Abstract:
Hanging or suspending apparatus and methods of use. The apparatus can include a strip having at least one mounting depression penetrating a mounting portion of the strip. In one embodiment, the mounting depression accommodates a hanger end or hook. Some embodiments include a strip body section with a series of hanger end mounting depressions on one or more upper surfaces of the body section. Adhesive or mounting tape may be mounted or secured to one or more surfaces of the strip body section. Some embodiments may be mounted adjacent the top edge of a door frame, wall section, or other structure. The hanging apparatus may be used to hang a variety of items, and in a particular application to hang clothing or other hangars.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
       [0001]    The present nonprovisional application is a continuation-in-part of Applicant Owens&#39; prior nonprovisional patent application entitled HANGER STATION, Ser. No. 13/404,529, filed Feb. 24, 2012, which prior nonprovisional patent application is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. In then event of any inconsistency between such prior nonprovisional patent application and the present nonprovisional application (including without limitation any limiting aspects), the present nonprovisional application shall prevail. 
     
    
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
       [0002]    The present disclosure is directed to hanging apparatus and methods of use, and more particularly in some embodiments to hangar apparatus mountable over a door frame and the like, and methods of use. 
       BACKGROUND/PROBLEMS DISCOVERED &amp; SOLVED BY APPLICANT 
       [0003]    Commonly, clothes are hung in closets or stored in chests of drawers. For a variety of reasons, however, clothes are also hung by clothes hangars from the upper edge of a door frame or the edge of a closet shelf. This is often done temporarily or for an extended period of time. Doing so can:
   (i) allow wet or damp clothes to dry more readily, such as, for example, delicate items that are preferably not put into a dryer;   (ii) provide the ability to compare and contrast different clothing during clothing selection;   (iii) provide additional clothes hanging capacity when clothes hanging or storage space is in short supply relative to the volume of clothes kept in the home; and   (iv) allow quick hanging of clothing in an easily accessible location, possibly during packing of clothing for a trip or as a temporary suspension location for later insertion into a closet or other less visible storage location.   
 
         [0008]    Hanging hangers on door frames and similar structures has long been particularly helpful where storage space is at a premium, such as in smaller bedrooms, apartments, or other housing. 
         [0009]    Hanging things from a doorway or similar location can present problems however. For example, people or pet animals walking through or by the doorway may brush up against a hanging item and cause it to fall to the floor. Wind blowing by the hanging item can lead to the same result. For clothing, this can require that the clothing be washed or ironed again. 
         [0010]    Further, hanger tips hung on the door frame can scratch and gouge the door frame, particularly when heavier items are hung on the frame or as hung items are knocked down and the hanger tips scratch the frame during the fall. Over time, the damage to the door frame can be substantial. 
         [0011]    One prior art approach has been to mount hooks in or above the door frame. The hooks are mounted to that location with one or more screws, nails, or adhesive. Some hook assemblies provide a series of hooks extending from a strip mounted to the door frame or adjacent wall. Hooks are quite unattractive, however. Further, mounting one or more hooks to the frame or adjacent wall typically leaves the wall damaged in the event of removal of the hook(s). Replacement of damaged hooks can also result in damaging the wall. 
         [0012]    Another prior art approach consists of a plastic strip with a planar base and a lip extending upwardly from, and at an acute angle to, the plane of the base. The base is mounted on the top of the doorframe by two-sided adhesive tape mounted on the bottom side of the base. The base is mounted with the angled lip distal from the adjacent wall and extending outwardly away from the wall and door frame. The lip is also heavily contoured to provide a traditional appearance and hopefully mate with more traditionally contoured door frames. 
         [0013]    This plastic strip prior art is unattractive when used with door frames that do not provide a complimentary external contour. Also, the outwardly extending lip projects outwardly into the room, attracting attention to the outwardly and upwardly projecting lip. Objects or tall persons moving the lip can bump into it. 
         [0014]    The plastic strip prior art also does not provide a secure hang tip mounting location so that the hangars will not slide around to undesired locations on the strip or completely off one of the opposed open ends of the strip. People, animals, or wind passing by can thus move the hangars around in undesired ways, which can lead to problems such as noted above. 
         [0015]    Further, removal of the hangar from the strip prior art typically requires the user to lift the hangar an inch or more, and then laterally outwardly over the upwardly extending lip, in order to clear the lip of the strip. Doing so can be difficult for shorter people. 
       SUMMARY OF ADDITIONAL ASPECTS OF THE INVENTION 
       [0016]    The applicants believe they discovered the scope of the problems provided by the prior art as recited above. 
         [0017]    In one aspect, the present solutions can provide a hangar strip having hangar end locating structure. The hanger strip can be mounted to a door frame (or other supporting structure) or wall or other structure, which may be adjacent a door frame (or other supporting structure). In certain embodiments, this hangar end locating structure can restrain undesired lateral movement of the hangar end with respect to the strip and adjacent structure. 
         [0018]    In one aspect, the strip may include scoring, perforations, or other structure, which in some embodiments can allow the user to easily alter the length of the strip. In certain instances, such structure may penetrate a relatively thin strip wall. 
         [0019]    Some embodiments of the hangar end locating structure providing a plurality of hangar end receiving cups along the strip. One design of a cup structure includes a tubular or other projection extending upwardly along the strip. Certain instances of the projection may have a circular, D-shape, or rectangular cross-section. The exterior of the projection may similarly include or provide one or more of a circular, D-shape, or rectangular cross-section. 
         [0020]    Some embodiments may provide a strip structure with hanger end receiving depressions, slots, or channels along the upper portion of the strip. In some embodiments, the strip may include hanger end locating indicia or indicating structure. Some designs of the strip can provide a generally rectangular cross-section with the depressions penetrating an upper end of the strip. Some designs can have upper curved or other cross-sections along strip with depressions, slots, or channels penetrating such cross-sections. 
         [0021]    Certain instances can provide a wall abutting strip with hangar end receiving structure extending from the wall abutting strip. Some embodiments can include a door frame mounting strip with the hangar end receiving structure extending upwardly from the door frame mounting strip. In some embodiments, the wall abutting strip can have a greater height than the hanger end receiving structure. One aspect of such a higher strip height is it can protect structure, such as an adjacent room wall, from being impacted by hangar ends or portions of other things hung from the hangar end receiving structure. 
         [0022]    In another aspect, the hangar strip can include a decorative or other wall spaced from the portion of the strip closest to an adjacent wall when mounted to or adjacent a door frame, wall, or other structure. In some embodiments, the spaced wall may include hanger end locating indicia or indicating structure. 
         [0023]    Another aspect provides a lightweight, resilient hangar mounting strip mountable to a wall. The mounting strip may be made of resilient material such as plastic. 
         [0024]    Certain embodiments include wall mounting tape or other adhesive mounted or mountable to one side of the strip. In some embodiments, the hangar mounting tape or adhesive may be mounted or mountable to one or more sides or portions of the hanger. One strip design includes an upwardly extending side mountable to a wall and a lower extending side mountable to an upper surface of a structure, such as the upper edge of a door frame for example. This and other strip designs such as disclosed herein may also include upper sides mountable to structure such as a ceiling or bottom side of a shelf for example. 
         [0025]    Yet a further aspect provides an easily moldable integrated strip body. In certain instances, the strip body consists of plastic. In some embodiments this plastic is an economical yet durable plastic, such as polyethylene for example. The strip body or at least a portion of a strip body may be paintable, translucent, and/or transparent. Alternatively, the strip body may include or consist of colored plastic. 
         [0026]    In some embodiments, the hanger end mounting strip is sized so that multiple strips are mountable adjacent each other. Some designs of the strip can be easily and economically manufactured, packaged, shipped, unpackaged, installed, and used. 
         [0027]    In one aspect, the hanger mounting strip is sized so that it does not extend further from the wall than a door frame. In at least some such instances, the hanger mounting strip has a low profile and is unobtrusive. 
         [0028]    Methods of use of a hanger end mounting strip include mounting one or more strips on a structure with adhesive or one or more fasteners. Subsequently, the same person or another can then mount one or more hanger ends in one or more depressions, channels, slots, or other hanger end locating or restraining structure in the one or more mounting strips. The method can also include locating hanger end mounting indicia or indicating structure on the one or more strips. 
         [0029]    Methods of use can also include adjusting the size of one or more mounting strips. In some embodiments, this can be done by bending the strip back and forth along a score line, perforations, or other breakable aspect of the strip. 
         [0030]    There are other novel aspects, features, advantages, and methods of use of embodiments disclosed in the present specification. They will become apparent as the specification proceeds. In this regard, the scope of the invention should be determined by the claims as issued and not by whether a given embodiment provides any of the features, solutions, or advantages recited above in this specification. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0031]    The applicants&#39; preferred and other embodiments are shown in the accompanying drawings in which: 
           [0032]      FIG. 1  is a perspective view of one embodiment of a hangar mounting strip having a upwardly extending wall with hangar mounting sections, each having a D-shaped cross-section, extending from the upwardly extending wall; 
           [0033]      FIG. 2  is a perspective view of one embodiment of a hangar mounting strip having an upwardly extending wall with hangar mounting sections, each with a circular cross-section, extending from the upwardly extending wall; 
           [0034]      FIG. 3  is an elevational view of the embodiment of  FIG. 1 ; 
           [0035]      FIG. 4  is a perspective view of the embodiment of  FIG. 1 ; 
           [0036]      FIG. 5  is a perspective view of an embodiment of a hanger mounting strip having a thickened central section intermediate a rear wall and hanger end mounting cups extending from opposing sides of the central section; 
           [0037]      FIG. 6  is a perspective view of an embodiment of a hanger mounting strip having a central mounting block-strip with a hanger end mounting slot extending along the upper face of the block-strip; 
           [0038]      FIG. 7  is a perspective view of an embodiment of a hanger mounting strip having a central mounting block-strip with a series of hangar mounting dimples along the upper face of the block-strip; 
           [0039]      FIG. 8  is a perspective view of an embodiment of the left portion of a hanger strip assembly, having a hanger mounting slot along the upper face of strip; 
           [0040]      FIG. 9  is a perspective view of an embodiment of the right portion of a hanger strip assembly, having a mating hanger mounting slot along the upper face of the strip; 
           [0041]      FIG. 10  is a plan view of an embodiment of a hanger mounting strip having a planar horizontal lower wall and a planar vertical wall perpendicularly extending from one edge of the lower wall; 
           [0042]      FIG. 11  is a side elevational view of the embodiment of  FIG. 11 ; 
           [0043]      FIG. 12  is a front elevational view of the embodiment of  FIG. 12  (with this version turned around when mounted,  FIG. 13  is a rear rather than a front elevational view); 
           [0044]      FIG. 13  is a partial front elevational view of a door frame with an embodiment of a two-piece assembly of  FIGS. 8 and 9  mounted to the top edge of the door frame; 
           [0045]      FIG. 14  is a partial side elevational view of upper end the door frame with the two-piece assembly embodiment on the top edge of the door frame and abutting the wall extending above the top edge of the frame; 
           [0046]      FIG. 15  is a photograph of a door frame with translucent plastic strips mounted to the top edge of the door frame; and 
           [0047]      FIG. 16  is a photograph of a door frame with translucent plastic strips mounted to the top edge of the door frame. 
       
    
    
       [0048]    It is to be understood that spacially-orienting terms, such as upwardly, horizontally, or vertically, are used to explain relative orientation of structures as shown in the Figures and as the structures might be used. They are not to be construed to require such an orientation in space, however. 
       DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       [0049]    This description is not to be construed as limiting. Further, various components of embodiments disclosed herein may be mixed and matched with each other to yield further arrangements of the features disclosed herein. 
         [0050]    With reference now to  FIG. 1 , one embodiment of a hanger mounting strip, generally  10 , has an upwardly extending generally planar rear wall  12  with a laterally aligned series of hanger end mounting cups, e.g.,  14 ,  16 ,  18 , extending transversely outwardly and forwardly from the lowermost portion  20  of the rear wall  12 . The mounting cups, e.g.,  18 , include an interior cup channel  22  having a D-shaped cross-section  24  along its entire exterior  25  and a D-shaped cross-section in the upper portion of the interior cup channel  22 . The lower end  26  of the D-shaped portion  27  terminates at a rounded dimple-like bottom end  28 . Alternatively, the lower end  26  of the D-shaped portion  27  can terminate in a D-shaped planar bottom (not shown) in the cup channel  22 . 
         [0051]    In the embodiment of  FIG. 1 , the rear wall  12  has rounded upper opposed ends  30 ,  32  and eight mounting cups, e.g.,  18 . Between each adjacent pair of cups, e.g.,  34 ,  36 , a depression or slot, e.g.,  18 , penetrates the surface of the generally planar rear wall  12  and extends vertically from the bottom edge  40  to the top edge  42  of the wall  12 . When desired, the user may break or separate the rear wall  12 , at and long the length of the slot  18 , by bending back forth around the slot  18  the opposed laterally opposed wall portions  43 ,  45  abutting the opposed lateral sides of the slot  18 . 
         [0052]    The bottom  44  of each mounting cup, e.g.,  46 , is planar. The planar bottom  44  is coterminous and coplanar with the adjacent lower edge  48  of the adjacent wall portion  50 . 
         [0053]    One or more mounting cups, e.g.,  51 , may have arrow indicia  52  or an integrally formed arrow-shaped depression in the front edge  54  of the cup, e.g.,  18 . These indicia or depressions, e.g.,  52 , identify the center of the mounting cup,  51 , into which a user should insert a hanger end or other structure to be hung from the strip  10 . 
         [0054]    Adhesive can be applied to the backside (not shown) of the rear wall  12  in order to mount the rear wall  12  to a structure (not shown in  FIG. 1 ), such as a wall or other structure. Mounting adhesive could also, or in the alternative, be applied to the planar bottom (not shown) of one or more of the mounting cups, e.g.,  18 , to do similarly. One type of adhesive that may be used is two sided tape cut to the desired shape. One such shape could be the shape of all or a portion of the backside of the rear wall  12 , or the shape of some or all of a portion of the planar bottom of a mounting cup, e.g.,  18 . 
         [0055]    Alternatively, the mounting strip  10  may be mounted to a structure by means of fasteners. For example, self-tapping screws (not shown) can penetrate the rear wall  12  to secure the rear wall  12  to an abutting structure such as a house wall or other structure. 
         [0056]    The mounting strip  10  (and all others described in this specification) may, if desired, be molded, thus providing an integral strip  10  structure less the adhesive or fasteners. The mounting strip  10  thus may be made of a moldable resilient and durable material. 
         [0057]    On such material is polyethylene. This material can be translucent, rendering the strip  10  (and all others herein) relatively unobtrusive when mounted over a door frame for example. This material is lightweight, inexpensive, and paintable. The material can, for example, be painted or otherwise colored if desired in order to, for example, match the color of adjacent structure. 
         [0058]    The mounting strip  10  may be sized any number of ways and have differing numbers of mounting cups, e.g.,  18 . The rear wall  12  may be sized differently with respect to the height of the mounting cups, e.g.,  18 , and so for example the rear wall  12  could be the same height as the mounting cups, e.g.,  18 . In this regard, however, having a rear wall that is higher than the height of the mounting cups, e.g.,  18 , can provide a protective barrier for adjacent structure such as the room wall extending above a door frame for example. Hanger tips being mounted into, or removed from, a cup, e.g.,  18 , are less likely to make contact with the room wall by reason of that protective barrier. 
         [0059]    With reference now to  FIGS. 1 and 15 , one example  200  of a mounting strip  10  is 6 inches wide W, by 0.5270 inches deep X, by 0.5435 inches high H. Mounting cup depth Y is 0.3640 inches. This particular embodiment of mounting strip  10  is made of polyethylene and weights only 30 grams. These numbers may increase or decrease as desired, but exemplary changes in these numbers are plus or minus 10%, plus or minus 25% and plus or minus 50%. 
         [0060]    Two such mounting strips  200 ,  202  are mounted, laterally spaced from each other, to the top of a door frame  204  by means of two-sided tape secured to the bottom side of the strips  200 ,  202  and mating upper edge of the door frame  204 . Hangars  206 ,  208  hang from the mounting strips  200 ,  202  respectively. The mounting strips  200 ,  202  provide a very low profile and, due to their translucence, barely visible and unobtrusive structures over the top edge of the door frame. 
         [0061]    With reference now to  FIG. 16 , four such mounting strips  210 ,  212 ,  214 ,  216  are mounted to abut the top edge of a door frame  218 . Hangers, e.g.,  220 , hang from each such mounting strip, e.g.,  210 . The mounting strips  210 ,  212 ,  214 ,  216  similarly provide a very low profile and, due to their translucence, barely visible and unobtrusive structures over the top edge of the door frame. The amount of hangar hanging capacity is greatly increased by using these unobtrusive, economical, reliable, and durable mounting strips. 
         [0062]    In this regard, the mounting strips, e.g.,  210 , can be readily removable and storable for later use, without damaging any associated structure. This can be accomplished by selecting an easily removed adhesive, such as rubber cement, or suitable two-sided tape with an adhesion strength that allows the two-sided tape to be readily removed from the door frame and/or the mounting strips, e.g.,  210 . Conversely, use of stronger adhesive or tape can provide a more secure and more permanent bond between the mounting strips, e.g.,  210 , and door frame. 
         [0063]    With reference now to  FIG. 2 , an alternative embodiment of a mounting strip  60  has mounting cups, e.g.,  62 , each having a vertically extending body  64 . The vertically extending body  64  has a planar bottom side (not shown) opposite a top side  68  with a cup-shaped depression  70  penetrating an otherwise planar upper side  72  on the vertically extending body  64 . A generally rectangular exterior periphery  74 , with radiused (rounded) vertically extending corners, e.g.,  76 , extends from the top side  68  to the bottom side of the vertically extending body  64 . 
         [0064]    Referring now to  FIG. 3 , the mounting strip  60  has a planar lower side  78  and three vertically extending wall breaking slots, e.g.,  80 , between each of opposed mounting cup pairs, e.g.,  82 ,  84 . The vertically extending planar rear wall  86  also may have contoured, and in this case rounded, opposed upper ends  88 ,  90 . 
         [0065]    With reference now to  FIG. 4 , the bottom side  92  of the mounting strip  60  is planar. Two-sided tape  94  is mounted to the planar back side (not shown) of the rear, vertically extending wall  96  of the strip  60 . 
         [0066]    Referring now to  FIG. 5 , an alternative embodiment of a mounting strip  100  has a vertical rear wall  102 , with a central thickened section or rectangular block  14  extending transversely from the rear wall  102 . Vertically extending mounting cups, e.g.,  104 , extend laterally forward and outwardly from the front vertical planar side  106  of the central rectangular block  104 . A planar lower side  108  extends laterally and transversely from the vertical planar side  106  and abuts and extends from the bottom ends, e.g.,  110  of the cups, e.g.,  104 . 
         [0067]    With reference now to  FIG. 6 , another embodiment of a mounting strip  120  has a laterally extending generally rectangular block body section  122 . An optional rear wall  124  extends vertically upwardly from the backside  126  of the block body section  122 . The top face or side  128  of the block body section  122  has a hanger end mounting slot or depression  130  extending laterally from one end  132  to the other opposed end  134  of the block body section  122 . The mounting slot  130  has a semi-circular cross-section. The bottom face or side (not shown but indicated by  136 ) is planar. 
         [0068]    Adhesive, or two-sided tape, may be applied to, for example, the bottom face or backside  136  of the mounting strip  120 . In addition or in the alternative, one or more fasteners may be used to secure the mounting strip  120  in position with respect to adjacent structure. For example, such fastener(s) may penetrate the rear wall  124  and structure abutting the backside  126  of the rear wall  124 . 
         [0069]    With reference now to  FIG. 7 , another embodiment of a mounting strip  140  has a generally planar upper mounting strip side  142  of the body block section  143  with a series of hangar mounting depressions or dimples, e.g.,  144 ,  146 ,  148 , extending laterally from one end  150  to the opposed end  152  of the laterally extending body block section  122 . The cross-section of the mounting dimples, e.g.,  144 ,  146 ,  148 , can be semi-circular, V-shaped, U-shaped, or otherwise arcuate. 
         [0070]    The front side  145  of the body block section  143  is also generally planar. Alternatively, for example, the front side could be contoured in various ways. The contour could provide, for example, a curved or arc cross-section. The curve could be vertical at the lower end of the front side and curve or arc upwardly to a horizontal upper end which could then terminate in the upper co-planar mounting strip side  142 . 
         [0071]    With reference now to  FIGS. 8 and 9 , an alternative two-piece mounting strip assembly, generally  160 , has a left side mounting strip section  162  and a right side mounting strip section  164 . The left strip section  162  has an internal hanger end mounting channel  166  extending laterally from one end  168  to the opposing end  170  of the strip section  164 . The left end  168  of the channel  166  terminates in a vertically extending wall  170 , capping the end of the channel  166  and thereby preventing a hanger end (or other supported structure if not a hanger, not shown) from sliding out of the channel  166 . The right end  169  of the channel is not capped and is open. The cross-section of the channel  166  is U-shaped but could be shaped otherwise, such as V shaped or otherwise arcuate. 
         [0072]    The structure of the right strip section  164  is the mirror image of the left strip section  162 . Thus, when mounted to abut each other, the single assembly ( 160 , not shown assembled) provides a single hanger end mounting channel running laterally through the assembly from one end to the other. 
         [0073]    With reference now to  FIGS. 13 and 14 , the two-piece assembly  160  may be sized to mount it to abut the top edge  161  of a door frame  163 . One common interior dimension A of a door frame  163  is 28 to 32 inches. A common width B of the frame itself is 2-4 inches. A common maximum thickness of a door frame at its upper edge is about 0.6 inches or more. These dimensions are only typical; door frames often have substantially different dimensions, however. The two-piece assembly  160  can have a total length D of 28 inches, with each mounting strip section  162 ,  164  being 14 inches in length. The depth E of the two-piece assembly is less than 0.6 inches, and in one embodiment, its depth is as described above for the embodiment shown in  FIGS. 15 and 16  (described above). 
         [0074]    With reference now to  FIG. 10 , an alternative embodiment of an integral, plastic mounting strip  170  has a laterally extending planar side wall  172  and a laterally extending planar bottom wall  174  extending transversely from the lower edge (not shown in  FIG. 11 ) the side wall. A series of hangar end mounting cups, e.g.,  176 ,  178 ,  180 , extend from both the planar side wall  172  and the planar bottom wall  174 . Each of the mounting cups, e.g.,  178 , includes a hanger end mounting depression or dimple  182  in the upper end, e.g.,  184 , of the mounting cup  178 . The dimple  182  has a semi-circular, V-shaped, U-shaped, or other arcuate cross-sectional shape. 
         [0075]    Referring now to  FIG. 11 , the mounting strip  170  can provide a bottom wall edge  186  abuttable, if desired, with a vertical wall (not shown in  FIG. 11 ). If desired, the vertical side wall  172  can then be spaced from the vertical and provide an aesthetic front cover  172 , hiding most of the associated mounting cups, e.g.,  177 , behind the cover  172 . In the embodiment of  FIG. 12 , the upper ends, e.g.,  188 , of the cups, e.g.,  177 , extend somewhat above the upper edge  190  of the front cover wall  172 . The user can thus observe the upper end  188  in order to mount something, such as a hanger end, in the cups, e.g.,  177 . With reference to  FIG. 12 , the mounting strip  170  can have adhesive  192 , such as two-sided mounting tape for example, applied to the bottom side  194  of the mounting strip. 
         [0076]    Alternatively, the cups, e.g.,  177 , may be shorter in height so that they, for example, do not extend past or above the upper edge  190  of the cover  177 . Indicia (not shown) or indicating structure, such as an arrow depression or slot, can be added to the front cover in order to indicate to the user the location of the cups, e.g.,  177 . Such indicia or indicating structure may also be included with the structure as shown in  FIGS. 10-12 . 
         [0077]    One method of use of a mounting strip includes:
   A. mounting one or more strips on a structure (such as directly above a door frame, abutting the top edge of the door frame) with adhesive or one or more fasteners;   B. the same person or another can then mount one or more hanger ends in one or more depressions, channels, slots, or other hanger end locating or restraining structure in the one or more mounting strips;   C. removing the hanger end by grasping a portion of the hanger and lifting it slightly in order to lift the hanger end out of the hanger end locating or restraining structure; and   D. moving the hanger and hanger end laterally away from the mounting strip. The method can also include, during or before step B, locating hanger end mounting indicia or indicating structure on the one or more strips.   
 
         [0082]    Methods of use can also include adjusting the size of one or more mounting strips. In some embodiments, this can be done by bending the strip back and forth along a score line or slot, serial perforations, or other breakable aspect of the strip. In other embodiments, this can be done by cutting the strip with a suitable saw or other cutting tool or, in the case of plastic mounting strip components or bodies, suitable heating tools. 
         [0083]    Methods of use can include mounting one or more mounting strips to the upper surface or edge of door frames, shelves, or other structures and/or associated or other areas of a wall. For example, the mounting strip could be mounted to a wall without an underlying door frame and allow mounting of hangars or other components in the mounting strip.