US 11,940,001 B1
Attachable equipment hanger
David P. Dault, Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed by David P. Dault, Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/829,923.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/305,921, filed on Feb. 2, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/196,949, filed on Jun. 4, 2021.
Int. Cl. F16M 13/02 (2006.01); F16B 45/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 45/00 (2013.01) [F16M 13/02 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An attachable hanger for hanging a piece of equipment, said attachable hanger comprising:
a body defining a receiving cavity and having a coupling receptacle in a sidewall of said body, with said coupling receptacle defining an opening in said sidewall of said body, said receiving cavity configured to selectively receive an end portion of a shaft of the piece of equipment, with said coupling receptacle configured to selectively receive a projection from the shaft; and
a hanger portion connected to said body and configured to be selectively hooked to an elevated object;
wherein said coupling receptacle comprises a securing slot configured to receive the projection to selectively hold the piece of equipment when said hanger portion is hooked to the elevated object, and further comprising a receiving channel defining an opening in said sidewall of said body with said receiving channel extending from an open end of said body to said coupling receptacle and being configured to slidably receive the projection, and wherein said securing slot is configured to receive the projection after the projection has slid through said receiving channel and has been subsequently rotated out of alignment with said receiving channel.