Door overhang storage system

Abstract

The present invention broadly comprises a storage system comprising a plurality of rungs serving as hangers or for supporting hanging devices. The rungs are spaced vertically along a pair of elastic cords that are hooked, top and bottom to a rectangular shaped support, such as a door.

1 . A storage system assembly comprising: 
 a plurality of elastic cords;    a plurality of hooks for affixing ends of said cords; and    a plurality of rungs attached to at least two of said plurality of elastic cords.    
   
   
       2 . The storage system of  claim 1 , comprising exactly two elastic cords.  
   
   
       3 . The storage system of  claim 1 , comprising at least three rungs.  
   
   
       4 . The storage system of  claim 1 , further comprising on an end of a rung of said plurality of rungs, an end cap having a lumen with a diameter about the diameter of a relaxed elastic cord.  
   
   
       5 . The storage system of  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of stoppers attached to said plurality of elastic cords, said stoppers capable of fixing a cord of said plurality of elastic cords in a hook of said plurality of hooks.  
   
   
       6 . The storage system of  claim 5 , wherein said stoppers each comprise a lumen having a diameter about the diameter of a relaxed elastic cord.  
   
   
       7 . The storage system of  claim 4 , wherein said lumen is at an angle about 90° to the rung.  
   
   
       8 . The storage system of  claim 4 , wherein said lumen is curved.  
   
   
       9 . The storage system of  claim 4 , wherein said lumen has an internal radius with a tangent intersecting the outer radius of curvature.  
   
   
       10 . The storage system of  claim 8 , wherein said curved lumen comprises an arc about 90°.  
   
   
       11 . The storage system of  claim 8 , wherein said lumen has an internal radius of curvature about 20 mm and an external radius of curvature about 25 mm.  
   
   
       12 . The storage system of  claim 4 , wherein walls of said lumen have a thickness about 4.5 mm.  
   
   
       13 . The storage system of  claim 6 , wherein a first and a second stopper fit on a first and a second terminal portion of said elastic cord, each stopper thereby fixing the two terminal portions in a respective hook.  
   
   
       14 . The storage system of  claim 1 , wherein a rung has a diameter about 16 mm.  
   
   
       15 . The storage system of  claim 1 , wherein a rung has a length about 470 mm.  
   
   
       16 . The storage system of  claim 13 , wherein said first and second stopper have a lumen with a diameter about 7 mm.  
   
   
       17 . The storage system of  claim 13 , wherein said first and second stopper have a conical shape with a large diameter end and a small diameter end, said large diameter end having a first lumen with a diameter about 2 times a diameter of a second lumen at the small diameter end.  
   
   
       18 . The storage system of  claim 17 , wherein a depth of said first lumen is about one and one half a depth of said second lumen.  
   
   
       19 . The storage system of  claim 18 , wherein a depth of said first lumen is about a diameter or said first lumen.  
   
   
       20 . The storage system of  claim 17 , wherein said second lumen has a diameter about the diameter of an elastic cord of said plurality of elastic cords.  
   
   
       21 . The storage system of  claim 17 , wherein said first lumen hides from view an end on one of the plurality of elastic cords.  
   
   
       22 . The storage system of  claim 1 , wherein a hook has a u-shape portion and a circular portion, the u-shape portion having a base portion formed by about 90° angles with two wall portions of said u-shape portion, said circular portion in a plane approximately parallel to the plane of the u-shape portion base.  
   
   
       23 . The storage system of  claim 22 , wherein a first wall of said u-shape portion has a stabilizer in a first plane at a right angle to a plane formed by a second wall of said u-shape portion and parallel to said second wall of said u-shape portion, said stabilizer having a maximum width about 1 to 1.5 times a length of said base.  
   
   
       24 . The storage system of  claim 22 , wherein said circular portion circumscribes an opening with a diameter greater than about twice the diameter of a relaxed elastic cord.  
   
   
       25 . The storage system of  claim 22 , wherein said hook is formed of stiff wire.  
   
   
       26 . The storage system of  claim 25 , wherein said stiff wire has a diameter about one half the diameter of a relaxed elastic cord.  
   
   
       27 . The storage system of  claim 25  wherein said stiff wire has a diameter about 4 mm.  
   
   
       28 . The storage system of  claim 1  wherein an elastic cord of said plurality of elastic cords has a relaxed diameter about 7 mm.  
   
   
       29 . The storage system of  claim 17 , wherein each an end of one of the plurality of elastic cords is knotted to form a knot, said knot having a diameter greater than said second lumen diameter, said knot fitting inside said first lumen.  
   
   
       30 . The storage system of  claim 1 , wherein said plurality of elastic cords each have a rubber interior and a woven fabric coating.  
   
   
       31 . The storage system of  claim 30 , wherein an elastic cord of said plurality of elastic cords is a bungee cord.  
   
   
       32 . The storage system of  claim 2 , comprising two elastic cords with four ends; three rungs with six ends; six end caps individually disposed on an end of the rungs; four stoppers and four hooks each having a u-shape portion and a circular portion, the u-shape portion having a base portion formed by about 90° angles with two wall portions of said u-shape portion, said circular portion in a plane approximately parallel to the plane of the u-shape portion base;  
     wherein: said end caps each have a lumen with a diameter about the diameter of a relaxed elastic cord and said elastic cords fit inside said end cap lumens; said stoppers have a conical shape with a large diameter end and a small diameter end, said large diameter end having a first lumen with a diameter about 2 times a diameter of a second lumen at the small diameter end; said circular portion of said hook circumscribes an opening with a diameter less than said large diameter, but greater than said small diameter, said small diameter being about the diameter of a relaxed elastic cord; said stoppers each fixing an end portion of an elastic cord in a hook.