Hanger bar assembly

Claim 1

A HANGER BAR FOR INSTALLATION ON THE UPPER EDGES OF THE SIDE WALLS OF A CONTAINER TO SUPPORT HOOKS OF HANGERS COMPRISING A BAR, SAID BAR HAVING A WEB AND SIDES DEPENDING FROM THE EDGES OF SAID WEB, SAID SIDES BEING ESSENTIALLY PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER, SAID WEB AND SAID SIDES FORMING IN CROSS SECTION A U-SHAPED CHANNEL MEMBER, A PAIR OF HOOKS ON OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID BAR, EACH OF SAID HOOKS INCLUDING AN INNER BEARING PLATE, AN OUTER BEARING PLATE ESSENTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID INNER BEARING PLATE AND AN UPPER BEARING PLATE JOINING THE ENDS OF SAID INNER BEARING PLATE AND SAID OUTER BEARING PLATE, AND A FLARING PORTION JOINING SAID INNER BEARING PLATE TO SAID BAR, SAID FLARING PORTION BEING ARCUATE BETWEEN THE WEB OF SAID BAR AND SAID INNER BEARING PLATE, AND A PAIR OF SPACED CLAMPING ELEMENTS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID WEB OF SAID BAR, THE INNER BEARING PLATES OF SAID HOOKS BEING ESSENTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID WEB, SAID WEB BEING SPACED DOWNWARDLY FROM THE PLANE OF THE UPPER BEARING PLATES OF SAID HOOKS SUFFICIENTLY THAT THE CORNERS OF A RECTANGULAR HANGER HOOK RETAINING ELEMENT WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY THE LENGTH OF SAID WEB AND WHICH IS RECEIVED BETWEEN SAID CLAMPING ELEMENTS ENGAGE THE FLARING PORTIONS OF SAID HOOKS.