Hanger

Abstract

A hanger mounted to an upright member ( 20 ) of a sectional rack for rotating movement around the member. The hanger is kept against getting broken away from the upright member even if any heavy load or object is hung thereon, and also less intrusive to other usages. The hanger is composed of a major body ( 1 ) surrounding around the upright member for rotating movement in a circumferential direction and a hook ( 6 ) coupled to the upright member to put any object thereon. The major body ( 1 ) is made up of a pair of first and second halves ( 1 a, 1 b ) which are joined together at their confronting edges ( 10 ) for pivotal movement to allow their other edges ( 9 ) to swing open and/or close one another and made circular on their inside surfaces in conformity with an outside configuration of the upright member. The hook ( 6 ) makes engagement with at least any one edge of the first and second halves. Further, a raised portion ( 8 ) is made on at least one inside surface of the first and second halves to come into mating engagement with a groove ( 21 ) around the upright member ( 20 ) to keep the major body ( 1 ) against displacement in axial direction thereof.

1 . A hanger which is detachably mounted to a cylindrical or columnar upright member formed with a groove extending in the circumferential direction in the outer peripheral surface thereof to hang an object thereon, comprising
 a major body surrounding the outer periphery of the upright member so as to be turnable in the circumferential direction; and a hook connected to the major body to hang an object thereon, characterized in that   the major body has a pair of first and second halves which are joined together at the confronting edges so that the other edges can be opened and closed freely and each has an inner peripheral surface formed into an arcuate shape along the outer peripheral surface of the upright member; the hook is connected to at least one of the other edges of the first and second halves; and a raised portion, which is engaged with the groove in the upright member to keep the major body from moving in the axis line direction of the major body, is formed on the inner peripheral surface of at least one of the first and second halves.   
   
   
       2 . The hanger according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the hook is formed into a hook shape. 
   
   
       3 . The hanger according to  claim 1 , characterized in that a connecting portion for connecting the hook to the major body projects in the radial direction from the other edges of the first and second halves, and has first and second convex portions which take an inverse U shape in the axis line direction as a whole when the hanger is mounted to the upright member and the hook is connected to the major body; and an inverse U shaped concave portion, into which the first and second convex portions are inserted, formed in a back surface on the side opposite to a portion in which the hook is formed into a hook shape, and
 a slit extending in the axis line direction is provided in each of the first and second convex portions, and protruding portions engaging with the slits are provided in the concave portion.   
   
   
       4 . A hanger which is detachably mounted to a cylindrical or columnar upright member formed with a groove extending in the circumferential direction in the outer peripheral surface thereof to hang an object thereon, comprising
 a major body surrounding the outer periphery of the upright member so as to be turnable in the circumferential direction; and an arm provided integrally with the major body and projecting outward from the upright member to hang an object thereon, characterized in that   the major body has a pair of first and second halves which are joined together at the confronting edges so that the other edges can be opened and closed freely and each has an inner peripheral surface formed into an arcuate surface along the outer peripheral surface of the upright member; the arm is integrally provided on at least one of the first and second halves; a connecting member for connecting the other edges of the first and second halves to each other in a closed state is detachably provided, and a raised portion, which is engaged with the groove in the upright member to keep the major body from moving in the axis line direction of the major body, is formed on the inner peripheral surface of at least one of the first and second halves.   
   
   
       5 . The hanger according to  claim 4 , characterized in that the arm has a first divided arm provided on the first half and a second divided arm provided on the second half; the first and second divided arms are formed so as to abut on each other and take a cylindrical or columnar shape in a state in which the first and second halves are closed; and the connecting member is a cylindrical connector formed with a hole, into which the arm is inserted, in the central part thereof. 
   
   
       6 . The hanger according to  claim 5 , characterized in that a convex portion having flexibility is provided on the outer peripheral surface of at least one of the first and second divided arms in such a manner as to emerge and immerge from the outer peripheral surface; and the connector is formed with a hole for preventing the connecting portion from coming off by the engagement with the convex portion. 
   
   
       7 . The hanger according to  claim 6 , characterized in that the outside dimension of the convex portion is larger than the inside diameter of the hole.