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US 12,240,647 · App. 17/900,013 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Bag hanger for cleanroom environment

Inventor: Michael Balestri (Durango, CO)
Assignee: Veltek Associates, Inc.
B65B67/1227B01L1/04
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Patent No.
US 12,240,647
App. No.
17/900,013
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bag hanger has a main bracket body with a first leg configured for mounting the main bracket body on a support and a second leg extending from the first leg that is configured for hanging a bag. The second leg includes an open-ended slot that is accessible at a distal end of the second leg, the open-ended slot being sized to receive at least one hangable portion of the bag.

Claims (16)

1. An enclosed clean environment, comprising:

an enclosed housing having a fixed vertical support;

an L-shaped bag hanger assembly comprising:

a first elongated leg extending substantially vertically with a top end portion with a top end, and a bottom end portion with a bottom end, said first leg having an inward facing surface positioned against the support;

an opening at the top end portion of said vertical first leg;

a fastening device passing through said opening and into said vertical support to fixedly mount said bag hanger assembly to said vertical support with said inward facing surface of said first leg in contact with said vertical support;

a second elongated leg integral with said first leg and extending orthogonally outward from the bottom end of said first leg to form the L-shape, the second leg having a top surface extending substantially horizontally, wherein said second elongated leg has a first elongated finger with a first inner side and a second elongated finger with a second inner side, and wherein said first inner side is parallel to said second inner side; and

an open-ended slot formed in and accessible at a distal end of the second elongated leg between the first inner side of said first elongated finger and the second inner side of said second elongated finger, the open-ended slot being sized to receive at least one hangable portion of the bag to vertically hang the bag.

2. The clean environment of claim 1 , wherein said support comprises a wall.

3. The clean environment of claim 1 , wherein said clean environment comprises a restricted access barrier system, cleanroom and/or isolator.

4. The clean environment of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of bag hanger assemblies spaced apart from each other to permit sterilization of said plurality of bag hanger assemblies.

5. The clean environment of claim 1 , wherein the first leg, the second leg and the slot are each elongated.

6. The clean environment of claim 1 , the distal end of the second leg angled upward.

7. The clean environment of claim 1 , the distal end configured to engage the bag and retain the bag on the second leg.

8. The clean environment of claim 1 , wherein said first leg is fixedly positioned with respect to said second leg.

9. The clean environment of claim 1 , said enclosed housing having an access panel with an opened position to grant access to an interior of said enclosed housing, and a closed position to deny access to the interior of said housing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2023
From: BALESTRI, MICHAEL
To: VELTEK ASSOCIATES, INC.
Reel/Frame 063836/0718 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63333640 · Apr 22, 2022
Provisional Application 63240204 · Sep 2, 2021
Related Publication 20230064018A1 · Mar 2, 2023
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