Add-on hook and rod assembly

Abstract

This invention uses two small parts to make an easily assembled clothes hanger add-on attachment to be used in conjunction with wire shelves so as to allow uninterupted slidability of clothes hangers while retaining strength durability, low cost and ease of manufacture. The add-on hook and rod assembly is usable for both wide web and narrow web wire shelving. No fasteners are required. The existing hung garments do not have to be removed to install this system. Individual garments may be transferred after a completion.

1 . An add-on hanger hook and rod assembly for independent attachment to the top front transverse wire of a wire shelf, the wire shelf having a plurality of horizontally spaced lateral wires attached to and traversed by the transverse wire, the assembly compriising: 
 an “S” shaped support hook;    the support comprised of an upper hook having a half circle bend facing backward and downward ;a stem vertically downward; a lower hook having a half ciircle bend facing forward and upward to the tangent point; extending a ¼″ parallel to the stem; the upper hook being removably positioned between adjacent lateral wires on the upper transverse rod of the wire shelf; two support hooks required to be placed for the first rod segment; one thereafter.    a maplewood rod:    the rod of only 12″ in length; rounded on top; slotted on the bottom; removably attached to the support hooks when pressed onto the upward facing end of the hooks.    
   
   
       2 . Assembly of add-on system may be accomplished without removing the garments from their current hanging position.  
   
   
       3 . Garments may, in most cases, be moved from the original rod to the add-on rod; most hangers today are flexible plastic or have swivel hooks.