Patent ID: 7147112
Filing Date: 2006-12-12
Classification: A47F,A47G

Abstract:
1. A hat storage unit, comprising: a frame defining a substantially rectangular centrally positioned opening, the frame comprising a top panel, a bottom panel, a long left side panel and a long right side panel, a series of substantially parallel horizontal strings that traverse the opening and are attached to the long left side panel and to the long right side panel, the parallel horizontal strings spaced apart so that a storage of a folded cap on a horizontal string whereby a brim of the cap rests between the string and the frame conceals a portion of a similarly folded cap stored on an adjacent horizontal string, a distance between the long left side panel and the long right side panel sized to comfortably accommodate a width of the brim of a cap, the top panel including a vertical notch in a midpoint of the top panel, the vertical notch beginning adjacent the opening and extending through almost all of a height of the top panel, the vertical notch capable of receiving a balled end of a hanger-type hook for mounting the frame onto a crossbar, the top panel also including at least two vertical wall notches equidistantly spaced from the vertical notch, each of the at least two vertical wall notches beginning adjacent the opening and extending through a portion of the height of the top panel, each of the at least two vertical wall notches for receiving a screw that projects from a wall on which the frame is to be hung, the top panel at a top end thereof curving forward and projecting downwardly so as to form a top panel lip that covers a portion of a height of the top panel and so that an upper portion of the top panel has a cross-section of an upside down “U”, the top panel lip of the frame capable of fitting over a top edge of the bottom panel of a second frame to form an assembly of frames that function together.