Garment Hangers Patents (Class 223/85)
  • Patent number: 5746360
    Abstract: A coat hanger bag is provided which comprises a pressure bag, a press bar, a hanger member, puller body, a hook, a coat hanger, and a spring. The coat hanger bag is characterized in that the said coat hanger formed as a whole with the pressure bag. The coat hanger bag having a bore provided on its upper part for threadedly securing with the puller body and a receiving space formed on its lower part for receiving hanger member. A moving member is provided within the body of the hanger member. In operation, the sucking tube is threaded into the bore of the coat hanger thereby applying a force on the upper plate which presses the spring and thus, the lower plate is moved downwardly away from the plate of the body and thus, the air within the bag is allowed to flow out of the bag so as to accomplish the object of making a vacuum coat hanger bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Inventor: Chin-Lai Chen
  • Patent number: 5738255
    Abstract: A coat hanger is combined with an electronic, information storage device holding clothing-specific data into an operational unit and is provided with a fastening device, which can be unlocked preferably only by means of a special tool for fixing to the article of clothing at a variable distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Inventor: Heinrich Wilms
  • Patent number: 5727718
    Abstract: An adjustable garment hanger comprising a pair of supporting arms and a pair of distal arms configured to travel relative to the supporting arms so as to adjust the width of the hanger. Each of the supporting arms and/or distal arms comprises of at least a plastic member and a non-plastic member. The plastic member offers the advantage of thermoforming the compound shape of the hanger width adjustment mechanism and the non-plastic member provides the advantages of rigid support and better decoration effect. When supplying in kit, the plastic and non-plastic parts can be readily assembled by an end user to form a garment hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Inventor: Peter Ar-Fu Lam
  • Patent number: 5718362
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Inventor: Harvey I. Silverman
  • Patent number: 5718358
    Abstract: A clothes hanger (10) has a base (16) and shoulder pieces (18) which slidable couple to the base (16). A suspending member (20) rotatably couples to the base (16). The base (16) is wide and is shaped to roughly conform to the human body in the vicinity of the neck and shoulders. A texturized top surface (28) resists garment slippage. The shoulder pieces (18) have an inner section (46) and an outer section (48). The inner section (46) engages a receiving region (40) of the base (16). A knob (58) on the inner section (46) engages one of several holes (56) in the base to secure the shoulder piece (18) in a selected position relative to the base (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: Sedo Trust
    Inventors: Nelson W. Long, Reed C. Lowman, Charles S. Lord
  • Patent number: 5711464
    Abstract: A length-adjustable clothes hanger includes a flexible arm has an elongated restraining member. The flexible arm has a plurality of first engaging members which are formed adjacent to each of the end portions of the flexible arm, and a hook which is connected to the intermediate portion of the flexible arm. The elongated restraining member has two second engaging members. Each of the second engaging members is connected to one of the first engaging members adjacent to a respective one of the end portions of the flexible arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Inventor: Raymond Huang
  • Patent number: 5687888
    Abstract: A multifunctional foldable hanger, comprising: two wings of elongated shape, each having a front surface, which are connected by a hinge-joint, such that the two wings are foldable to be parallel next to each other and the two wings are unfoldable to form a hanger for clothes, each of the wings on the front surface being provided with a vertical groove, the first of the two wings being provided with a fixing hole on the lower side close to the front surface; and a fixing device, further comprising a guiding support, which is accommodated by the vertical grooves, attached to the second of the two wings, and which has a glide hole bored through along the axis, a rod inserted into the glide hole and gliding therein, an upper hook, attached to the upper end of the rod, and a lower hook on the lower end of the rod, the lower hook being inserted into the hole in the first wing, when the two wings are unfolded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Inventor: Ching-Chao Chang
  • Patent number: 5687887
    Abstract: The side sizer system includes a marker which can be mounted on a hanger in a self-locking manner. In some embodiments, the marker is fitted over an integral rib located at a juncture between a hook and the hanger body so as to engage under the rib in a self-locking relationship. In other embodiments, the hanger is provided with inwardly directed projections while the marker is provided with outwardly directed flanges to snap under the projections. In still other embodiments, the markers are provided with internal tabs with projections for snap-fitting into recesses in upstanding walls of mounting blocks on the hanger. Two types of tools for engaging under the markers to pull the markers from the ribs include jaws for splaying the marker walls outwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: Red Wing Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Bond, Gregory Anthony Montalbano
  • Patent number: 5683018
    Abstract: This invention is directed generally to garment hangers of the type on which information clips may be locked, and, in particular, to garment hangers adapted to receive such a locking information clip so that its removal is prevented or strongly inhibited, and to the locking information clips themselves.According to aspects of the present invention the information clip not only resiliently engages a ledge adjacent the edge of the clip holder, but in addition is provided to discourage or prevent moving the clip side walls apart to disengage the clip from the ledge. In certain forms of the invention, further assurance of non-removability is provided by engaging edges of the clip with engagement elements on the clip holder, without interfering with use of conventional molding for producing the hanger. In other forms of the invention, other arrangements are provided to retain the clip on the hanger by strongly inhibiting lifting one or both side walls of the clip by use of fingers or finger nails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Uniplast Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott L. Sullivan, Walter Slezak, Morris Relson
  • Patent number: 5669727
    Abstract: A device for fixedly interconnecting two parts (1, 2) of a clothes hanger comprising at least one cylinder socket (3) on one part and at least one pin (4) on the other part to be inserted into the socket. The pin (4) has at least one non-cylindrical portion (9) with a radius exceeding the radius of the socket. This portion is flexible in the direction of insertion of the pin for wedging the pin in the socket after insertion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: Karner & Company Aktiebolag
    Inventor: Gustav Wegscheider
  • Patent number: 5664708
    Abstract: A tie or belt holder, comprising a plurality of extended arms projecting from a ring member, and the arms each have a raised end portion to prevent a tie or belt from sliding off the end and a concave-shaped flat top portion to prevent the tie or belt from slipping off from a side, a hanging member having a hanging portion at one end thereof for cooperation with a closet rail; the ring member and the hanging member are readily connectable and disconnectable. The hanging member includes a connector for connection with the ring member and holding the hanging member joined with the ring member and permitting relative rotation between the hanging member and the ring member while preventing axial movement between the hanging member and the ring member and for disassembly of the ring member and the hanging member to allow shipment of the hanging member and the ring member in a non-joined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Inventor: Abraham Sacks
  • Patent number: 5664710
    Abstract: An adjustable garment hanger (688) is disclosed having extension members (664, 666) which move laterally from a medial portion (650). The extension members move as a result of engagement between a pair of tongues (668, 670) and medially disposed pinions (658, 660). Disclosed embodiments include manual adjustment knobs (380) and bidirectional electric motors (402) coupled to the pinion. Embodiments also include apparatus for indicating hanger size obtained by movement of the extension members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Inventor: Peter Ar-Fu Lam
  • Patent number: 5664709
    Abstract: A hanger particularly suited for use with garment sets such as a coat and trouser garment set or a coat and skirt garment set. The hanger includes an upper attachment member which is preferably hook shaped for attachment with a closet rod or the like and a main hanger body which is joined with the attachment member and includes an intermediate section and two shoulder sections extending outwardly to opposite sides of the intermediate section so as to support the garment piece that includes shoulders. The invention further includes a pivoting garment holder for the other garment piece in the set. The pivoting garment holder is supported at an upper end by the intermediate section either by an interface section provided at an upper portion of the intermediate section or by a cavity formed in a mid region of the intermediate section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Inventor: David C. Graham
  • Patent number: 5649653
    Abstract: An improved unitary garment hangers is provided wherein an angular leg extension of a central hanger support structure, such as a hook, cooperates with, and connects to, the apex connection between upper ends of hanger shoulder supports. The perimeter distance along one shoulder support from the outer end thereof to the angular leg extension is substantially greater than the corresponding distance for the other shoulder support. This shoulder length differential is achieved either by the support angular leg extension or by a combination of this extension with a terminally adjacent upper portion of one shoulder support. Such a garment hanger permits both rapid and easy inserting or removing of the hanger through a garment neck region without stretching or tearing of the garment, and inserting or removing the hanger from underneath the garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Inventor: Marshall Joseph
  • Patent number: 5649652
    Abstract: A clothes hanger with a storable hook provides convenient suspension of a garment therefrom without being limited as to length by a neck opening of the garment. In a preferred embodiment, a clothes hanger has a hook portion which is rotatable relative to a body portion, and which is pivotably storable in the body portion. The body portion is hollow and includes two sides which, when joined together, permit both rotatable and pivotable attachment of the hook portion to the body portion and form an opening through which the hook portion may be inserted into the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Inventors: Eleanor L. Sackett, Gary F. Krofchalk
  • Patent number: 5649651
    Abstract: An apparatus especially configured to encourage children to produce and display handicraft works while also encouraging them to properly care for their articles of clothing. The embodiments include a frame member defining a display region configured for removably accommodating a child's handicraft. In a first embodiment, the frame member is especially configured for accommodating a substantially planar, i.e., two dimensional, handicraft in the display region. In a second embodiment, the frame member is configured for accommodating a three dimensional handicraft, e.g., a floral arrangement, in the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Inventor: Peter Ar-Fu Lam
  • Patent number: 5645200
    Abstract: A garment hanger for garments and the like such as a jacket, wherein the garments are suspended from the same hanger, includes a hanger body member having arms extending in generally opposite directions and inclined with respect to each other and adapted to receive and support a jacket and the like. Pivotable rod means are mounted on the hanger body member below the arms for receiving another garment and supporting the same in spaced relation to the arms. Hook means on the hanger body member support the garment hanger on a hook receiving support. The rod means include a rod section located vertically below said arms whereby a garment may be positioned on the rod means absent displacement of a jacket supported by the arms in order to place a garment on the rod means. The arms include angled apertured mating end faces received in the body member and spring biased means are received in the body member, the hook including a portion which passes through the aperture in the end faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: McDowell Bros.
    Inventors: Philip Richard McDowell, Robert Wilson McDowell, Matthew Fife McDowell
  • Patent number: 5642840
    Abstract: A garment hanger including a body having a hook and a tab holder for an information-bearing tab for displaying customer information. The tab holder is integrally formed as a part of the hanger and includes a slot therein. The information-bearing tab includes resilient fingers which engage the slot to substantially inhibit removal of the tab from the tab holder. Edge guards are formed on either side of the tab holder to prevent a person from obtaining access to the tab. Thus, once the tab is mounted on the tab holder, it cannot be removed without using a tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Inventor: Abraham Abdi
  • Patent number: 5642841
    Abstract: A closet belt and tie hanger with plural rows and columns of dowels including a rectangular block having a long length, an intermediate height, and a short thickness with apertures in three parallel rows of eight columns extending therethrough, the apertures being separated by regular intervals; a cylindrical dowel in each aperture and extending from the block perpendicularly on each side; and a curved metal hanger hook projecting upwardly from the top of the rectangular block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Inventor: Terry Lewis Beaty
  • Patent number: 5641100
    Abstract: A moulded plastic garment hanger (1) adapted to support an indicia means, said garment hanger comprising a hook (2) and at least one portion (4) against which said indicia means is supported, wherein said indicia means is a plate member (10) releasably held to said portion by at least one projection (6, 7, 8) positioned at or near the periphery of said portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: Rainsfords Pty. Limited
    Inventors: Donald Claude Mitchell, George Millar Robertson
  • Patent number: 5632423
    Abstract: A hanger which includes garment support means for retaining garments in the proper position is described. The garment support means includes a connecting part, an arm, a carrier element, a pressing member and a portion of reduced width located on the face of the connecting element. The portion of reduced width, after heating and during cooling, causes the carrier element and the pressing member to bias towards the main bar of the hanger. In addition, a stop formation and raised areas which increase the retention of the garment in the proper position are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Inventor: Henry J. Louw
  • Patent number: 5626268
    Abstract: A hanger consists of an elongate, one-piece body of plastic material, the hanger having a first portion defining a hook, and a tail portion extending downwardly of the first portion, the hanger having front and rear surfaces, the rear hanger surface being generally planar. The hanger has a given thickness between the front and rear surfaces in the tail portion exceeding the hanger thickness between the front and rear surfaces elsewhere in the tail portion. The tail portion defines a passage therethrough opening into the front and rear hanger surfaces and defines at a free end thereof a projection configured complementally with the passage to be insertable therein and retentively retained outwardly of the hanger rear surface, the projection having a dimension in the direction of the insertion exceeding the given thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1997
    Assignee: B&G Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chester Kolton, Stuart S. Spater
  • Patent number: 5620118
    Abstract: A garment hanger is comprised of a one-piece body having a hook portion for the receipt of a display rod, a central portion depending from the hook portion, the body defining in the central portion an opening therethrough and a garment support member disposed in the opening and movable relative to the body. A lower portion of the hanger defines a fold line segment depending from the central portion and a flap segment depending from the fold line segment, the central portion, the fold line segment and the flap segment jointly defining a slot in the body. The flap segment has a latching projection thereon and the central portion defines a passage therethrough for the flap projection, the central portion having a part thereof circumscribing the passage and in facing relation to the flap segment on folding thereof which is thickened with respect to adjacent parts of the central portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1997
    Assignee: B&G Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chester Kolton, Stuart S. Spater
  • Patent number: 5615810
    Abstract: A hanger is comprised of an elongate, one-piece body of plastic material, the hanger having a hook portion, a logo display portion, a main body portion having arms extending oppositely, horizontally therefrom to respective free ends for receipt of closed suspender snaps, and a retention member. A fold line segment is defined in the body below the main body portion and a flap member is defined in the body below the fold line segment. The retention member and the flap member have interfitting securement parts and define a sidewardly open, horizontal slot therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1997
    Assignee: B&G Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chester Kolton, Stuart S. Spater
  • Patent number: 5613628
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hanger device that is adapted to maintain a garment in a fixed and wrinkled free position. The hanger of the present invention comprises a hook that is secured to a pair of shoulder supports. The shoulder supports extend outwardly in opposite direction from the hook. A supportive sleeve extender extends from the shoulder support. These sleeve extenders are displaced from the shoulder support and extend inwardly and back towards each other, providing a gap to be located between the sleeve extenders and shoulder supports rendering the sleeve extenders and shoulder supports to be on different planes. A second gap is also located between the ends of the sleeve extender. This will enable a user to secure a garment for the upper body on the device in a worn position so that the back of the garment contacts the sleeve extenders. Once secured, the user tilts the hanger forward and inserts their hand between the sleeve extenders and the shoulder support, one side at a time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Inventor: John C. Burkhalter
  • Patent number: 5613627
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Assignee: WorkTools, Inc.
    Inventor: Joel S. Marks
  • Patent number: 5613629
    Abstract: A garment hanger having an indicia-bearing tab for displaying customer information is provided. A tab holder is integrally formed as part of the hanger. The tab is mounted on an edge of the tab holder, adjacent a ridge formed on the tab holder. The ridge, together with two end members formed on the tab holder on either side of the tab, prevent a consumer from obtaining a finger purchase on the tab. Thus, once the tab is mounted on the tab holder, it cannot be removed without using a tool. The dimensions of the ridge and end members, and their location on the tab holder, may be selected to prevent removal of the tab by hand or by tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Assignee: Different Dimensions Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew M. Zuckerman
  • Patent number: 5611469
    Abstract: An identification clip for a garment hanger, wherein the garment hanger has a clip holder with a retaining pin and a flange spaced apart and parallel thereto forming a gap therebetween. The clip has side walls and a bight portion and the ends of the U forming a nip adapted to fit in the gap when the identification clip is on the retaining portion of the hanger so as to avoid easy removal of the clip from the hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Assignee: E.R.A. Display Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Stanley Eiley, Marc Tremblay
  • Patent number: 5607088
    Abstract: A wire form for displaying, storing, and transporting clothing has a torso and hips. A bust line attached to the form under the arms with double curved portions extending laterally from the plane of the torso simulates a human, especially a female bust line to enhance the appearance of a garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Inventor: Abraham Carranza
  • Patent number: 5603437
    Abstract: In combination, a molded plastic garment hanger and a molded plastic indicator. The molded plastic indicator includes a solid body adapted to display indicia relating to a garment on said hanger. The body includes sidewalls, end walls, a bottom wall and a top wall, each body sidewall defining with the body bottom wall intermediate the body end walls and under the body top wall an outwardly extending lateral projection. The molded plastic garment hanger includes a hook adapted to engage a rod or other support, and a transversely spaced pair of upwardly projecting generally planar webs which receive the indicator, each of the webs defining an aperture therethrough for receiving a respective one of the lateral projections in an interference fit. A portion of the body is configured and dimensioned to be snugly received intermediate the hanger webs with the body lateral projections extending outwardly through the web apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1997
    Assignee: Different Dimensions Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew M. Zuckerman
  • Patent number: 5603438
    Abstract: An improved garment hanger for adjustably displaying, transporting and storing multiple articles of clothing. The hanger supports an upper garment and a lower garment. The lower garment is supported and located away from a plane formed by the supported upper garment, both horizontally and vertically. The position of the lower garments relative to the upper garments may be adjusted through the use of telescoping members. The degree of extension of the telescoping members is controlled by restraining the telescoping members in a variety of positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1997
    Inventor: Bruce M. Jugan
  • Patent number: 5601219
    Abstract: A clothes hanger which includes a sleeve having two vertically spaced coupling slots, a toy doll covered around the sleeve and having a through hole, a hanging bar coupled to the bottom end of the sleeve, a sliding shaft supported on a spring inside the sleeve and moved in and out of the through hole of the toy doll, an end cap fastened to the top end of the sleeve to hold down the periphery of the through hole of the toy doll, a swivel hook coupled to the top end of the shaft and moved with the shaft in and out of a pocket at the top of the toy doll, the shaft having a springy strip with a raised coupling portion adapted for engaging one of the coupling slots to hold the hook in or out of the pocket of the toy doll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1997
    Inventor: Chao Y. Chen
  • Patent number: 5598957
    Abstract: An adjustable hanger has a hanger body, opposed carrying arms that are slidably extendable from the hanger body to increase or decrease the size of the hanger, and a connecting rod that is rotatable to cause the carrying arms to be extended or retracted from the hanger body. The connecting rod can be a hollow tube wherein the ends of the opposed carrying arms are inserted into the connecting rod and wherein oppositely wound spiral grooves on the inside of the connecting rod mate with projections on the ends of the carrying arms so that rotation of the connecting rod causes the carrying arms to be extended or retracted from the connecting rod. Alternately, oppositely wound spiral grooves formed on the outside of the carrying arms may mate with projections on the inside of the connecting rod so that rotation of the connecting rod causes the carrying arms to be extended or retracted from the connecting rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Inventor: David C. Bell
  • Patent number: 5597100
    Abstract: A hanger for displaying garment-related information has a conventional hanger body and a hanger hook. The hanger body and hook are each provided with a prong extending therefrom and toward one another. A wedge-shaped or cylindrical information indicator is provided with holes in its ends for mating with the prongs of the hanger. The information indicator and hanger combine to form a hanger with a display element for easy viewing of information on the wedge when the hanger is positioned at a variety of different angles with respect to the eyes of the viewer. The information indicator can be used to display sizing information regarding the garment attached to the hanger, eliminating the need to look inside the garment for the garment's label. A child-proof information indicator is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1997
    Assignee: S.J. Bee Corp.
    Inventor: Leslie S. Blitz
  • Patent number: 5590823
    Abstract: A collapsible garment hanger which includes a hook, a first and second tensioning element which extend from the hook, the first and second tensioning elements being terminated with a first and second distal tip, respectively. A first and second shoulder element each having a first end and a substantial middle region, the first ends of the first and second shoulder elements being pivotally connected and rotate in relation to each other, the substantially middle region of the first and second shoulder elements having a hole which accepts the first and second distal tips, respectively. The first and second shoulder elements pivot in relation to the first and second tensioning elements, respectively. The first and second tensioning elements are grasped and compressed toward each other with one hand to force the first and second shoulder elements into a collapsed position for insertion or removal from a small opening in a garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Assignee: Donald J. Ersler
    Inventor: Mark H. Lunde
  • Patent number: 5590822
    Abstract: In a garment hanger information tab for use on a garment hanger having a tab holder, the tab holder including a ledge, the tab defines a U-shaped body having a top wall, first and second sides, and first and second legs disposed between said sides and defining a slot and an internal channel therebetween. The body has first and second internal fingers extending inwardly from respective legs in the channel, the first and second fingers extending under the ledge of the tab holder to lock the body on the tab holder when the body is on the tab holder. The body is structurally bilaterally asymmetrical about at least one of two mutually perpendicular planes, both of the planes being non-parallel to said top wall, whereby opposite side-to-side orientations of the tab may be distinguished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Assignee: Different Dimensions Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew M. Zuckerman
  • Patent number: 5586697
    Abstract: A one-piece garment hanger including a hanger body and a hook member formed integrally with the hanger body. The hanger further includes an elongate member integrally formed with the hanger such that the elongate member partially delimits an opening in the hanger. The opening is sufficiently large to permit a cylindrical information marker to rotate about the elongate member when the marker is attached to the elongate member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1996
    Inventor: Gert A. Johansson
  • Patent number: 5584421
    Abstract: A garment hanger which can be manufactured from inexpensive materials on a mass production basis which is extendable and contractible as many times as desired by the user throughout its useful life by a camming system formed by the interaction of cam drivers on each of two arms which engage with a cam follower carried in a central housing, the components being quickly and easily assembled but, when assembled, virtually impossible to disassemble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: Batts, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell O. Blanchard, John H. Batts
  • Patent number: 5584455
    Abstract: A device for holding garment hangers is described which has two parts: one preferably inflexible hook part made of plastics material or metal shaped to be carried by a rail and a flexible loop or strap or series of loops, adapted to receive many garment hangers. The two parts are connected flexibly and the loop may be adjusted to alter its separation from a rail. The device allows more garments to be hung from a single rail than previously was possible and is particularly useful in the transport and storage of garments in shops, warehouses and factories. Two devices may be interlocked across a handler's shoulders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Inventor: Paul Artemi
  • Patent number: 5582334
    Abstract: A multigarment, insect infestation inhibiting hanger device for use on a clothes bar. The device, which saves closet space, has a hook portion for disposition on a clothes bar on one end thereof. The hook portion is also disposed within or through a main body member cut from preferably incense cedar or molded of a mixture of incense cedar chips and a suitable resin. The device is configured to receive either a plurality of hanger in slots of garment receivers, or garment hanging loops upon upstanding segments of these garment receivers. The device permits the user to compactly group similar garments together for organization of the closet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: Ink-Rol Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph S. Blazer, deceased, Sean B. Appleyard
  • Patent number: 5582387
    Abstract: A primary hanger has a hook portion for receiving a hanging rod and a first retention structure, a fold line segment depending from the hook portion and a sideward opening communicating with the hook portion opening and a flap segment depending from the fold line segment, the flap segment defining a second retention structure cooperative with the first retention portion to retain the flap segment with the hook portion upon folding of the flap segment about the fold line segment. The flap segment and the hook portion define a passage therebetween upon the folding of the flap segment about the fold line segment. A secondary hanger has an upper part which is sized to enter the sideward opening of the flap segment and which has openings therethrough registrable with the first and second retention structures to be captured thereby upon folding of the flap segment about the fold line segment, the second hanger thereby being hung from the first hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: B&G Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chester Kolton, Stuart S. Spater
  • Patent number: 5579964
    Abstract: The hanger extension kit includes at least one extension member arranged for adjustable securement relative to a conventional hanger at a junction of the hanger's base rod to a side rod, with the extension member having a generally U-shaped configuration, with a semi-circular junction defining spaced rod members, wherein the spaced rod members each include a plurality of resilient fasteners. The resilient fasteners are arranged to engage the hanger member's base and side rod structure. The kit further includes at least one L-shaped hook member having first and second legs, with the second leg fixedly received within a clamp body, and the clamp body of resilient construction having an elongate groove parallel to the second leg, and the elongate groove of a generally semi-circular cross-sectional configuration arranged to engage the base rod permitting the first leg to extend beyond the hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Inventor: Lester Fochtman
  • Patent number: 5577644
    Abstract: A toy doll and hanger assembly which includes a rod member having a first end, a second end, a first outward flange raised around the first end, and a second outward flange raised around the second end; a toy doll covered on the rod member, having a skin, a first hole and a second hole through the skin corresponding to the first end and second end of the rod member; a first cap fastened to the first end of the rod member and the first hole of the toy doll to hold down the periphery of the first hole of the toy doll, permitting the periphery of the first hole of the toy doll to be retained between the first cap and the first outward flange of the rod member; a second cap fastened to the second end of the rod member and the second hole of the toy doll to hold down the periphery of the second hole of the toy doll, permitting the periphery of the second hole of the toy doll to be retained between the second cap and the second outward flange of the rod member; and hanger means detachably connected to the second ca
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Inventor: Chao-Yang Chen
  • Patent number: 5573151
    Abstract: A hanger is provided in which the molded hooks for engagement with the waistband and the straps of undergarments or bathing suits are formed with a continuous rib from one free end to another. The hook is interchangeably mounted on the bar via a tongue arrangement providing a snap connection to the bar and the hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Inventor: Gerhard Fildan
  • Patent number: 5562237
    Abstract: A trousers hanger of the type having two integrally formed legs disposed at an acute angle which form an open end through which trousers can be easily mounted over one leg of the hanger. The other side of the hanger includes a hook end adapted to permit the hanger to be hung from a clothing rod or the like. The lower leg which accepts a pair of trousers includes a pair of spaced, linearly extending gripping bars overlying significant length portions of the lower leg and are resiliently biased in a closely spaced relationship to an upper edge of the lower ledge for engaging a pair of trousers placed between the gripping bars and lower leg in a manner which tends to hold the trousers in a slightly taunt, unwrinkled condition. The confronting inner ends of each gripping bar are spaced from one another and include an upturned edge to facilitate mounting an edge of the trousers under each gripping bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Inventor: George P. Saliaris
  • Patent number: 5556014
    Abstract: A hanger composite includes a first hanger including a tail having first and second portions folded about a tail fold area to define a tail loop, the first tail portion having a latching opening therethrough, the second tail portion having a projection extending outwardly thereof and resident in the latching opening, and a second hanger having a portion thereof disposed retentively within the tail loop, the second hanger having a second portion disposed outwardly of the tail loop and adapted for hanging an article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: B&G Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chester Kolton, Stuart S. Spater
  • Patent number: 5538166
    Abstract: A combination doll and clothes hanger assembly includes an elongated frame member of a dimension to hang clothing. The frame member can have articulated joints to permit movement so that in one mode, it can act as a toy object, while in the other mode, it can be positioned to support the hanging of clothing. A doll member is integrally connected to the frame member and is configured to provide a plush toy for the enjoyment of the child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Assignee: Matsuri Corporation
    Inventors: Iwakichi Ogawa, Shunnosuke Terui
  • Patent number: 5535927
    Abstract: An improved garment hanger is provided with a coating of resilient friction material on the upper surfaces of the garment support members to provide non-slip surfaces for garments such as coats, shirts, blouses and dresses and help prevent the garments from falling off the garment hanger and onto the floor. The application of resilient friction material applies equally to pant bars. The improved resilient friction material comprising a block copolymer having discreet block segments of styrene monomer units and rubber monomer units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignee: Batts, Inc.
    Inventor: Judd F. Garrison
  • Patent number: 5526968
    Abstract: A hanger valet for storing clothing accessories such as ties, belts, braces, and jewelry such as cufflinks on the same hanger with a given suit, thus allowing coordination of the accessories with the suit. The hanger valet comprises a suit hanger, a valet portion with a number of tie keepers, belt/brace keepers, and jewelry holders, a numerical system for indicating the week of the month in which to wear a tie, a moving indicator of which tie was last worn, and an aromatic cedar block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Inventor: James A. Larson
  • Patent number: 5524801
    Abstract: A combination garment hanger, garment size indicating system and method of installing the garment size indicating system is provided in the form of a garment hanger equipped with a tab-holding section that accommodates a size-indicating tab. The size-indicating tab is provided in stick or coil form for easy installation. Once the size-indicating tab is inserted into the tab-holding section, it is substantially unremovable without the use of a pronged or otherwise sharp tab-removing tool. Any removal of the tab from the tab-holding section will substantially damage the tab and render it useless. The tab and method of installing the tabs is ergonomically designed to reduce the likelihood of carpal tunnel syndrome in assembly-line workers charged with the task of installing the tabs on the garment hangers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1996
    Assignee: Batts, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward J. Dooley, Robert Bredeweg, Russell O. Blanchard