Cantilever merchandise support

Claim 2

A construction for displaying articles on a substantially vertical support, comprising in combination a. a panel having a plurality of small apertures of the order of about three thirty-seconds inches in diameter, b. means for supporting said panel in a substantially vertical plane, c. the exposed surface of said panel bearing a pattern tending to distract attention from said apertures, and which in consequence of their small size render them virtually invisible, and d. an article supporting cantilever bar detachably mounted on said panel, said bar having e. resilient tenuous means insertable in said apertures and frictionally engageable with the walls thereof, so as to lock itself automatically therein.

Claim 3

A device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the panel is formed of sheet metal with the pattern impressed in the exposed surface thereof.

Claim 4

An article supporting cantilever-type hanger adapted for detachable engagement with an apertured supporting panel comprising a. a bar, b. a plate fixed to said bar in a plane generally normal thereto, c. separate U-shaped tenuous elements connected to the upper and lower portions of said plate for detachable engagement with the apertures in the supporting panel, d. the tenuous element connected to the upper portion of said plate terminating in prongs extending inwardly and upwardly beyond the upper edge of said plate, and e. the tenuous element connected to the lower portion of said plate terminating in prongs of limited flexibility and extending transversely therefrom in directions slightly out of parallelism with each other to enhance their frictional engagement with the walls of the apertures in which they are inserted, to inhibit accidental displacement of the hanger from said panel.

Claim 5

An article supporting cantilever-type hanger adapted for detachable engagement with an apertured supporting panel comprising a. a bar, b. a plate fixed to said bar in a plane generally normal thereto, c. separate U-shaped tenuous elements connected to the upper and lower portions of said plate for detachable engagement with the apertures in the supporting panel, d. the tenuous element connected to the upper portion of said plate terminating in prongs extending inwardly and upwardly beyond the upper edge of said plate, and e. the tenuous element connected to the lower portion of said plate terminating in prongs of limited flexibility and extending transversely therefrom in directions slightly out of parallelism with each other to enhance their frictional engagement with the walls of the apertures in which they are inserted, to inhibit accidental displacement of the hanger from said panel.

Claim 6

A device as set forth in claim 3, wherein said last-mentioned prongs are deformed from straight lines to enhance their frictional engagement with the apertures in the panel.

Claim 7

An article supporting hanger of cantilever type comprising a. a bar, b. a plate fixed to said bar in a plane generally normal thereto with the upper and lower marginal portions of said plate bent over to form overlying flanges, c. means for detachably connecting said bar and plate to a generally upright apertured panel, comprising vertically spaced tenuous elements insertable into apertures of said panel in a manner to inhibit accidental displacement of the hanger, d. said tenuous elements comprising a pair of prongs projecting freely beyond the limits of said plate from the upper and lower portions thereof, respectively, with each pair being generally U-shaped and retained on the plate by embracement of said flanges, e. the upper prongs extending inwardly and upwardly while f. the lower prongs are resilient, deformed from straight lines, and vary slightly from the parallel so as to enhance their frictional engagement with the walls of the apertures in which they are inserted to serve as yieldable locks therein.

Claim 8

An article supporting hanger of cantilever type comprising a. a bar, b. a plate fixed to said bar in a plane generally normal thereto with the upper and lower marginal portions of said plate bent over to form overlying flanges, c. means for detachably connecting said bar and plate to a generally upright apertured panel, comprising vertically spaced tenuous elements insertable into apertures of said panel in a manner to inhibit accidental displacement of the hanger, d. said tenuous elements comprising a pair of prongs projecting freely beyond the limits of said plate from the upper and lower portions thereof, respectively, with each pair being generally U-shaped and retained on the plate by embracement of said flanges, e. the upper prongs extending inwardly and upwardly while f. the lower prongs are resilient, deformed from straight lines, and vary slightly from the parallel so as to enhance their frictional engagement with the walls of the apertures in which they are inserted to serve as yieldable locks therein.