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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1987
Alice A Peinsipp, Westchester, IL (US);
Selfix, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A stowable shelf/rack assembly having a shelf or rack member for supporting articles placed thereon or hung or depending therefrom, and a pair of hangers pivotally connected to either side of the shelf member and pivotable between a first position in which the hangers are oriented transverse to the rack with a first hook portion extending rearwardly of the assembly and adapted to hang on and be supported by a bar or other member affixed to a wall or similar surface, and a second position in which the major portion of each of the hangers lies generally in the same plane as and rests on the rack with a second hook portion extending rearwardly from the front of the assembly and engageable when said hangers are in the second position with a shelf or other support member for supporting the collapsed assembly in close contact with one surface thereof.