Patent ID: 7823758

Claim:
An open-armed folding hanger used individually or in a series for supporting at least one object selected from a group consisting of mats and oars, comprising: a. a horizontal arm assembly comprising; i. a horizontal arm such that the length and width substantially provides a means of bearing said object; ii. a hole at only one end of said horizontal arm to pivotably accept and engage a hinge pin; iii. one or more contiguously, slidably, or pivotably mounted fillets providing a means to increase the bearing of said object; iv. a torque bearing plate providing a means of bearing the torque, about the moment centered at said hinge pin, and created by bearing said at least one object on said horizontal arm assembly when it is in an open position relative to a raked hook arm assembly; and said raked hook arm assembly is engaged with and suspended from a support mount selected from a group consisting of beams and closet poles; and thus providing a means of limiting the articulation of the two said assemblies to a range approximately between 25° and 80° relative to each other; v. a stop pin located in said horizontal arm assembly providing a means of limiting the articulation of said raked hook arm assembly relative to said horizontal arm assembly when said open-armed folding hanger is in a folded position; b. said raked hook arm assembly comprising; i. a raked arm of sufficient length from said hinge pin to an upper supporting end so as to vertically align said upper supporting end with the load bearing center of said horizontal arm assembly when said open-armed folding hanger is in said open position; ii. a hole at lower end of said raked hook arm to pivotably accept and engage said hinge pin; iii. the upper end of said raked hook arm shaped to return downward relative to the upward raked length of said raked hook arm and end in a taper terminus thus providing a means of engaging a support mount selected from the group consisting of beams and closet poles; c. said hinge pin connecting said horizontal arm assembly and said raked hook arm assembly and serving as the fulcrum of rotation that permits the two assemblies to articulate from parallel and overlapping in said folded position to said open position; whereby when said open-armed folding hanger is engaged with and suspended from said support mount said horizontal arm assembly remains substantially horizontal while supporting the weight of said at least one object selected from the group consisting of mats and oars.