Sheet Material Patents (Class 223/87)
  • Patent number: 4978043
    Abstract: The present invention is a device for supporting wetsuit accessories such as gloves, booties and hoods for drying and storage. The hanger is comprised of a hook having an elongated neck coupled thereto with a crossbar coupled to the neck opposite the hook. A pair of outer fingers are each coupled to a respective end of the crossbar with each outer finger extending in a direction towards the hook. A pair of inner fingers are each respectively coupled to the crossbar on opposite sides of the neck intermediate of a respective outer finger with each extending in an upward direction towards the hook. An arm is coupled to the crossbar and has a portion extending in a spaced apart relationship therefrom opposite the neck and fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Inventor: Alan K. Uke
  • Patent number: 4944417
    Abstract: A garment separator suitable for use with expensive or fragile garments made of materials such as fur or silk includes a thin, flexible, smooth-sided, flat, integrally-formed separator element supportable from its top by an integral transverse extension which is readily locatable between adjacent garments supported on a common support rod by a clamping element that brackets the transverse extension of the separator element and grasps the support rod to prevent unintended relative movement therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1990
    Assignee: J.D.'s
    Inventor: David Datlow
  • Patent number: 4944436
    Abstract: A garment hanger cover in the form of a blank having fold lines, cuts forming cooperating assembly tongues and lip openings, and cuts forming slits to receive accessories such as belts and ties. The cover is flat for packaging but lends itself well to expeditious assembly since nothing additional is required to form it into a broad stable support easily mounted on a conventional hanger for crease and wrinkle free storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1990
    Inventors: Harold W. Moen, Darcy A. Moen
  • Patent number: 4768649
    Abstract: A hanger for the hanging of suspenders jointly with a bow tie of the type having a bow and a bow retaining member arranged centrally of the bow and circumscribing same, the hanger comprising an integral body having a first portion for engaging a display rod, and a second portion depending from the first portion and defining at least one pair of suspender hanging openings and further defining a bow tie hanging opening in the body and bounded in first part by continuous wall structure of the body and in second part by a discontinuity in the body providing a passage into the bow tie hanging opening, separate parts of the continuous wall structure respectively aside the passage being mutually deflectable, permitting the receipt in the bow tie hanging opening of the bow tie retaining member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1988
    Assignee: B&G Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chester Kolton, Stuart S. Spater
  • Patent number: 4765467
    Abstract: A hanger for the hanging of both a necktie and suspenders comprises an integral body having a first portion for engaging a display rod, and a second portion depending from said first portion and defining at least one pair of suspender hanging openings and further defining a necktie hanging opening in the body and bounded throughout by continuous wall structure of the body, the hanger body supporting first and second deflectable members extending collectively across a major extent of the necktie hanging opening and defining thereby first and second portions thereof for respective receipt and retention of successive courses of the necktie.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1988
    Assignee: B&G Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chester Kolton, Stuart S. Spater
  • Patent number: 4718562
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vertical display rack for packages. One or more mounting members are removably secured to a support structure. Each of the mounting members includes one or more arms extending from the support structure for supporting a plurality of the packages. The packages are each received in separate holders that are vertically suspended from the arms of the mounting members for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1988
    Assignee: Standard Fixture Co., Inc.
    Inventor: A. C. Winkler, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4718546
    Abstract: Display apparatus is provided for an article having a slotted extremity of given maximum open dimensions in length and width. The apparatus comprises a flat upstanding body having an opening extending therethrough. An elongate member is cantilever-supported in upstanding first disposition in the plane of the body in the opening, such cantilever-supported member having a shank portion contiguous with the body and having an enlargement at the free end thereof. The enlargement has a width exceeding the width of the shank portion, less than such article maximum slot length and greater than such article maximum slot width. The member is deflectable out of the plane of the body into second disposition sufficiently for entry of the enlargement into the article slot for releasably retentive joinder with the article extremity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1988
    Assignee: B7G Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chester Kolton, Stuart S. Spater
  • Patent number: 4646951
    Abstract: A necktie display holder and the blank therefor is formed which makes it possible to display an individual necktie in more striking fashion to a customer, particularly if the tie is in knotted state. Such a blank has a rear part which is separated by a fold line from a front part. A hanger which is held on the base is stamped out from the rear part. Two arms which protrude laterally from the front part and can be folded towards each other and connected to each other are provided in order to hold the necktie fast. The front part and the rear part are of similar shape. The front part has a triangular cutout so that the necktie and particularly the knot when the tie is knotted are visible. The two arms are provided with complementary incisions so that they can be interconnected to hold the display holder together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1987
    Assignee: Arthur Gasser
    Inventor: Monika Gasser
  • Patent number: 4629101
    Abstract: In order to maintain the shape of a folded garment, and to hold it in the folded position, there is provided a display device comprising a first support element adapted to extend across the shoulders of the garment at the back, a second support element adapted to enter the neck of the garment in the area of the shoulders so as to hold the garment in position, and a pair of bars about which the sleeves may be folded so as to lie generally parallel with the sides of the garments and with each other. The support element also includes a pair of clips or latches which retain a lower marginal portion of the garment when the latter is folded up. For particular effectiveness in maintaining the shape and ease of folding, there is preferably also provided a generally rectangular frame comprising side frame elements and a bottom frame element which assists in the folding up of the lower marginal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1986
    Assignee: Marks and Spencer p.l.c.
    Inventor: Robert J. Franklin
  • Patent number: 4542838
    Abstract: A garment hanger displays upper and lower pieces of a woman's clothing in a proportional manner. The hanger has a sheet with a periphery formed in a silhouette of a woman's torso, with shoulder sections and hip sections. Slits are formed in the hip sections and the shoulder sections for receiving straps of the upper and lower garment pieces. A hook extends upwardly from the top of the sheet for hanging the sheet. Apertures are formed in the upper and lower portions of the sheet to allow plastic retainer lines to be inserted through the garment and sheet for retaining the garment to the sheet. The hook is detachable, having tabs that insert through slots in the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1985
    Assignee: Frontier Antiques, Inc.
    Inventors: Drucilla M. Perez-Tubens, Thomas R. Stewart
  • Patent number: 4453655
    Abstract: A multi-purpose display hanger for belts having means for selectively supporting such belts by the buckle element thereof upon a horizontally disposed rod or similar support. Means is provided for engaging that type of buckle having a centrally disposed pivotally mounted prong, or that type of buckle having a laterally extending projection on an inner surface thereof for engaging any of a series of holes in an oppositely disposed end of the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1984
    Assignee: B & G Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: George Smilow, Samuel L. Kayen
  • Patent number: 4363430
    Abstract: Apparatus having a pair of arms that are oppositely directed and which are adapted to suspend a garment includes a hook that is located intermediate the free ends of the arms for suspending the hanger and garment from a rail. In one embodiment, a bar that is substantially rigid and inflexible has one end secured to the hook and extends downwardly therefrom. Another embodiment includes a crossmember that joins the free end of the arms and the secured end of the bar is swingably attached to the crossmember. A further embodiment retains the bar in a swingably captive position on the crossmember. In still another embodiment, the arms, crossmember, hook and bar comprise an integral, unitary structure that is more simple to construct. The bar in each embodiment has a smooth, regular surface to prevent snagging the garment and it is sufficiently long to prevent rolling up the hanger and garment into a small size which otherwise would facilitate its theft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1982
    Inventor: Alexander Radlin
  • Patent number: 4346825
    Abstract: A portable hat supporting device is disclosed for displaying soft wool hats and providing a support for a soft hat which does not distort the hat. The device is suitable for home use and for display in stores. The device comprises a frame having at least one suspension means adapted to support the frame, the frame including at least one member extending downwards from the suspension means terminating at a horizontal cross bar, hat support means extending up from the cross bar, the hat support means having a curved profile and adapted to support a soft hat below the suspension member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1982
    Inventor: Jean-Paul Leger
  • Patent number: 4219140
    Abstract: A display support or header for a textile product. The header comprises a piece of thin cardboard or the like folded at its midpoint. Tabs die cut out of the sides of the header support the product, which passes through the slob formed by the die cuts. Edge flaps on the sides fold inwardly of the sides, under the product, to cooperate with the tabs in locking the product in the header.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1980
    Assignee: Opelika Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Ely Simonoff
  • Patent number: 4148421
    Abstract: A clothes hanger which is particularly adapted to suspend a plurality of articles of apparel. The hanger has a body portion including an elongated bar for suspending a first article of clothing, a pair of downwardly opening elongated slots at each end of the body portion for suspending a second article of clothing, and a pair of sideways opening elongated slots located above the pair of downwardly opening slots for suspending a third article of clothing from the hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1979
    Assignee: Warnaco, Inc.
    Inventor: Herbert Levitt
  • Patent number: 4132316
    Abstract: An integral two-part, preferably plastic device includes a hanger and a plate-like member. There is a localized area between the two parts so that they may be separated. The hanger supports products before sale, and the plate-like member keeps together a pair of products, after the sale. A pair of socks is exemplary of the products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1979
    Inventor: Joseph D. Schmidt, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4132309
    Abstract: A combination label, hosiery package and hanger for hosiery comprises an elongated blank of paperboard or the like which is printed on one side with advertising and identification graphics and coated on the opposite side with a pressure sensitive adhesive. The elongated blank is divided by a pair of equally spaced, vertically oriented score lines into three primary panels of substantially equal size and shape to form a centrally located back panel and a pair of outboard side panels. The outboard side panels are further divided into pairs of subpanels by cut lines for accommodating the bulk of the packaged hose. For packaging the hose, the primary panels of the blank are folded along the vertically oriented scope lines into superposed relation about a pair of hosiery wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive coated side of the blank comes into contact with and adheres the hosiery into a matching pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1979
    Assignee: Westvaco Corporation
    Inventor: Harold H. Shaylor
  • Patent number: 4126252
    Abstract: A garment frame for folding garments, such as suit jackets and trousers, to be packed into a suitcase, comprising a body formed by a plurality of thin and flat panels hinged together, to which a pair of elongated elasticized arms are attached. A suit jacket is draped over the body, which fills and lightly stretches the jacket when its breast buttons are buttoned, and the arms are inserted through the jacket sleeves, crisscross the body, and then are fastened thereto. Additional garments, such as trousers, may be hung on the body inside the jacket. Each panel may be folded into face-to-face relation with an adjoining panel, the arms being stretched around the outside of the folded body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1978
    Inventor: Arnold S. Wasserman
  • Patent number: 4063669
    Abstract: A belt display device of the type adapted to engage the buckle element of a dress belt, the buckle having a laterally projecting locking stud. The device engages the locking stud in such a manner that when the device is suspended upon a horizontally oriented rail or similar supporting structure adjacent other similarly suspended belts, the free end of the locking stud is prevented from contacting the outer surface of an adjacent buckle thereby avoiding the possibility of marring said surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1977
    Assignee: Berger & Gorin, Inc.
    Inventors: George Smilow, Samuel L. Kayen
  • Patent number: 4000768
    Abstract: A hang-up container made from thermoplastic synthetic material has a bag or sack body attached to a separable fastener comprising extruded pressure- slide- or push-fastener strips one of which has an upwardly extending reinforced carrying portion which may be provided with a reinforcing bead therealong at juncture with its closure portion and which has attached thereto an upwardly extending hook/handle. Bag type containers as thus described are especially adapted to be produced in an automatic production machine wherein body film material and the fastener strips are brought together and integrally welded, the prefabricated hook/handles are welded onto the carrying portions, the bags are successively separated along tear seals, and the separated bags carried away from the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1977
    Assignee: Minigrip, Inc.
    Inventor: Karl-Heinz Siegel
  • Patent number: 3997091
    Abstract: An improved hosiery holder made from cardboard includes an elongated horizontal slot for receipt of the hosiery. One side of the slot is open for sliding the hosiery therein. Adhesive tape, staples or clips close the open side of the slot and hold the hosiery in position. An extension of the adhesive tape, staple or clip attaches to the hosiery to securely hold the hosiery in the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1976
    Assignee: Fleming-Potter Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Phillip L. Burnette
  • Patent number: 3984002
    Abstract: Apparatus and manner for the display of pleated drapery samples and the like. A hanger specially adapted for supporting drapery samples by receiving the pleats thereof is provided. The hanger may be supported on a hanging rod having surface manifestations which provide for orientation of articles being displayed by the hangers at an angle of substantially less than 90.degree. with respect to the direction of elongation of the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1976
    Inventor: Fred Howard
  • Patent number: 3978593
    Abstract: This invention relates to a device for displaying a plurality of men's colored ties in matched proximity to colored replicas of popular colored shirts. A group of ties, each having a distinctive design or color coordinated for wear with a particular colored shirt, are displayed in proximity to an image of the colored shirt and each individual tie is additionally provided with a wrapper bearing a replica of the collar portion of such colored shirt, the replica having a tie-shaped aperture in appropriate position to show the material of the actual tie in proper relationship with the particular colored shirt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1976
    Assignee: Wembley Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Sidney C. Pulitzer, Aubrey L. Gouner