and spaced apart for receiving and supporting a horizontally extending portion of a skateboard or foldable scooter which is retained by and hangs generally dependent below the pair of hooks with the horizontally extending portion maintained away from contact with the wall by the backstop spacer,

and spaced below the hooks, an integral resilient spacer arm protruding outwardly from the panel a distance for contacting a downwardly extending portion of the skateboard or foldable scooter to maintain all other portions of the skateboard or foldable scooter away from contact with the wall;

wherein the wall hanger and spacer is formed as a single unitary hanger unit manufactured as a single monolithic injection molded piece.

2. The hanger and spacer of claim 1 wherein the panel further comprises a flat exposed surface for visual displays.

3. The hanger and spacer of claim 1 wherein the hanger and spacer further comprises at least one slidable element attached thereon and mounting means comprising an elongated rail mountable horizontally on a wall by a wall mounting means, the rail having a track along its length for receiving said at least one slidable element on the hanger and spacer, the slidable element adapted for sliding within the track and supporting the hanger and spacer on the rail.

4. The hanger and spacer of claim 3 wherein the elongated rail comprises two sections having mating ends, and further comprising at least one interconnector which snap fits into the mating ends of said two sections of elongated rails.

5. The hanger and spacer of claim 4 wherein the interconnector further comprises a flat exposed surface for visual displays.

6. The hanger and spacer of claim 3 further comprising a pair of end caps which snap fit into each end of the elongated rail, the end caps each provided with a flat exposed surface for visual displays.

7. The hanger and spacer of claim 3 further comprising a spacer element positionable between the wall and the panel below the rail to maintain the panel in a vertical orientation.

8. The hanger and spacer of claim 1 wherein said pair of hooks are configured to receive therein a wheel mount of a skateboard, and the backstop spacer is adapted to maintain the wheels at said wheel mount away from the wall, and the spacer arm is adapted to extend outwardly from the wall a distance to contact a board portion of the skateboard to maintain the skateboard away from contact with the wall.

9. The hanger and spacer of claim 8 wherein said pair of hooks are further configured to receive a handle bar of a folded scooter therein, and the backstop spacer is adapted to maintain the handle bar away from the wall and the spacer arm is adapted to extend outwardly from the wall a distance to contact a vertical handle bar support to maintain the folded scooter away from contact with the wall.

10. The hanger and spacer of claim 9 wherein the spacer arm is provided with an arched receiving tip on an outer end of the spacer arm for receiving the vertical handle bar support therein.

11. The hanger and spacer of claim 1 wherein the hanger and spacer is fabricated of injection molded resin plastic mixed with colored dyes.