US Patent 11350742 Repositionable closet bar for hanging clothes

A repositionable closet bar for hanging clothes includes an elongate rigid bar having distal, proximal and intermediate sections, wherein the distal section has an upward-facing surface for engaging a bottom surface of a closet shelf, wherein the intermediate section has an upward-facing surface that is convex for receiving and supporting a hook of a clothes hanger, wherein the proximal section has an upward-facing surface that extends radially outward beyond at least a portion of the convex surface of the intermediate section, and wherein the elongate rigid bar further includes a downward-facing surface for engaging a top surface of a closet rod. The repositionable closet bar may optionally further include a hook extending from a proximal end, a first compressible gripping pad for engaging the bottom surface of the closet shelf and/or a second compressible gripping pad for engaging the top surface of the closet rod.