Patent ID: 6971614

Claim:
A stabilizing clip for securing a hanger to a slatwall assembly, the hanger having upper and lower end portions, and the slatwall assembly having a plurality of spaced apart slats including upper, lower and middle slats, the upper and middle slats forming a uniform upper slot, and the lower and middle slats forming a uniform lower slot, the slats having front and rear walls and surfaces and upper and lower lips, each lip having an inside surface spaced between the front and rear surfaces of its slat, the upper and lower slots having a narrow portion with a predetermined width dimension proximal the front wall of the slats and a wider portion with a larger width dimension between the lips and rear wall of the slats, the hanger being secured to the upper slot, and said stabilizing clip comprising: a body having resilient lower and upper portions that define narrow and offset portions, said narrow portion having a width dimension adapted to be substantially equal to the width dimension of the narrow portion of the lower slot, and said offset portion having an offset that combines with said narrow portion to form a width dimension adapted to be larger than the width dimension of the narrow portion of the lower slot, said resilient lower and upper portions being adapted to permit said offset portion to flex and fit through the narrow portion and into the wider portion of the lower slot, said resilient lower portion having a lower leg being adapted to biasingly engage the upper lip of the lower slat and said resilient upper portion having an upper arm being adapted to biasingly engage the lower lip of the middle slat when said body is inserted into the lower slot, said offset portion having a forwardly facing surface adapted to engage the inside surface of one of either the upper and lower lips when said body is inserted into the lower slot, said arm and leg adapted to extend toward and engage the rear wall at spaced locations, said engagement of said body with the slats firmly securing said body to and between the slats; and, a brace extending upwardly from said body, said brace having an inner surface adapted to be spaced from the front surface of the middle slat to form a slot to receive the lower end portion of the hanger and hold the hanger against the middle slat to maintain the hanger in a set position.