Abstract: A container comprises front and rear opposed walls, a pair of opposed side walls, a pair of beveled shoulder walls, and a hanger support panel. The front and rear walls are interconnected by the side walls along generally parallel fold lines to form an upright tubular enclosure. The beveled shoulder walls are arranged adjacent to the tops of the side walls and extend between the front and rear walls. Each shoulder wall is disposed at an obtuse angle with respect to the adjacent side wall. The distance between the upper edges of the shoulder walls is less than the distance between the lower edges of the shoulder walls. The hanger support panel is foldably joined to the top edge of the rear wall. The support panel rests on and bridges between the upper edges of the shoulder walls. The support panel is provided with hanger-engaging slot so that a hanger-supported article to be placed in the tubular enclosure can hang from the support panel.

Abstract: A portable enclosure for the placement of wet articles for storage and at least partial drying. The enclosure includes a rigid plastic frame including an article hanger enclosed by a housing with a top, bottom and sides. At least three of the sides and the top are at least partially formed of a mesh material and at least the bottom is impervious. An exteriorly extending adjustable length strap with Velcro type closure means attached to the frame can be looped over an external support to support the enclosure and contents. A container is located in the bottom of the housing to catch any liquid dripping from the wet articles to contain the dripping within the housing. A zippered opening in one wall is provided for selected entry into the interior of the housing.

Abstract: A flexible garment bag which requires no rigid frame is provided for protecting clothes hanging in a closet. The hanging garment bag of the invention is provided with a pair of longitudinally aligned closet rod apertures near the upper extremities of the opposite end walls and a closure flap extending from one side wall over the top of the garment bag to overlap the opposite side wall of the bag. The flap extends longitudinally between the end walls and spans a rod access opening slot that extends between the closet rod apertures. The closure flap is releasably securable to the opposite side wall so that the garment bag may be raised from beneath and installed with the overlapping flap supported atop a closet rod such that the closet rod supports the garment bag. A T-shaped access opening divides one of the flexible side walls into vertically elongated sections and is provided with a zipper. Fabric hook and loop releasable fastening strips hold the tops of the vertically elongated sections shut.

Abstract: The retractable hook assembly, preferably for an article of luggage, includes a rigid shaft received within a cylindrical member, the shaft being movable between extended and retracted positions. A washer with a projecting stud is fixed to the inner end of the shaft. A slot in the cylindrical member receives the stud to, in one rotational orientation, hold the shaft and its hook extended, and when released from the slot, to cam the shaft into a second rotational orientation as the shaft is driven by a spring into the cylindrical member, thereby to provide a self aligning and self retracting hook assembly.

Abstract: A garment bag that can be carried alone or attached to a carrying case having two sides for housing a garment piece therebetween, a zipper opening through which said garment piece can be inserted. Male and female snap pairs are located along the two sides of the garment bag for maintaining said garment bag in a two folded state such that said garment piece will remain unwrinkled therein. Two carrying case hook-ups having two elongated straps, one ending in a female clip and the other ending in a male clip are stitched in between the two sides of the garment bag for fastening the hook-ups around the handle of the carrying case. A hanger is secured inside the garment bag by a stabilizing punch screw. The hanger has a elongated nose through which the stabilizing punch screw is secured in order to provide space between the garment piece and the stabilizing punch screw when the garment piece is contained in the garment bag.

Abstract: An article of luggage includes a garment bag portion and a valet case which is selectively removable from the garment bag portion or can be stored within the interior of the garment bag portion. The valet case is deployable to a supported position adjacent to the garment bag portion for convenient use. The garment bag portion, while having a flexible outer main panel, is selectively reinforced along a peripheral wall and is provided with roller support wheel members so that the bag will retain a substantially vertical orientation over the roller support members to allow the article to be rolled across a supporting surface while in a self-supporting folded condition.

Abstract: The invention is a garment box including a novel hanger apparatus formed by flaps of two opposing walls of said box. The hanger apparatus includes a hanger bar formed from a foldable flap, supported by a slot in an opposing wall of said box and another flap from the opposing wall which extends over the hanger bar to secure and hold any hangers placed between the two flaps in position within the garment box.

Abstract: A garment bag having a telescoping clothing rod. The rod in the garment bag may be extended outwardly parallel to a closet pole. A hook at the far end of the rod allows the rod to be hung from the closet pole. Once extended, clothing in the garment bag may be removed, by merely sliding the hangers along the rod. A large zippered opening is provided in side of the bag for easy removal of the clothing.

Abstract: A doubled hanging garment bag is provided in which first and second garment bags, each with its own characteristics, are provided with a closure encircling the peripheries of the bags and permitting selective joining of the bags. Thus, when a larger amount of space is required as for the carrying of a larger number of garments, the bags may be joined together for handling as one. When a smaller amount of space is required, the bags may be separated and only one used.

Abstract: Garment hangers are suspendably and slidably supported on stationary support rails mounted to and below a top plate mounted to an interior top wall of a garment bag. The hangers are locked in position on the stationary rail by either pivoting a track extension from an initial aligned position with the rail to a blocking position transverse to the rail, or by clamping the hangers by a clamp which moves in a rectilinear direction toward and away from the rail.

Abstract: A front loading corrugated container for the storage or shipment of garments on hangers. The container is erected from a unitary blank and has a four-sided tubular body which is closed at the top by a closure that is formed from flaps that are foldably attached to the tops of the sides of the body. Each of an opposed pair of top flaps has a secondary flap which is inturned with respect to the top flap to which it is attached to extend into the interior of the container through aligned slots in another of an opposed pair of top flaps, and the secondary flaps, which constitute an integral hanger bar, have aligned apertures for receiving garment hanger hooks and are supported along opposed sides by portions of each of the other opposed pair of top flaps which lie on the opposed sides of the slots therein.

Abstract: The suitcase structure comprises a substantially parallelepipedal, flattened elongate body defining at a smaller lateral face thereof a recess provided on the bottom with a handgrip for carrying the suitcase. At the larger faces of the body there are provided openable side bodies defining on their interiors compartments, provided at the top with hanger holding rods for hanging clothes hangers thereon.

Abstract: A flexible garment bag of the type which can be hung or held vertically or which can be folded transversely midway between the ends and carried by a handle like a suitcase. The front of the bag has an access panel attached at the bottom by a fold to allow it to be moved to open position. Detachable connections allow the access panel to be closed. When closed, a handle on the outside of the access panel allows the bag to be carried like a suitcase. Unlike other designs which put the handle on the back panel, this arrangement permits suits to be loaded in the usual way, but when the bag is folded the suits are folded with the lapels up instead of down, thus limiting wrinkling. A rigid folding bar in the back panel of the bag facilitates folding of the bag and the hanging garments in the bag.

Abstract: This invention provides a hanger supporting device for a garment bag which will accommodate both ordinary hangers and luggage-type hangers. The device includes a plate attachable to a garment bag, a first channel connected to the plate, a second channel carried by the first channel, a third channel pivotally connected to the second channel, and a rail connected to the second channel. The rail is adapted to engage luggage-type hangers. A pad having a notched surface is carried by the third channel and adapted to support ordinary hangers. A latching arrangement releasably holds the third channel adjacent the first channel to retain the hanger in the notches in the pad.

Abstract: An apparatus for retaining garments securely in place within a folding garment bag and on respective hangers includes a pair of straps forming "suspenders" diagonally across the garments and a second pair of straps forming a "belt" horizontally thereacross. The diagonal suspenders encircle the garment and, in conjunction with elasticized supports extending from the top of the garment bag, maintain the garment in place on their respective hangers.

Abstract: A clothes hanging system for shipping pre-hung garments. A hanger is provided with a central hole or aperture. During shipping, a rod passes through opposed walls of the shipping carton and through the holes of the hangers. In this manner, the garments and hangers will not become accidentally dislodged, during shipment, from the horizontal support rod. Upon receipt of the shipping container, the hangers are slid off the rod and the hooks of the hangers placed on the store's clothing racks.

Abstract: An article of luggage includes a garment bag enclosure and a packing case enclosure which advantageously cooperate with one another in a transportation state or condition and a use state or condition. The packing case enclosure is preferably connected to an inner panel of the garment bag enclosure. In the transportation condition, the garment bag enclosure folds over the top of the packing case enclosure and the luggage article is easily transported by carrying devices attached preferably to the exterior panel of the garment bag enclosure. In the use orientation, the interior panel of the garment bag enclosure is disconnected, and the packing case enclosure moves or pivots outward to an extended orientation. A divider panel provides access to the interior of the packing case enclosure while access to the garment bag enclosure is simultaneously available as a result of the detachment of the interior panel.

Abstract: A corrugated shipping box comprises a tray and a lid and a panel hinged to the lid and foldable within the enclosure formed by the tray and the lid. The panel has a sub-panel extending rearwardly of the rear face thereof and an aperture in the front face for receiving a garment hanger. A garment can be folded over the panel by first inserting the garment hanger in the aperture passing the garment around the free edge of the panel over the back face and through a slot provided in the sub-panel to thereby retain the garment in a draped position and prevent bunching thereof in the box.

Abstract: A paper-board container is disclosed of the type used for shipping airline passengers' garment bags and other articles supported on hangers. The container includes a top wall and integral hanger. The hanger-support structure is formed in the top wall and includes a slot having an elongated leg parallel to the handle and a transverse leg. The flap of the top wall is foldable under the hanger hook which passes through an opening in the flap and is received in an opening in the top wall. The flap includes ears which are locked in a second opening of the top wall. In a modified version, the flap does not include an opening for receiving the hanger hook ears for locking the flap in place.

Abstract: A container for use in shipping garments on hangers has four surrounding walls, preferably, of multiple wall, corrugated kraft board. Dependently connected flaps which form a bottom for the container are arranged to permit shipment of the box in a collapsed condition. An entry flap provided on the front wall of the container is movable between a raised and lowered position. A lid for the container with depending sides is provided. A support structure is provided inside the container. It includes a horizontal support member preferably of wood supported at either end by vertical support members preferably of wood. The support members are held in position by securement plates. The sheet metal securement plates are formed into u-shaped clips which engage the side walls. A central tongue on each clip extends outwardly at an angle. An opening in the tongues receive the horizontal support member. The lower edges of the tongues form and engage in kerfs in the tops of the vertical support members.

Abstract: The invention relates to a clamping device for long trousers, particularly in suitcases, with which rapid and secure clamping of long trousers and their crease-free transport are ensured. The clamping device comprises a hinged base plate with an elbow having a buffer and with two vertical spaced-apart hangers which are movable with the elbows relative to the buffer in guide bearings secured on the base plate. Further, a pressure block is provided with a flexible buffer disposed opposite the buffer, the flexible buffer being movable with locking mechanisms on rails toward the elbow of the base plate. A guide frame disposed between the hangers may be swung from a position in the plane of the base plate into a position vertical to the latter and receives a tension bracket which is movable toward the base plate in order to clamp the length of a pair of trousers placed between the hangers and whose waistband and legs are clamped fast between the buffers.

Abstract: A removable garment rack for transportation of hanging garments in a movable enclosure in which a pair of spaced-apart guide rails have a horizontal longitudinally-extending ledge for supporting a plurality of transversely extending garment supporting rails which are releasably retained on the guide rails for supporting garments.

Abstract: There is disclosed a novel garment bag for hanging items therein comprising a storage area formed by a front panel, a back panel and a side gusset, a means for opening and closing said storage area positioned on the front panel. The garment bag is further comprised of a handle assembly positionable at a terminus of said means for opening and closing the storage area on the side gusset. The handle assembly is comprised of a handle member, a hanging member, a closure member and a means for attaching said handle assembly to said side gusset of said storage area.

Abstract: A combined shelf-support and easily detachable support for a clothes-hanger rod comprises a pair of angle-bar sections. The vertically depending wall-anchorable web of each angle-bar has a pair of struck-out tongues. A pair of flexible woven strips have their ends doubled-back and stitched to form loops snugly removably engageable over the tongues to define cradle-like supports for the ends of a clothes-hanger rod.

Abstract: A garment container having hollow end wall structures adapted to receive a plurality of garment hangers.

Abstract: A garment hanger box formed from a unitary sheet of foldable paperboard to form a pair of connected telescoping tray sections, one of which has an end wall which is slotted to receive a hanger hook, the other of which has a cooperating end wall provided with an aperture which locks with the hook of the hanger to hold the hanger in position.

Abstract: An improved, crush resistant, multiple use merchandise hanger assembly is disclosed which allows hanging or stacking of merchandise as desired. The assembly includes a two-flap, merchandise-receiving label having an upstanding tab, and a hook pivotally secured to the tab. The tab is apertured and provided with an arcuate hook-receiving slot for accommodating pivoting of the hook. The label includes strategically located transverse lines of weakness therein so as to safely absorb bending or impact forces during shipping and handling without harming the label. In use, the hook can be selectively shifted to an upright operative position for suspending the merchandise, or can alternately be pivoted to a lowered, recessed position permitting normal stacking of the merchandise.

Abstract: An improved hanger bar support means for the hanger bar of a wardrobe container formed from a paperboard blank. The container body is formed from a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls and a bottom wall joined together with the upper end of said body being open. Each end wall has a closure flap connected thereto and each side wall has a top end flap hingedly connected along the upper edge of the side wall and coextensive with the width of the side wall. Each top end flap includes first and second panels folded into a multiple ply hanger bar support assemblage engaging against the contiguous side wall below said upper edge of the side wall either on the exterior or the interior of the container body. Said first and second panels are hingedly connected together along a double fold line spaced from said upper edge.

Abstract: A clothes hanger bar for use with garment shipping cartons and portable wardrobes includes a main bar portion and integral end support members which engage and rest on the upper ends of a pair of opposite walls of the clothes container. The main bar and end support members are cold-stamped from a single sheet of metal. The juncture region of the main bar and end supports is of a special configuration which facilitates cold-stamping manufacture of the device without sacrificing strength and rigidity. The end support members are provided with an arrangement of barbs which engage the sidewalls of the carton to securely lock the hanger bar in place on the carton. A locking bar is provided to overlie the main support bar after the hangers are in place and to secure the hangers in their supported positions on the bar. Various means are disclosed for removably securing the locking bar to the main support bar structure.

Abstract: A garment cover, hanger, carrier, and removable accessory container encloses suits, coats, capes, dresses, and other lengthy wearing apparel in a protecting bag or container which is generally of the type comprising rectangular sacks of proper length to accommodate a given number of articles to be housed upon coat or garment hangers arranged therein, which possesses suspension hooks extending therefrom in order that they may be hung or suspended from a convenient support; the apparatus of the invention comprising an interiorly disposed but readily removable container for accessories, such as neckties, etc. which is supported by the horizontal cross-bar of one of the aforementioned hangers.

Abstract: A garment storage sectional container for storing garments on a longitudinally extending support pole in a dust proof manner is disclosed. The garment storage container or bag comprises a frame for supporting a top member of the bag above the pole, a sectional structure for enclosing the garments joinable at its end to an end closure member, an adapter member, or an adjacent bag. A plurality of sectional structure can be joined together along the length of a support pole using slide fasteners where they are joined. Bags or sectional structures of different lengths can be joined using an adapter section with a bottom member which extends at an angle from the bottom of a shorter bag to the bottom of a longer bag.

Abstract: A hanger for hanging fabric in pendant, vertical form is disclosed. More specifically, the hanger comprises a longitudinally extending main member which is supported by an attachment means and which has similarly configured securing units at its opposite ends. Each of the latter units includes a support member affixed to the main member and a mounting member attached to the support member. In accord with the invention, each mounting member has a free end portion adapted for piercing fabric which extends toward and is adjacent to its respective support member and/or the main member. Also, in accord with the invention, the attachment means, which is to hold the main member in substantially horizontal disposition upon engagement with a rail member, is configured such that the region of engagement is offset from the vertical plane which includes the main member.In a further object of the invention, packages for securely transporting the hanger are also disclosed.

Abstract: A separate apparel hanger receiving element removably engages certain wall of an outer shipping container to retain a hook portion of an apparel hanger.

Abstract: A garment hanger box formed from a unitary sheet of foldable paperboard and comprising a pair of telescoping sections, one of which has a hollow top wall section with an enlarged portion forming a hanger hook receiving pocket.

Abstract: A foldable container is provided for accommodating a product having a hanger loop associated therewith. The container includes end panels, side panels and a bottom section which cooperate with one another to define an open top compartment in which the product is placed. At least one end panel is provided with an interior wall panel foldably connected thereto and having a slotted section which is disposed inwardly of the end panel and assumes a spaced face to face relation therewith. The slot is adapted to accommodate the product hanger loop. A top section is adapted to overlie and close the compartment open top subsequent to the product being placed within the compartment.

Abstract: A garment shipping carton for carrying garments on hangers, having four walls and a closed bottom. The top may be opened or closed by foldable flaps. Three of the four flaps have two apertures for the insertion of a hanger hook and for support of the hanger. One of the three flaps is supported in a closed position by supporting tabs on its edge that insert into apertures in the opposite wall. The other two flaps in closed position rest on top of the supporting flap. The fourth flap has no apertures and folds over the other three to prevent the hangers from dislodging. Locking tabs on its edge insert within apertures in the opposite wall to hold the flap in place.

Abstract: An article of luggage includes a garment bag enclosure and a packing case enclosure which advantageously cooperate with one another in a transportation state or condition and a use state or condition. The packing case enclosure is preferably connected to an inner panel of the garment bag enclosure. In the transportation condition, the garment bag enclosure folds over the top of the packing case enclosure and the luggage article is easily transported by carrying devices attached preferably to the exterior panel of the garment bag enclosure. In the use orientation, the interior panel of the garment bag enclosure is disconnected, and the packing case enclosure moves or pivots outward to an extended orientation. A divider panel provides access to the interior of the packing case enclosure while access to the garment bag enclosure is simultaneously available as a result of the detachment of the interior panel.