Hang rail support structure

Claim 1

In a combined hang rail and adapter assembly for supporting plural articles such as clothing and the like, said assembly comprising an adapter member to be mounted on a horizontal support, said adapter having a forward portion and a nose portion at one end, a cross arm formed on the nose portion, said cross arm having an upwardly concaved cradle formed thereon, a C-shaped bracket member having an arcurate bottom surface mating with and secured to said cradle, said bracket having a body portion and arms extending from said body portion, at least one of said arms being resilient, said arms opening upwardly, said assembly further comprising a rigid, tubular hang rail formed with a cylindrical body portion, a bottom centrally disposed protruding rigid rib formed on said body portion to extend downwardly therefrom, undercut grooves formed at the junction of said protruding rib and said hang rail body portion, said rib having a wide section spaced from the grooves, said wide section having a thickness greater than the distance between the ends of said arms on said bracket member, said arms having inwardly directed formations on the ends thereof to be yieldably and frictionally received in said grooves, said rigid rib adapted to be forced into the bracket member between the arms thereof to enable at least said one arm which is resilient to flex as the end formations are passed over said wide section, said end formations being snapped into said grooves to releasably lock said tubular hang rail to said bracket member, said hang rail having a taperEd section radially outward of said wide section to facilitate forcing the rib between said arms and said bracket member being formed of high impact strength, synthetic resin having sufficient resilience to permit flexing of at least said one arm which is resilient without permanent setting or breakage.