Abstract: A hanger cover extends between a first end and a second end. The hanger cover includes a pair of wings coupled together, each of the pair of wings having a pair of substantially parallel branches spaced apart by a channel and joined at a junction, wherein the pair of wings are rotatable relative to one another.

Abstract: Metal wire coated with a thermoplastic elastomer has non-slip properties, especially suited for textile and paper. The coated metal wire is further mechanically deformable for use as a clothes hanger or a paperclip.

Abstract: A travel accessory for the folding of garments inside a suitcase, includes at least one structural element for spreading and/or hanging (1) and an insert (2) of a soft, flexible material, designed to be inserted into the garment, engaged with the structural element (1).

Abstract: A garment hanger (10) for use with a wrapper (20) for packaging one or more garments suspended from the garment hanger includes engagement means (18) for releasably engaging the wrapper during transportation and/or display of the garments suspended from the garment hanger and for releasing the wrapper from the garment hanger for removal of the garments within the wrapper from the garment hanger.

Abstract: A combined, flexible and floppy laundry, travel, storage/display bag structure for socks and like small clothing articles, including (a) a machine-launderable/dryable, open-mesh, fabric bag having front and back sides, and spaced top, bottom and lateral edges, (b) located intermediate the bag's top and bottom edges, an elongate openable/closeable closure structure joined to and extending laterally across the bag's front side and between its lateral edges, and furnishing user-selective access to the inside of the bag, and (c) plural, releasable, clothing-article-holding structures mounted inside the bag on its back side, made manually accessible, via the closure structure, for operative gripping and releasing, within the bag, of user-selected clothing articles.

Abstract: A kit characterized by elements for reversible securement to a clothes hangar for mitigating fabric distress upon hanging articles of clothing otherwise hung thereupon is generally provided. In kit format, the elements generally include first and second shoulder landing elements, each shoulder landing element of the first and second shoulder landing elements receivable upon each shoulder member of shoulder members of the clothes hangar, and a formable fold landing element for support upon a horizontal member of the clothes hangar.

Abstract: A narrow wrap of colorful cloth is helically wound end-to-end over a hanger body, including its upstanding central and downwardly sloping shoulder regions, but not covering the hanger swivel hook at the central region. A decorative yarn holds the wrap in place, being first secured near one end to the hanger swivel hook, and then being helically wound over one end shoulder region and out to proximate one hanger end and then being wound back over the shoulder and central regions substantially out to the other hanger end and back then to the central region. The yarn is then tied to the swivel hook. A thin padding preferably covers the hanger to underlie the wrap, but the swivel hook extends through a slit therein to be exposed. The ends of the tubular wrap are folded over and secured by the yarn to hide the hanger ends.

Abstract: Embodiments of an apparatus for facilitating drying of a garment on a garment hanger are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus for drying a garment on a garment hanger includes an elongated body comprised of a water resistant material. The body has a major axis extending between a first end and a second end. The body is configured to be repeatably changed between a substantially flat and a substantially tubular orientation. An elongated aperture formed in the first end of the elongated body to allow passage of the hook of the garment hanger through the body.

Abstract: Garment refreshing hangers incorporate activated charcoal, a proven odor absorbing material, into the body of the hanger. Garments such as a jacket are hung on the hanger in the traditional manner. The garment areas susceptible to odor producing body areas like the neck and armpits are placed in close proximity to the activated charcoal in the hanger. The activated charcoal absorbs the odors thus removing them from the garment. Provision is made for charcoal replacement upon consumption. Preferably, the charcoal includes activated carbon impregnated porous sheet material.

Abstract: Garment refreshing hangers incorporate activated charcoal, a proven odor absorbing material, into the body of the hanger. Garments such as a jacket are hung on the hanger in the traditional manner. The garment areas susceptible to odor producing body areas like the neck and armpits are placed in close proximity to the activated charcoal in the hanger. The activated charcoal absorbs the odors thus removing them from the garment. Provision is made for charcoal replacement upon consumption. Preferably, the charcoal includes activated carbon impregnated porous sheet material.

Abstract: A narrow wrap of colorful cloth is helically wound end-to-end over a hanger body, including its upstanding central and downwardly sloping shoulder regions, but not covering the hanger swivel hook at the central region. A decorative yarn holds the wrap in place, being first secured near one end to the hanger swivel hook, and then being helically wound over one end shoulder region and out to proximate one hanger end and then being wound back over the shoulder and central regions substantially out to the other hanger end and back then to the central region. The yarn is then tied to the swivel hook. A thin padding preferably covers the hanger to underlie the wrap, but the swivel hook extends through a slit therein to be exposed. The ends of the tubular wrap are folded over and secured by the yarn to hide the hanger ends.

Abstract: A narrow wrap of colorful cloth is helically wound end-to-end over a hanger body, including its upstanding central and downwardly sloping shoulder regions, but not covering the hanger swivel hook at the central region. A decorative yarn holds the wrap in place, being first secured near one end to the hanger swivel hook, and then being helically wound over one end shoulder region and out to proximate one hanger end and then being wound back over the shoulder and central regions substantially out to the other hanger end and back then to the central region. The yarn is then tied to the swivel hook. A thin padding preferably covers the hanger to underlie the wrap, but the swivel hook extends through a slit therein to be exposed. The ends of the tubular wrap are folded over and secured by the yarn to hide the hanger ends.

Abstract: An auxiliary hanger for a disposable clothes hanger, which is additionally used at a disposable clothes hanger having a shoulder member hung by upper clothes and a horizontal member hung by trousers, is disclosed. The hanger comprises a body frame of which interior is formed in an empty tube shape for surrounding and engaging the horizontal member of the disposable clothes hanger, and lower side is open, and an upper surface of both ends is provided with a mounting groove for connecting a connection part between the shoulder member and the horizontal member of the disposable clothes hanger, and a mounting part which surrounds and fixes an upper end of the body frame and is made of a material which is compressed and transformed by the weight of the clothes.

Abstract: Garment supporting devices and garment hangers are disclosed. One garment supporting device for attaching to a garment hanger comprises a shoulder receiving section operable to conform to a shoulder region of a garment when hung on the garment hanger. By being attachable to a conventional garment hanger, the garment supporting device effectively alters the dimensions of the hanger to accommodate the dimensions of the garment to be supported, especially its shoulder regions. Adapting the shoulder receiving section to conform to the shoulder region of a garment enables the same device to be applied to a conventional hanger in order to support garments having a range of differing sizes. Conforming to the shoulder region increases support in this region and reduces the likelihood of creating deformations therein.

Abstract: A narrow wrap of colorful cloth is helically wound end-to-end over a hanger body, including its upstanding central and downwardly sloping shoulder regions, but not covering the hanger swivel hook at the central region. A decorative yarn holds the wrap in place, being first secured near one end to the hanger swivel hook, and then being helically wound over one end shoulder region and out to proximate one hanger end and then being wound back over the shoulder and central regions substantially out to the other hanger end and back then to the central region. The yarn is then tied to the swivel hook. A thin padding preferably covers the hanger to underlie the wrap, but the swivel hook extends through a slit therein to be exposed. The ends of the tubular wrap are folded over and secured by the yarn to hide the hanger ends.

Abstract: A non-slip garment hanger having a separately-formed non-slip element secured to an arm thereof in a non-movable manner. The non-slip element includes a base layer and a non-slip coating layer, and is attached to the arm of the hanger via a plurality of attachment stations, each attachment station featuring a pair of opposing fingers.

Abstract: A shoulder guard attachment for use with a hanger having a hooked neck and upper support regions angling outwardly away therefrom. The shoulder guard attachment comprises a rigid base having an open J-shape when viewed from the side and being substantially arcuate in cross-section. The base has a narrower first end with a smaller radius of curvature and a wider second end having a larger radius of curvature. A locking clip extends inwardly from an inner surface of the base and is provided with a slot that interlocking receives the support region of the hanger therein. The base preferably is snap-fitted onto the hanger to provide a wider and more gently-curved profile to the support regions thereof so that different types of garments can be adequately supported thereon and puckers and dimples in the shoulder area of the garment will be substantially eliminated.

Abstract: Apparatus 10 discloses a stackable extension sleeve for a coat hanger 22. The stackable extension sleeve is comprised of a unitary body having a curvilinear top surface 26 sloping down from a central aperture 14 with a back wall 28 extending to the base 30 of the opposing ends and a front triangular-shaped skirt 32 having a slot 16 in communication with the aperture. The bottom edge 30 of the extension sleeve forms a horizontal perimeter whereby the extension sleeve can stand unaided and stacked one upon another.

Abstract: Embodiments of an apparatus for facilitating drying of a garment on a garment hanger are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus for drying a garment on a garment hanger includes an elongated body comprised of a water resistant material. The body has a major axis extending between a first end and a second end. The body is configured to be repeatably changed between a substantially flat and a substantially tubular orientation. An elongated aperture formed in the first end of the elongated body to allow passage of the hook of the garment hanger through the body.

Abstract: A shirt shoulder shaping system for distributing weight of a shirt over a greater area to shape shoulders of the shirt and inhibit a clothes hanger from damaging the shirt includes a pair of arm assemblies being attached to a clothes hanger. The clothes hanger has a pair of sides each having one of the arm assemblies attached thereto to distribute the weight of the shirt over a greater area. Each of the arm assemblies includes a cover positioned over one of a pair of descending arms of the clothes hanger. The cover distributes a portion of the weight of the shirt over the cover when the shirt is hung on the clothes hanger. Each of a pair of mounting clips is coupled to a bottom surface of the cover and engages the associated one of the descending arms to secure the cover to the clothes hanger.

Abstract: A machine for recording or assigning the use of articles of apparel having a sheet of stiff material, perforated and folded over the hook of a hanger, and having one or more substantially flat surfaces upon which notes, assignments, usage advertisements, or other data maybe recorded.

Abstract: A garment hanger includes a hook portion, a neck portion connected to a base end of the hook portion, a pair of shoulder-supporting portions molded integrally with the neck portion and extend from both sides of the neck portion, a shoulder pad connected to each of the shoulder-supporting portions via a hinge portion, and an engaging leg portion and a locking portion to hold the shoulder pad in a folded state so that the shoulder pad covers each of the shoulder-supporting portions. By providing the shoulder pad to be connected to the shoulder-supporting portion via the hinge portion, the shoulder pad, which has the function of preventing shoulders of a garment from being deformed, is integrated. The shoulder pad can be assembled through a one-touch operation by simply folding the shoulder pad at the hinge portion and engaging the shoulder pad with the shoulder-supporting portion.

Abstract: The patent is for certain developments in hanger technology. Particularly attachments to provide broader shoulder supports for wood wire and plastic hangers and combinations thereof.

Abstract: A plurality of crease and wrinkle prevention devices for preventing unwanted creases and wrinkles in articles of clothing best suited for hanging in combination onto a horizontal arm and a plurality of side arms of a clothes hanger respectively. Such wrinkles caused by a smaller hanging surface. The devices having a large cylindrical hanging surface, and being longer than the horizontal arm, and the side arms, removably install and securely contour onto the arms through a molded gap, after cutting off a portion of the devices exceeding the length of the arms. The longer length of the devices allows them to be used on clothes hangers in existing collections, having horizontal arms and side arms varying in length resulting from differently manufactured clothes hangers.

Abstract: There is provided an improved lever device for clamps of a garment-hanger, wherein the interior section, which press on the fabric the hung cloth, is coated by a strip of soft material, which is joined to the undersurface by means of a peripheral welding cord which is placed substantially along the external profile of the welded strip.

Abstract: The patent is for certain developments in hanger technology. Particularly attachments to provide broader shoulder supports for wood wire and plastic hangers and combinations thereof.

Abstract: A garment care apparatus includes a frame segment with a top hook portion and a main body portion. the apparatus may also include a pair of adjustable shoulder segments edetachably secured to the frame segment on opposite sides of the frame segment in one of at least two different positions on the frame segment. In addition, the apparatus may include one or more clip segments detachably fastened to the main body portion of the frame segment.

Abstract: A shoulder support for garments hung on a wire hanger is a generally unitary member made of a resilient material. The shoulder support has a center section and a pair of spaced shoulder sections connected at one end to the center section and extending in opposite directions. The center section has a front wall and a back wall disposed in spaced relation to define an opening. A releasable locking connector assembly is formed on the front wall for operative connection to the wire hanger for the garment. The shoulder support can be constructed from rigid plastic material, or optionally, flexible plastic material which will allow the shoulder support to narrow, squeeze or collapse when subjected to compressive forces during the storage or stacking of the garments assembled on the hanger, and when the compressive forces are removed, will expand to its original shape for protecting the garment from distortion and creasing.

Abstract: A shoulder guard for a hanger is formed from two wings which are substantially symmetrical and which are substantially identical except for attachment details. The wings have a pair of folds which are at an angle to normal to centerlines of the wings, and which permit the wings to fold flat against each other. When the wings are unfolded, the shoulder guard forms an arch. Cutouts are provided for tying multiple hangers together and cuts are provided for slipping the shoulder guard over the hook of the hanger by forcing the hook past the cuts. Additional cutouts facilitate the shoulder guard retaining its form at the ends and also provide support for particular garments.

Abstract: An improved clothing protector comprising a cover for clothes hangers shaped to slip over the hook of the hanger and to be supported by the wings of the hanger and formed two panels of foam material, such as polyurethane, having substantial thickness, such as ½ inch, which have their butt edges joined along their upper edges, leaving a space to receive the hook of the hanger, and formed with a slip-resistant surface. After joining, the panels to tend to flare out, thereby providing a surface of substantial area for supporting an article of clothing.

Abstract: A secure storage device for jewelry and other small items is disclosed. A fabric exterior is made to look like the upper portion of an article of clothing such as a blouse, sweater, or shirt and in use is hung on a standard coat hanger in a hotel closet or at home. A plurality of attachment devices on the inside back surface hold individual jewelry pieces for ready selection and access, and the device may be closed along the front and bottom to both secure and obscure the presence of its contents.

Abstract: A formable garment hanger includes a foam tube over a malleable wire. The shape of the hanger is formable by hand manipulation to adapt the hanger to clothing articles of varying size and materials. The flex characteristics of the formable hanger are controlled so that the proximal section of the arms nearest the center is relatively more rigid and the distal section of the arms furthest from the center is relatively less rigid. In one embodiment, an external skeleton adds rigidity. In another embodiment, a variable diameter malleable wire provides the desired rigidity profile. In yet a third embodiment, an internal tube between the malleable wire and the tubular foam housing adds rigidity to the section of the hanger arms nearest the center.

Abstract: A clothes hanger has a hook for engaging a bar to support the hanger, a first and second side bar extending at substantially opposite angles from the hook, an horizontal bar extending between the side bars at ends of the side bars away from the hook, and a pliable compression strip having a length and opposite ends, one end engaging one of the side bars and the other end engaging the other of the side bars at engagement points on the side bars between the hook and the horizontal bar. The length of the pliable strip is greater than a straight line distance between the engagement points, such that the pliable strip, curving downward, urges against a portion of the horizontal bar, in a manner to secure an article of clothing against the horizontal bar.

Abstract: A garment hanger attachment is presented that is formed of a unitary, elongated, flexible body. The body has a partial slit running lengthwise from a point proximal to one end of the body to a point proximal to the other end of the body. In the center of the body, the slit traverses through the entire diameter of the body to allow the hook of the hanger to pass through. The overall shape of the body is formed length-wise along a single axis, with the slit being molded or cut into the body. The garment hanger attachment is attached to a garment hanger through frictional engagement in the slit or through elastic stretching from one end of the hanger to the other. The attachment is elongated in a straight-line before being attached to the garment hanger, but conforms to the shape of the hanger when attached.

Abstract: A clothes hanger pad comprising a foam piece having a first edge opposite a second edge and a third edge opposite a fourth edge, and a layer of a dimensionally stable material laminated to a first side of the foam piece. The foam piece is folded along a midline of the foam piece, the midline being parallel to the first and second edges, so that the first side is folded against itself. The third edge is attached to itself and the fourth edge is attached to itself to form a pocket having, as an inside surface, the first side of the foam piece. A clothes hanger pad is mounted on each end of a conventional hooked clothes hanger.

Abstract: A crush resistant device for enclosing the shoulder portions of a hanger-supported garment to prevent wrinkling of the garment when packed in compressive relation with adjacent garments in a shipping container, thereby avoiding wrinkling of the enclosed portion of the garment during storage and shipping.

Abstract: A non-slip trousers hanger is formed from a conventional plastic clothes hanger by cementing a layer of polyurethane around the entire surface of the horizontal bar. This is easily and quickly done by slitting a polyurethane tubing having an I.D. equal to the diameter of the bar and slipping the tubing over an adhesive coated bar.

Abstract: Improved clothes hanger adapters comprising a pair of spreader means joined by connector means which are adjustable to fit a conventional wire clothes hanger to accurately fit a variety of sizes of clothing and to enable the user to hang related items, such as neckties, suspenders, belts and the like on the hanger along with the clothing items.

Abstract: An apparatus for use with a wire clothes hanger includes a plastic body having generally a first and a second U-shaped channel disposed on generally opposite ends of the inside of the apparatus. The apparatus forms a plastic clip that can be inserted over each of the two outside corners (arcuate ends) of the wire clothes hanger. The U-shaped channels secure the wire hanger therein by means of friction. If desired, any number of protrusions may be placed in the U-shaped channels to better retain the clip to the hanger. The clip includes a top surface that is wider than the metal wire used to form the wire clothes hanger and includes any of various ways to help retain a garment, such as a shirt or jacket thereto. Grooves, a sandpaper-like finish, and a checkering pattern are some of the ways that are applied to the top of the clip to help retain the garment in position.

Abstract: A conventional plastic clothes hanger has a horizontal bar covered with plastic foam such as polyurethane foam to give it a non-slip surface for hanging trousers and other garments. Several auxiliary clamps are described for cooperating with the foam covered horizontal bars for hanging multi-layers or trousers by the cuffs.

Abstract: A hanger with a rigid hook and neck centered perpendicularly to a shoulder has left and right opposing arms protruding at an angle from the shoulder portion. The stationary arms are made of a sturdy rigid material to provide the support necessary to hold garments of a heavy weight such as overcoats and wet sweaters. A flexible arm portion at the end of each stationary arm of the hanger is contorted by hand to any shape, which shape is retained without the aid of external support. The rigid stationary arms and the flexible arm portions are covered with flexible foam with an outer non-slip surface. The diameter of the flexible foam is made sufficiently ample to support a weighty garment and distribute the weight of the garment, in addition to providing a sufficiently large non-slip surface. The flexible hanger is adjustable and re-adjustable to conform to the shape of the desired garment and retain its shape without external support.

Abstract: A flexible clothes hanger that is adapted to suit clothes of different sizes, including a hanger body, two pads, two inner rods, two foamed rubber sleeves, two iron wires, and a hook. The pads of formed from PVC or rubber material and are screwably locked to either end of the hanger body. Each of the pads is provided with a central through hole. The inner rods are bendable, and the iron wires are inserted through the center of the inner rods. The foamed rubber sleeves are fitted over the inner rods. The iron wires passes through the through holes of the pads into the hanger body to secure the inner rods in the hanger body. The hook is locked to an upper end of the hanger body. The foamed rubber sleeves are non-skid structures that prevent slippage of clothes hung on the hanger. Besides, the bendability of inner rods and the iron wires is utilized to prevent alteration of shape of the clothes hung.

Abstract: A hanger extension that in one embodiment is telescopically positioned on an open type hanger to extend the hanger within the sleeves of a garment hanging thereon. The extensions are held in place by releasable engagement over respective free ends of the padded hanger. Each extension has a hanger engagement portion and an elongated sleeve insertion portion of tubular shape covering filled with padded material to be yieldably self-supporting within the sleeves of the garment preventing wrinkles associated with crushing and folding of unsupported sleeves in closet environments.

Abstract: An improved clothes hanger includes metal wires and plastic bristles. The metal wires are intertwined and spiralled into the shape of a clothes hanger having two shoulder portions. The bristles are twined with the metal wires such that they are located at and project elastically from the shoulder portions of the clothes hanger. When a piece of clothing is hung on the clothes hanger, the bristles support and match the curvature of the shoulders of the clothing, thus preventing wrinkling of the shoulders of the clothing.

Abstract: A shoulder guard for a wire garment hanger has an opening for the hook of the hanger, the dimensions, location and configuration of the opening providing access to a throat of the hanger, located at the intersection of the hook with shoulder portions of the hanger, for facilitating threading of a tie through the throats of adjacent hangers in a group to secure together the group of adjacent hangers, and the garments draped over the hangers. A blank from which the shoulder guard is erected is constructed with an aperture located, dimensioned and configured for establishing the opening in the erect shoulder guard.

Abstract: A garment hanger attachment is presented that is formed of a unitary, elongated, flexible body. The body has a partial slit running lengthwise from a point proximal to one end of the body to a point proximal to the other end of the body. In the center of the body, the slit traverses through the entire diameter of the body to allow the hook of the hanger to pass through. The overall shape of the body is formed length-wise along a single axis, with the slit being molded or cut into the body. The garment hanger attachment is attached to a garment hanger through frictional engagement in the slit or through elastic stretching from one end of the hanger to the other. The attachment is elongated in a straight-line before being attached to the garment hanger, but conforms to the shape of the hanger when attached.

Abstract: A garment hanger shoulder guard has an elongate rectangular overall configuration with a generally tubular coupling member at each end of the shoulder guard, the tubular coupling members each having a polygonal cross-sectional configuration by virtue of fold scores which enable the coupling members to be flattened for shipping and storage and erected in the field for assembly with a garment hanger, the fold scores facilitating retention of the coupling members securely coupled with the garment hanger when the coupling members are erect. The elongate rectangular configuration allows a plurality of shoulder guards or shoulder guard blanks to be integrated into a single sheet of card stock material for shipping and storage as a unit, and subsequent separation of the shoulder guards or blanks in the field without waste card stock between contiguous shoulder guards or blanks in the unit.

Abstract: Method for storing foam covers and for installing foam covers on clothes hangers, and apparatus to perform the method. A supply of foam covers are loaded on an insert spindle. The insert spindle is suspendable, and is formed to receive therein the hook of a clothes hanger. The insert spindle may further define a spreader to assist in spreading the slot of a foam cover over the hook of the clothes hanger. After suspending the insert spindle having at least one foam cover installed thereon, the operator inserts the hook of a clothes hanger into a hanger pocket formed at a lower end of the insert spindle. To install the cover onto the hanger the operator, by grasping the foam cover at either end thereof with the thumb and forefinger of each hand, and pulling the cover with a downward and outward motion, will cause the foam cover to slide down the insert spindle over the hook and onto the clothes hanger.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the telescopic sleeve overlay for a garment hanger is used in conjunction with a common type hanger. Common hangers usually are made of wire or stiff rods which form a shallow, inverted U-shape depending from an inverted U-shaped hanger head. The hanger head is adapted to be hung on a clothing rod. The sleeve overlay includes an inverted U-shaped base and two longitudinally movable inverted U-shaped sleeves. The sleeves move inboard and outboard on the base and move with respect to a centrally located cut-out on the base. The hanger head from the hanger extends through the cut-out. The base extends longitudinally over substantially the entire length of the hanger wire. In one embodiment, the sleeves are guided on the base by guides formed either at the lower edges of the sleeves or at the lower edges of the base. Inboard and outboard stops prevent the sleeves from being completely withdrawn from the base or being forced towards the apex of the hanger.

Abstract: An adjustable garment hanger comprising of a frame depending from a hook is disclosed. The frame is comprised of two inclined arms intersected by an optional cross bar. Within each inclined arm is an integrally formed locking bar that extends from the integral base to a free distal end. Each locking bar includes notches and a pushbutton at the distal end. Ribs that form channels and that may form ramps are disposed on the sides of the inclined arms. Movable covers having internal ribs slide onto each inclined arm while the internal ribs engage the ramps, channels, and notches. The ribs when supported by the ramp causes the outer ends of the covers to be tilted upwards. Other ribs located on the covers engage the notches of the locking arms thereby fixing the relative extended or retracted position of the covers to the inclined arms. The locking arms are biased outward away from the frame thereby placing the notches into engagement with the ribs of the cover.