Garment Hangers Patents (Class 223/85)
Insect repelling and perfumed (Class 223/86)
Sheet material (Class 223/87)
Combined type (Class 223/88)
Coat or dress (Class 223/92)
Skirt or trousers (Class 223/95)
Fur scarf or muff (Class 223/97)
Covers (Class 223/98)
  • Indicator of size, etc., to be attached to clothes hanger and clothes hanger with indicator of size, etc.
    Publication number: 20040211796
    Abstract: An indicator of size, etc., to be attached to an attaching part which is formed on a clothes hanger and exposed to the outer surface when clothing, etc., is hung, comprises a flexible sheet part, fixing parts formed close to both ends to be fitted with the attaching part and indication sections indicating a size, etc., printed on a plurality of points which become outer surfaces when the attaching part is fitted with the fixing parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventor: Hideo Misumi
  • Hanger assembly
    Patent number: 6808093
    Abstract: A hanger assembly includes a mounting seat, a hooking member extending upwardly from the mounting seat and adapted to engage a backrest of a chair, first and second extendable arms connected pivotally to the mounting seat, an upright bar coupled to the mounting seat and displaceable in an upright direction relative to the mounting seat, and a hanging member disposed on the upright bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Inventors: Liang-An Lin, Ching-Hui Chen
  • Hanger and size marker and assembly thereof
    Publication number: 20040206787
    Abstract: A hanger has a support rod engaging portion, a garment supporting portion extending downwardly of the support rod engaging portion and a size marker receiving portion opening into the periphery of the hanger, the hanger defining in the size marker receiving portion at least one deflectable size marker retaining member. A size marker for assembly with a hanger includes a rigid body defining a ceiling and front and rear walls extending downwardly of the ceiling to a floor, at least one passage opening into the floor and extending to the ceiling, the body defining a recess extending between the front and rear walls, the recess communicating with the passage at an upper portion thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Chester Kolton, Michael Norman, Robert Whittemore
  • Garment set double hanger and method of hanging
    Publication number: 20040188475
    Abstract: A garment set double hanger and method are disclosed which are suitable for hanging and displaying a set of matched or coordinated top garments together, such as a matched set of mens or ladies top garments, which does not obscure from display either of the individual garments that make up the coordinate garment set, and which is designed to make it easy to mount the coordinate garment matched set on the hanger. The garment set double hanger includes a top hanger which is designed to support a first garment of the matched set of garments and a bottom hanger, supported below the top hanger by a depending vertical frame member, which is designed to support and display a second garment of the matched set of garments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: SPOTLESS PLASTICS PTY. LTD.
    Inventor: Stanley F. Gouldson
  • Clothes Hanger
    Publication number: 20040182891
    Abstract: There is disclosed an improved clothes hanger, of the type provided with a clip in the upper part of both shoulders, known in technical terms as the “notch”. The hanger clips are covered with an anti-slip material, deposited by over-moulding, smearing, pasting or with other known state of the art methods for the purpose of permitting the hanging on the hanger of light clothing articles not necessarily having straps for engagement by the clips or notches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: MAINETTI TECNOLOGIE S.P.A.
    Inventor: Mario Mainetti
  • Garment hanger
    Publication number: 20040159686
    Abstract: A garment hanger has a hanger body, a clasp and at least one engaging element. The hanger body has a plurality of first rounded teeth formed respectively along sides thereof, with a constant clearance between adjacent teeth. Each of the first rounded teeth has a top larger than its bottom to form a small mouth between the tops of two adjacent teeth. A hooked neck is connected to a roof of the hanger body. A pair of round notches is respectively disposed on exterior edges of a hook portion of the hooked neck in a symmetrical manner. The clasp has a protruding button and a tab at opposite ends. The protruding button and the tab respectively engage with the notches of the hooked neck. The engaging element has second rounded teeth properly spaced on one side thereof to respectively fit in clearances formed by the adjacent first teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventor: Chen Hung Huang
  • Hanger beam construction
    Publication number: 20040159685
    Abstract: An I-beam having a web curved in two dimensions is used to provide an enhanced stiffness to weight ratio for molded plastic hangers. The I-beam includes first and second generally parallel flanges which extend in a longitudinal direction. The flanges are joined by a curved web, which is defined in part by first and second radii of curvature, wherein the radii are nominally orthogonal to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventor: Stanley F. Gouldson
  • Garment-concealable jewelry case having parallel-running compartments and integrated jewelry trays for storing and organizing jewelry
    Patent number: 6776463
    Abstract: A garment-concealable jewelry case having a front opening with a front cover panel portion that can be either moved or configured to reveal a plurality of parallel-running isolated storage compartments each having an interior storage space which is accessible through a front opening revealed when the front cover panel is removed or reconfigured. Through the front opening of each storage compartment, one or more necklaces, pendants, bracelets or other strands of jewelry can be securely hung on a pair of jewelry support posts adapted for spatial separation on the back wall portion of the storage compartment in order to accommodate the length of jewelry strands being supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Gemini Marketing Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Simon, Lisa Simon
  • Method for anchoring an elastomer into a thermoplastic during injection molding
    Patent number: 6772923
    Abstract: A molded plastic garment hanger constituted from first and second plastic materials which are fused and mechanically bonded to form a composite garment hanger. A coinjected plastic member formed of the second plastic material is molded into the plastic body member formed of the first plastic material, and is secured thereto by a plume of the second plastic material of the coinjected plastic member which is formed as the second plastic material is coinjected and breaches the surface of the first plastic material of the molded plastic body member which is not completely set and hardened, such that the plume of the second plastic material extends into and is secured and anchored into the first plastic material. A method and apparatus for co-injection molding of plastic materials for the formation of the plastic garment hanger construction are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Spotless Plastics Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Olaf Olk, Ralph H. Pena
  • Stackable garment hanger
    Publication number: 20040144812
    Abstract: A hanger designed with hook member having a loop section is presented. The loop section, which is shaped in forms including a triangular shape, a rectangular shape, a circular shape and the like, allows other hanger hooks to be placed in the shape (e.g., triangular shape, circular shape). The frame can be made of wood or plastic material. With this new design, hangers can be stacked to utilize vertical space when needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventor: Jack Chen
  • Coordinate loop hanger
    Patent number: 6758379
    Abstract: A hanger having an integrally molded plastic hanger body of inverted U-shaped construction defines a pair of horizontally spaced walls adapted to cooperatively define a support for the suspending means of another hanger. Each of the walls defines a tab pivotally connected adjacent the wall bottom for movement between an initial spaced-apart orientation of the tabs and an engaged orientation of the tabs wherein said tabs engage one another to cooperatively define the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: A & E Products Group
    Inventor: Robert Elwell
  • Multi-purpose hanger
    Patent number: 6758378
    Abstract: A multi-purpose hanger includes a hook portion for supporting the hanger. The hanger has a pair of opposing shoulder portions extending outwardly from the hook portion. Each of the shoulder portions has a detachable end piece in communication therewith. Each of the end pieces can be attached to their respective shoulder portions such that the end is pointed either upwardly or downwardly as required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Inventor: David Carmichael
  • Coat hanger structure with hook having a variable-height
    Publication number: 20040112929
    Abstract: Clothes hanger structure comprising two arms, designed to provide a support for a garment, and a hook provided with a stem fixed at the centre line of the hanger. The stem is provided with a portion that can engage to a variable depth in a seat provided at the centre line of the structure, thus permitting at least two fixing positions, one extended and one retracted. This structure permits use of the clothes hanger both during manufacture of the garment and in the domestic environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: BENCOM S.r.l
    Inventor: Ernesto Frassinelli
  • Alternating belt hanger
    Patent number: 6749093
    Abstract: A modified clothes hanger configured to suspend belts from a clothing rod. The device has a hook on its upper extreme, and a transverse beam on its lower extreme. A series of alternating prongs extend outward and upward from the transverse beam. The hook is placed over the clothing rod to install the device in a closet. The belt buckle of each belt to be hung is placed over one of the alternating prongs. The prongs are positioned and oriented so that the resulting weight placed on the hanger is well balanced. A variety of embodiments are described, including a hanger formed as one piece from molded plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Inventor: Anthony Nathaniel Harris
  • Plastic clothes hanger
    Publication number: 20040094582
    Abstract: The hanger includes a plastic body with a top edge. A member to which the hook is attached extends above the top edge of the body and has a triangular opening designed to receive a fastening device such that a plurality of like designed hangers can be connected together. The locking clips associated with pairs of garment gripping jaws are provided with protrusions that cooperate with edges on the moveable jaws to retain same in the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Jeffrey Schapiro, David Strollo
  • Garment hanger
    Publication number: 20040089681
    Abstract: A garment hanger (10) to attach a garment to a rack or rail to inhibit removal of the garment. The hanger (10) includes a garment support portion consisting of a pair of diverging arms (11). Attached to the arms (11) is an engaging portion (12) that would include an engaging portion (12) in the form of an eyelet assembly. The engaging portion (12) is assembled about the rack or rail so that the hanger (10) is inhibited from removal therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: KANWELD PRODUCTS PTY. LIMITED
    Inventor: Leonard Clyde Asplet
  • Mini-blind holder and clothes hanger combination
    Patent number: 6729509
    Abstract: A mini-blind holder and clothes hanger combination for holding mini-blinds for cleaning and drying includes a hanger that comprises a rod and a pair of angled members. Each of the angled members has a first end attached to the rod and a second end attached together such that a loop is defined. A hook is rotatably attached to a juncture of the angled members and extends in a direction away from the rod. A pair of hanging members for removably attaching to a mini-blind is attached to the rod. The hanging members are spaced from each other. Each of the hanging members is adapted for swiveling with respect to the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Inventor: Sharon L. Fabian
  • Garment hanger using waste bottle
    Publication number: 20040079772
    Abstract: A garment hanger a coupler, and one or more bottles, such as the waste bottles, detachably or selectively secured to the coupler, for suitably supporting the shoulder portions of the coats or jackets or garments. The bottles may be threaded and thus secured to the coupler with threading engagements. The coupler includes a retainer for attaching to support members. The retainer includes a stem having a hook formed on one end for attaching to the support member, and a lever having an arm biased to engage with the hook and to retain the hook to the support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventor: Susan Shih
  • Cap hanger
    Publication number: 20040079773
    Abstract: A hanger for hanging one or more hats, particularly baseball-style caps, from a support member. The cap hanger has an upper portion with a hook, a middle portion suitable for displaying information and a lower portion having a hanger body with one or more hanger sections. The hanger sections are configured to receive and retain the back portion, either the back side of the cap or the strap or band, whether adjustable or not, of a cap in a cap receptacle and suspend the cap in a generally downward direction. The hanger sections can have an upper channel and a plurality of lower channels separated by a protruding member and a shaped narrowed section to hold the cap in the cap hanger. The cap hanger can also have one or more brim clips, separately or in combination with hanger sections, for receiving and retaining the brim of a cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventor: Jerry J. Dixon
  • Apparel and accessory storage and display assemblage
    Publication number: 20040079771
    Abstract: An assemblage is disclosed for storing and displaying articles of men's and women's apparel and accessory. The assemblage has an elongated support member and a plurality hanger members secured to it. The support member can be rigid or flexible enabling it to be folded or rolled up when not in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventor: Judith Salcedo
  • Garment hanger and information indicator therefor
    Patent number: 6726067
    Abstract: A garment hanger an and associated indicator therefor. The garment hanger has a projecting web which includes at least one recess on one side thereof. The indicator includes a body having a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls connecting the side walls, a top wall and an open end arranged so as to define a cavity which is dimensioned to receive the projecting web of the hanger. The indicator further includes an abutment positioned on one side wall of the pair of side walls. The abutment is dimensioned so as to engage the at least one recess of the projecting web of the hanger and is located proximal to the top wall relative to a midpoint of the cavity between the open end and the top wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Visconti Polyoak Ltd.
    Inventor: Henry John Louw
  • Garment hanger
    Publication number: 20040069819
    Abstract: A garment hanger includes a hook portion and first and second arms, which extend outwardly from the hook portion for supporting an article of clothing. The hook portion has a generally C-shaped portion with an open side for receiving a support bar therethrough for mounting the garment hanger on the support bar. The hook portion is adapted to releasably engage the support bar and to be retained on the support bar even when the garment hanger is subject to vibration and/or movement relative to the support bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventor: Monty L. Strouts
  • Indicator attachment mechanism and method and apparatus for removing indicators from hangers
    Patent number: 6705496
    Abstract: A method for removing an indicator from a garment hanger having a resilient indicator attachment mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Spotless Plastics Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: David J. Marshall, Stanley F. Gouldson, Roland Harmer, William W. Bush
  • Garment hanger
    Publication number: 20040031825
    Abstract: This invention relates to a garment hanger comprising two parts or elements (2, 2′) which are hinged together so that they can be folded from a first relatively flat or opened out configuration to a second configuration in which the two parts or elements are adjacent and facing each other, at least one of the parts including first means (11) by which the hanger can depend from a support when in its second configuration, the two parts providing second means (12) from which a garment can be hung. The two parts or elements are preferably of a flexible stiff sheet material such as a corrugated material, e.g. corrugated cardboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventor: James Edward Roberts
  • Hanger connector
    Patent number: 6688502
    Abstract: The connector connects a supported hanger and a supporting hanger. The connector engages the supported hanger at spaced points to avoid swaying of the supported hanger relative to the supporting hanger. The hangers are connected with their centers of gravity aligned so as to prevent tipping under the weight of the supported apparel. The connector is received on the supporting hanger so as not to obscure an indicia bearing clip mounted on the arcuate bar engaging part of the support hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Inventor: Steven Kunreuther
  • Alternating belt hanger
    Publication number: 20040020948
    Abstract: A modified clothes hanger configured to suspend belts from a clothing rod. The device has a hook on its upper extreme, and a transverse beam on its lower extreme A series of alternating prongs extend outward and upward from the transverse beam. The hook is placed over the clothing rod to install the device in a closet The belt buckle of each belt to be hung is placed over one of the alternating prongs. The prongs are positioned and oriented so that the resulting weight placed on the hanger is well balanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventor: Anthony Nathaniel Harris
  • Clothes hanger
    Publication number: 20040020949
    Abstract: A clothes hanger comprising a body for hanging an article of clothing, the body including a central portion having upper and lower sides, and a hook having a lower end connected to the central portion for hooking the body to an external support. The hook end is connected to the body portion by means of a ball socket joint that permits the hook to pivot between the upper and lower sides of the body portion as well as to swivel about itself through 360°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventor: Chung Lun Yip
  • Automated methods and devices for removing a size indicator from a garment hanger having a removable size indicator
    Patent number: 6681966
    Abstract: A method for removing a releasable size indicator from a garment hanger. The garment hanger including: a body having at least one web for removably securing a size indicator to the body, the web having a fixed latch and a pivoting latch; and a size indicator having finger means for engaging the fixed and pivoting latches. The method including: (a) feeding the garment hanger to an indicator removal station; (b) supporting the garment hanger at the indicator removal station for removal of the size indicator; (c) depressing the pivoting latch to pivot the same out of engagement with the finger means to release the size indicator from the web; (d) collecting the released size indicator; (e) removing the garment hanger from the indicator removal station; and (f) repeating steps (a) to (e) for each of a plurality of hangers sequentially fed to the indicator removal station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Spotless Plastics Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Stanley F. Gouldson, Olaf F. Olk
  • HANGER CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20040007603
    Abstract: The connector connects a supported hanger and a supporting hanger. The connector engages the supported hanger at spaced points to avoid swaying of the supported hanger relative to the supporting hanger. The hangers are connected with their centers of gravity aligned so as to prevent tipping under the weight of the supported apparel. The connector is received on the supporting hanger so as not to obscure an indicia bearing clip mounted on the arcuate bar engaging part of the support hanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventor: Steven Kunreuther
  • Auxiliary bar for a hanger
    Publication number: 20040004096
    Abstract: A hanger including; a hook; a support bar suspended from the hook, the support bar having an engagement surface; means for suspending a garment from the support bar; and an auxiliary bar having at least one clip portion having at least one clip for engaging the engagement surface of the hanger and a bottom rail supported from the clip over which a portion of the garment is draped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Applicant: SPOTLESS PLASTICS PTY. LTD.
    Inventors: Stanley F. Gouldson, Olaf F. Olk
  • Garment hanger
    Publication number: 20030222107
    Abstract: A garment hanger comprises a first support for hanging the garment hanger, a second support provided for the placement of garments, an information marker holder extending between the first and second supports for the placement of an information marker thereon, a web provided between the first and second supports and extending in a direction toward the information marker holder, and at least one raised member extending across the web for preventing finger purchase of an information marker when such information marker is attached to the information marker holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventors: Ellen Stein, Tom Chung
  • Pinch grip hanger
    Publication number: 20030209577
    Abstract: An improved pinch grip pant and skirt hanger of reduced depth and elongated grip is formed for gripping garments below the waistband. The pinch grip has an offset between the hanger bar and the mounting of the pinch grip to align the center axis of the hanger bar with the center of the pinch grip, to thereby reduce the depth of the hanger and pinch grip and provide greater density of garments during shipment. Two separate guards are provided to prevent inadvertent opening of the pinch grip by an adjacent hanger, including a moveable guard, formed by arches on the fixed and moveable jaws. Since the arches are formed to contact below the pivot axis of the pinch grip, any contact between hangers will serve to enhance grip, rather than inadvertently opening the pinch grip. The hanger is particularly adapted for magazine feed and the automated loading of garments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Applicant: Spotless Plastics Pty, Ltd.
    Inventors: Stanley F. Gouldson, Olaf Olk
  • Adjustable garment hanger
    Patent number: 6644520
    Abstract: An adjustable garment hanger (100) is disclosed having movable arms (103, 107) which move laterally from a medial portion (105). The movable arms move as a result of engagement between a pair of linkage tongues (104, 106) and a medially positioned adjustment mechanism. The linkage tongues are positioned inside a U shaped guiding channel (113) positioned parallel to a pair of supporting arms extending from the medial portion of the garment hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Inventor: Peter Ar-Fu Lam
  • Adjustable clothing hanger
    Patent number: 6637630
    Abstract: An adjustable clothing hanger includes extension arms extending from the shoulders of a clothing hanger. The extension arms engage locks that secure the extension arms in a desired position. In one embodiment, the extension arms include receivers that mount to the ends of the shoulders. The extension arms are locked by an adjuster strip connected that engages the hook of the clothing hanger. In an alternate embodiment, the extension arms are supported and guided by a mount that is attached to the clothing hanger. An optional embodiment includes ridges engaging a detent to lock the extension arms in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Inventor: Marie Rivenburgh
  • Shower hanger
    Publication number: 20030192923
    Abstract: A specialized shower hanger. This hanger includes a twist-resistant connector that fits on a shower curtain rod or shower door bar for a shower. The hanger also includes an arm. At least a part of the arm extends into the shower when the connector is hung on the shower curtain rod or shower door bar. When the connector is hung on the shower curtain rod or shower door bar and an article is placed on the part of the arm that extends into the shower, the hanger supports the article entirely over the shower's basin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Inventor: Dane C. Butzer
  • System for frontal display of objects
    Publication number: 20030192846
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a hanger comprises a main body disposed in a first plane and a hook coupled to the main body, the hook adapted to interface with a display bar, whereby the first plane intersects a longitudinal axis of the display bar at an angle other than ninety degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Inventor: Michael J. White
  • System for frontal display of objects
    Publication number: 20030192924
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a hanger comprises a main body disposed in a first plane and a hook coupled to the main body such that the main body and the hook maintain a non-coplanar relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Inventor: Michael J. White
  • Electronic article surveillance marker assembly
    Publication number: 20030189071
    Abstract: An EAS marker assembly comprises a housing defining a cavity extending inwardly from an open wall of the housing and a passage extending through a closed wall of the housing opposite the open wall and disposed aside the cavity and an EAS marker secured to the closed wall of the housing. A securement member extends through the passage and secures the EAS marker assembly to an article of manufacture, the article of manufacture closing the open wall of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Chester Kolton, Michael Norman, Robert Whittemore
  • Method for anchoring an elastomer into a thermoplastic during injection molding
    Publication number: 20030183665
    Abstract: A molded plastic garment hanger constituted from first and second plastic materials which are fused and mechanically bonded to form a composite garment hanger. A coinjected plastic member formed of the second plastic material is molded into the plastic body member formed of the first plastic material, and is secured thereto by a plume of the second plastic material of the coinjected plastic member which is formed as the second plastic material is coinjected and breaches the surface of the first plastic material of the molded plastic body member which is not completely set and hardened, such that the plume of the second plastic material extends into and is secured and anchored into the first plastic material. A method and apparatus for co-injection molding of plastic materials for the formation of the plastic garment hanger construction are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: Spotless Plastics Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Olaf Olk, Ralph H. Pena
  • Clothes hanger
    Publication number: 20030183666
    Abstract: The invention relates to a clothes hanger including a hanger body having a hook portion projecting upwardly therefrom, defining an insertion portion for insertion of a neck portion of a garment, and provided with a movable arm for openably closing an aperture of the insertion portion. The hanger further includes switching means for switching the movable arm between open and close positions. The switching means has a function to open the aperture of the insertion portion when the hanger body is inclined and to close the aperture of the insertion portion when the hanger body is returned to its initial horizontal position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventor: Haruhiko Kameda
  • Garment hanger with improved tab holder
    Publication number: 20030178451
    Abstract: The present invention relates a garment hanger adapted to receive a removable information tab. Such a garment hanger has a body, a hook member connected to the body, a tab holder operatively connected to said hanger. The tab holder has two opposites surfaces, each of said opposite surfaces have an edge, and first, second and third engagement elements. The engagement elements are parallel to one another and are disposed perpendicular to the edge. Furthermore, each of the engagement elements have first, second and third projecting members. The first projecting member is adjacent to the edge of the opposite surface. Each of the engagement elements further have a first valley defined between the first and second projecting elements, and a second valley defined between the second and third projecting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Robert R. Giustini, Koen De Winter
  • Pinch-grip hanger
    Patent number: 6622897
    Abstract: A hanger has a pinch-grip including a pair of vertically-extending components, a biasing spring, and a connector separate and distinct from the biasing spring. The connector pivotably secures together the upper ends of the components for movement, prior to application of the biasing spring to the components, between a substantially unfolded orientation, wherein the components lie in a common plane, and a substantially folded orientation, wherein the components are generally parallel. The connector is integrally molded with the components and configured and dimensioned to lie between the upper ends thereof when the components are in the folded orientation, without substantially inhibiting movement of the upper or lower ends between the closed and open positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: A&E Products Group LP
    Inventors: David Bokmiller, Andrew M. Zuckerman
  • Garment hanger and information indicator therefor
    Publication number: 20030173381
    Abstract: A garment hanger an and associated indicator therefor. The garment hanger has a projecting web which includes at least one recess on one side thereof. The indicator includes a body having a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls connecting the side walls, a top wall and an open end arranged so as to define a cavity which is dimensioned to receive the projecting web of the hanger. The indicator further includes an abutment positioned on one side wall of the pair of side walls. The abutment is dimensioned so as to engage the at least one recess of the projecting web of the hanger and is located proximal to the top wall relative to a midpoint of the cavity between the open end and the top wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Applicant: Visconti Polyoak, Ltd.
    Inventor: Henry J. Louw
  • Rod for a clothes hanger and hanger
    Publication number: 20030136806
    Abstract: The rod for a clothes hanger is characterized in being formed from an elongated body consisting of two different mutually co-extruded materials. The first material forms a core that has the function of ensuring the structural rigidity of the rod and the second material forms a cover, arranged externally, that has the function of forming an anti-slip friction contact with the hung item of clothing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventor: Mario Mainetti
  • Systems for displaying accessories on a garment hanger
    Publication number: 20030136805
    Abstract: A garment hanger for displaying a garment and an accessory item, such as a cap, contemplated for wearing with the garment is provided. The hanger includes an attachment member adapted to engage a support structure from which the attachment member may hang. A display member having opposing ends is affixed to the attachment member at a position between the opposing ends, and on which a garment may be placed. A retention member may be extended upwardly from the display member at a location which permits exposure of the retention member when a garment is on the display member, so that an accessory item may engage the retention member. A method for displaying a garment and an accessory item on a hanger is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Shwartz, Charles Lord
  • Automated methods and devices for removing a size indicator from a garment hanger having a removable size indicator
    Publication number: 20030136804
    Abstract: A method for removing a releasable size indicator from a garment hanger. The garment hanger including: a body having at least one web for removably securing a size indicator to the body, the web having a fixed latch and a pivoting latch; and a size indicator having finger means for engaging the fixed and pivoting latches. The method including: (a) feeding the garment hanger to an indicator removal station; (b) supporting the garment hanger at the indicator removal station for removal of the size indicator; (c) depressing the pivoting latch to pivot the same out of engagement with the finger means to release the size indicator from the web; (d) collecting the released size indicator; (e) removing the garment hanger from the indicator removal station; and (f) repeating steps (a) to (e) for each of a plurality of hangers sequentially fed to the indicator removal station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Applicant: SPOTLESS PLASTICS PTY., LTD.
    Inventors: Stanley F. Gouldson, Olaf F. Olk
  • Adjustable garment hanger
    Publication number: 20030132258
    Abstract: An adjustable garment hanger is provided which includes a body, a pair of fixed arms extending from the body, such that an upper end of each fixed arm includes a guide rail, and a mid-section of each fixed arm includes an indexing track. The adjustable garment hanger also includes a pair of telescoping arms slidingly disposed on the guide rail for each fixed arm, wherein the telescoping arm includes two side walls joined by an upper wall, and a plurality of opposed indexing arms that travel in the indexing track of the fixed wall to retain a position of the telescoping arm relative to the fixed arm. The adjustable garment hanger further includes a stop integral with the fixed arm for limiting the travel of the fixed arm relative to the telescoping arm in a fully extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Thomas Viazanko, Robert Gilling, Thomas Kenny
  • Garment hanger
    Patent number: 6588634
    Abstract: A light-weight, one-piece, molded, plastic garment hanger having a hook member, body member, and upswept arms, wherein a garment retaining clip is longitudinally positioned on either side of the hook member at a height such that an axis drawn therebetween would intersect a circle defined around a center of curvature drawn by a radius defined at the upper portion of the curve of the hook member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Spotless Plastics Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Stanley Gouldson, Roland G. Harmer
  • Device for holding socks or stockings in pairs
    Patent number: 6588633
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for holding socks or stockings in pairs. The inventive device consists of a holding body (1) and a hook (2), which are joined by a predetermined breaking point (3). A slit is arranged in the holding body (1) for receiving two socks or stockings. The slit is enclosed on all sides by the holding body (1). The device is produced easily and holding the socks or stockings securely and in a caring manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Inventor: Peter Ammann
  • Garment hanger
    Publication number: 20030116593
    Abstract: The present invention relates to garment hangers, in particular a device for hanging garments on a chair, comprising supporting means for supporting the garment; and attaching means associated with the supporting means for engaging the device to the chair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Applicant: Stewart Melville COLBORNE and Steven FLORENCE
    Inventor: Craig Jones