Patent ID: 7198244

Claim:
A lockable object hanger, comprising: a. a first hanger body having a front surface and a back surface which terminate in a first hanger body edge having a beveled surface between a pair of lock members which extend from opposed ends of said first hanger body, wherein said pair of lock members comprises a pair of resiliently flexible projections each of which terminate in a catch element; and b. a second hanger body having a front surface and a back surface which terminate in a second hanger body edge having a beveled surface between a pair of lock member engagement elements coupled to opposed ends of said second hanger body, wherein each of said lock member engagement elements provides a catch element engagement surface, and wherein said beveled surface of said first hanger body edge and said beveled surface of said second hanger body edge engage in opposed mated relation, and wherein each of said pair of lock member engagement elements provides an external surface configured to generate outward flexure of a corresponding one each of said pair of resiliently flexible projections upon sliding engagement, and wherein each of said pair of pair of resiliently flexible projections travel inwardly to engage each said catch element with a corresponding one said catch element engagement surface to establish locked securement of said first hanger body to said second hanger body in opposed mated relation, and wherein each of said pair of resilient flexible projections maintains an amount of flexure during locked securement of said first hanger body with said second hanger body in opposed mated relation.