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US3664511A
US3664511A US77648A US3664511DA US3664511A US 3664511 A US3664511 A US 3664511A US 77648 A US77648 A US 77648A US 3664511D A US3664511D A US 3664511DA US 3664511 A US3664511 A US 3664511A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F5/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features
    • A47F5/08—Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features secured to the wall, ceiling, or the like; Wall-bracket display devices
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B7/00—Connections of rods or tubes, e.g. of non-circular section, mutually, including resilient connections
    • F16B7/04—Clamping or clipping connections
    • F16B7/044—Clamping or clipping connections for rods or tubes being in angled relationship
    • F16B7/048—Clamping or clipping connections for rods or tubes being in angled relationship for rods or for tubes without using the innerside thereof
    • F16B7/0493—Clamping or clipping connections for rods or tubes being in angled relationship for rods or for tubes without using the innerside thereof forming a crossed-over connection

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  • a hangrod assembly which comprises an adapter which may be readily secured to a conventional support bracket and a longitudinally split tubular hangrod which is attachable to the adapter without the use of tools or fastening devices.
  • the adapter and hangrod have mutual engaging and cooperable ridges and grooves which allows the hangrod to be snapped into place by pressing the hangrod from an open unconfined state to a closed, confined state.
  • JAY G. FENWICK secured to a conventional support bracket, and a longitudinally split tubular hangrod which is attachable to the adapter without the use of tools or fastening devices such as nuts and bolts.
  • the adapter and hangrod have mutually engaging and cooperable ridges and grooves which allows the hangrod to be snapped into place by pressing the hangrod from an open, unconfined state to a closed, confined state.
  • a main object of the invention is to provide a new and improved hangrod assembly of the type described herein.
  • Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following specification, drawing and appended claims.
  • FIG. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view showing different stages in the installation of a hangrod assembly embodying the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a side elevational view, partly in section, of the hangrod assembly
  • FIG. 3 is a front elevational view, with portions broken away, of the hangrod assembly.
  • FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the hangrod member in its open, unconfined state.
  • a plurality of support brackets are mounted on pilaster strips 11 secured in upright positions to the front surface of a wall or partition 12.
  • the support brackets 10 are of uniform length with the outer ends thereof in transverse alignment.
  • Each support bracket 10 comprises a flat metal strip, tapered towards its outer end, and is provided with a hole 13 near its outer end.
  • Adapter members 16 are provided which are mountable at the end of each bracket 10.
  • the adapter is a casting of a metal such as aluminum and has a slotted body portion with two walls 17 and 18 which allows the adapter member to fit over the end of a bracket in the manner of a sheath. Walls 17 and 18 have aligned holes 19 which are alignable with the bracket hole 13. One of the holes 19 is tapped to threadedly receive a mounting screw 20.
  • Adapter member 16 includes a transversely extending hangrod support portion 23 having a cylindrically concave surface portion 24 which is somewhat larger than a quadrant and has longitudinally extending edges 25 and 26. In closely spaced relation to the edges 25 and 26 are a pair of parallel, longitudinally extending ridges 30 and 31. The ridges are generally semicircular in section but are asymmetric in that they lean somewhat towards each other.
  • lean or leaning as used herein means that the apex of a ridge or groove is offset relative to a line which bisects the base of the ridge or groove.
  • Hangrod member 35 comprises a longitudinally split tubular member having free edges or ends 36 and 37.
  • I-Iangrod member 35 is made of a resilient material such as steel or plastic and has a closed, confined state as shown in FIG. 2 and an open, unconfined state as shown in FIG. 4. When in the closed state the hangrod section is circular and the radius of the section is equal to the radius of the concave surface portion 24 of the adapter support 23.
  • I-Iangrod member 35 has two parallel, longitudinally extending grooves 38 and 39 on opposite sides of the free edges 36 and 37.
  • Grooves 38 and 39 have complementary sections relative to the adapter ridges 30 and 31 and accordingly they lean towards each other in the same manner as do the adapter ridges 30 and 31.
  • the grooves When the hangrod is in its closed state, the grooves have the same circumferential spacing as the ridges, as may be noted in FIG. 2.
  • the hangrod member 35 is attached to the adapter 16 by radially compressing it and snapping it into place with adapter ridges 30 and 31 disposed in the hangrod grooves 38 and 39.
  • This provides a snap lock effect and the leaning of the grooves towards each other gives substantial stability to the system which prevents dislodging of the hangrod in the absence of substantial radial com ressive forces being a plied to the hangrod.
  • the ang ar spacing of the adapter ridges 30 and 31 is between and 180 and is specifically illustrated as being about
  • the angular spacing of the hangrod grooves 38 and 39 is the same when the hangrod is in its confined state as shown in FIG. 2.
  • a hangrod assembly comprising a bracket, an adapter member mounted on said bracket, a longitudinally split tubular hangrod member detachably mounted on said adapter member, said hangrod member defining two free edges, said hangrod member having a closed confined state and an open unconfined state, one of said members having two parallel longitudinally extending grooves and the other of said members having two parallel longitudinally extending ridges, said ridges being disposed in said grooves when said hangrod member is in said closed state, said free edges being between said grooves when said hangrod member is in said closed confined state.
  • a hangrod assembly according to claim 1 wherein said ridges are formed to lean towards each other and said grooves are formed to lean towards each other.

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A hangrod assembly which comprises an adapter which may be readily secured to a conventional support bracket and a longitudinally split tubular hangrod which is attachable to the adapter without the use of tools or fastening devices. The adapter and hangrod have mutual engaging and cooperable ridges and grooves which allows the hangrod to be snapped into place by pressing the hangrod from an open unconfined state to a closed, confined state.

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United States Patent Fenwick [54] HAN GROD ASSEMBLY Jay G. Femwck, Albert Lea, Minn.
Streater Industries, Inc., Albert Lea, Minn.
221 Filed: Oct. 2, 1970 211 Appl. No.: 77,648
[72] Inventor:
[73] Assignee:
[52] U.S.Cl ..21l/l05.1 [51 Int. Cl. ..A47h 1/02 [58] FieldoiSearch ..21l/l05.l;248/25l,254
[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,512,203 6/ l 950 Fluhany ..248/25l X 210,084 11/1878 Blake ..211/105.1
[451 May 23, 1972 302,773 7/1884 Peters .248/251 3,239,070 3/1966 Clauson ....21 1/105.1 3,286,850 11/1966 Ruhnke ..2ll/105.l
Primary Examiner-Nile C. Byers, Jr. Attorney-Wayne B. Easton ABSTRACT A hangrod assembly which comprises an adapter which may be readily secured to a conventional support bracket and a longitudinally split tubular hangrod which is attachable to the adapter without the use of tools or fastening devices. The adapter and hangrod have mutual engaging and cooperable ridges and grooves which allows the hangrod to be snapped into place by pressing the hangrod from an open unconfined state to a closed, confined state.
6 Claims, 4 Drawing Figures PATENTEBmzs I972 3,664,511
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JAY G. FENWICK secured to a conventional support bracket, and a longitudinally split tubular hangrod which is attachable to the adapter without the use of tools or fastening devices such as nuts and bolts. The adapter and hangrod have mutually engaging and cooperable ridges and grooves which allows the hangrod to be snapped into place by pressing the hangrod from an open, unconfined state to a closed, confined state.
A main object of the invention is to provide a new and improved hangrod assembly of the type described herein. Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following specification, drawing and appended claims.
In the drawings:
FIG. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view showing different stages in the installation of a hangrod assembly embodying the invention;
FIG. 2 is a side elevational view, partly in section, of the hangrod assembly;
FIG. 3 is a front elevational view, with portions broken away, of the hangrod assembly; and
FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the hangrod member in its open, unconfined state.
Referring to the drawings, a plurality of support brackets are mounted on pilaster strips 11 secured in upright positions to the front surface of a wall or partition 12. The support brackets 10 are of uniform length with the outer ends thereof in transverse alignment. Each support bracket 10 comprises a flat metal strip, tapered towards its outer end, and is provided with a hole 13 near its outer end.
Adapter members 16 are provided which are mountable at the end of each bracket 10. The adapter is a casting of a metal such as aluminum and has a slotted body portion with two walls 17 and 18 which allows the adapter member to fit over the end of a bracket in the manner of a sheath. Walls 17 and 18 have aligned holes 19 which are alignable with the bracket hole 13. One of the holes 19 is tapped to threadedly receive a mounting screw 20.
Adapter member 16 includes a transversely extending hangrod support portion 23 having a cylindrically concave surface portion 24 which is somewhat larger than a quadrant and has longitudinally extending edges 25 and 26. In closely spaced relation to the edges 25 and 26 are a pair of parallel, longitudinally extending ridges 30 and 31. The ridges are generally semicircular in section but are asymmetric in that they lean somewhat towards each other.
The word lean" or leaning" as used herein means that the apex of a ridge or groove is offset relative to a line which bisects the base of the ridge or groove.
Hangrod member 35 comprises a longitudinally split tubular member having free edges or ends 36 and 37. I-Iangrod member 35 is made of a resilient material such as steel or plastic and has a closed, confined state as shown in FIG. 2 and an open, unconfined state as shown in FIG. 4. When in the closed state the hangrod section is circular and the radius of the section is equal to the radius of the concave surface portion 24 of the adapter support 23.
I-Iangrod member 35 has two parallel, longitudinally extending grooves 38 and 39 on opposite sides of the free edges 36 and 37. Grooves 38 and 39 have complementary sections relative to the adapter ridges 30 and 31 and accordingly they lean towards each other in the same manner as do the adapter ridges 30 and 31. When the hangrod is in its closed state, the grooves have the same circumferential spacing as the ridges, as may be noted in FIG. 2.
The hangrod member 35 is attached to the adapter 16 by radially compressing it and snapping it into place with adapter ridges 30 and 31 disposed in the hangrod grooves 38 and 39. This provides a snap lock effect and the leaning of the grooves towards each other gives substantial stability to the system which prevents dislodging of the hangrod in the absence of substantial radial com ressive forces being a plied to the hangrod. As may be note from FIG. 2, the ang ar spacing of the adapter ridges 30 and 31 is between and 180 and is specifically illustrated as being about The angular spacing of the hangrod grooves 38 and 39 is the same when the hangrod is in its confined state as shown in FIG. 2. It is this angular spacing and the leaning" of the ridges and grooves towards each other as described that contribute to or are responsible for a strong, snap action locking effect which is achieved without the use of screws or similar fastening means for attaching the hangrod to the adapter 16.
Iclaim:
1. A hangrod assembly comprising a bracket, an adapter member mounted on said bracket, a longitudinally split tubular hangrod member detachably mounted on said adapter member, said hangrod member defining two free edges, said hangrod member having a closed confined state and an open unconfined state, one of said members having two parallel longitudinally extending grooves and the other of said members having two parallel longitudinally extending ridges, said ridges being disposed in said grooves when said hangrod member is in said closed state, said free edges being between said grooves when said hangrod member is in said closed confined state.
2. A hangrod assembly according to claim 1 wherein said hangrod member has a circular section.
3. A hangrod assembly according to claim 1 wherein said grooves are in said hangrod member.
4. A hangrod assembly according to claim 3 wherein said grooves have an included angle between 90 and when said hangrod member is in said closed state.
5. A hangrod assembly according to claim 4 wherein said included angle is approximately 1 15.
6. A hangrod assembly according to claim 1 wherein said ridges are formed to lean towards each other and said grooves are formed to lean towards each other.
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1. A hangrod assembly comprising a bracket, an adapter member mounted on said bracket, a longitudinally split tubular hangrod member detachably mounted on said adapter member, said hangrod member defining two free edges, said hangrod member having a closed confined state and an open unconfined state, one of said members having two parallel longitudinally extending grooves and the other of said members having two parallel longitudinally extending ridges, said ridges being disposed in said grooves when said hangrod member is in said closed state, said free edges being between said grooves when said hangrod member is in said closed confined state.
2. A hangrod assembly according to claim 1 wherein said hangrod member has a circular section.
3. A hangrod assembly according to claim 1 wherein said grooves are in said hangrod member.
4. A hangrod assembly according to claim 3 wherein said grooves have an included angle between 90* and 180* when said hangrod member is in said closed state.
5. A hangrod assembly according to claim 4 wherein said included angle is approximately 115* .
6. A hangrod assembly according to claim 1 wherein said ridges are formed to lean towards each other and said grooves are formed to lean towards each other.
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US5174532A (en) * 1991-09-06 1992-12-29 Huang Chin Fa Leg assembly
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US4215784A (en) * 1979-01-22 1980-08-05 Perkins Patrick W Wall bracket assembly
US4828122A (en) * 1988-02-10 1989-05-09 Capitol Hardware Mfg. Co., Inc. Hangrod system
US5174532A (en) * 1991-09-06 1992-12-29 Huang Chin Fa Leg assembly
US5582303A (en) * 1995-01-03 1996-12-10 Sloan; Stewart E. Clothes rod support bracket
US20060118505A1 (en) * 2003-06-11 2006-06-08 Herbert Walter Device for holding a transversal rod supported by supporting arms
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