Cap locking means for wardrobe hanger bar

Claim 2

A hanger bar structure for bearing a plurality of garment hangers comprising: An elongated generally inverted U-shaped carrier member having a center wall of a width adapted to engage hangers and sidewalls on opposite sides thereof; an elongated generally W-shaped locking member having a center wall of somewhat lesser width than said carrier member center wall and spaced side channellike portions disposed on opposite sides having peripheral walls spaced from said locking member center wall and lying in approximately the same plane as said carrier member sidewalls, said locking member being adapted to lie over said carrier member and providing a plurality of support areas for hangers on said carrier member; and means for releasably affixing said locking member to said carrier member to prevent disengagement of the hangers on said carrier member, comprising mating struckout tongues and openings formed between said center wall of said locking member and said carrier member, said tongues being offset to underlie the edges of the opening for affixing said locking member to said carrier member; the center walls and the peripheral walls of the channellike portions of the W-shaped locking member being dimensioned so as to each contact hangers on the carrier member at spaced locations with the peripheral walls being adapted to contact the hangers within planes lying inwardly of he outer surfaces of the carrier member sidewall.

Claim 3

The hanger bar structure as defined in claim 1 wherein the spaced side channellike portions of the generally W-shaped locking member comprise half-round channels.

Claim 4

The hanger bar structure as defined in claim 1 wherein said center wall of the locking member is formed to provide a portion complementary in shape to a corresponding portion of said carrier member, thereby to provide full face contact with the adjoining back portions of hangers on the carrier member.

Claim 5

The hanger bar structure as defined in claim 1 wherein the center wall of the carrier member is provided with regularly shaped openings spaced near the opposite ends of said carrier member and said locking member is provided with corresponding spaced tongues dependent from the center wall thereof into said spaced openings of said carrier member.

Claim 6

The hanger bar structure as defined in claim 1 wherein said openings are provided in the center wall of the locking member spaced near opposite ends of said locking member, said tongues are provided on and said carrier member in correspondingly spaced relation projecting from the center wall hereof into said spaced openings of said locking member.

Claim 7

A hanger bar structure for bearing a plurality of garment hangers comprising: an elongated generally inverted U-shaped carrier member having a center wall of a width adapted to engage hangers and sidewall on opposite sides thereof; an elongated generally W-shaped locking member having a center wall of somewhat lesser width than said carrier member center wall and spaced side channellike portions disposed on opposite sides having peripheral walls spaced from said locking member center wall and lying in approximately the same plane as said carrier member sidewalls, said locking member being adapted to lie over said carrier member and providing a plurality of support areas for hangers on said carrier member; and means for releasably affixing said locking member to said carrier member to prevent disengagement of the hangers on said carrier member, comprising mating struckout tongues and openings formed between said center wall of said locking member and said carrier member, respectively, said tongues being offset to underlie the edges of the opening for affixing said locking member to said carrier member; the center walls and the channellike portions of the W-shaped locking member being dimensioned so as to each contact hangers on the carrier member at Spaced locations with the channellike portion being adapted to contact the hangers within planes lying inwardly of the outer surfaces of the carrier member sidewall when said locking member is disposed in a first position with the channel portions engaging the adjacent portion of a curved hook and with the peripheral walls being adapted to contact the hangers within planes lying outwardly of the outer surfaces of the carrier member sidewall when said locking member is disposed in an inverted second position with the peripheral walls engaging the adjoining portion of a flat hook.

Claim 8

A hanger bar structure for bearing a plurality of garment hangers comprising: an elongated generally inverted U-shaped carrier member having a center wall of a width adapted to engage hangers and sidewall on opposite sides thereof; an elongated generally W-shaped locking member having a center wall of somewhat lesser width than said carrier member center wall and spaced side channellike portions disposed on opposite sides having peripheral walls spaced from said locking member center wall and lying in approximately the same plane as said carrier member sidewalls, said locking member being adapted to lie over said carrier member and providing a plurality of support areas for hangers on said carrier member; and means for releasably affixing said locking member to said carrier member to prevent disengagement of the hangers on said carrier member, comprising mating struckout tongues and openings formed between said center wall of said locking member and said carrier member, respectively, said tongues being offset to underlie the edges of the opening for affixing said locking member to said carrier member; the center walls and the channellike portions of the W-shaped locking member being dimensioned so as to each contact hangers on the carrier member at Spaced locations with the channellike portion being adapted to contact the hangers within planes lying inwardly of the outer surfaces of the carrier member sidewall when said locking member is disposed in a first position with the channel portions engaging the adjacent portion of a curved hook and with the peripheral walls being adapted to contact the hangers within planes lying outwardly of the outer surfaces of the carrier member sidewall when said locking member is disposed in an inverted second position with the peripheral walls engaging the adjoining portion of a flat hook.

Claim 9

The hanger bar structure as defined in claim 6 wherein the free edges of the peripheral walls of the channellike portions of the W-shaped locking member extend out of contact with adjoining round back portions of hangers on the carrier member.

Claim 10

The hanger bar structure as defined in claim 6 wherein said locking member provides three laterally spaced support areas for hangers on the carrier member, (1) at the center wall portion and(2) and(3), at the respectively opposite channellike portion.

Claim 11

The hanger bar structure as defined in claim 6 wherein the carrier member is provided with means at opposite ends thereof for mounting said member on a support.

Claim 12

The hanger bar structure as defined in claim 6 and said means for releasably affixing said locking member to said carrier member to prevent disengagement on said carrier member comprising mating struckout tongues and openings of a shape so that the parts will be self-centering in cooperation with one another, said tongues being offset to underlie the edges of the openings for affixing said locking member to said carrier member.