Patent ID: 6053378
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: A47G,Y10S

Abstract:
A closet space saver for hanging from a closet rod comprising:an elongated body having a rod hook at one end and a flat portion extending away therefrom along the length of the body, said rod hook and flat portion being integrally molded as a unitary, single piece of material;said rod hook being configured to engage a closet rod and being at least an inch wide along the length of the closet rod to help keep the closet space saver from rocking to the left or right when coat hangers are being loaded thereon or removed therefrom;wherein said hook has an opening facing a closet rod when the closet space saver hangs therefrom, said opening being at a curved portion of the rod hook and configured for molding the closet space saver in a single closing and opening of a mold that has no cam;said flat portion being generally parallel to the closet rod axis and tapering in a direction away from the hook and having a left side and a right side extending along the length thereof and defining respective columns of slots, with the slots at the left side being open to the left and the slots along the right side being open to the right; andeach of said slots being shaped, dimensioned and oriented to accept a coat hanger hook inserted therein from the left for the slots at the left side of the flat portion and from the right for the slots at the right side of the flat portion so the coat hanger extends in a direction transverse to the length of the closet rod.