Abstract: A storage device is provided including a support frame having a plurality of elongated support members and a stiffening bracket carried by the support members. An enclosure may be carried by the support frame. The enclosure may be foldable and have a fabric construction and may be detachably attached to the support frame. A plurality of closeable storage compartments may be provided in the enclosure. The storage compartments may contain items such as towels, clothes, shoes, lotion and other items used by a beachgoer or other user, at the beach or other location.

Abstract: The present application relates to a stand for supporting a garment hanger. The stand comprises a supporting element (14,22,32) on which a garment hanger is hung, and a clamp (8) operable to releasably support the garment hanger in a fixed orientation after the garment hanger has been hung on said supporting element (14,22,32).

Abstract: A process for filling recessed features of a dielectric substrate for a semiconductor device, comprises the steps (a) providing a dielectric substrate having a recessed feature in a surface thereof, wherein the smallest dimension (width) across said feature is less than ?200 nm, a conductive layer being present on at least a portion of said surface, (b) filling said recessed feature with a conductive material, and (c) prior to filling said recessed feature with said conductive material, treating said surface with an accelerator.

Abstract: A carrier bag includes a substantially flat, flexible sheet of material. A first handle is attached to the sheet of material adjacent a first edge of the sheet of material. A second handle is attached to the sheet of material adjacent a second edge of the sheet of material. A first hanger attachment element is attached to a first side of the sheet of material, the first hanger attachment element adjacent to but spaced from the first edge. A second hanger attachment element is attached to the first side of the sheet of material, the second hanger attachment element adjacent to but spaced from the second edge. A first closing element is attached to the sheet of material adjacent a third edge of the sheet of material and a second closing element is attached to the sheet of material adjacent a fourth edge of the sheet of material.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is a method and compositions for direct copper plating and filling to form interconnects in the fabrication of semiconductor devices. According to the invention, this method comprises: providing an electrolytic copper bath containing, in solution in a solvent, a source of copper ions with a concentration of between 45 and 200 mM, preferably of between 45 and 100 mM and at least one copper complexing agent which is an aliphatic polyamine having 2 to 4 amine functions with a concentration of between 30 and 200 mM, preferably of between 60 and 200 mM; the copper/complexing agent(s) molar ratio being of between 0.2 and 2, preferably between 0.3 and 1.5; bringing said copper diffusion barrier layer of said substrate into contact with said electrolytic copper bath, applying an electrical bias to the substrate for a duration adjusted according to the thickness of copper to be electroplated, removing the substrate from said electrolytic copper bath.

Abstract: An item of expandable luggage includes a multiple expansion capability, including an expandable main compartment and an expandable external pocket. The luggage item also includes a pair of internal tie-down panels for better holding of clothes within the item and for providing additional storage pockets. A low-profile clothes hanger bracket is provided which is useful with either wire or wooden clothes hangers and includes a harness to avoid unintentional dislodgement of the hangers.

Abstract: An assembly for transporting, storing and merchandising plural articles of merchandise. The assembly comprises a shipping container in which a fixture and the articles of merchandise are located. The shipping container includes an outer carton and an inner compartment. The fixture is located within the inner compartment and includes an elongated display member and a bracket. The elongated display member supports the articles of merchandise. The shipping container includes a portion that can be opened to provide access to the bracket to enable the bracket to be connected to the elongated display member while that member is still within the shipping container. The fixture and the shipping carton can then be mounted on any vertically oriented structural member, whereupon the shipping container can be removed leaving the fixture in place with the merchandise suspended from it.

Abstract: An item of expandable luggage includes a multiple expansion capability, including an expandable main compartment and an expandable external pocket. The luggage item also includes a pair of internal tie-down panels for better holding of clothes within the item and for providing additional storage pockets. A low-profile clothes hanger bracket is provided which is useful with either wire or wooden clothes hangers.

Abstract: An item of expandable luggage includes a multiple expansion capability, including an expandable main compartment and an expandable external pocket. The luggage item also includes a pair of internal tie-down panels for better holding of clothes within the item and for providing additional storage pockets. A low-profile clothes hanger bracket is provided which is useful with either wire or wooden clothes hangers.

Abstract: A hanger bar structure to span across the upper portion of a wardrobe shipping carton that is used to transport garments hung on hangers, particularly new garments shipped from manufactures. The hanger bar is rectilinear with a plurality of slots on its flat upper surface. The size of the slots, the spacing between the slots, and the arcuate shape of the wire hooks at the tops of the hangers is such that a group of garment-laden hangers can be hung at one loading and then slid along the top of the bar to drop individually into slots.

Abstract: A hanger support comprises a base comprising a vertical projection having a pivotal member at an upper end, a plurality of hanging grooves, a plurality of arc members each alternate with one of the hanging grooves, an upwardly raised tab at one end of the projection, and a lower flat abutted the tab. A pivotal engagement mechanism hinges to the other end of the projection of the base. The engagement mechanism comprises an opening at the free end and a slope on one edge of the opening; and a pair of parallel pad members on the bottom of the engagement mechanism; wherein the engagement mechanism is rotatable to cause the flat to contact the bottom of the engagement mechanism with the tab fastened in the opening by engaging the tab with the slope so that a plurality of hangers hung on the hanging grooves are clamped by the pad members in a locked state of the hanger support device. The fastening/unfastening of a hanger is by simply pivoting the engagement mechanism.

Abstract: A piece of luggage for carrying clothing and accessories is disclosed. The luggage may be used to carry and store clothing on hangers together with accouterments in a convenient, vertically-accessible configuration.

Abstract: A garment bag is provided having a hanger support attached to the upper wall thereof, and having upper and lower clamp jaws with a connecting structure between them permitting both rotational and translational movement. A mount structure connects the upper clamp jaw to the upper wall of the garment bag so that it is inclined upwardly from adjacent the rear wall to adjacent the front wall of the garment bag. A limiting pin holds the lower clamp jaw approximately horizontally in the release position. The clamp jaws are in the form of facing channels, and have resilient blocks having a durometer of from approximately 50 to approximately 60 in and extending from them. The resilient blocks may be mounted for transverse movement in the channels, and may be spring urged outwardly as by plural, linearly spaced coil springs, and are deeper than is conventional. The hanger support is able to securely clamp and hold both plastic hangers and wire hangers.

Abstract: A hanger support construction for attachment to a garment bag has a pair of clamp jaws pivotally connected adjacent their rear ends, and a latching device for releasably securing the clamp jaws in the closed position, the latching device including a front plate forwardly of the forward ends of the clamp jaws, an actuating lever which is connected by a pivot to one of the clamp jaws, and a retainer which comprises the front plate, a link that engages a surface of one clamp jaw which is remote from the second clamp jaw, a pivot for pivotally connecting the link to the actuating lever, and a connecting structure for connecting the front plate to the link. The connecting structure may include a housing which includes the front plate and plates perpendicular to it which overlie the front end portions of the clamp jaws.

Abstract: A hanger supporter includes a frame including an upper beam and a lower beam inclined relative to the upper beam. A slide includes one end having an axle slidably engaging with a slot of the lower beam. A lever includes a lower end pivotally coupled to the front end of the lower beam at the pivot axis, a middle portion pivotally coupled to the slide, and includes another end for engaging with the upper beam. The slide is disengaged from the upper beam for engaging with the hangers and is engaged with the upper beam for stably retaining the hangers in place.

Abstract: A coat rack is disclosed having a plurality of resilient hook members fastened inside a chamber thereof and respectively disposed above a respective transverse groove for holding clothes by hangers. Each resilient hook member has a bottom hook controlled by a respective knob to close or open the respective transverse groove for hanging or removing a dress hanger.

Abstract: A garment bag including inner and outer panels, a pair of sides and ends joined together and joined to the outer panel defining an interior packing space, the inner and outer panels being foldable along a central axis such that the bag can be moved from a folded position and an unfolded position providing access to the inner packing space. The inner panel is divided into two separate sections either of which may be zipped and unzipped independent of the other to provide access to the inner packing space.

Abstract: A clothes hanger (7) mounting apparatus (6) has a housing (12) with a top wall (14), back wall (16) and bottom wall (18) with partial side walls (54, 56) on the upper surfaces of which are secured resilient cushions (66). A cover plate (30) is swingable about the top wall to move a bail (80) with a pair of platens (82, 84) into clamping relationship with the cushions and retain clothes hangers located therebetween.

Abstract: An improved hanger support apparatus is formed of a U-shaped frame having a pair of parallel and spaced-apart legs. A latch arm is pivotly mounted to one of the legs proximate its end and is biased to extend through an opening in the second leg at a point inwardly of its end. The construction of the latch arm provides a "one-way" action, and permits conventional hangers to be inserted past the latch arm into the apparatus for support thereby, while preventing the inadvertent removal of the hangers. A handle is provided for manual operation of the latch arm to allow the latch arm to be pivoted away from the second arm when manual removal of a hanger is desired. The hanger support apparatus is particularly adapted for use in garment bags and similar pieces of luggage.

Abstract: A support rail which may be used as a clothes support rail is provided, comprising an elongate support member and a plurality of means for receiving a hanger stem. The receiving means are mounted equidistantly along the length of the support member and enable an object, such as an article of clothing suspended from a clothes hook, to be supported therefrom. The receiving means each comprise a receptacle mounted to said elongate support member such that they are each movable between a first open position and a second closed position.Placing the hanger stem of a hanging device within the receptacle causes the receptacle to move from its normal first open position to its second closed position. When in its said second closed position, no additional hanger stems can be placed in said receptacle.

Abstract: An improved hanger support apparatus is formed of a U-shaped frame having a pair of parallel and spaced-apart legs. A latch arm is pivotly mounted to one of the legs proximate its end and is biased to contact the second leg at a point inwardly of its end. The construction of the latch arm provides a "one-way" action, and permits conventional hangers to be inserted past the latch arm into the apparatus for support thereby, while preventing the inadvertent removal of the hangers. A handle is provided for manual operation of the latch arm to allow the latch arm to be pivoted away from the second arm when manual removal of a hanger is desired. The hanger support apparatus is particularly adapted for use in garment bags and similar pieces of luggage.

Abstract: A trolley for suspending and retaining the hooked ends of clothes hangers in a piece of luggage such as a garment bag includes gripping structures which contact the hooked ends of the hangers. The gripping structures incorporate an arrangement for creating a greater resistance against withdrawing the hanger ends from between the opposed gripping structures than for moving the hanger ends into the trolley. The effect is preferably established by a rib configuration integral with the gripping structures that creates a pawl-like resistance. The pawl-like resistance retains the hanger ends in the trolley and inhibits them from unintentional withdrawal from the trolley.

Abstract: A trolley clamp for retaining hangers in a garment bag has a rigid frame with an at least partly horizontal lower support bar and is mountable below a top inside of the garment bag. The support carries a plurality of movable hanger-retaining elements between which clothes hangers are captured when the movable elements are abutted against one another. The hanger retaining elements have contoured faces with half-round depressions for matching the contour of the clothes hangers. A pivotable eccentric at the front distal end of the support bar is movable to force the hanger retaining elements into abutment or to allow the hanger retaining elements to separate from one another, allowing space for removal of the clothes hangers.

Abstract: An improved clamp for retaining garment hangers in garment bags of the type having a rigid frame in the shape of a "C" with a top leg, a rear leg and a bottom leg, the top leg and bottom leg being spaced, is arranged such that the bottom leg is inclined downwardly toward a front of the clamp, defining a widening opening toward the front. A clamp bar having a conical eccentric protrusion complementary to the bottom leg is rotatably mounted in the frame between the rear leg and a distal end of the top leg. Users change between an open position wherein the eccentric portion of the clamp bar is turned to one side and thus spaced from the bottom leg, and a closed position wherein the eccentric protruding part of the clamp bar bears against the bottom leg, clamping the hangers in place. The eccentric clamp bar rotates on an axis in a common plane with the lower leg.

Abstract: A clamp for retaining garment hangers in garment bags has rigid frame in the shape of a "C" with a top leg, a rear leg and a bottom leg, the top leg and bottom leg being spaced from one another to admit hangers to be hung on the bottom leg. The frame is mountable at the top inner wall of a garment bag, for receiving garment hangers by their wire hook ends. An eccentric clamp bar rotatably carried in the frame between the rear leg and a distal end of the top leg is movable manually by a user between an open position wherein an eccentric portion of the clamp bar is spaced from the bottom leg, and a closed position wherein the eccentric protruding part of the clamp bar bears against the bottom leg, clamping the hangers in place. The eccentric clamp bar rotates on an axis in a common plane with the lower leg.

Abstract: This invention relates to a coat-hanger carrier, especially for an item or clothes-carrying luggage, of the type comprising a longitudinal bar, on which transverse coat-hangers are held, with means for disengaging said coat-hangers.The coat-hanger carrier according to this invention is characterized by the fact that said bar for supporting the coat-hangers is surmounted by a block of elastic material, pivoting about an axis parallel to said bar and equipped with transverse slots forming elastic teeth locked onto said bar in a closed position.

Abstract: A garment carrier of the type including a generally rectangular outer panel and a like sized generally rectangular inner panel joined along their respective peripheries to the opposed sides of an elongate side panel extending around the peripheries of the outside and inside panels, with the garment carrier being foldable along a mid portion spine extending transversely of the outside panel. User carrying means including handles and/straps are fixable to the spine in a manner known in the art. The outside panel of the garment carrier includes a plurality of pockets positioned thereon with each pocket including an opening associated therewith, and a means for selectively closing said opening mounted adjacent each opening.

Abstract: A trolley for suspending and retaining the hooked ends of clothes hangers in a piece of luggage such as a garment bag includes gripping structures which contact the hooked ends of the hangers. The gripping structures incorporate an arrangement for creating a greater resistance against withdrawing the hanger ends from between the opposed gripping structures than for moving the hanger ends into the trolley. The effect is preferably established by a rib configuration integral with the gripping structures that creates a pawl-like resistance. The pawl-like resistance retains the hanger ends in the trolley and inhibits them from unintentional withdrawal from the trolley.

Abstract: A combination shipping and display structure for neckties or the like. A generally rectangular, open-faced inner carton includes an assembly of tie hanger rods supported from an assembly of horizontal and vertical rods. The top of the inner carton folds backward and includes a flap affording an advertising panel and a tongue retained between the carton back panel and a top horizontal rod member in the display mode. A retainer assembly including spaced U-shaped apertures and baffles laterally supports columns of ties on the hangers. The inner carton and retainer assembly are inserted into a conventional outer carton for shipping.

Abstract: A device for gripping clothes hangers comprising a C-shaped housing having an upper horizontal frame for connection to a suitcase. A handle is pivotally connected to the upper horizontal frame of the housing. The handle is latchable to a parallel lower horizontal frame of said housing; a torsion spring having two substantially perpendicular arms fixed in the inner upper corner of the housing. An elastomic C-shape seat includes a lower horizontal part that is fixed inside the lower horizontal frame of the housing. The upper horizontal part of the seat is capped with a rigid cap which is pivotally connected to said handle and to one arm of the torsion spring. The other arm of the torsion spring is sealed inside said housing by a plate which is connected to the vertical part of said housing. The upper horizontal part of the seat is pushed downward to grip the curved portions of the clothes hangers placed inside the seat as the handle is pressed and rotated downward.

Abstract: A garment carrier includes an inner chamber. A stiff flap is hingedly mounted along a lower edge of the inner chamber between front and rear panels of the garment carrier. The flap includes a plurality of elastic shoe pockets for receiving shoes. A hanger bracket is pivotably mounted at an upper edge of the inner chamber. The hanger bracket includes a pair of spaced apart, stationary legs each of which having a resilient insert portion defining a longitudinal channel for receiving hanger hooks. Each of the insert portions includes longitudinally spaced projections extending perpendicularly into the channel. The projections on one side of the channel are aligned with, and terminate short of, the projections disposed on the opposite side of the channel. A pair of triangular corner pockets are positioned in two upper corners of the inner chamber. The corner pockets are formed of flexible material and provided with reinforcement to maintain their shape.

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: A locking trolley for gripping and locking the hooked ends of hangers in a garment bag includes a C-shaped frame member and a jaw member extending forward from the rear of the C-shaped frame member. Gripping pads for gripping the hooked ends of hangers are located between the lower horizontal portion of the C-shaped frame member and the jaw member. A locking arrangement operatively moves the jaw member toward the lower horizontal portion of the frame member to cause the gripping pads to grip the hanger ends and also locks the jaw member in the hanger gripping position. The locking arrangement preferably takes the form of a locking lever pivotably connected to the forward end of the jaw member. The locking lever pivots between the jaw member and the upper horizontal portion of the frame member to hold the jaw member in the locked position. To release the locked relationship the locking lever is grasped and pivoted between the jaw member and the upper horizontal portion of the frame member.

Abstract: A locking trolley for gripping and locking the hooked ends of hangers in a garment bag includes a C-shaped frame member and a jaw member extending forward from the rear of the C-shaped frame member. Gripping pads for gripping the hooked ends of hangers are located between the lower horizontal portion of the C-shaped frame member and the jaw member. A locking arrangement operatively moves the jaw member toward the lower horizontal portion of the frame member to cause the gripping pads to grip the hanger ends and also locks the jaw member in the hanger gripping position. The locking arrangement preferably takes the form of a locking lever pivotably connected to the forward end of the jaw member. The locking lever pivots between the jaw member and the upper horizontal portion of the frame member to hold the jaw member in the locked position. To release the locked relationship the locking lever is grasped and pivoted between the jaw member and the upper horizontal portion of the frame member.

Abstract: A hanger support structure for a shipping container including a pair of struts; a pair of clips for receiving and extending above the top end of each of the struts, respectively; the part of each of the clips extending above the struts forming an engaging portion; each of the clips having a back wall, two side walls adjoining the back wall and two keying segments joined to the side walls and forming a part of the front wall; a cross-bar having a locking portion at each end including a pair of mortices on opposite sides of the cross-bar for engaging the keying segments with the locking portion which is received in the engaging portion of the clip; and adhesive means on the back of each of the struts for fastening each of the struts to a portion of a shipping container.