Lantern hanger assembly

Claim 1

A hanger assembly including a generally horizontal elongated and edge upstanding plate-like support arm having base and free end portions, the base end portion of said arm terminating in an integral upstanding generally planar plate-like member angled outwardly at generally 45* relative to and to one side of the longitudinal center line of said arm, a second plate-like member of at least generally the same configuration as the first mentioned plate-like member and disposed in edge upstanding position at the base end portion of said arm and oppositely angled approximately 45* relative to and to the other side of the longitudinal center line of said arm, said second plate-like member including an integral angulated extension rigidly secured to said base end portion of said arm in superposed relation relative to said other side thereof, said plate-like members including upstanding generally parallel and the straight edge portions remote from said arm and disposed generally normal to the latter, said upstanding edge portions of said plate-like members each being of a vertical extent at least generally three times the vertical thickness of said arm and projecting upwardly above the horizontal center line of said arm generally twice the vertical thickness of said arm, and an elongated flexible tension member attached at one end to the upper portion of one of said upstanding edge portions and at the other end to the upper portion of the other upstanding edge portion with the center portion of said tension member being adapted to extend about and frictionally engage the side of an upright remote from the side thereof received between said plate-like members.