Garment Hangers Patents (Class 223/85)
  • Publication number: 20150021367
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure include a bendable clothes hanger for hanging clothing. The bendable clothes hanger may have a silicone hanger body, and a substantially flat hook attached to the silicone hanger body. In some embodiments, the hook may have a curved portion and a plate extending from a bottom portion of the curved portion, wherein the plate is positioned within an interior of the silicone hanger body and the curved portion of the hook extends out of the interior of the silicone hanger body through a slot. The silicone hanger body may be configured to bend to be placed within an article of clothing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventor: ALYSSA NICOLE SCHAFFER
  • Publication number: 20150014373
    Abstract: A clothes hanger device includes a body having a first upper leg, a second upper leg and a central hook positioned between the first upper leg and the second upper leg. The clothes hanger device also includes a strap that is detachably connected to at least one of the first upper leg and the second upper. The strap may include a medial section adapted to be positioned in contact with a portion of at least one of the first upper leg and the second upper leg, a pair of fastening members adapted to be connectable to one another and positioned opposite one another respective to the medial section, and a first end and a second opposing end. The first and second opposing ends of the strap are adapted to be urged towards one another to hold a garment in place therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Charlotte Wienckoski, Thomas Wienckoski
  • Publication number: 20140367425
    Abstract: An adjustable hanger includes a hook member, a coupler, and two arms. Said coupler serves as the main frame of the adjustable hanger, wherein the two arms are releasably connected. The releasable connection allows for the arms to be adjusted. The arms may be extended and retracted such as to fit garments of varying sizes. The arms may be secured in place by a variety of mechanisms, including male/female connections between said arms and said coupler, as well as arm holders. Said arms also include shoulder portions of a wide nature such that garments may be placed upon said adjustable hanger such that said garments do not form creases or other aberrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Erik Laibe
  • Publication number: 20140361053
    Abstract: The hanger strap and shoulder covers relates in general to a system for efficiently storing garments on a hanger while allowing for said garments to properly rest upon said hanger such that they do not form bumps, creases, or other wrinkles in general. This is accomplished by securely attaching wide shoulder covers to the shoulder rails of a typical wire, plastic, or other similar hanger. A hanger strap may thereafter be attached to the neck of the hanger. The lower portion of this hanger strap is designed to receive the hook portion of another hanger. This additional hanger may also have wide shoulder forms attached to it. This system may effectively double the space of a typical closet while ensuring that garments retain their proper form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventor: Erik Laibe
  • Publication number: 20140361054
    Abstract: A garment hanger attachment having a flexible outer tube element and an inner partial tube element for securely attaching to a garment hanger arm and effectively lengthening and broadening the support area of a garment hanger arm so as to both inhibit crease and pucker formation in a hanged garment and enable the hanger to support larger and heavier garments than it otherwise could.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventor: Jessica del Rosario San Nicolas
  • Patent number: 8899454
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a hanger with a foldable/removable hook, of the type that is made up of an arched body and a projecting crook-shaped hook, provided with a base, which allows the removably hooking of said hook on said body, as well as a rotation thereof, with reference to the position of normal use thereof, from vertical to horizontal and vice versa, i.e. from perpendicular to parallel with respect to the arched body. In addition, when said hook is raised, so as to allow the hanger to assume a normal configuration, it has the same mechanical resistance of a common hanger with fixed hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Mainetti S.p.A
    Inventor: Mario Mainetti
  • Publication number: 20140339272
    Abstract: A wetsuit hanger hangs over a door, fence, gate, tailgate of a truck, or similar object and comprises a member, over which the wetsuit is draped, projected away from the object the wetsuit is being hung from.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Roy Watson
  • Patent number: 8875961
    Abstract: A wetsuit hanger hangs over a door, fence, gate, tailgate of a truck, or similar object and comprises a member, over which the wetsuit is draped, projected away from the object the wetsuit is being hung from.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Inventor: Roy Watson
  • Publication number: 20140312081
    Abstract: A multi-purpose hanger for use in a closet of a residential or business building. The multi-purpose hanger comprises a body and a hook extending from a top end of the body. The body of the multi-purpose hanger having a plurality of appendages extending therefrom or having a plurality of orifices therethrough wherein the orifices are adjacent to one another in a predetermined pattern. The multi-purpose hanger may allow for clothing or other items to be hung on various columns or rows of hooks or orifices which may be positioned for viewing, display, and/or easy storage of the items thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Hang A Bunch, LLC
    Inventor: Jeanette Lynn Lewis
  • Publication number: 20140312080
    Abstract: An apparatus including a hook portion, a first device, a second device, including a first section, and a third device. The second device may be biased in a closed state wherein the first section of the second device, the first device, and the third device are aligned with each other. The first section of the second device, the first device, and the third device may be aligned in the closed state such that a closed loop of an item can be slid along the first section of the second device, the first device, and the third device. While in the closed state, the closed loop cannot be removed from the apparatus without breaking the apparatus. The second device can be placed in an open state by applying a force, which does not break the apparatus; and in the open state, the closed loop can be removed from the first section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Darcy Pulitzer Goldstein, Lisa Pulitzer Zoller
  • Patent number: 8857677
    Abstract: In a lower neck sizer for a garment hanger and a combination turnable wire hook hanger and lower neck sizer, the lower neck sizer includes a body dimensioned to generally surround a cylindrical projection and the support flanges adjacent to the body flange of the hanger, and an inwardly extending tab secured to the sizer body configured to engage the hanger at the lower neck region to resist removal. The lower neck sizer also has a discontinuity traversing the height of the body to facilitate mounting on the hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Spotless Plastics Pty Ltd.
    Inventor: Stanley F. Gouldson
  • Patent number: 8833618
    Abstract: A sizer for a hanger lacking a hook boss includes a pair of longitudinal walls spaced apart from each other by a pair of end sections. The sizer may include a pair of protrusion, wherein a first is disposed on a first wall of the pair of longitudinal walls and directed toward a second wall of the pair of longitudinal walls. A first jaw is disposed on one of the pair of end section. The pair of longitudinal walls flexes apart when the jaw passes over a flange of the hanger. The first jaw includes a lower portion having a curved edge. The first jaw further includes an upper portion. The lower portion and upper portion meet at an abrupt jaw point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Mainetti S.p.A.
    Inventor: Mario Mainetti
  • Publication number: 20140252048
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a hanger with a foldable/removable hook, of the type that is made up of an arched body and a projecting crook-shaped hook, provided with a base, which allows the removably hooking of said hook on said body, as well as a rotation thereof, with reference to the position of normal use thereof, from vertical to horizontal and vice versa, i.e. from perpendicular to parallel with respect to the arched body. In addition, when said hook is raised, so as to allow the hanger to assume a normal configuration, it has the same mechanical resistance of a common hanger with fixed hook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: MAINETTI S.p.A
    Inventor: Mario Mainetti
  • Publication number: 20140203052
    Abstract: A garment transportation and storage device comprises a support rod at the bottom, a hook at the top, and a ball-shaped handle between the support rod and the hook for transporting garments supported on the support rod by hangers and for engaging the hook with a support structure. An article transportation and storage device comprises an inverted U-shaped frame, a support rod slidably engageable with the frame, and a hook mounted on the frame for pivotal movement between extended and retracted positions. A garment receiving and supporting hanger is provided with an inflatable garment protection device that prevents wrinkling of garments supported by the hanger. A garment transportation and support device comprises opposed garment engaging arms that pivot outwardly to securely support a garment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventors: Jacquelynn R. Lueth, William D. Garnet
  • Publication number: 20140197212
    Abstract: A clothes hanger made to support a gun holster and an adapter for use with a clothes hanger to support the same. In one form, the hanger generally includes a standard clothes hanger having a center panel for supporting the gun holster. The center panel can be integral with the hanger or separable (e.g., an adapter) to provide for removing the same therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventor: Grant Huffaker
  • Patent number: 8777068
    Abstract: A garment hanger is disclosed having a hook insert therein wherein the hook may be inserted into the body of its hanger to facilitate the nesting of one hanger with the other like hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Inventors: Aaron Diamond, Robert Doherty
  • Patent number: 8770452
    Abstract: An expandable clothes hanger to hang, display, store, or transport an article of clothing with minimal creasing. The expandable clothes hanger has a hook extending upward from a bar element that supports an upper portion of an article of clothing draped thereon. Downward extending elements extend downward from the bar element and cross each other at at least a single point. Raising the crossing point along the downward extending elements causes the lower portion of the downward extending elements to extend outward, pulling taut the lower portion of draped article of clothing. Lowering the crossing point along the downward extending elements causes the lower portion of the downward extending elements to be pulled together, allowing for more compact storage of the expandable clothes hanger or for easier placement or removal of draped articles of clothing. The downward extending elements can also be configured as an attachment to a conventional hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Inventor: Steven T. Gottlieb
  • Patent number: 8763867
    Abstract: A combination hanger and indicator, or either of them separately, the hanger with a body and a post extending upward from the body, the intersection of the post and the body defining a lower neck region of the hanger, the post having a flange extending outward from the post at a position removed from the body of the hanger. An indicator includes a pair of opposing side walls connected by a pair of opposing end walls, with an opening in the top of the indicator, the opening defined at least in part by a displaceable resilient tab, preferably two positioned on opposite sides of the indicator, attached to one of the side walls or end walls, wherein displacement of the tab enlarges the opening to admit the flange. At least some portion of the post between the flange and the body is smaller than the flange to reduce the displacement of the tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Spotless Plastics Pty. Ltd.
    Inventor: Stanley F. Gouldson
  • Patent number: 8763824
    Abstract: An apron rack system includes a support frame, and at least two paired support arms attached to the support frame. The apron rack system includes at least one set of paired rungs projecting toward each other, attached to the at least two paired support arms, and providing an open space between the paired rungs through which a garment is hung from each of the paired rungs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Inventor: Mark A. Alcock
  • Publication number: 20140158724
    Abstract: A garment hanger includes a garment support structure having first and second arms arranged for supporting the opposed shoulders of a garment. The two arms are rigid and in a fixed relation to each other. A hook unit is included and configured for suspending the hanger from a support structure, and a means or structure is provided for coupling the hook unit to the garment support structure enabling both the first and second arms to rotate in substantially a same plane about a generally horizontal pivot axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventor: John Michael Merandi
  • Publication number: 20140138414
    Abstract: A collapsible garment hanger includes a means for supporting a garment, an actuator configured to facilitate a movement of the means for supporting the garment between an extended position and a collapsed position, and an attachment member configured to cooperate with a support structure. The means for supporting the garment includes a pair of flexible arms having a desired spring rate to facilitate an unassisted return of the arms from the collapsed position to the extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Kyle Joseph Wasserman, Dylan John Sachs, Kyle Douglas Keiser
  • Patent number: 8714370
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to a footwear clamp bag accessory used to clamp a pair of shoes together and couple the clamped shoes to some other object using a claw-lock/clip. The footwear clamp bag accessory can include a base, at least two clamps, a locking mechanism, and a claw-lock/clip. The base can be the main structure that at least a portion of the clamps ride and that the claw-lock/clip is affixed to via a strap/cord. The at least two clamps can be a left clamp and a right clamp. Each of the left and right clamps can include a portion that rides a portion of the main structure. Further, clamp pads can couple to the left clamp and right clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Sterko LLC
    Inventors: Nour Jebara, Liam Van Der Merwe
  • Publication number: 20140115915
    Abstract: A Conveyor Belt Coat Hanger for Shirts and other Clothing includes a Hook, a First Member, a Second Member, a Third Member, and a Collar Bar. This Conveyor Belt Coat Hanger for Shirts and other Clothing is used so that a dry cleaning facility can maintain the structural integrity of the collars of the shirts while economizing spatial considerations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventor: CHRIS YOUNG
  • Patent number: 8707591
    Abstract: The method for operating a multi-clothes styler system having a first styler and a second styler each with a hanger for applying vibration to clothes hung therefrom, includes an antiphase control step for controlling a vibration phase of a second hanger of the second styler to become an antiphase of the vibration phase of a first hanger of the first styler, if the first hanger of a first clothes styler and the second hanger of a second clothes styler are operated at the same time, and vibration frequencies of the first hanger and the second hanger are the same, whereby minimizing noise produced from the vibration of a plurality of hangers, and preventing the multi-clothes styler system from damaging due to intense variation to prevent a lifetime thereof from reducing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Taechul Moon, Kayeon Kim, Ayeong Lee, Sogkie Hong, Junghwan Lee
  • Publication number: 20140097213
    Abstract: A hanging mechanism includes a portion which is insertable into a belt buckle of a belt to engage a ratchet mechanism associated with the belt buckle. The hanging mechanism is used to suspend the belt for display purposes or for storage in a closet, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: ZJH Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey Jensen
  • Publication number: 20140097214
    Abstract: Embodiments can include an article retention system that can include an article retainer having a strap, where the strap can be formed from a washable material, an attachment member, where the attachment member can be coupled with the strap and the attachment member can be configured to hang the article retainer, and a first article fastener, where the first article fastener can be associated with the strap and the first article fastener can be configured to retain a first clothing article. The article retention system can include a receptacle that can be associated with the article retainer, where the receptacle can be configured to substantially retain the article retainer during a washing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventor: Jay Schreckenhofer
  • Patent number: 8678251
    Abstract: A hanger for storing and/or displaying an article to be worn, such as an article of clothing. The hanger may be adapted to be joined to a fastener on the article of clothing. A method for displaying an article to be worn may include providing an article having a fastener, providing a hanger having a complementary fastener, and joining the article to the hanger by the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Joshua James Norman, Debra Gay Gehring, Donald Carroll Roe
  • Patent number: 8678250
    Abstract: An apparatus for hanging garments is disclosed. The apparatus includes a hanger device, and a substantially rigid support mechanism coupled to the hanger device. The support mechanism includes a slit extending through at least part of the support mechanism, and one or a plurality of button holes on at least one side of the slit, such that when a garment with one or a plurality of buttons is on the hanger device, a side of the garment with the one or a plurality of buttons extends through the slit so that at least one of the one or a plurality of buttons is inserted through at least one of the one or a plurality of button holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Inventor: Ryan Williams
  • Publication number: 20140076939
    Abstract: The present invention provides a garment hanger comprising a hook attached to a central region of a support arm structure wherein the support arm is a section of bamboo having a first end and a second end and further comprising a bend where in the bend has a predetermined radius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventor: William CHOI
  • Publication number: 20140069966
    Abstract: A garment hanger preventing wrinkles and creases from forming when shirts are hung therefrom, including a continuous wire frame having a hook, a neck portion connected to the hook, a pair of symmetrical garment support arms extending from the neck portion, and a base section perpendicular to the neck portion and connected to the pair of symmetrical garment support arms, the pair of symmetrical garment support arms having five bends forming 5 edges, the fourth edge being substantially perpendicular to the base section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventor: William CHOI
  • Publication number: 20140061259
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, an apparatus includes a hanger attached to a telescoping rod such that the hanger is operable to move from a first position, in which the telescoping rod is collapsed, to a second position, in which the telescoping rod is extended. The system further includes a mechanism operable to control movement of the hanger arms from first position, in which the hanger arms are collapsed against the telescoping rod, to the second position, in which the hanger arms are extended at an angle from the telescoping rod to enable the hanger arms to support clothing. The system further includes a button(s) operable to extend the telescoping rod and extend the hanger arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventor: Connor Neighbors
  • Publication number: 20140054333
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a hanger. The hanger comprises a supporting base, a hooking member, a pair of hanging members and a locking member. The hooking member is operably linked to the supporting base. The pair of hanging members are pivotally mounted to the supporting base and rotatable relative to the supporting base between an expandable mode and a retracted mode. The locking member is operably coupled to the pair of hanging members. The locking member can be locked or unlocked, wherein the pair of hanging members are in the expanded mode when the locking member is locked, and are allowed to be in the retracted mode when the locking member is unlocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: Flexhanger LLC
    Inventor: Camille Carvalho Monteiro De Almeida Levi
  • Publication number: 20140048571
    Abstract: In a lower neck sizer for a garment hanger and a combination turnable wire hook hanger and lower neck sizer, the lower neck sizer includes a body dimensioned to generally surround a cylindrical projection and the support flanges adjacent to the body flange of the hanger, and an inwardly extending tab secured to the sizer body configured to engage the hanger at the lower neck region to resist removal. The lower neck sizer also has a discontinuity traversing the height of the body to facilitate mounting on the hanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: BRAIFORM GROUP PTY LTD
    Inventor: Stanley F. Gouldson
  • Patent number: 8651343
    Abstract: A suspensory lifting apparatus for lead suits in radiation therapy is an apparatus to suspend a lead suit for radiation therapists. A radiation therapist puts on the lead suit under the apparatus. A load of the lead suit imposing on the therapist is reduced by the apparatus. Thus, a radiation therapist is able to take actions comfortably as far as the mechanical arm's reach of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Inventor: Shi-Jie Huang
  • Publication number: 20140042194
    Abstract: This invention is a hanger for hangers. It is a polygon or tube column with a “hook end” and openings along the length of the column. Through each opening the “hook end” of a traditional hanger can be placed which allows the user to hang a number of clothes vertically, and thereby, hang more clothes horizontally as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventor: Cornelius Barry Noble
  • Publication number: 20140034689
    Abstract: A device is disclosed. The device contains a first magnet, and a material configured to magnetically couple with the first magnet with sufficient force to support the weight of a hanging garment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Debbie Moradzadeh, Sam Moradzadeh, Alexander Krayner
  • Patent number: 8621762
    Abstract: A multiple garment drying apparatus for drying garments that includes a hot air source and blower assembly attached to a garment hanging assembly that includes two upward extending hot air transfer tubes that connect to two hot air ports on the blower assembly. Attached to the ends of the two tubes is a hollow, transverse brace with two upward extending end brackets attached to its opposite ends. Attached to the two end brackets is an upper shoulder component used to support a jacket placed thereon. The upper shoulder component includes a plurality of air vents that enable air delivered below the upper shoulder component to travel upward and through the upper shoulder component. During operation, air from the hot air source and blower assembly is delivered to the two transfer tubes. The air from the two transfer tubes is then transmitted to the transverse brace and through the upper shoulder component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Inventor: Joel Beckett
  • Publication number: 20130320051
    Abstract: A garment hanger that will accommodate a large range of sizes and designs of shirts, coats, pants, and dresses while providing an infinite number of shoulder positions within its minimum and maximum range. The garment hanger of the present invention comprises a pair of stationary shoulder bars and a pair of adjustable shoulder bars which are attached to the stationary shoulder bars. The tubular contoured shape of the garment hanger prevents dimples, bumps and creases on the shoulder section of any garment by simply and easily sliding the adjustable shoulder bars into the desired width using only friction to adjust and remain in position. Moreover, the garment hanger further comprises a horizontal section for pants which has a broader contour shape and is completely covered by a thin non-slip material such as a rubber thin layer to secure pants in position without causing lines or creases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventor: George John Madden
  • Patent number: 8596503
    Abstract: In a lower neck sizer for a garment hanger and a combination turnable wire hook hanger and lower neck sizer, the lower neck sizer includes a body dimensioned to generally surround a cylindrical projection and the support flanges adjacent to the body flange of the hanger, and an inwardly extending tab secured to the sizer body configured to engage the hanger at the lower neck region to resist removal. The lower neck sizer also has a discontinuity traversing the height of the body to facilitate mounting on the hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Spotless Plastics Pty. Ltd.
    Inventor: Stanley F. Gouldson
  • Publication number: 20130313292
    Abstract: A garment hanger including a hanger attachment means configured to attach the garment hanger to a hanging device. At least one strap extending from the hanger attachment means and a garment attachment means secured to an end portion of each strap. The garment attachment means configured to be removably attached to a garment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Allison Sue Alley, Elizabeth S. Edwards
  • Publication number: 20130299527
    Abstract: A multipurpose clothes hanger having a frame assembly with a neck and shoulder area. Extending from the neck and shoulder area are first and second lateral sides. The frame assembly further has a bottom side that connects the first and second lateral sides. A hook assembly has first and second bases. Extending from the first and second bases are first and second hooks respectively. The first and second hooks each have at least one cutout. Each at least one cutout has first and second channels extending therefrom. The hook assembly further has a roller assembly and the hook assembly mounts onto the neck area. The roller assembly has a roller, and extending from the roller are first and second pins that extend from the roller in opposite directions. Each at least one cutout receives the roller, and the first and second channels receive the first and second pins respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventor: Darren MAZYCK
  • Publication number: 20130270309
    Abstract: A sizer for a hanger lacking a hook boss includes a pair of longitudinal walls spaced apart from each other by a pair of end sections. The sizer may include a pair of protrusion, wherein a first is disposed on a first wall of the pair of longitudinal walls and directed toward a second wall of the pair of longitudinal walls. A first jaw is disposed on one of the pair of end section. The pair of longitudinal walls flexes apart when the jaw passes over a flange of the hanger. The first jaw includes a lower portion having a curved edge. The first jaw further includes an upper portion. The lower portion and upper portion meet at an abrupt jaw point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventor: Mario Mainetti
  • Patent number: 8556138
    Abstract: A crown-type sizer is suitable for mounting on a hanger having a body and a hook extending from a mid-point of the body and includes a peripheral wall having a first side and a second side opposed to the first side. The sizer includes a quantity of bosses that have at least one boss in a first set and at least one boss in a second set. The first set is disposed on the first side and the second set is disposed on the second side. Each of the bosses engages onto the hanger and block the sizer onto the hanger in a stable manner. The first set of bosses is offset to the second set of bosses with respect to a plane bisecting the first and the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Mainetti S.p.A.
    Inventor: Mario Mainetti
  • Publication number: 20130264362
    Abstract: A Folding Hanger includes a vertical post having a hook and a pair of arms connected to a pair of links with a link mechanism to enable operation of the Folding Hanger. The post includes a spring for biasing the arms to an “UNFOLDED” state, and a push button serving as a claw biased in a perpendicular direction. The Folding Hanger can be folded by holding the post with two fingers, such that one finger operates the push button to move the claw to an “IN” state, and a third finger moves a finger-operated portion, mounted at a boundary between the post and the hook, down, turning the arms to a “FOLDED” state. The Folding Hanger can be unfolded by operating the push button to move the claw from a “CLOSED” state to the “IN” state such that the arms are turned to the “UNFOLDED” state by the spring force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Tatsushi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20130256354
    Abstract: A hanger for securing a garment or other item comprising two support bars that extend outward from connectors for removably attaching the hanger to a securing object, a hanger bar comprising a central section, a connecting section extending from one end of the central section, and a hanger bar projection extending from the other end of the central section, wherein the distal end of one support bar connects to the hanger bar at the end of the connecting section and the distal end of the second support bar connects to the hanger bar at a point on the central section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Michael Dane Clark, Brett Owen Ward
  • Publication number: 20130240576
    Abstract: A hanger having a first elongate segment, a second elongate segment, and a third elongate segment disposed in adjacent spaced apart relation, the first elongate segment and the second elongate segment disposed a sufficient distance apart to receive between a thickness of a shelf, the second elongate segment and the third elongate segment disposed a sufficient distance apart to hang a garment on said third elongate member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventor: Vicki LaRae King
  • Patent number: 8523026
    Abstract: An apparatus and methods for hanging a garment are described herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a first arm with a first end portion and a second end portion and a second arm with a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion of the first arm includes a hook configured to be disposed over a closet rod. The second arm is rotatably coupled to the first arm between a first expanded configuration and a second collapsed configuration. The first end portion of the second arm is configured to selectively engage the closet rod and hold the hanger in the expanded configuration. The second portion of the first arm and the second portion of the second arm are collectively configured to hang a garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Quirky Incorporated
    Inventors: Yu-Hao Howard Tseng, Gareth Brown, John Thomas Jacobsen
  • Publication number: 20130221039
    Abstract: A device for hanging all types of clothing ranging from shirts and trousers safely using the horizontal axis of the door jamb or closet horizontal molding trim as the base in which to mount the hanger station apparatus thereby allowing these articles of clothing the ability to remain hanging or suspended in the device when brushed up against. Without the use of such an invention these articles of clothing would be knocked to the floor, often requiring them to be washed or ironed again. Delicate articles of clothing that cannot be subjected to the harsh conditions of conventional clothes dryers are able to air dry without getting placed into a closet while they are damp thereby preventing moldy clothing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventor: Michael C. Owen
  • Publication number: 20130221041
    Abstract: A hanger assembly for a garment including a neck opening and a pair of shoulder areas, including: a frame having a pair of lateral ends, each lateral end configured to support one shoulder area of the pair of shoulder areas from inside the garment; and a suspensor, coupled to the frame to transition between a pair of locations along the frame with the pair of locations including a first location generally centered between the pair of ends and a second location closer to a particular lateral end than an other lateral end, the suspensor having a suspending mode wherein the suspensor is located at the first location and an insertion-removal mode in which the suspensor is located at the second location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: Andreas Wittenstein, Sebastian Wittenstein, Nikolaus Adrian Wittenstein, Franziska Elisabeth Wittenstein
  • Patent number: RE44481
    Abstract: An apparel accessory holder is described. An elongated panel is suspended by a hook includes a rod engaging mechanism such as a fixed or swiveling hook for suspending the panel from a standard support rod already in place, such as an in-closet rod. One side or both sides of the panel contains includes a series of hook and loop locking pads accessory holders for securing heavy and bulky items such as handbags, while the opposite side contains a series of gentle magnetic locking pads for delicate, and/or amorphous items such as scarves. The hook connection permits swiveling the panel left and right or up and down 360° rod engaging mechanism facilitates easy placement of the accessory holder on the closet rod with removal and replacement facilitated. Written indicia guide the user to recommended storage procedures; and making one side softer to the touch provides an additional sensory direction to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Inventor: Gerald P. Murphy