Novelty hanger mountable on rear view mirror

• US 5,037,051 A
• Filed: 07/23/1990
• Issued: 08/06/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Domenico Moriello
• Original Assignee: Domenico Moriello
• Inventors: Moriello, Domenico
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramirez, Ramon O.
• Application Number:
  US07/556,286
• Time in Patent Office: 379 Days
• Field of Search: 248/215, 248/227, 248/294, 248/301, 248/303, 248/304, 248/305, 248/306, 248/309.1, 248/339, 248/340, 248/208, 248/211, 248/213, 248/214, 211/113, 211/119, 211/42
• US Class Current: 248/215
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/12 Mirror assemblies combined with other articles, e.g. clocks
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2001/1292 with holding means for personal articles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/08 Disposition of racks, clips , holders, containers or the like for supporting specific articles B60R7/005 takes precedence

Abstract

An article support mountable on a rear view mirror located in the interior of an automobile which provides means for hanging and displaying a plurality of novelties usually hung from the neck of the rear view mirror.

Claims

1. A hanger for supporting and demountably attaching a variety of novelties to an automobile rear view mirror having a top and a bottom and a neck assembly connected thereto comprising in combination

(a) A plurality of attachment means, located below the bottom of said rear view mirror each said attachment means being adapted to hang a novelty therefrom;

(b) A horizontal bar adapted to interconnect said plurality of attachment means;

(c) A hanging means for suspending said horizontal bar from said rear view mirror sand hanging means being connected to said horizontal bar, said horizontal bar interconnecting each said attachment means;

(d) A first vertical member connected to a first location on said horizontal bar and a second vertical member connected to a second location on said horizontal bar, said first and second vertical members being connected to said hanging means, said hanging means comprising at least a first fastener and a second fastener, said first fastener being connected to said first vertical member and to the top of said rear view mirror proximate to one side of said neck assembly and said second fastener being connected to said second vertical member and to the top of said rear view mirror proximate to an opposite side of said neck assembly.

2. The hanger according to claim 1 wherein said first vertical member has a first inverted hook, said member being adapted to fit on a rear-view mirror and wherein said second vertical member has a second inverted hook, said second member being adapted to fit on said rear-view mirror, said rear view mirror having a back side, said first and second vertical members being adapted to fit adjacent said back side whereby view from the rear view is unobstructed.

3. The hanger according to claim 2 wherein said first and second vertical members and said horizontal member are an integral unit.

4. The hanger according to claim 2 wherein said hanging means is comprised of the combination of said first inverted hook and said second inverted hook.

5. A hanger for supporting and demountably attaching a variety of novelties to an automobile interior having a rear view mirror, said mirror having a top and a bottom, said mirror being attached to said interior via a neck assembly, said hanger comprising in combination a pair of inverted hooks arranged such that they attach to and connect over the top of said rear view mirror without blocking any view from the rear view mirror, said pair of inverted hooks being integrally connected to a plurality of other hooks which extend downward and below the bottom of said rear view mirror, each of the inverted hooks being juxtaposed against the top of said rear view mirror, the inverted hooks being separated by the neck assembly of said rear view mirror, said plurality of other hooks being arranged in a spaced relationship to one another, said inverted hooks extending rearward in the direction in which said rear view mirror reflects, the plurality of other hooks extending forward in a direction opposite to said inverted hooks such that the hanger has a center of gravity located in between the plurality of other hooks and the pair of inverted hooks, each of the inverted hooks resembling an upside down L-shaped member and each of the downward projecting hooks resembling a backwards L-shaped member.