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A storage organizer includes a U-shaped bent-wire storage member pivotally mounted on a plate-like base to a wall or stud. The base has a pair of arcuately-shaped bands that define a pocket against the wall, and the bent-wire storage member has a pair of aligned straight sections that rotatably enga

A storage organizer includes a U-shaped bent-wire storage member pivotally mounted on a plate-like base to a wall or stud. The base has a pair of arcuately-shaped bands that define a pocket against the wall, and the bent-wire storage member has a pair of aligned straight sections that rotatably engage the pocket, permitting movement of prongs of the storage member between an upright storage position and an outward use position. The bent-wire storage member further includes an offset bent section between the straight sections that abuts forwardly-bent material between the bands to form a stop to hold the bent-wire storage member in the use position.

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1. A storage organizer adapted for attachment to a structure having a flat surface for creating storage thereon, comprising:a base plate including material bent to form at least one open-sided support pocket, the at least one open-sided support pocket defining at most one-half of a pivot and definin

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A storage organizer adapted for attachment to a structure having a flat surface for creating storage thereon, comprising:a base plate including material bent to form at least one open-sided support pocket, the at least one open-sided support pocket defining at most one-half of a pivot and defining a horizontal axis of rotation but being adapted to be closed to define the pivot only when the base plate is attached to the structure; anda U-shaped storage member having a pronged body and pronged arms extending from the pronged body, the pronged body having at least one straight section positioned within the support pocket for rotation about the axis of rotation with the pronged arms being movable between an upright non-use position and a downwardly-pivoted extended use position, the pronged body further having an offset bent section integral with and extending from the straight section, the offset bent section being bent at a predetermined angle relative to the pronged arms so that, when the pronged arms are in the extended use position, the offset bent section engages the base plate to hold the pronged arms in the extended use position. 2. The storage organizer defined in claim 1, wherein the at least one support pocket includes a pair of spaced-apart support pockets. 3. The storage organizer defined in claim 2, wherein the pair of support pockets are defined by bands that form half-cylinder shapes on the base plate. 4. The storage organizer defined in claim 1, wherein the base plate comprises a stamped one-piece plate with integral top and bottom plate sections that define a flat rear surface and with the material of the base plate forming a pair of integral bands extending between the top and bottom plate sections to form an aligned pair of the at least one support pocket. 5. The storage organizer defined in claim 1, wherein the storage organizer includes only two structural components those being the base plate and the storage member. 6. The storage organizer defined in claim 1, including friction-generating material on the straight section and in the pocket for generating friction to prevent the storage member from undesirably rotating. 7. The storage organizer defined in claim 1, wherein the base plate and the storage member are each constructed from contiguous and continuous metal and are characterized by an absence of welds and rivets. 8. A storage organizer adapted for attachment to a structure having a flat surface for creating storage thereon, comprising:a base plate including material bent to form at least one open-sided support pocket, the at least one a open-sided support pocket defining a horizontal axis of rotation but being closed to define a pivot only when the base plate is attached to the structure; anda U-shaped storage member having a pronged body and pronged arms extending from the pronged body, the pronged body having at least one straight section positioned within the support pocket for rotation about the axis of rotation with the pronged arms being movable between an upright non-use position and a downwardly-pivoted extended use position, the pronged body further having an offset bent section integral with and extending from the straight section, the offset bent section being bent at a predetermined angle relative to the pronged arms so that, when the pronged arms are in the extended use position, the offset bent section engages the base plate to hold the pronged arms in the extended use position;wherein the base plate comprises a stamped one-piece plate with integral top and bottom plate sections that define a flat rear surface and with the material of the base plate forming a pair of integral bands extending between the top and bottom plate sections to form an aligned pair of the at least one support pocket;wherein an area between the pair of bands is cutout and forms a window horizontally between the bands and vertically between the top and bottom plate sections, the base plate including marginal material at a bottom of the window that forms a stop located for engagement with the offset bent section when the pronged arms are in the use position. 9. A storage organizer adapted for attachment to a structure having a flat surface for creating storage thereon, comprising:a base plate including material bent to form at least one open-sided support pocket, the at least one open-sided support pocket defining a horizontal axis of rotation but being closed to define a pivot only when the base plate is attached to the structure; anda U-shaped storage member having a pronged body and pronged arms extending from the pronged body, the pronged body having at least one straight section positioned within the support pocket for rotation about the axis of rotation with the pronged arms being movable between an upright non-use position and a downwardly-pivoted extended use position, the pronged body further having an offset bent section integral with and extending from the straight section, the offset bent section being bent at a predetermined angle relative to the pronged arms so that, when the pronged arms are in the extended use position, the offset bent section engages the base plate to hold the pronged arms in the extended use position;wherein the body of the U-shaped storage member includes a pair of the straight sections connected together by the offset bent section, the base including a forwardly bent marginal material under the offset bent section that engages the offset bent section when the pronged arms are in the extended use position. 10. The storage organizer defined in claim 9, wherein an angle of the pronged arms when in the use position is about 5° to 15° above horizontal so that items stored on the pronged arms do not fall off. 11. A storage organizer adapted for attachment to a structure having a flat surface for creating storage thereon, comprising:a base plate including material bent to form at least one open-sided support pocket, the at least one open-sided support pocket defining a horizontal axis of rotation but being closed to define a pivot only when the base plate is attached the wall structure; anda U-shaped storage member having a pronged body and pronged arms extending from the pronged body, the pronged body having at least one straight section positioned within the support pocket for rotation about the axis of rotation with the pronged arms being movable between an upright non-use position and a downwardly-pivoted extended use position, the pronged body further having an offset bent section integral with and extending from the straight section, the offset bent section being bent at a predetermined angle relative to the pronged arms so that, when the pronged arms are in the extended use position, the offset bent section engages the base plate to hold the pronged arms in the extended use position; andfriction-generating material on the straight section and in the pocket for generating friction to prevent the storage member from undesirably rotating, the friction-generating material comprising an elastic band. 12. A storage organizer adapted for attachment to a building wall for creating storage thereon, comprising:a base plate including upper and lower attachment sections connected together by forwardly bent material forming at least one rearwardly-open support pocket, each support pocket defining at most one-half of a pivot, the base plate being open along its rear side at and between the at least one support pocket but when the base plate is attached to a building wall, being adapted to be closed to define horizontal axis of rotation at the pivot; anda bent wire storage member having a straight section rotatably positioned in the at least one support pocket and pronged arms extending from the straight section, the storage member being rotatable to move the pronged arms between an upright non-use position and a downwardly-pivoted extended use position, the storage member further having an offset be nt section integral with and extending from the straight section, the offset bent section being bent at a predetermined angle relative to the pronged arms so that, when the pronged arms are in the extended use position, the offset bent section engages the base plate to hold the pronged arms in the extended use position. 13. The storage organizer defined in claim 12, wherein the storage organizer includes only two structural components, those being the base plate and the storage member. 14. The storage organizer defined in claim 12, including a strip of frictional material between the base plate and the storage member for generating friction to hold the storage member in the use and non-use positions. 15. An apparatus including a building wall including a flat front surface, and the storage organizer defined in claim, 12 attachment sections being attached to the flat front surface. 16. A storage organizer adapted for attachment to a building wall for creating storage thereon, comprising:a base plate including upper and lower attachment sections connected together by forwardly bent material forming at least one rearwardly-open support pocket, with the base plate being open along its rear side at and between the at least one support pocket but being adapted to, only when the base plate is attached to a building wall, be closed to define a pivot having a horizontal axis of rotation; anda bent wire storage member having a straight section rotatably positioned in the at least one support pocket and pronged arms extending from the straight section, the storage member being rotatable to move the pronged arms between an upright storage position and a downwardly-pivoted extended use position, the storage member further having an offset bent section integral with and extending from the straight section, the offset bent section being bent at a predetermined angle relative to the pronged arms so that, when the pronged arms are in the extended use position, the offset bent section engages the base plate to hold the pronged arms in the extended use position; andthe base plate further including second forwardly bent material that forms a beam-like lip that engages the offset bent section of the storage member when the storage member is moved to the non-use position, the second forwardly beat material having a length that aligns with a direction of engagement of the offset bent section as the offset bent section is moved to the use position and being configured to hold the storage member in the use position, even when items are hung on the pronged arms. 17. A storage organizer adapted for attachment to a building wall for creating storage thereon, comprisinga base plate including attachment sections adapted for attachment to the building wall, the attachment sections being connected together by a pair of forwardly bent bands that form a pair of rearwardly-open support pockets that, only when the base plate is attached to the building wall, are closed and define a horizontal axis of rotation, the base plate further including forwardly bent marginal material between and at a bottom of the bands and having a length; anda preformed storage member having a pair of straight sections rotatably positioned in the support pockets and at least one pronged arm extending from the straight sections, the storage member being rotatable to move the at least one pronged arm between an upright non-use position and a downwardly-pivoted extended use position, the storage member further having an offset bent section integral with and located between the straight sections, the offset bent section being bent at a predetermined angle relative to the at least one pronged arm so that, when the pronged arm is in the extended use position, die offset bent section engages the forwardly bent marginal material in a direction of engagement aligned with the length to hold the pronged arm in the extended use position, with the forwardly bent marginal material forming a beam of increased strength due to its alignment with the direction of engagement. 18. The storage organizer defined in claim 17, wherein the storage organizer includes only two structural components, those being the base plate and the storage member. 19. The storage organizer defined in claim 17, including a strip of frictional material between the base plate and the storage member for generating friction to hold the storage member in the use and non-use positions. 20. An apparatus including a building wall including a flat front surface, and the storage organizer defined in claim 17 attachment sections being attached to the flat front surface. 21. The storage organizer defined in claim 17, wherein first torsional forces generated by engagement of the offset section against the forwardly bent marginal material when in the use position are counterbalanced by second torsional forces generated by engagement of a top section of the bands against the straight sections. 22. A storage organizer adapted for attachment to a building wall far creating storage thereon, comprising:a base plate including forwardly bent material forming at least one rearwardly-open support pocket, with the at least one support pocket being adapted to, when the base plate is attached to a building wall, define a pivot having a horizontal axis of rotation; anda storage member having at least one straight section rotatably positioned in the at least one support pocket and at least one pronged arm extending from the straight section, the storage member being rotatable to move the at least one pronged arm between an upright non-use position and a downwardly-pivoted extended use position, the storage member further having an offset bent section integral with and extending from the straight section, the offset bent section being bent at a predetermined angle relative to the pronged arms so that, when the pronged arms are in the extended use position, the offset bent section engages the base plate to hold the pronged arms in the extended use position, with first torsional forces generated by engagement of the offset section against the forwardly bent marginal material when in the use position being counterbalanced by second torsional forces generated by engagement of a top section of the bands against the straight sections. 23. The storage organizer defined in claim 22 the at least one support pocket defines a completely open area on a rear side of the base plate, and wherein the storage organizer includes only two structural components, those being the base plate and the storage member, and further wherein the base plate further has a thickness and includes second forwardly bent material that engages the offset bent section of the storage member when the storage member is moved to the non-use position, the second forwardly bent material having a length that aligns with a direction of engagement of the offset bent section as the offset bent section is moved to the use position, the length being longer than the thickness so that the second forwardly bent material has increased beam strength to hold the storage member in the use position, even when items are hung on the pronged arms. 24. The storage organizer defined in claim 22 including a strip of frictional material between the base plate and the storage member for generating friction to hold the storage member in the use and non-use positions.