Means To Hold Article Hanger Or Support Patents (Class 206/279)
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Patent number: 11060238Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for protecting a garment from wrinkling, stretching or abrasion during washing, drying and storing of the garment. Permeable sections has mesh stretched over them. A garment is folded about and within each section. The garment maximizes the flow of fluids through the garment while minimizing the wrinkling, stretching or abrasion of the garment during washing, drying and storing.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Inventor: Elias David Cruz
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Patent number: 10640254Abstract: A collapsible container (200) for a product (202) that may be elastically compressible. The collapsible container design may reduce or prevent damage or permanent deformation of the collapsible container during lacement of a load on the container. The collapsible container includes a plurality of collapsible panels (106A-D) that articulate in a specific manner during placement of a load, resulting in a controlled and temporary partial collapse of the container from an expanded position to a collapsed position. After removal of the load from the collapsible container, the elastically compressible product may decompress and force the collapsible container to expand from the collapsed position back to the expanded position.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventor: Theodoor Oostwouder
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Patent number: 10370179Abstract: A transport pocket for transporting an article in an overhead conveyor includes a suspension element by which the transport pocket can be suspended from the overhead conveyor, a pocket body having a front wall, a rear wall and a base therebetween, where the front wall has an opening, and a lever element by which the pocket body can be switched between at least two positions in which the front wall and the rear wall assume different relative vertical positions. In a first of the at least two positions, the opening is at a suitable distance from a deepest point of the pocket body for securely housing the article in the pocket body and, in a second of the at least two positions, the opening reaches the deepest point of the pocket body so that the article is able to slide out of the pocket body through the opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Vanderlande Industries B.V.Inventor: Ralf F. Schneuing
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Patent number: 9924818Abstract: Hanger for hanging garments, provided with a support part (2, 3) intended to support a garment, and a suspension part (5) for suspending the hanger from an external structure. Suspension part (5) comprises an attachment element (4) that consists of an adherent element that constitutes a flat surface for removably attaching said suspension part (5) to the external structure. Also, said suspension part (5) comprises a first portion (7), integral to support part (2, 3), and a second portion (8), which comprises at one free end said attachment element (4), and which at the other end is joined to said first portion (7) by articulation means (10) that allow rotation of said second portion (8) with respect to said first portion (7).Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Inventor: Guillermo Amen Rodriguez
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Patent number: 9856073Abstract: A hanger support includes a unitary structure defining a set of panels comprising a center panel, a first end panel extending from the center panel along a first longitudinal direction, and a second end panel extending from the center panel along a second longitudinal direction, the second longitudinal direction opposing the first longitudinal direction. The hanger support includes a first hinge joint disposed between the first end panel and the center panel, a second hinge joint disposed between the second end panel and the center panel and at least one set of openings defined by the center panel extending through a first planar surface and a second planar surface of the unitary structure, the at least one set of openings configured to receive a hook of a hanger.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: TECHNOLOGY CONTAINER CORP.Inventors: Keith B. Perron, Kevin Reilly
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Patent number: 9740799Abstract: A three-dimensional engineered shaped fiber configuration is formed using determined structural requirements for a three-dimensional engineered shaped fiber configuration and ascertained properties of an engineered molded fiber fiberboard material. A first cut on a top surface and a second cut on a bottom surface of the fiberboard material are calculated. These calculations are based, at least in part, on the structural requirements properties of the fiberboard material. The first cut and the second cut each have a depth, a width, and a position. The first cut and the second cut have a spacing between them such that the flat piece of fiberboard material can be folded at a point located in the spacing between the first cut and second cut to position a first portion of the fiberboard material at a particular angle with respect to a second portion of the fiberboard material.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2011Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignees: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate, The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of AgricultureInventors: Julee Ann Herdt, Kellen Scott Schauermann, John F. Hunt
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Patent number: 9707797Abstract: A binder arrangement comprising a pair of covers hingably carried by a spine and containing at least one binder carried by one of the covers further comprising a case that encompasses the binder arrangement that includes flexible sidewalls that each comprise a skirt that extends along the side edges of each cover with one of the skirts releasably attached to the other one of the skirts by a fastening arrangement that is elastically anchored to the spine by a stretchable gather, and further including a material loop on the interior surface of said spine for slidably retaining d-ring attachment loops.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2011Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Inventor: Adam Merzon
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Patent number: 8991597Abstract: A garment bag for a collared shirt, the bag comprising a receptacle (52) arranged to receive a first portion of a shirt including the collar (26) and cover (40) arranged to receive the remainder of the said shirt and be rolled up around the receptacle, the receptacle being of greater rigidity than the cover. A method of folding a shirt having a back portion, two front portions, two sleeves and a collar is also disclosed, the method comprising the steps of folding the shirt centrally of the back and between the back and both front portions so that the back lies folded between the front portions, positioning one sleeve along each front portion, protecting the collar and rolling the remainder of the shirt around the protected collar. Preferably the shirt folding method and garment bag are used together.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2006Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Shirtroll LimitedInventor: Richard Sebastian Hawksley Webb
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Patent number: 8794435Abstract: Various embodiments of the invention provided a garment box comprising a bottom panel and a container portion that includes a first side wall, a second side wall, a third side wall, and a fourth side wall. In particular embodiments, the garment box further includes a walled enclosure portion contiguous to the first side wall and comprising a first fold over panel, a second fold over panel, and a third fold over panel. In particular embodiments, the first and third fold over panels include holes located proximate a mid-point of the panels and the second fold over panel includes a slot. The holes are configured to support a rod that is inserted into the walled enclosure portion. The rod is configured to support one or more heads of clothes hangers inserted through the slot and hung on the rod to secure clothes placed in the container portion for shipping.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2012Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.Inventors: Quinto Alessandro Marini, Patrick M. McDavid, Carmichael Salandanan Galang, Briana Marie Wiegele, Matthew James Robke, Stefan Joseph Figurski, Earl Stacey Lee, Jr.
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Publication number: 20140202896Abstract: A hanger support includes a unitary structure defining a set of panels comprising a center panel, a first end panel extending from the center panel along a first longitudinal direction, and a second end panel extending from the center panel along a second longitudinal direction, the second longitudinal direction opposing the first longitudinal direction. The hanger support includes a first hinge joint disposed between the first end panel and the center panel, a second hinge joint disposed between the second end panel and the center panel and at least one set of openings defined by the center panel extending through a first planar surface and a second planar surface of the unitary structure, the at least one set of openings configured to receive a hook of a hanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: Technology Container CorporationInventors: Keith B. Perron, Kevin Reilly
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Patent number: 8714350Abstract: The present invention includes methods and apparatus in which a reusable bag is provided for the collection and return of soiled garments, laundry and/or other clothing items. The bag may be provided in the form of a hamper that is open at the top, with one or more hooks that allow the bag to be hung from a clothing rod, and is provided with engagement devices that allow the bag to be folded up when not in use, and then unfolded to various levels for containment and protection of clean items that have been hung on standard hangers. In some embodiments, garment protection flaps and a detachable accessory bag are provided inside the bag. In other embodiments, convenient handles are provided as part of the hangers which support the bags, the handles being positioned to balance the bag when it is being carried to avoid spilling the contents thereof, the bags having special flaps for engaging the hangers having the handles.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Inventor: Stephen E. Berglund
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Patent number: 8689973Abstract: The present invention includes methods and apparatus in which a reusable bag is provided for the collection and return of soiled garments, laundry and/or other clothing items. The bag may be provided in the form of a hamper that is open at the top, with one or more hooks that allow the bag to be hung from a clothing rod, and is provided with engagement devices that allow the bag to be folded up when not in use, and then unfolded to various levels for containment and protection of clean items that have been hung on standard hangers. In some embodiments, garment protection flaps are provided inside the bag.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2011Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Inventor: Stephen Berglund
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Publication number: 20130346255Abstract: A garment box is described, the box having a plurality of side wall panels, a ceiling panel and a floor panel, and at least one retainer or a plurality of retainers for securing a garment. The retainer(s) may be (each) arranged to cooperate with (a respective) one of the panels of the box, for example with respective adjacent panels. A drop and collect cleaning system is also described. A garment to be cleaned is placed in a garment box and the garment box dropped off at a drop off location. The cleaned garment is collected in a garment box from a pre-arranged collection location.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Inventors: Ben Hayden, Stephen Brady, Charles Steven Crocker
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Publication number: 20130319887Abstract: The present invention provides a collapsible garment stillage, the stillage including a base, two side frames which are pivotably mounted to the base, and a removable hanging rail which extends between the side frames.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2011Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: SUNRISE GLOBAL INNOVATIONS LIMITEDInventor: Kenneth Symonds
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Patent number: 8544641Abstract: Various embodiments provide a garment box insert comprising a bottom panel; a container portion comprising a first side wall, a second side wall, a third side wall, and a fourth side wall; and contiguous to the first side wall, a first walled enclosure portion. The walled enclosure portion comprises: a first fold over panel comprising two apertures configured to receive at least an upper portion of a handle portion; and a second fold over panel comprising an elongate aperture positioned such that opposing ends of an elongate aperture are approximately aligned with the two apertures of the first fold over panel and a central portion of the elongate aperture being approximately aligned with the elongate slot located in the first side wall. Such alignment allows one or more clothes hangers to be inserted through the elongate aperture of the second fold over panel and secured on the handle portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2012Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.Inventors: Gijs Houdijk, Koen De Greef, Frits Stam
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Patent number: 8511466Abstract: A clothing transport device including a panel having a length defined between a top edge and a bottom edge and a width defined between a first side edge and a second side edge. An interior surface of the panel receives clothing to be transported. A first portion of the panel is defined between the first side edge and the clothing. The first portion is foldable over the clothing. Each of a plurality of closing straps is coupled to the second side edge of the panel. Each of a plurality of closing buckles is coupled to the exterior surface of the panel. A second portion of the panel is defined between the second side edge and the clothing and is folded over the first portion to encase the clothing in the panel. The closing straps releasably engage the closing buckles to secure the second portion over the first portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2006Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Inventor: Stanley H. Harris
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Publication number: 20130206620Abstract: The present invention provides a collapsible garment stillage (10). The stillage (10) including a base (12) having front (16), rear (22), and top (28) frames and two side (14) frames movably mounted thereto, wherein the top frame (28) is provided with at least one support for a garment hanger, wherein the front (16), rear (22), side (14), and top (28) frames are collapsible C into the base (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: SUNRISE GLOBAL INNOVATIONS LIMITEDInventor: Kenneth Symonds
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Patent number: 8490764Abstract: A portable wardrobe storage and changing device for transporting uniforms and costumes to a performance site and then convert into a private changing station. The device includes a rigid internal frame with a lower frame and a perpendicularly aligned upward extending frame member. Attached to the lower frame are two wheels. Extending around the frame is a four-sided elongated bag with an adjustable upper lid. The elongated bag also includes a first vertical slide connector and a second horizontal slide connector that allows the bag to selectively opened or closed around the internal frame. Disposed between the lid and the elongated bag is a third slide connector that allows three edges of the lid to be selectively detached from the bag. When the three slide connectors are detached, the lid may be lifted and the two side panels and the two front panel sections maybe opened and extended to form a changing station.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2008Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Inventor: Margaret Simester
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Patent number: 8430238Abstract: This invention is related to a hanging, telescoping garment organizer for storing, displaying and dispensing rolled pair of socks or other small garments, comprising an upper and a lower container of elongated, tubular shape. The lower container can be telescoping inside the upper container to reduce the organizer's space when not in use. The lower container is held attached to the upper container by a plurality of snap hooks that snap locked with the corresponding locking edges at the bottom of the upper container. The front sides of both the upper and lower containers have vertical openings sufficiently wide to allow easy manual insertion and retrieval of rolled pairs of socks or other small garments.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2010Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Inventor: Steve Moore
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Publication number: 20120292209Abstract: A system for storing women's undergarments is disclosed. The system may include a plurality of brassiere inserts, and one or more underpants storage components. The brassiere inserts may include a first and second cupped feature that have a shape substantially corresponding to the shape of a brassiere, and that nestably engage a brassiere. The brassiere inserts may be removable from the storage unit including the base. The underpants storage component includes cavities into which underpants can be inserted. The system may also include a lid to cover the storage unit and to protect the brassieres stored therein, and a hanger, which gives the user the option of hanging the storage system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2011Publication date: November 22, 2012Inventor: Todd Willey
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Patent number: 8240465Abstract: A protective cover for natural fiber apparel to protect the apparel from moths, moth larvae, and other pests is disclosed. The protective cover encloses not only natural fiber apparel, but also a hanger from which the apparel is hung. A substantial portion of the protective cover is made from a fabric that prevents moths and other insects from penetrating the protective cover and depositing eggs or consuming the apparel therein. At the same time, this fabric allows air to travel therethrough. A window is incorporated into the body of the protective cover to allow users to view the one or more apparel items protected by the protective cover. The protective cover also includes a zipper along its outer edge to allow access to the apparel contained within.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2010Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Inventor: Cynthia Bennett
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Patent number: 8235206Abstract: The present device is a reusable bag for laundry and laundry hangers. The reusable bag includes an enclosure made from a flexible web material having an open end and a closed end. The open end has a closure means, while the closed end includes an aperture adapted to receive a portion of each laundry hanger therethrough. With the open end of the enclosure facing upward in a hamper configuration, dirty laundry may be collected and, when the bag is full, the open end of the enclosure may be selectively closed with the closure means. The reusable bag may be transported to a laundry cleaning facility by carrying with a handle strap, and returned with clean laundry hanging on the laundry hangers inside the enclosure. The closed end of the enclosure may be facing upward in a garment bag configuration for protecting the clean laundry.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2009Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Inventors: Rick Siegel, Jennifer Nigrosh
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Patent number: 8201684Abstract: A reusable garment bag having a first interior compartment, an open bottom, a closed top with an opening sized to allow passage therethrough of hanger tops, a front having a generally vertical slit sealably closed with a zipper, a back having an opening providing access to a second interior compartment segregated from the first interior compartment, a drawstring circumscribing a hem about the open bottom, an elastic strap in the first interior compartment, a handle affixed to the top and bottom, and a strap adapted to secure the two handles together for carrying the garment bag in a folded orientation.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2010Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Inventor: Tonia P. Torrellas
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Patent number: 8074795Abstract: The container of this invention may have a plurality of slots formed proximate an upper perimeter of the container such that a lower portion of the slots is exposed when a lid is secured over the upper perimeter. Optionally a plurality of notches may be formed in the container below the slots. Hooks of tie down straps engage the slots and are held in place therein by the lid. When the slots are present hooks of tie down straps are secured in the slots. Another embodiment includes a hanger having a handle and an optional L-piece, the handle having apertures or notches, which can be, for example oval or rectangular, for securing both hooks of a tie down strap, the L-piece either attachable, or permanently attached, to the handle for further securing the hooks disposed in the apertures. Yet another embodiment includes a receptacle having an attachable or permanently attached bracket or plurality of brackets, each bracket having slots, each slot for storing both hooks of a tie down strap.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2009Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Inventors: Steven Neu, Tammy Neu
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Publication number: 20110247948Abstract: This invention is related to a hanging, telescoping garment organizer for storing, displaying and dispensing rolled pair of socks or other small garments, comprising an upper and a lower container of elongated, tubular shape. The lower container can be telescoping inside the upper container to reduce the organizer's space when not in use. The lower container is held attached to the upper container by a plurality of snap hooks that snap locked with the corresponding locking edges at the bottom of the upper container. The front sides of both the upper and lower containers have vertical openings sufficiently wide to allow easy manual insertion and retrieval of rolled pairs of socks or other small garments.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2010Publication date: October 13, 2011Inventor: Steve Moore
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Patent number: 8020699Abstract: A shoe box having one or more integrally formed dividers extending from the end of the shoe box, with the dividers shaped and sized to extend laterally across and to be positioned between a pair of shoes within the box to secure the shoes in fixed space relation to one another. In one embodiment, one divider is integrally formed from the shoe box blank extending from one end of the box with a separate, removable insert divider having a similar function at the other end of the box.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2009Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Inventor: Michel Meynard
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Publication number: 20110089061Abstract: A carrier bag includes a substantially flat, flexible sheet of material. A first handle is attached to the sheet of material adjacent a first edge of the sheet of material. A second handle is attached to the sheet of material adjacent a second edge of the sheet of material. A first hanger attachment element is attached to a first side of the sheet of material, the first hanger attachment element adjacent to but spaced from the first edge. A second hanger attachment element is attached to the first side of the sheet of material, the second hanger attachment element adjacent to but spaced from the second edge. A first closing element is attached to the sheet of material adjacent a third edge of the sheet of material and a second closing element is attached to the sheet of material adjacent a fourth edge of the sheet of material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventors: Myra Tobolowsky Prescott, Julie Zale Tobolowsky
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Publication number: 20110000803Abstract: The garment carrier is convertible to function as a counter bag, in a first orientation, and a garment bag for use with a hanger with a hook portion, in a second orientation. The main section of the carrier includes a relatively large garment receiving opening at one end and a relatively small hanger hook portion receiving opening at the other end. A zipper is provided to permit insertion and removal of garments. Drawstrings are provided for closing the garment receiving opening of the main section. The zipper intersects the plane of the drawstrings. The drawstrings include first and second separate drawstring sections. Each of the sections has an end anchored to the main section. The anchor points are proximate the garment receiving opening, at respective points on opposite sides of the zipper, such that the zipper does not interfere with the operation of the drawstrings.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2009Publication date: January 6, 2011Inventor: Jeffrey Schapiro
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Publication number: 20100224515Abstract: The present device is a reusable bag for laundry and laundry hangers. The reusable bag includes an enclosure made from a flexible web material having an open end and a closed end. The open end has a closure means, while the closed end includes an aperture adapted to receive a portion of each laundry hanger therethrough. With the open end of the enclosure facing upward in a hamper configuration, dirty laundry may be collected and, when the bag is full, the open end of the enclosure may be selectively closed with the closure means. The reusable bag may be transported to a laundry cleaning facility by carrying with a handle strap, and returned with clean laundry hanging on the laundry hangers inside the enclosure. The closed end of the enclosure may be facing upward in a garment bag configuration for protecting the clean laundry.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2009Publication date: September 9, 2010Inventors: Rick Siegel, Jennifer Nigrosh
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Publication number: 20100116701Abstract: A garment bag having a base portion with a closed bottom and one or more sidewalls extending from the closed bottom to a top region to define an interior space and a collapsible portion having a generally enclosed top end and an open bottom end, the bottom end is attached to the one or more sidewalls around a perimeter thereof and proximate the top region is disclosed. The collapsible portion formed is from a flexible material and has an opening means. The collapsible portion is positionable in a first position in which the collapsible portion is collapsed into the interior space and a second position in which the collapsible portion extends away from the top region of the base portion such that the opening means provides access to the interior space.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Paola LEON, Helen Elizabeth Glenton KERR, Chloë PHILIP, Anita MATUSEVICS-HALTER
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Publication number: 20100006459Abstract: A reusable dry cleaning bag is provided having a dual purpose as a hanging garment cover and a tote bag. The dry cleaning bag is configured to have a plurality of panels that are connected to form the hanging garment cover having a closed end and an open end. A pair of straps is positioned along an axis of the panels. The hanging garment cover is converted to a tote bag by folding the bottom half of the garment cover at the axis to overlap with the top half of the garment cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventor: Ann Foley
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Patent number: 7600636Abstract: The present invention provides a new and useful clothes protector cover comprised of a rectangular left sheet, a rectangular right sheet, and a plurality of grommets located on the upper edge of each of the sheets. A clothes hanger, upon which an item of clothing may already be hung, is threaded through a grommet on the left sheet and a corresponding grommet on the right sheet and hung on the hanger bar. This is repeated throughout the length of the sheets until all items of clothing are hung on the hanger rod and thereby protected by the clothes protector cover. This provides a means by which the clothes protector cover is held in place immediately above the protected items of clothing and thereby prevents the accumulation or settling of dust on the items of clothing.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2006Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Inventor: Patricia Bell
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Publication number: 20090184012Abstract: The present invention provides a socks accommodation device, which includes a body having an accommodation space therein, composed of a transparent or a translucent material, taking a cylindrical form with an axial length larger than a radial width, provided with a closed bottom portion at the lower end, and formed with a plurality of rows on the outer periphery, in which each row is composed of a plurality of axial long slot holes penetrating the sidewall, and provided with at least one hanger on the top end. Thus, the body can be hung at a corner of a wardrobe or a gap between clothes, and the socks could be accommodated in an orderly fashion with less occupied space, and are easier to be selected and picked.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2008Publication date: July 23, 2009Inventor: CHIH-SHENG WANG
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Publication number: 20090127141Abstract: A garment carrier comprises a jacket or similar apparel for wearing on the torso. A compartment is provided on the rear of the jacket into which the garments to be carried are inserted. In use, the garments are held flat against the wearer's back in a position which enables the wearer to jog, cycle or pursue other activities without having to support the garments by hand.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2008Publication date: May 21, 2009Inventor: Anthony HIGSON
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Patent number: 7516840Abstract: The invention relates to a brassiere travel and storage system and method to facilitate storing a plurality of padded brassieres such that the cups of the brassieres do not degenerate and/ or become crushed during storage, such as when a person travels. A container that is capable of situating and positioning the one or a plurality of brassieres in a predetermined position, such as an angled position, so that the brassieres or at least a portion of them can be viewed for identification and selection by a user. The storage system and method is adapted to be received in a suitcase an is capable of protecting the plurality of brassieres stored therein so that they do not become crushed or deformed from storage. The container is also capable of receiving undergarments, bra straps and other items in the storage areas provided in the interior of the container.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2004Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Inventors: Alexis Lynn Troha, Frank Vincent Troha, Gwendolyn Leigh Troha, Leigh Adrienne Troha
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Publication number: 20080116090Abstract: A kilt garment bag is disclosed. The kilt garment bag includes one or more belt loops, sporran pouches and a pair of shoe pouches for accommodating one or more kilt ensembles. An opening in a top of the garment bag allows one or more hanger hooks to pass therethrough. Hangers maintaining kilts, along with belts, sporrans and shoes, can be stored and carried in the kilt garment bag disclosed herein. Securing straps provide means for securing the one or more kilts and corresponding accessories during travel. Clan crests may adorn outer surfaces of the kilt garment bag to personalize and identify the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2006Publication date: May 22, 2008Inventor: Joseph E. Austin
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Patent number: 7364064Abstract: A carton is disclosed. In this carton, a first connection plate is connected to an upper plate, a second connection plate is connected to the first connection plate, and a partition plate is connected to the second connection plate. When the partition plate is pulled outward from the opening, the partition plate moves in the same direction, and is pulled out.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2005Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventors: Shino Kanamori, Kazuhiro Tokuda
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Patent number: 7228962Abstract: An item of expandable luggage includes a multiple expansion capability, including an expandable main compartment and an expandable external pocket. The luggage item also includes a pair of internal tie-down panels for better holding of clothes within the item and for providing additional storage pockets. A low-profile clothes hanger bracket is provided which is useful with either wire or wooden clothes hangers and includes a harness to avoid unintentional dislodgement of the hangers.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2004Date of Patent: June 12, 2007Assignee: Tumi, Inc.Inventor: Paul V. Scicluna
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Patent number: 6974028Abstract: An assembly for transporting, storing and merchandising plural articles of merchandise. The assembly comprises a shipping container in which a fixture and the articles of merchandise are located. The shipping container includes an outer carton and an inner compartment. The fixture is located within the inner compartment and includes an elongated display member and a bracket. The elongated display member supports the articles of merchandise. The shipping container includes a portion that can be opened to provide access to the bracket to enable the bracket to be connected to the elongated display member while that member is still within the shipping container. The fixture and the shipping carton can then be mounted on any vertically oriented structural member, whereupon the shipping container can be removed leaving the fixture in place with the merchandise suspended from it.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2002Date of Patent: December 13, 2005Assignee: Reborn Products Co., Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Ford, Allan L. Ford
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Patent number: 6874624Abstract: A hanging organizer and storage device includes a semi-rigid pad or pad sections encapsulated in a fabric material with a circumferential wire reinforcement and a hanging hook construction attached to the top edge of the organizer for suspension from a panel or door.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2003Date of Patent: April 5, 2005Assignee: Travel Caddy, Inc.Inventor: Andrezj M. Redzisz
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Publication number: 20040099547Abstract: An assembly for transporting, storing and merchandising plural articles of merchandise. The assembly comprises a shipping container in which a fixture and the articles of merchandise are located. The shipping container includes an outer carton and an inner compartment. The fixture is located within the inner compartment and includes an elongated display member and a bracket. The elongated display member supports the articles of merchandise. The shipping container includes a portion that can be opened to provide access to the bracket to enable the bracket to be connected to the elongated display member while that member is still within the shipping container. The fixture and the shipping carton can then be mounted on any vertically oriented structural member, whereupon the shipping container can be removed leaving the fixture in place with the merchandise suspended from it.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2002Publication date: May 27, 2004Inventors: Jonathan Ford, Allan L. Ford
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Publication number: 20040065566Abstract: A package comprised of a plurality of clothes hangers bound together by spaced frangible straps encircling their arms and an indicia bearing tag which has an aperture receiving therethrough hooks of at least one or more of the hangers encircling the same and extending downwardly below the main body portions of the hangers between the encircled hangers and an abutting hanger providing indicia thereon identifying the hangers.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2002Publication date: April 8, 2004Inventor: Keith Beverly
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Publication number: 20030221978Abstract: A hanging organizer and storage device includes a semi-rigid pad or pad sections encapsulated in a fabric material with a circumferential wire reinforcement and a hanging hook construction attached to the top edge of the organizer for suspension from a panel or door.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2003Publication date: December 4, 2003Applicant: Travel Caddy, Inc. d/b/a TravelonInventor: Andrezj M. Redzisz
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Patent number: 6595354Abstract: An item of expandable luggage includes a multiple expansion capability, including an expandable main compartment and an expandable external pocket. The luggage item also includes a pair of internal tie-down panels for better holding of clothes within the item and for providing additional storage pockets. A low-profile clothes hanger bracket is provided which is useful with either wire or wooden clothes hangers.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2002Date of Patent: July 22, 2003Assignee: Tumi, Inc.Inventor: Paul Scicluna
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Patent number: 6591950Abstract: An item of expandable luggage includes a multiple expansion capability, including an expandable main compartment and an expandable external pocket. The luggage item also includes a pair of internal tie-down panels for better holding of clothes within the item and for providing additional storage pockets. A low-profile clothes hanger bracket is provided which is useful with either wire or wooden clothes hangers.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2002Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Assignee: Tumi, Inc.Inventor: Paul Scicluna
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Patent number: 6484991Abstract: A hanger support comprises a base comprising a vertical projection having a pivotal member at an upper end, a plurality of hanging grooves, a plurality of arc members each alternate with one of the hanging grooves, an upwardly raised tab at one end of the projection, and a lower flat abutted the tab. A pivotal engagement mechanism hinges to the other end of the projection of the base. The engagement mechanism comprises an opening at the free end and a slope on one edge of the opening; and a pair of parallel pad members on the bottom of the engagement mechanism; wherein the engagement mechanism is rotatable to cause the flat to contact the bottom of the engagement mechanism with the tab fastened in the opening by engaging the tab with the slope so that a plurality of hangers hung on the hanging grooves are clamped by the pad members in a locked state of the hanger support device. The fastening/unfastening of a hanger is by simply pivoting the engagement mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2001Date of Patent: November 26, 2002Inventor: Yuh Yi Sher
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Publication number: 20010030136Abstract: A package for housing and protecting a folded garment has a back and two front foldable flaps. Each front foldable flap has two foldable sections, and each section has a partial side. A top covers the upper edge of the folded garment and is formed into a downwardly extending tab positioned between the folded garment and the front foldable flaps. A pressure-sensitive hanging element is adhesively attached to the back and extends through an opening in the top garment covering portion to accommodate repeated removal and hanging on a display support member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2001Publication date: October 18, 2001Inventor: Michael E. Faircloth
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Patent number: 6155415Abstract: A garment box comprising bottom panels, top panels, two side walls and two end walls with a double walled clothes hanger head enclosure parallel to each end wall of the garment box is disclosed. The clothes hanger head enclosure comprises three interlocking panels, a reinforcing wall and a spacing wall which walls help to maintain the integrity and dimensions of the clothes hanger head enclosure during handling and shipment of the garment box.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1999Date of Patent: December 5, 2000Inventor: Shawn Runyan
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Patent number: 6070720Abstract: Apparatus for displaying and protecting a garment in an unfolded, substantially visible condition, the apparatus including a generally planar backing member including a body portion and at least two limb portions attached to the body portion at locations corresponding to the locations of limb receiving members of the garment, the limb portions of the backing member being preferably bendable relative to the body portion to allow insertion of the backing member into the garment such that the limb portions are received in arm or leg portions of the garment, and a protective envelope constructed of overlapping generally transparent film members having outer peripheral edge portions joined together forming an interior cavity adapted for receiving the backing member when located in the garment, the backing member and the protective envelope each having a profile shape corresponding to the profile shape of the garment when in an unfolded condition, the protective envelope being marginally larger for receiving the baType: GrantFiled: June 16, 1998Date of Patent: June 6, 2000Inventor: Linda Faye Johnson
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Device for holding coathangers in an item of luggage and item of luggage equipped with such a device
Patent number: 5782367Abstract: A device for holding coathangers in an item of luggage, the device comprising a support adapted for attachment to a wall of the item of luggage, a peg axially extending from a first end attached to the support to a second end and a cover attached to the support for selective rotational movement between an open position permitting coathanger hooks to be placed on and removed from the peg and a closed position substantially covering the peg and coathanger hooks thereon, the cover in the closed position cooperating with the peg to define a space enclosing the coathanger hooks.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1996Date of Patent: July 21, 1998Assignee: DelseyInventor: Michel Aumasson