Abstract: A method of manufacturing a molded plastic garment hanger having a pair of hingedly connected jaws is provided. The jaws include a thin pad of resilient thermoplastic rubber molded to the inner surface of one or both of the garment-gripping jaws. The pad is formed by injection molding during the molding cycle which forms the hanger body itself with a short dwell period between the injection of the resin forming the hanger body and the injection of the thermoplastic rubber forming the pad so that the pad and body become fused together at the boundary between them.

Abstract: A clip for a garment hanger H having a fixed jaw (1) and a movable jaw (2) connected by a membrane hinge (3), the movable jaw having an actuator arm (5) extending therefrom, and moulded plastics spring member (13) attached to the fixed jaw by attaching lugs (10,11) engaging openings (8,9) in the fixed jaw (1), said spring member (13) having a spring portion (14) extending angularly from an attaching portion (12) towards the actuating portion (5) of the movable jaw (2) to bias the movable jaw towards the closed position, said hanger H having a hood member (20) which surrounds the actuating portion (5) of the clip to deter inadvertent actuation.

Abstract: An improved plastic, clamp-style garment hanger is provided. The hanger provides two clamps disposed on an I-beam-like crossbar on opposing sides of a hook. The lateral positions of the clamp are adjustable. The spring-clip that biases the garment engaging surfaces of the clamps together also provides frictional engagement between the clamps and the upper ridge of the crossbar. Hooks disposed at either end of the crossbar are suitable for engaging straps and also limit the outward lateral position of the clamps. Steps or stacking ribs disposed adjacent to the hook limit the inward lateral movement of the clamps. The spring bias of the spring-clip against the clamps resists clamp creep under the weight of a heavy garment.

Abstract: A garment hanger includes a hanger body having an upper bar and a lower bar coupled thereto. The upper and lower bars each have upper and lower surfaces, respectively. A hook is coupled to the upper bar for supporting the hanger body. A finger is pivotably joined to the upper surface of the lower bar proximate the lower surface of the upper bar. The finger pivots upwardly towards the lower bar when a garment is supported on the lower bar over the finger to capture the garment therebetween. An extension bar on the upper bar may include arms to releaseably capture and hold the lower bar thereto.

Abstract: A garment hanger includes an elongated, generally planar body having opposite ends and front and rear surfaces. A clamp is joined adjacent each end of the body with the body defining a wing which extends beyond the clamp. Each clamp includes first and second clamp members hingedly joined to the body adjacent an upper edge thereof. Each clamp member defines a clamping surface which is moveable in an opposed, generally abutting relationship with the clamp members overlying the front and rear surfaces of the body. A support hook is joined to the body intermediate the ends thereof. The garment hanger body is insertable inside the waistband of a pair of slacks, a skirt or the like. The clamp members are moved to a closed position engaging front and back surfaces of the garment. In use, only the front and back clamp members and the support hook are visible, and the hanger does not detract from the visual presentation of the garment.

Abstract: Disclosed is a garment hanger and a moulded plastic clip that comprises a front leg and a rear leg joined in a spaced relation by an integrally moulded resilient leaf, each leg having object engaging free ends, a portion overlying said leaf and formed with teeth for engagement with a pawl extending inwardly and outwardly from the front leg to provide a ratchet, said leaf having an elastic memory such that said legs are spaced apart in a predetermined neutral position when said ratchet is released.

Abstract: A one-piece garment hanger formed from a plastic material includes an elongated hanger body integrally molded from a plastic material having first and second opposing ends. A first arm is integrally formed to the first end of the hanger and a second arm is integrally formed to the second end of the hanger. The first and second arms extend downwardly and outwardly from the hanger body at an acute angle with respect thereto. Integrally formed essentially semi-circular biasing webs biasingly couple the first and second arms to the garment hanger body. The first and second arms are manually forcible against the opposing spring action provided by the biasing webs to releasably capture a garment therebetween.

Abstract: A clothes hanger having a transversely extending member for supporting thereon articles of clothing by means of clamps, each of which has a pair of jaws adapted to hold therebetween free edges of the garment to be supported. The jaws of the clamp are adapted to be held in confronting biased condition for retaining the article of clothing in between the jaws of the clamp. A plastic locking device is provided for maintaining the confronting jaws of the clamp in closed condition, whereby the garments are retained by said hanger.

Abstract: A garment hanger adapted to support an elongated rod. The garment hanger includes an elongated body having two ends and a supporting portion therebetween. The ends of the body extend downwardly to form a pair of spaced legs each having a rod receiving portion. Each rod receiving portion is defined by a bottom wall, a back wall joined to the bottom wall and forming a part of the body, a side wall and a front wall joined to the bottom wall and side wall and spaced a predetermined distance from the back wall to define an initial rod receiving pocket. A secondary rod receiving pocket is defined below the initial rod receiving pocket and is offset therefrom. The width of the initial and secondary rod receiving pockets are essentially the same as the diameter of the rod to permit the rod to be locked in the secondary rod receiving pocket.

Abstract: An improved hanger for pants and the like includes a hook portion and a clamp portion mounted on the hook portion. The clamp portion defines at least one clamp of generally inverted U-shaped configuration having a first leg, a second leg and a bight portion connecting the first and second legs. The first and second legs are biased together to clamp pants and the like therebetween, the first leg also defining an aperture therethrough to enable manual separation of the first and second legs for passage of pants and the like therebetween. The hook and clamp portions together are a one-piece construction formed exclusively of plastic in a single operation.

Abstract: A clamping garment hanger according to the present invention is composed of first and second jaws pivotally mounted via first and second leg members; a lever mechanism for providing a primary clamping system for the jaws; and a secondary clamping system which includes a fork connected with the lever mechanism wherein the fork includes a yoke, a collar which freely and floatingly encompasses the first and second leg members, wherein the collar includes a tongue and a foot carrying a roller, and a scuff bar connected with the first jaw. In operation, when quite thick garments are to be hung, the lever mechanism clamps and locks the first and second jaws together, while the collar floats into an abutting position with respect to the second leg member while the tongue thereof is received alignably by the yoke and the roller carried on the foot abuts the scuff bar.

Abstract: A multigarment hanger of plastic construction, such as a bra-and-panty hanger, includes a centrally located suspending member for being suspended from a support, a body connected to the base of the suspending member and oriented horizontally when used, and, at each of the opposite ends of the body, plural garment-engaging grips molded integrally therewith. One of the grips is defined by a vertically oriented wall surface of the hanger and a first resilient finger to define a first clearance space therebetween defining a first garment-receiving slot, and at least another of the grips is defined by a horizontally oriented wall surface and a second resilient finger to define a second clearance space therebetween defining a second garment-receiving slot. At least a portion of the vertically oriented wall surface of the one grip is horizontally displaceable without affecting the second clearance space of any other grip.

Abstract: A clamp-type garment hanger with pads of resilient friction material on the inner clamping surfaces of the garment clamp assemblies to provide non-slip surfaces for garments such as trousers, skirts and the like. The non-slip surfaces on the clamp assemblies prevent the garments from slipping through the clamp asssemblies and falling onto the floor. The application of resilient friction material to the inner clamping surfaces applies equally to all types of clamp-type garment hangers. The resilient friction material used on the clamping surfaces comprises a block copolymer having discreet block segments of styrene monomer units and rubber monomer units.

Abstract: A foldable garment hanger capable of being attached to and folded with a garment and then boxed, if necessary, and shipped with the garment in a minimum of space so that the hanger needs merely to be unfolded with the garment and hung upon arrival at the retail store. The hanger is comprised of a hanger body, a suspension member and two arms, each with garment retaining means at its end. The arms are connected by a living hinge that enables the arms to be folded toward each other. The suspension member possesses latching means and is connected to the body by a hinge that enables the suspension member to be folded along the hinge and latched to the body arms for support in hanging of the hanger.

Abstract: A plastic hanger having clips located at opposite ends of the hanger is described. Each clip comprises grip plates hingedly joined to each other, which grip plates can be forced together to clamp a garment therebetween. To generate the clamping action of the grip plates, the hanger provides cuneiform members formed on the grip plate that can be wedged into an angular recess to close the grip plates together. Teeth are provided on the cuneiform members and along an interior surface of the angular recess to lock the two together and hold the cuneiform member deeply wedged inside the angular recess. Pushing down on the grip plate takes the teeth out of engagement, and accordingly, the cuneiform member can be unwedged and retracted from the angular recess to release the garment. As an option, thumb rests can be added to the grip plates for better leverage. Stubbles can be incorporated into contact surfaces of the grip plates for more contact with the garment.

Abstract: A garment hanger comprises an integral body of synthetic material having a central portion, a hook portion extending outwardly of said central portion and first and second wing portions at respective opposed side margins of the central portion, the central portion defining, at each side margin thereof, a succession of projections extending outwardly of the side margins, each wing portion defining mutually with the projections a first channel extending into the hanger, the central portion defining a second channel in intersecting relation with the first channel. The second channel is inclined at an acute angle with respect to the first channel and the second channel extends into the central portion interiorly of the side margin thereof.

Abstract: There is disclosed a clip which is molded of plastic and which has a design particularly adapted to retain fabrics on the crossbar of a conventional clothes hanger. The clip has a C-shaped body having opposite, coincident legs dependent from a central bight section, an integrally formed prong dependent from the bight section and an upright base leg projecting out of the plane of the clip body with a first reverse bend adjacent the base leg and a return prong section which is inclined towards the plane of the clip, and a second reverse bend in the prong to provide an upwardly curled tip which also projects out of the plane of the clip. The height of the base of the prong and the first reverse bend are sized to provide sufficient clearance from the body of the clip to permit snap-over retention of the clip on the cross bar of a hanger. Preferably, the body legs and the prong have textured or roughened opposing surfaces to enhance their gripping properties.

Abstract: A clothes hanger of the type having two elongated flat plates which clamp an article of clothing between them. The clamping force coming from two W-shaped metal rods which are squeezed together by the hook which is used to hang the clothes hanger from a rod. The elongated flat plates of the hanger have a plurality of studs and a plurality of holes. The studs on one of the elongated flat plates are staggered with the studs on the other elongated plate. The studs of one elongated flat plate are aligned with the holes on the other elongated flat plate. The combining of the studs and the holes cause a very secure grip on an article of clothing which is placed in between the two flat plates before the flat plates are clamped together.

Abstract: A hanger is comprised of an integral body or snythetic material having a central portion, a hook portion extending outwardly of the central portion and first and second wing portions at respective opposed side margins of the central portion. The central portion defines, at each side margin thereof, a succession of diversely-sized projections extending outwardly of the side margins, the projections being of generally arcuate configuration and each of successively lesser size progressively distal of the hook portion. Each wing portion comprises a member cantilever-supported by the central portion, each such cantilever-supported member defining mutually with the projections, spacings of successively lesser measure progressively distal of the hook portion.

Abstract: A garment hanger is provided with a hook portion, a body portion, and a lower portion including a pair of legs. The legs each include lower transverse portions adapted to receive a garment therebetween. The hook is preferably engagable with a rod or the like in such a manner so as to securely clamp the hanger to the rod, so as to prevent its movement after mounting thereto. A clamping sleeve is provided on the body portion and movable into and out of engagement with the upper ends of the legs, so as to selectively move the legs between a clamping position and a release position.

Abstract: A hanger includes a pair of extendible shoulder members telescopically mounted on a pair of basic shoulders members bifurcated from a central hook of the hanger for adjustably hanging a suit, a dress, a jacket or the like by matching the width of the shoulder members of the hanger with the width of the clothes hung on the hanger for well maintaining the clothes, and a U-shaped cross bar laterally secured between the two basic shoulder members having a grading snap bar slidably engageable with two vertical brackets formed on two opposite end portions of the U-shaped cross bar for adjustably clamping at least a pair of trousers between the cross bar and the snap for preventing releasing of the trousers from the bars.

Abstract: A garment hanger of the garment clamping type has a pair of jaws, the first one of which is integral with the hanger body and the other is pivotal about the top of the first jaw. A resilient clip slidably seated over the tops of the jaws resiliently holds the jaws in garment clamping position. The front face of the pivoted jaw has an elongated recessed channel to guide the user's finger to engage the clip and slide it into release position. The jaws are so designed that the free end of the pivoted jaw can pass a limited distance through the bottom of the first jaw when no garment is present.

Abstract: A garment retainer includes a saddle member having an open channel which is disposed over a garment folded over the crossbar of a conventional clothes hanger. At least two resilient members have portions which span the open channel and which are urged into said channel by the crossbar when a downward pressure is exerted on the retainer via the compression of a pair of flexible strips which are part of the retainer and which engage a portion of the hanger above the crossbar, whereby a pressure is exerted on the garment so that said garment is retained on the hanger without sliding or wrinkling thereon.

Abstract: A hanger comprised of an integral body of molded synthetic material defines a hook portion having an interior detent for the receipt of a display rod and an elongate channel open exteriorly of the hanger body and extending into communication with the detent, the detent being of cross-sectional dimension exceeding the cross-sectional dimension of the channel, the hanger being adapted to retentively, releasably contain the display rod on insertion thereof through the channel into the detent by imposing generally radially directed force onto the display rod. The hanger body includes a central portion with an extension thereabove and a transversely extending member cantilever-supported by the extension, the transversely extending member having an exterior surface bounding the channel and the detent.

Abstract: A hanger for the hanging of plural garments includes a body portion for hanging a first garment, the body portion having a central opening and a hook portion extending outwardly of the body portion and a cross-member bounding the central opening. A clip unit is provided for securement to the cross-member and for releasably receiving a second garment. The clip unit includes first and second members each having a mid-portion and first and second end portions extending oppositely from the mid-portion, the first end portion of the first member defining a detent for engagement with the cross-member to secure the clip unit thereto, the second end portions of the first and second members being adapted for retentive engagement with the second garment.

Abstract: To eliminate the tendency of resilient fingers to break off and damage garments and injure people, a hanger for brassieres, panties, swimsuit parts and the like has its retaining heads formed with downwardly and outwardly inclined support elements from which upper and lower retaining elements extend in a "T" and are provided directly with the formations engaging the garments in respective channels.

Abstract: A clothes hanger of a synthetic plastic material comprises a main part having a double-T-shaped cross-section and having a substantially vertical web wall, an upper wall and a lower flange. The main part has two ends, a clamp provided at each of the ends of the main part and including a substantially rigid abutment part and a tongue connected with the abutment part so that a gap is formed between the abutment part and the tongue for inserting an article of clothing to be clamped. A connection connects the abutment part with the tongue of one piece with one another and includes a substantially freely lying synthetic plastic ring shaped arc interrupted by the gap and connecting the abutment part with the tongue. The synthetic plastic arc has a cross-section which is greater than a cross-section of the upper flange and the lower flange. The tongue abuts against the abutment part with a prestress.

Abstract: A garment hanger adapted to support an elongated rod. The hanger includes an elongated body having two ends and a hook portion therebetween. The ends of the body extend downwardly to form a pair of spaced legs each having a rod receiving portion, with each rod receiving portion being defined by a bottom wall, a back wall joined to the bottom wall and forming part of the body and an upstanding resilient tongue joined to the bottom wall and spaced a predetermined distance from the back wall to define a rod receiving slot. The back wall includes an opening therein in alignment with the tongue defined by the bottom wall, top wall and opposing side walls, the surfaces of the side walls facing the tongue each having an undercut for capturing the rod when inserted in the slot. The tongue biases the rod in the slot against the undercuts to lock the rod in the rod receiving portions.

Abstract: The garment hanger is disclosed having a body and a hook mounted on the body to suspend the hanger on a rail. A movable arm is conveniently slidably mounted in the body for free movement in at least one direction, preferably the outward direction. A locking device is mounted on the body to lock the movable arm relative to the body against movement in an inwardly direction preferably by the interengagement of teeth on the locking device with ratchet teeth along the top edge of the corresponding movable arm. The locking means is releasable by a lever mechanism operated remotely from the locking device to allow free movement of the arm in either an outward or inward direction. Conveniently, the releasable lever mechanism is mounted on a garment engagable portion at the outermost end of the movable arm.

Abstract: A device suitable for hanging a jacket and trousers is disclosed, which includes a main frame having an upper portion shaped to fit inside the jacket from shoulder to shoulder and a lower portion vertically spaced apart from the upper portion, a subframe having an upper part disposed between the upper and lower portions of the main frame and a lower part adapted for hanging the trousers, and a hook member having an end portion fixedly secured to the upper part of the subframe and a vertical extending portion slidably inserted through a through hole of the main frame, so that the subframe is movable relative to the main frame between a lower position where there is formed a space between the lower portion of the main frame and the lower part of the subframe to permit the trousers to be inserted therethrough and an upper position where the lower part of the subframe is engaged by the lower portion of the main frame to nip the trousers hung on the lower part of the subframe therebetween.

Abstract: A garment hanger having a base plate and a pair of front plates independently hingedly attached to the base plate. Each front plate is positioned relative to the base plate to form a gripping surface adjacent one edge of the plate. There are springs urging the front plates towards the base plate at the gripping surface.

Abstract: A molded plastic garment hanger having a pair of hingedly connected jaws is provided with a thin pad of resilient thermoplastic rubber molded to the inner surface of one or both of the garment gripping jaws which pad is formed by injection molding during the molding cycle which forms the hanger body itself with a short dwell period between the injection of the resin forming the hanger body and that forming the pad so that the pad and body become fused together at the boundary between them.

Abstract: A garment hanger releasably secured to a display rod which comprises an integral body member defining a central portion having a detent for releasably securing the hanger to the display rod and first and second wing portions extending respectively oppositely from the central portion, the central portion defining a stabilizer extending generally orthogonally to the wing portions and outwardly thereof for maintaining the wing portions and the central portion in non-tilted relation with respect to the display rod upon attachment of the garment to the wing portions. In that the central portion of the hanger interiorly defines the releasable securement detent, the hanger of the invention does not require a extending hook portion, thus enhancing garment hanging density.

Abstract: A hanger having a hook and a linear beam with a flat web and a pair of spring clips on either end of the beam adapted for limited travel thereon, a first jaw of each clip is mounted for sliding movement on the beam and garment engaging ribs are provided on the inner face of the second jaw of the clip coacting with elongated ribs on the beam of the hanger for holding a garment therebetween, the clips are one-piece-molded plastics construction with a spring device urging the clips to close and the hanger is of one-piece-molded plastics construction.

Abstract: A combined clothing rack and hanger device which includes a main rack having a plurality of hook hangers disposed on one side and a plurality of squeezing hangers disposed on the other side thereof, and a channel engagement mounted to one end of the main rack, whereby the plurality of hanger devices are disposed in parallel by engaging the main rack on a rail support through the channel engagement.

Abstract: Hangers for hanging clothes or the like having a plastic main body portion and an integral plastic hook portion. The hanger main body portion has a plurality of cut-out areas formed by intersecting cross-beams with a continuous main arced counter stress cross-beam thereacross. In this manner, all of the stresses acting on the hanger are distributed evently throughout the arc formed by the continuous cross-beam and supported by the vertical or angular support beams attached thereto.

Abstract: For a garment hanger having a rigid, elongated body equipped with garment clamps at each end, an accessory garment support bar is provided having a garment holding portion longer than the spacing between the clamps, which bar is detachably connected to the hanger body inward of the clamps which supports the bar rearwardly of the plane assumed by a garment suspended from the clamps.

Abstract: A molded plastic garment hanger has a pair of parallel bars joined by straps at each end. The bars, in unfolded position, are vertically spaced, permitting a garment to be draped over the lower one of the bars for display and to be clamped between the two bars for transport when the lower one is folded up into a position parallel to the upper bar. Means are provided for latching the bars together when they are folded together to positively clamp a garment between them as for transport.

Abstract: A spring clip, particularly for use as a peg for suspending clothes from a crossbar of a hanger, has a bar-engagement clip lying between a fulcrum for pivoting movement of a pair of levers and a nip formed by one end of the pair of levers. A U-shaped spring urging those ends together has arms the outer surfaces of which lie flush with outer surfaces of the levers to form substantially flat side surfaces. The clip is integral with the spring. The ends of the arms of the spring may engage the levers by a snap-fit. The flat side surfaces may be used for the adhesive attachment of alternative mounting means for the clip, such as a double-sided adhesive pad.

Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting and hangering laundered pairs of pants comprises an inspection station, a hangering station and a take-away device. The inspection station includes a pants gripper which supports a pair of pants at the waist with the legs in an extended position to permit simultaneous visual and touch inspection of the pants, after which the pant legs are folded along their creases on a folding table. Hangers are delivered one at a time to a hanger catch plate at one end of the folding table which supports the hangers slightly beneath the plane of the tabletop. The pant legs are slid along the folding table and partially draped over the end of the table and the bottom wire of the hanger supported on the hanger catch plate. A take-away device contacts the hook portion of the hanger and lifts it upwardly, carrying the pants therewith, and then discharges the hangered pants onto a take-away rail for movement to another station for further processing.

Abstract: A hanger for displaying lightweight garments has an elongated body at each end of which is a dependent U-shaped garment grip in the central opening of which is a downwardly extending slightly resilient finger, the free end of which is spaced a short distance above the bottom of ther central opening in the U-shaped grip. The outer edge of the outer leg of the garment grip is provided with outwardly extending garment grips. The forward face of the finger is provided with forwardly extending projections to engage a garment which is placed against the front face of the hanger wrapped around the end of the garment grip and its end seated against the rear face of the garment grip and in front of the finger so that the finger will press the projections into the garment to positively clamp is to the hanger and hold it against rhe projections on the outer edge of the garment grip.

Abstract: A locking garment hanger is disclosed in which a single length of wire similar resilient material is formed into a generally triangular frame member having a hook portion for suspending the hanger from a suitable support. Arm members depend angularly downward from the hook portion and are joined by a transverse garment supporting rod member. Integrally formed in the wire are clip means in generally horizontal planar alignment with the rod member and spring means for biasing the clip means against a garment disposed on the rod member upon lateral displacement of the clip means from a resting position to a garment securing position.

Abstract: An article hanger particularly useful for clothing has an elongated, non-circular, beam-like body along which article gripping clamps are slidably mounted for adjustment in spacing. The beam-like body passes through the article receiving chamber formed between the jaws of the clamps. The clamps have spaced strap-like members which extend around and embrace the beam-like body. The face of the body directed into the chamber is exposed between the straps and has an irregular or unsmooth surface against which the article is pressed by the clamps to create a frictional grip resisting creep of the clamp lengthwise of the body. Also the spring clip holding the clamp closed engages the back face of the body to further resist creep.

Abstract: A garment hanger comprising spaced, curved divider members, each having a curved garment supporting surface and defining garment receiving spaces, and a pivotable, resiliently biased flap in each space for retaining a garment therein by the weight of the garment.

Abstract: A plastic hanger for articles including garments has article gripping clamps and is provided with an auxiliary bar over with portions of the articles or garments can be draped. The auxiliary bar depends below the hanger and is wider than the spacing between the outer ends of the clamps. The bar can be a separate component pivotally supported by the hanger body or it can be molded as an integral part of the hanger.

Abstract: Hanger for trousers, comprising: (a) a tensioning member (1) having two tensioning arms (3) which move apart and have carrying pieces (4) on the ends, and (b) a U-shaped or virtually U-shaped attachment (2) having two limbs. Both parts are intended to grip onto the waistband (11) of a pair of trousers, and in such a way that the attachment grips with the limbs onto the waistband at the point of the front folds (13) thereof, while the tensioning member grips on the one side with its carrying pieces onto the waistband via the limbs of the attachment, thereby clamping free parts (12) of the waistband, and on the other side grips directly onto the waistband at the point of the rear fold (14) therein. The dimensions of carrying pieces and attachment are adapted to each other such that, at least after being fitted on a pair of trousers, a carrying piece (4) cannot pass between the limbs (8) of the attachment.

Abstract: An article hanger, particularly useful for clothes such as skirts and slacks has an elongated body. Except in the general area of the hook by which the hanger is suspended, the body consists of a pair of elongate arms. A pair of article clamps are supported on the body. For this purpose the arms pass through the clamps and an anchor device on the clamps embraces and grips the said arms preclude pivoting of the clamps and with enough force to prevent sliding movement of the clamps under normal conditions when supporting a garment but permitting an operator to intentionally reposition the clamps lengthwise of the body.

Abstract: A garment hanger is particularly designed for grasping the waistband of trousers. The hanger includes spaced apart clamps having serrated grasping jaws to effect a secure attachment between a hanger and the trousers. The jaws include the use of both rounded and pointed serrations.

Abstract: A clip (8) for a hanger has a pair of gripping arms (9,10) pivoted together (11) which have respective free ends (13,14) which are normally biassed together. The free ends (13,14) can be opened up by pressure being applied across the respective upper portions of the gripping arms (9,10). This enables an article of clothing or the like to be inserted therebetween. A tongue (17) can be pivoted (20) on the upper end of one of the gripping arms (9) to engage within a groove in the top edge of the other gripping arm (10). This results in the free ends (13,14) being locked together therefore securing the article of clothing therebetween. An edge (22) of a flange (19) from which the tongue (17) extends, is required to be forced past projections (21) on either side of the groove to locate the tongue (17) within the groove. The edge (22) forces the top end of the arm (10) outwardly which results in the securement of the free ends (13,14) together.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an anti-theft device for use with a garment-hanger which is intended to be suspended from a rail. The hook (22) of the hanger (10) is fixed to the anti-theft device (12) which itself includes a fixed hook (18) for hooking to the rail (14) together with a moving arm (20) which is lockable by means of a key-operated mechanism (24, 26) in a position in which it prevents the anti-theft device (12) from being removed from the suspension rail (14). The invention is intended for use, in particular, in clothes' shops.