Abstract: A caddy for garment hangers formed of a thin walled hollow tube with a pair of molded plastic end plugs of hollow cylindrical shape press fitted into the tube. The outwardly extending portions of the plugs have transverse through-openings. A hanger clamping member arranged parallel to the tube has, secured at its respective ends, for registering with the openings, a pair of latching members in the form of leaf springs each having a straight portion and a reversely bent end portion carrying a latch surface at the side thereof. Each reversely bent portion is laterally sprung so that the latch surface engages a land surface on the inner wall of the associated end plug when the clamping member is in an outwardly spaced hanger-receiving position and engages a land surface on the outer wall of the plug when the clamping member is in an inwardly pressed clamping position.

Abstract: A clamping assembly for clamping garment hangers to a tubular horizontal hanger bar for transport. The assembly includes a longitudinally extending clamping bar having clips at the respective ends, each clip being formed of a spring band of resilient metal closed in a continuous loop and bent into an open figure eight configuration including upper and lower lobes. Each of the lobes is somewhat larger than the diameter of the hanger bar, the spring band being deformed inwardly between the lobes to provide a central obstruction in the form of a gap having a width less than the diameter of the hanger bar so that the movement of the hanger bar is detented as the bar is moved between the lobes. A strip of resilient rubber-like material is secured longitudinally along the underside of the clamping bar and serves not only to engage the garment hangers on the hanger bar during transport but to bias the hanger bar against the central obstruction in rattle-free condition on the return trip.