Patent ID: 8579245

Claim:
A hanger for supporting a retail item from a separate support structure, the retail item defining an elongated opening along a rear surface of the retail item, the elongated opening defining an elongated opening width, the hanger comprising: a support interface portion configured to selectively receive the separate support structure such that the hanger will be suspended from the separate support structure; a transverse section extending from the support interface portion and defining a bottom edge of the transverse section having a transverse section width that is wider than the elongated opening width; an intermediate section extending from the transverse section and defining an intermediate section width that is less than the elongated opening width; and a base section extending downwardly from the intermediate section, wherein the base section defines a topmost edge of the base section adjacent the intermediate section and extends in a direction opposite the intermediate section, the base section defines two side edges extending from the topmost edge and being tapered toward one another such that a width of the base section gradually decreases as the base section extends away from the intermediate section, the width of the base section at the topmost edge is larger than the intermediate section width and the elongated opening width, and the base section is configured to partially deflect to slide through the elongated opening such that during use the intermediate section and the base section are positioned on opposite sides of the elongated opening and the intermediate section extends through the elongated opening; wherein the topmost edge of the base section extends continuously between each of the two side edges and the intermediate section such that the topmost edge of the base section is free from any slits, slots, and openings between the two side edges, and the topmost edge is a free edge between each of the two side edges and the intermediate section.