Patent ID: 8820595

Claim:
A method of removing items stored on a hanger system comprising: receiving a plurality of rods into spaced apart first and second hooks, each of said hooks having first and second spaced apart sides, an opening and a bottom arranged opposite to the opening, said plurality of rods being of a length that is longer than the distance between the two hooks; grasping an item stored on one of the plurality of rods with a user's first hand and grasping said one of the plurality of rods that is supporting the item with the user's second hand; and pulling said one of the plurality of rods longitudinally from between the first and second spaced apart sides with the second hand while continuing to hold the item with the first hand, wherein the spacing between the first and second sides are greater than a largest width of the plurality of rods so that each of the plurality of rods are longitudinally removable by said pulling.