Safety-guarded pegboard display hanger

Claim 1

A GUARDED DISPLAY HANGER, SAID HANGER INCLUDING MEANS DETACHABLY MOUNTING THE HANGER ON A PERFORATED PEGBOARD, AN ELONGATED SHAFT FIXED ON ONE END TO SAID MOUNTING MEANS AND PROJECTING HORIZONTALLY AWAY FROM THE PEGBOARD, SAID SHAFT HAVING AN UPWARDLY INCLINED BLUNT-ENDED TIP AT ITS FORWARD PORTION, THE SHAFT BEING ADAPTED TO HAVE ARTICLES HUNG THEREON, AND A SAFETY GUARD, SAID SAFETY GUARD INCLUDING MEANS DETACHABLY MOUNTING THE GUARD ON THE PEGBOARD IN RELATIVE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE HANGER, AN ELONGATED MEMBER FIXED ON ONE END TO SAID MOUNTING MEANS AND PROJECTING HORIZONTALLY AWAY FROM THE PEGBOARD, SAID MEMBER HAVING A BLUNT PORTION AT ITS FORWARD END, SAID BLUNT PORTION HAVING AT LEAST A LEADING SEGMENT THEREOF LOCATED ABOVE AND FORWARD OF THE BLUNT END OF THE SHAFT OF THE DISPLAY HANGER AND BEING CLOSELY ADJACENT BUT SPACED ABOVE THE SAME SO AS TO PERMIT PACKAGED ARTICLES TO BE HUNG ONTO AND REMOVED FROM THE SHAFT OF THE DISPLAY HANGER WITHOUT INTERFERENCE, SAID BLUNT PORTION HAVING A TRANSVERSE DIMENSION SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THAN THE TRANSVERSE DIMENSION OF THE SHAFT OF THE DISPLAY HANGER AND BEING CONFIGURED SO AS TO PRESENT TO THE FRONT A SURFACE WHICH IS CURVED AWAY FROM THE FRONT WHEREBY A PERSON FALLING AGAINST THE HANGER WILL BE DEFLECTED BY THE SAFETY GUARD FROM INJURIOUS CONTACT WITH THE TIP OF THE DISPLAY HANGER.