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Closet organizer
Assignee: Organizers Direct LLC
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Filing: 1995-06-05
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Granted: 1996-12-10
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Expires: 2015-06-05
Abstract
Abstract A closet organizer including a central shelf tower having openings through its vertical members to support an adjustable length clothes pole, including clothes pole cup supports for holding the ends of the clothes pole to the closet walls.
Inventors
- 👤 Neil T. Balter
- 👤 Kevin Harrington
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 22:03
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47B; A47B61/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
148 words
A pre-manufactured modular closet organizer kit of the type retrofitting into an existing closet having opposing closet walls without use of a saw, the closet organizer kit comprising: (a) a plurality of upright panels adapted extend parallel to said closet walls and to rest on a floor of said closet, said upright panels being secured together by at least two fixed horizontal shelves between each adjacent pair of upright panels; (b) each of said upright panels being formed with at least one opening through which a clothes pole may pass, said panel openings being aligned with each panel such that a clothes pole passing therethrough will be substantially level to said closet floor; (c) at least one telescoping clothes pole for engaging said openings; and (d) at least one pair of clothes pole cup supports for attachment to said opposing closet walls and for supporting a clothes pole.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
148 words
A pre-manufactured modular closet organizer kit of the type retrofitting into an existing closet having opposing closet walls without use of a saw, the closet organizer kit comprising: (a) a plurality of upright panels adapted extend parallel to said closet walls and to rest on a floor of said closet, said upright panels being secured together by at least two fixed horizontal shelves between each adjacent pair of upright panels; (b) each of said upright panels being formed with at least one opening through which a clothes pole may pass, said panel openings being aligned with each panel such that a clothes pole passing therethrough will be substantially level to said closet floor; (c) at least one telescoping clothes pole for engaging said openings; and (d) at least one pair of clothes pole cup supports for attachment to said opposing closet walls and for supporting a clothes pole.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The closet organizer of claim 1 further including at least one adjustable horizontal shelf positionable between a pair of upright panels.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The closet organizer of claim 1 wherein said upright panels include at least one cut-out to accommodate an obstruction on a closet wall.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
165 words
A method for organizing closet space in a closet having a left and right side walls and a back wall, comprising the steps of: (a) assembling a pair of panels to at least two fixed shelves to form a shelf tower, said pair of panels each including at least one opening through which a clothes pole may pass, said panel openings being aligned with each panel such that a clothes pole passing therethrough will be substantially level to said closet floor when said shelf tower is positioned in an upright manner; (c) positioning said shelf tower against the back wall of a closet; (d) extending a telescoping clothes pole through said at least one opening in said panels until the clothes pole contacts the left and right closet walls; (e) securing at least one pair of clothes pole cup supports to said opposing closet walls where said clothes pole contacts said closet walls; and (f) supporting said clothes pole by said clothes pole cup supports.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
165 words
A method for organizing closet space in a closet having a left and right side walls and a back wall, comprising the steps of: (a) assembling a pair of panels to at least two fixed shelves to form a shelf tower, said pair of panels each including at least one opening through which a clothes pole may pass, said panel openings being aligned with each panel such that a clothes pole passing therethrough will be substantially level to said closet floor when said shelf tower is positioned in an upright manner; (c) positioning said shelf tower against the back wall of a closet; (d) extending a telescoping clothes pole through said at least one opening in said panels until the clothes pole contacts the left and right closet walls; (e) securing at least one pair of clothes pole cup supports to said opposing closet walls where said clothes pole contacts said closet walls; and (f) supporting said clothes pole by said clothes pole cup supports.
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