Tool and gear organizer system with secure hanging method

Abstract

Provided is a system for securing implements such as tools, gear and the like, comprising: a mountable base adapted to be secured to a wall or ceiling comprising one or more first coupling devices / acceptors; and one or more looped tether devices, the looped tether devices comprising a loop of tether fixed to a second coupling device / acceptor adapted to engage a said first coupling device / acceptor, wherein the loop of tether is sized to allow the first coupling device / acceptor to be threaded through the loop to enclose and engage one of a range of implements.

Description

[0001] This application is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. application Ser. No. 10 / 923,951, filed Aug. 23, 2004, which in turn claims the priority of Provisional Application 60 / 590,273, filed Jul. 22, 2004; This application further claims the priority of U.S. Provisional Application 60 / 610,314, filed Sep. 16, 2004, and U.S. Provisional Application 60 / 645,472, filed Jan. 20, 2005[0002] Provided is a secure system for the hanging of various implements, tools, other gear, and the like for storage. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of hanging objects during storage in a secure manner that is simple to use. This device may be used for storing a wide range gear of all sizes and shapes ranging from, but not limited to, hand and power garden tools, ladders, power tools, hand tools, bicycles, canoes, kayaks, hoses, cords, or keys. The present invention may be used in most locations where equipment is preferably secured during storage including, basements, garages, c...

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Benefits of technology

[0008] Provided, in one embodiment, is a system for securing implements such as tools, gear and the like, comprising: a mountable base adapted to be secured to a wall or ceiling comprising one or more first coupling devices/acceptors; and one or more looped tether devices, the looped tether dev

Problems solved by technology

Such devices lack a means for positively securing the gear and, allowing releases of the gear can cause injury and / or damage to nearby objects and persons.

In addition to these potential hazards, many common storage hooks are vulnerable, with overloading or repeated use, to twisting or bending of their support members or base structure.

Furthermore, these devices are typically constructed of inexpensive grades of metal that is subject to the deterioration and weakening caused by rust, corrosion, and the flexing caused by repeated normal use.

Also such designs typically cannot be used to store multiple items in a space efficient manner.

Also, commonly found storage and organizational systems often do not sufficiently secure items to prevent releases due to ground motion.

Similarly, release due to motion is a problem on ships, boats, trucks, rail cars and the like, creating further areas where secure, convenient storage tools are particularly useful.

In existing systems where stored items are not stacked on top of each other in the direction away from the wall using a single support member, an excessive and undesirable amount of lateral space is required.

Both the stacked and non-stacked variations of such designs are often incapable of accepting items with larger heads, such as snow shovels and wide wire rakes because the support hooks frequently lack either sufficient space between the support members, or sufficient space above the mounting location of the support hooks.

Plastic variations of hook designs typically lack the required strength to adequately support the resulting moment caused by the generally long hook lengths.

The support members of such devices extending outwardly from walls at mounted locations are generally insecure, inefficient with space, incapable of storing a wide range of tools in a single mounted location, aesthetically unappealing, and lacking of ideal strength and longevity.

Such support members can often create a hazardous projection.

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