Claims
- 1. A wall hanger and spacer for mounting wheeled recreational equipment on a wall while maintaining the equipment away from contact with the wall, the device comprising:
a flat panel mountable on a wall, the panel having spaced apart upwardly curving hooks horizontally aligned and extending outwardly from the panel to receive and support a horizontally extending portion of a piece of wheeled recreational equipment retained by the hooks with the horizontally extending portion maintained away from contact with the wall, and below the hooks, a spacer arm protruding outwardly from the panel to contact a downwardly extending portion of the piece of wheeled recreational equipment to maintain the piece of recreational equipment away from contact with the wall; wherein the flat panel is capable of being mounted on a wall by a mounting means and supporting the piece of wheeled recreational equipment.
- 2. The hanger and spacer of claim 1 wherein the flat panel further comprises a flat exposed surface for visual displays.
- 3. The hanger and spacer of claim 1 wherein the mounting means comprises an elongated rail mountable horizontally on a wall by a wall mounting means, the rail having a track along its length for receiving at least one slidable element from the hanger and spacer, the slidable element capable of sliding within the track and supporting the hanger and spacer on the rail.
- 4. The hanger and spacer of claim 3 further comprising at least one interconnector which snap fits into the ends of 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 the hooks are configured to receive a set of wheels and wheel mounts from a skateboard therein while maintaining the wheels away from the wall and the spacer arm extends outwardly from the wall a sufficient 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 1 wherein the hooks are configured to receive a handle bar from a scooter therein while maintaining the handle bar away from the wall and the spacer arm extends outwardly from the wall a sufficient distance to contact a vertical handle bar support to maintain the scooter away from contact with the wall with the scooter in a folded up configuration.
- 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.
CLAIM OF PROVISIONAL APPLICATION RIGHTS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Applications No. 60/282,102, filed on Apr. 09, 2001 and No. 60/288,011, filed on May 01, 2001.
Provisional Applications (2)
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60282102 |
Apr 2001 |
US |
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60288011 |
May 2001 |
US |