Patents by Inventor John H. Collis

John H. Collis has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4227632
    Abstract: A flexible garment hanger preferably formed of a one-piece, molded plastic-like material having a body, two hanger arms connected to the body by integral flexible hinge portions and a locking bar below the body of the hanger secured to both arms by means of similar integral flexible hinge portions with a stop member projecting medially from the locking bar and having two additional integral flexible hinge portions, one on either side of the stop member. By pulling down on the stop member, the locking bar is deflected downwardly past an overcenter position which in turn allows the two hanger arms to be compressed downwardly and inwardly into a collapsed position. The hanger is locked into a fully deployed position by forcing the stop member upwardly towards the body so that the locking bar passes beyond its center position into an overcentered locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1980
    Inventor: John H. Collis