Bag hanger for cleanroom environment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12240647-B2
Application number	US-202217900013-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 31, 2022
Priority date	Sep 2, 2021
Publication date	Mar 4, 2025
Grant date	Mar 4, 2025

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

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.

Assignees

• Veltek Ass Inc

Inventors

• Balestri Michael

Classifications

• F16B45/015

  sheet metal · CPC title

• B01L1/04

  Dust-free rooms or enclosures · CPC title

• B65B43/54

  Means for supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation · CPC title

• B65B67/1227 Primary

  only by a part of the periphery, e.g. by single points or handles, or by one side or two opposite sides only (B65B67/1244 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B01L9/00 Primary

  Supporting devices; Holding devices · CPC title