Merchandise hanger for slotted wall display panel

Abstract

A hanger support for small articles of merchandise, which support is adapted for detachable mounting at any point along the length of a slat forming a component of a slotted wall merchandise display panel having horizontal grooves between adjacent slats. The support assembly is formed by a main plate, to the front face of which is affixed a cantilever bar from which the merchandise items are suspended. An integral offset retaining flange is bent from the upper end of the plate for entry within the desired portion of the groove above the selected slat. A secondary offset retaining flange is provided on an auxiliary plate which is vertically slideable on the main plate and which encompasses the rear face of the latter and is bent over the lateral edges of the main plate to provide reliable guide tracks for the relative movements between the plates, between their nested and extended positions. Following the above-mentioned entry of the first-mentioned flange in the groove, the assembly is free to assume a position adjacent to the slat whereupon the secondary retaining flange is free to drop past the groove below the slat into engagement with the rear portion of the slat therebelow, thereby to securely fix the position of the assembly onto the first-mentioned slat by interengagement of the rear portions of the slats above and below it with retaining flanges of substantial areas.