The present invention relates to a hanger for use on metal rack, and more particularly to a hanger that can be directly hooked to a vertical front of a metal rack.
A metal rack is frequently fixed to a wall surface for holding things, so that valuable space in a room could be fully utilized without the need of spending a lot of money for a custom-made cabinet or closet. The metal rack may be covered with curtains or drapes to define a closed storage space and serves as, for example, a cabinet, a closet, or a wardrobe. When the metal rack is used as a wardrobe, it is desirable a crossbar may be fixed below the metal rack for holding some suit hangers.
It is therefore tried by the inventor to develop an improved hanger for use on metal rack to eliminate drawbacks existed in the conventional hanger, including the inconvenience of screwing the conventional hanger to the metal rack, and the high manufacturing cost resulted from the complicate hanger structure.
A primary object of the present invention is to provide a hanger that could be directly hooked to a vertical front of a metal rack and is therefore more convenient for use.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a hanger for use on metal rack that can be easily integrally injection molded at reduced cost to be more competitive in the market.
To achieve the above and other objects, the hanger for use on metal rack according to the present invention includes a hook portion provided at an upper end thereof, at least one engaging recess located below and behind the hook portion, and a supporting seat provided at a lower free end of the hanger. The hanger is firmly connected to a metal rack by hooking the hook portion to an upper horizontal metal bar at a vertical front of the metal rack with the engaging recess engaged with a lower horizontal metal bar at the vertical front of the metal rack.
The supporting seat defines an upper opening and a curved seat, allowing a crossbar to force into the curved seat via the upper opening.
In the hanger of the present invention, it is preferable the hook portion is faced toward the vertical front of the metal rack and the engaging recess toward the wall surface onto which the metal rack is mounted.
In the hanger of the present invention, the hook portion is provided along a profile thereof with a substantially vertically extended slit to cut the hook portion into two lateral halves. The hanger is connected to the metal rack with the slit aligned with one metal wire at the vertical front of the metal rack, so that the hanger is restrained from moving laterally on the metal rack.
The structure and the technical means adopted by the present invention to achieve the above and other objects can be best understood by referring to the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings, wherein
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A height difference between the hook portion 21 and the engaging recess 22 depends on a height difference between the upper and the lower horizontal metal bars 31, 32. The currently commercially available metal racks 30 provide two types of height difference between the upper and the lower horizontal metal bars 31, 32. Therefore, two horizontally parallelly arranged engaging recesses 22, 23 are provided on the hanger 20 of the present invention to correspond to the two types of height difference between the upper and the lower horizontal metal bars 31, 32, so that the hanger 20 may be used with either type of the currently commercially available metal racks 30.
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The hanger 20 is provided along a profile of the hook portion 21 with a substantially vertically extended slit 25 to cut the hook portion 21 into two lateral halves. An upper end of the slit 25 is located at a front end of the hook portion 21 and a lower end of the slit 25 is located at a height the same as that of a lower side of the engaging recess 23. Therefore, the hanger 20 may be connected to the upper and the lower horizontal bars 31, 32 of the metal rack 30 with the slit 25 aligned and engaged with one of the metal wires 33 located at the vertical front of the metal rack 30. The hanger 20 may then be fully connected to the metal rack 30 in the same manner as previously described. With the vertical metal wire 33 located in the slit 25, the hanger 20 is restrained from moving laterally on the metal rack 30.
It is preferable a phase difference of 180 degrees exists between an orientation of the hook portion 21 of the hanger 20 and an orientation of the engaging recesses 22, 23. That is, when an opening of the hook portion 21 of the hanger 20 is faced toward a front side of the metal rack 30, openings of the engaging recesses 22, 23 are preferably faced toward the wall surface onto which the metal rack 30 is mounted.
To connect the hanger 20 to the metal rack 30, first hook the hook portion 21 to the upper horizontal metal bar 31 with the opening of the hook portion 21 facing away from the wall surface, and downward turn the hanger 20 about the metal bar 31 to forcedly engage one suitable engaging recess 22 or 23 with the lower horizontal metal bar 32 at the vertical front of the metal rack 30. The hanger 20 is now firmly held to the front of the metal rack 30.
The hanger 20 may be integrally formed with a plastic material through injection molding, and can therefore be easily manufactured at reduced cost to be more competitive in the market. The hanger 20 can be easily operated to quickly and conveniently connect to the metal rack 30, and therefore meets most general consumers' requirements. The integrally formed hanger 20 also provides better structural strength and durability. The slit 25 at the upper hook portion 21 of the hanger 20 also enables the hanger 20 to be more stably connected to the metal rack 30.