Patent ID: 6039225
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
An unused hanger indicator system, comprising, in combination:a structural support point;a hanger suspended from said structural support point;wherein said hanger comprises:an article support having a first side and a second side and outside edge wherein each of said first side and said second side have substantially equal mass;a member adapted to rotatable couple said hanger to said structural support point and located substantially at a middle point along said hanger between said first side and said second side; andmeans for visually indicating that said hanger is not in use;wherein said means comprises:a weight not extending beyond the outside edges of the hanger coupled to said first side so as to impart greater mass to said first side than to said second side and wherein said weight has sufficient mass to cause said hanger to rotate about said structural support point so as to position said second side higher than said first side when said article is not present on said article support.