Patents Assigned to A & E Products Group
  • Publication number: 20070084889
    Abstract: A system and apparatus for an information display cap are described. The apparatus may include an information display cap having a body with a continuous outer surface and inner surface. The body may have multiple hanger attachment members connected to the inner surface and arranged to attach the information display cap to a hanger. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Applicant: A&E Products Group LP
    Inventor: Patrick Fleming
  • Patent number: 6758379
    Abstract: A hanger having an integrally molded plastic hanger body of inverted U-shaped construction defines a pair of horizontally spaced walls adapted to cooperatively define a support for the suspending means of another hanger. Each of the walls defines a tab pivotally connected adjacent the wall bottom for movement between an initial spaced-apart orientation of the tabs and an engaged orientation of the tabs wherein said tabs engage one another to cooperatively define the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: A & E Products Group
    Inventor: Robert Elwell
  • Patent number: 6622897
    Abstract: A hanger has a pinch-grip including a pair of vertically-extending components, a biasing spring, and a connector separate and distinct from the biasing spring. The connector pivotably secures together the upper ends of the components for movement, prior to application of the biasing spring to the components, between a substantially unfolded orientation, wherein the components lie in a common plane, and a substantially folded orientation, wherein the components are generally parallel. The connector is integrally molded with the components and configured and dimensioned to lie between the upper ends thereof when the components are in the folded orientation, without substantially inhibiting movement of the upper or lower ends between the closed and open positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: A&E Products Group LP
    Inventors: David Bokmiller, Andrew M. Zuckerman
  • Patent number: 6609640
    Abstract: A hanger has a pinch-grip including a pair of vertically-extending components, a biasing spring, and a connector separate and distinct from the biasing spring. The connector pivotably secures together the upper ends of the components for movement, prior to application of the biasing spring to the components, between a substantially unfolded orientation, wherein the components lie in a common plane, and a substantially folded orientation, wherein the components are generally parallel. The connector is integrally molded with the components and configured and dimensioned to lie between the upper ends thereof when the components are in the folded orientation, without substantially inhibiting movement of the upper or lower ends between the closed and open positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: A & E Products Group, LP
    Inventor: David Bokmiller
  • Patent number: 6382479
    Abstract: A pinch-grip hanger includes an attachment portion for securing the hanger to a support and at least one pinch-grip for receiving an article for hanging. The pinch-grip includes a pair of components secured to each other, each component including an end for receiving the article therebetween. The pinch-grip also includes a biasing element for biasing the ends together and for permitting separation of the ends towards a fully extended open position by movement of at least one the components. One of the components includes at least one projection extending towards the other component to inhibit some accidental movement of the pinch-grip towards the fully extended open position while permitting intentional movement of the pinch-grip towards the fully extended open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: A&E Products Group LP
    Inventor: Andrew M. Zuckerman
  • Patent number: 5170916
    Abstract: A garment hanger including a body having a neck with a hook and a pair of shoulders having a plurality of apertures. An anti-slip insert including a plurality of raised portions corresponding to the number of apertures in the shoulders is inserted onto the garment hanger through the apertures. The construction prevents garments from slipping off of the hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1992
    Assignee: A & E Products Group, a division of Carlisle Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chester Kolton, Stuart S. Spater
  • Patent number: 5129557
    Abstract: A garment hanger comprises an integral body of synthetic material having a central portion, a hook portion extending outwardly of said central portion and first and second wing portions at respective opposed side margins of the central portion, the central portion defining, at each side margin thereof, a succession of projections extending outwardly of the side margins, each wing portion defining mutually with the projections a first channel extending into the hanger, the central portion defining a second channel in intersecting relation with the first channel. The second channel is inclined at an acute angle with respect to the first channel and the second channel extends into the central portion interiorly of the side margin thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1992
    Assignee: A & E Products Group, A Division of Carlisle Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chester Kolton, Stuart S. Spater
  • Patent number: 5096101
    Abstract: A garment hanger including a body having a hook member and a tab holder. The tab holder includes an enlarged region. An information tab includes resilient fingers which are captured by the enlarged region to substantially prevent removal of the tab from the tab holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1992
    Assignee: A & E Products Group, a Division of Carlisle Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Norman, Clifford A. Deupree, Michael Elchisak
  • Patent number: 5092502
    Abstract: A hanger is comprised of an integral body or snythetic material having a central portion, a hook portion extending outwardly of the central portion and first and second wing portions at respective opposed side margins of the central portion. The central portion defines, at each side margin thereof, a succession of diversely-sized projections extending outwardly of the side margins, the projections being of generally arcuate configuration and each of successively lesser size progressively distal of the hook portion. Each wing portion comprises a member cantilever-supported by the central portion, each such cantilever-supported member defining mutually with the projections, spacings of successively lesser measure progressively distal of the hook portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1992
    Assignee: A & E Products Group
    Inventors: Chester Kolton, Stuart S. Spater
  • Patent number: 5074447
    Abstract: A hanger comprised of an integral body of molded synthetic material defines a hook portion having an interior detent for the receipt of a display rod and an elongate channel open exteriorly of the hanger body and extending into communication with the detent, the detent being of cross-sectional dimension exceeding the cross-sectional dimension of the channel, the hanger being adapted to retentively, releasably contain the display rod on insertion thereof through the channel into the detent by imposing generally radially directed force onto the display rod. The hanger body includes a central portion with an extension thereabove and a transversely extending member cantilever-supported by the extension, the transversely extending member having an exterior surface bounding the channel and the detent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Assignee: A & E Products Group, a division of Carlisle Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chester Kolton, Stuart S. Spater
  • Patent number: 5069373
    Abstract: An upstanding hanger for the hanging of a garment of the tupe having shoulder straps has a central portion, a hook portion extending upwardly of the central portion and first and second wing portions extending outwardly of respective opposed side margins of the central portion, each wing portion having an end segment inclined downwardly at an acute angle with respect to the wing portion and defining a slot for receipt of a garment shoulder strap. In a second aspect, hangers of the invention having central and wing portions configure the wing portions with end segments which have spring action capacity for retentively notching shoulder straps therein. In a third aspect, hangers of the invention having central and wing portions configure the wing portions with end segments which have the capacity for retaining shoulder straps in one of plural positions relative thereto for more esthetically pleasing display of the garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Assignee: A & E Products Group, a division of Carlisle Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chester Kolton, Stuart S. Spater
  • Patent number: 5052600
    Abstract: A garment hanger adapted to support an elongated rod. The hanger includes an elongated body having two ends and a hook portion therebetween. The ends of the body extend downwardly to form a pair of spaced legs each having a rod receiving portion, with each rod receiving portion being defined by a bottom wall, a back wall joined to the bottom wall and forming part of the body and an upstanding resilient tongue joined to the bottom wall and spaced a predetermined distance from the back wall to define a rod receiving slot. The back wall includes an opening therein in alignment with the tongue defined by the bottom wall, top wall and opposing side walls, the surfaces of the side walls facing the tongue each having an undercut for capturing the rod when inserted in the slot. The tongue biases the rod in the slot against the undercuts to lock the rod in the rod receiving portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1991
    Assignee: A & E Products Group, a Division of Carlisle Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Elchisak, Steven Z. Lewkowitz
  • Patent number: D449744
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: A&E Products Group, LP
    Inventor: Andrew M. Zuckerman
  • Patent number: D449937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: A&E Products Group, LP
    Inventor: Andrew M. Zuckerman
  • Patent number: D271552
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1983
    Assignee: A&E Products Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Howard Samuels
  • Patent number: D324313
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1992
    Assignee: A & E Products Group, a division of Carlisle Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chester Kolton, Stuart S. Spater
  • Patent number: D337893
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: A & E Products Group, a Division of Carlisle Plastics, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael D. Norman
  • Patent number: D352834
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Assignee: A & E Products Group, a Division of Carlisle Plastics, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael D. Norman