Abstract: The present invention provides an improved closure for ESD bags which provides an effective closure without causing the generation of additional charges nor blocking of the visibility of the component in the bag. More significantly, the present invention provides an effective yet easy to use closure which does not cause injury or irritation to the fingertips or fingernails of the ESD worker. The invention includes a pair of elongate rails which are substantially parallel when in a closed position. Support means are provided between the rails and a hinge for permitting the rails to move from the closed position to an open position. A latch slideable between a first closed position and a second open position maintains the rails in close relation when the invention is in use. The sliding motion of the latch obviates the necessity to pry open a snap as was necessary with the snap-stick of the prior art. In a particular embodiment, the supports are notched to assist in the maintenance of the closure.

Abstract: A hanger assembly comprising an elongated cross-bar having a hook member and clip members integrally formed at end portions of the cross-bar intermediate the hook member. The clip members include cooperating jaw members and an intermediate hinge member shaped to facilitate a positioning of a spring member in the clip member to spring bias the jaw members thereof against each other.

Abstract: A holder for pants and like garments for mounting on a vertical surface. This holder (10) is unitary in construction, and is formed with a back panel (12) having apertures (18) for receiving fastening means therethrough for mounting purposes. Attached proximate the top edge of the back panel is an open body member (20) that is substantially co-extensive with the back panel. This body member is generally C-shaped in cross-section, and is typically formed from a top panel (22), a front panel (24), and a lower lip member (26) which extends back toward the back panel. This lip terminates a selected distance from the back panel to form a garment-receiving slot (28). The entrances to the slot are enhanced by providing rounded corners (30) at both ends of the lip. By this construction, a garment can be slid into the slot from either end and be supported in an upright manner in the holder. The body has sufficient space within whereby even pants with a belt unremoved can be stored.

Abstract: An article hanger of the type having an elongated body with dependent arms supporting a rod. The arms have rod support means which permits the rod to be assembled to the hanger body through a face of the body after the hanger has been molded. The support means includes a member for locking the rod into its supporting means in a manner preventing unintentional release. Article clamps for the hanger are mounted on the rod.

Abstract: An improved garment-engaging grip of a plastic ship-on hanger in which a cooperating finger and wall engage an interposed garment therebetween, and the finger is movable into a clearance provided behind it to allow for the bulk of the garment, to thereby relieve, by virtue of this adjustment in position of the finger, any stress in the plastic at the juncture of the finger connection to the hanger and, thus, the tendency of rupture at said juncture.

Abstract: An improved garment-engaging grip of a plastic ship-on-hanger in which a cooperating finger and wall engage an interposed garment therebetween, and the finger is movable into a clearance provided behind it to allow for the bulk of the garment, to thereby relieve, by virtue of this adjustment in position of the finger, any stress in the plastic at the juncture of the finger connection to the hanger and, thus, the tendency to rupture at said juncture. The finger additionally has a gripping projection in the form of a bump, which significantly increases the gripping pressure on the garment.

Abstract: A rack having a longitudinal base member with a longitudinal flexible material holding member secured to the side of the base member by pivotal connection at one end of the holding member allowing a pair of pants to be inserted through the opening between the other end of the holding and base members. A wedge bracket is located on the base member near the free end of the holding member which forces the holding member against the base member thereby providing a pants gripping force when the pants wieght rotates the holding member down.

Abstract: A lockable, hinged garment hanger wherein the locking mechanism is gravity actuated and substantially enclosed between spring biased hanger arms, the locking mechanism including a lock actuator arranged between first and second wedging surfaces, each carried by an associated hanger arm and facing the other hanger arm, the configuration of the wedging surfaces and the lock actuator being such that, with the hanger upright and the hanger arms closed, the wedging surfaces retain the lock actuator in a lower position to hold the hanger arms closed, the hanger arms being unlocked and opened under spring action by inverting the hanger and manually squeezing the hanger arms together slightly, enabling the lock actuator to move by gravity from its wedged locking position toward the hinged ends of the hanger arms and release the arms to open.

Abstract: A clamp for gripping a towel draped over a towel rail so as to prevent the towel from sliding off the rail comprises a pair of arm members with jaw-forming portions at one end and handle portions at the other end, a pivot bar connecting the arm members between the ends, and a spring assembly connected between the arm members adjacent the pivot bar, the spring assembly urging the jaw-forming portions of the arm members toward one another to grip the towel therebetween. Release of the clamp to allow removal of the towel from the rail is effected by squeezing the handle portions toward one another to open the jaws against the spring action.

Abstract: A garment hanger has upper and lower bars joined at one end by a hinge of a construction which biases the lower jaw into an open position but resists a significant further opening movement even under the weight of a garment draped over it. The two bars are vertically superimposed with the lower bar being longer than the upper bar. A garment clamp is supported on the end of the upper bar distal from the hinge. The clamp has a pair of jaws forming a pocket between them centered over the lower bar. The jaws, when closed, embrace the lower bar and any garment draped over it for holding the garment against displacement from or along the lower bar.

Abstract: The invention provides a multiple pants hanger for supporting a plurality of pairs of pants. The hanger includes a plurality of horizontally extending parallel bars each substantially wider than thick, means for securing the bars together in a spaced relationship so that at one end the bars are free and unconnected and so that slots are formed between each bar and an adjoining bar with the slot ends being open at the free ends of the bars. The inside adjoining faces of the bars on each side of one of the slots is essentially flat and lie in vertical planes so that the fabric of the legs of a pair of pants positioned in one of the slots is in frictional contact with the adjoining side faces of adjacent bars over substantially the full length and width thereof.

Abstract: A one-piece molded plastic garment hanger has upper and lower bars connected at one end by a hinge. The hanger has a support hook generally centered between the ends of the hanger and integral with the lower bar. The hinge is designed with inner and outer spaced spring members separated by a gap with the inner spring member serving as the pivot and the outer one having a rigid web in its apex serving as a stiffener. The entire hinge in open position being inclined downwardly at an acute angle to the axis of the lower bar. When the hanger is closed and the bars generally parallel, the hinge is pivoted upwardly into substantial alignment with the lower bar axis.

Abstract: A device to hold and hang garments, particularly trousers, and to maintain them ironed in any type of travelling bag, even in small soft bags, comprises at least two, preferably rectangular, frames of metallic wire, the long inner sides of which are both hinged in one central sleeve. Each outer long side of said frames is formed of overlapping portions of wire and is inserted in a separate sleeve. A third frame with a top hook can also be hinged in said central sleeve. The device can be inserted into an envelope-like container.

Abstract: A clothes hanger includes a resiliently deformable clamping member movable from a normally compressed state to an expanded state in response to an expanding force to receive a rolled up article of clothing therein and for retaining the article of clothing in the rolled up condition in response to the removal of the expanding force. The clamping member is then hung with a retained article of clothing on a closet bar. A method of hanging clothes includes rolling a garment and then clamping with the deformable clamping member.

Abstract: A hanger assembly for hanging clothes is formed by securing a pair of bars together at one end to form a clothes clamp and leaving the clothes clamp open at the other end for the purpose of receiving clothes. The clothes clamp is locked by a slotted, resilient, tubular member which slides into the slotted portion of the clothes clamp and has a hanger diametrically opposed to the slot.

Abstract: An article clamp for a hanger is described which has a molded one-piece body of generally H-shape. A spring on one side of the central web pivots the legs about the web to provide a clamping action. A channel extends laterally across the outer face of one of the legs in general alignment with the web joining the legs. The channel opens through the outer face of the leg with the opening being substantially narrower than the cross-sectional width of the channel. The clamp is mounted on a rod-like support by insertion of the rod through the channel with the rod-like support serving as a rigid fulcrum when the clamp grips an article.

Abstract: The disclosed garment hanger has an elongated, molded plastic body with clamps at each end. Each clamp has a pair of spaced legs interconnected by an integral web between its ends which holds the legs substantially spaced from each other. The web has a relatively thin central section which functions as a hinge. The legs are biased into clamping position by a spring which is suspended in a pocket between the handle portions of the clamps. The lower end of the spring has a substantially circular head which becomes distorted in shape and presses against the bottom of the handle portions of the legs and against the web as the clamp is opening for effecting a change in the operating characteristic of the clamp.

Abstract: A molded plastic hanger and a clip for use therewith or with other members. The hanger includes a body portion having a diverging pair of arms including slots therein and a crossbar for mounting garment holding clips. A plastic swivel hook is connected to the body portion at a stem. The stem includes a shaft having an annular locking recess in its periphery which is adapted to be received within a mating socket of the hook to connect the hook and body portion to each other while enabling them to be swiveled readily with respect to each other. The clip is arranged for securement to the crossbar of the hanger or to any other rod-like element and is formed of a three piece construction comprising a pair of plastic jaws and a resilient U-shaped member, also formed of plastic, but having a higher tensile strength and resiliency than the plastic of the jaws.

Abstract: A garment clamping hanger having a pair of hinged and plastic clamping members and a relatively high-compression springable clip pivoted to one of said members for holding and releasing said garment or the like therebetween. The clamping members are structured to both resist fracture and to ease finger-controlled operation of the clip, while said clip is shaped, structured and mounted for rotary or swingable operation intermediate the periphery of the clamping members.

Abstract: A molded plastic hanger and a clip for use therewith or with other members. The hanger includes a body portion having a diverging pair of arms including slots therein and a crossbar for mounting garment holding clips. A plastic swivel hook is connected to the body portion at a stem. The stem includes a shaft having an annular locking recess in its periphery which is adapted to be received within a mating socket of the hook to connect the hook and body portion to each other while enabling them to be swiveled readily with respect to each other. The clip is arranged for securement to the crossbar of the hanger or to any other rod-like element and is formed of a three piece construction comprising a pair of plastic jaws and a resilient U-shaped member, also formed of plastic, but having a higher tensile strength and resiliency than the plastic of the jaws.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tamper-proof hanger comprising at least one arm forming gripping jaw movably mounted in the plane of the hanger and whose mobile end may be applied against a part of the top edge of the bar supporting a garment, thus gripping a garment hanging on the hanger between the arm and the bar, and means for locking the mobile arm in closed position. This hanger is intended to prevent the theft of the garments, particularly in stores or cloakrooms.

Abstract: A clip hanger for suspending trousers or skirts especially used in laundries. The clip hanger comprises an inverse V-shaped clip body having two resilient clamp arms, a resilient hook mounted on an upper hook mounting base of the clip body and a resilient loop which is disposed around the clamp arms so as to narrow an acute angle of the clamp arms when in used. With the simple narrowing operation, a desired clamping force is exerted between the clamping ends of the clamp arms without necessitating a metal spring means which a conventional clip hanger requires for clamping purposes.

Abstract: An article hanger is disclosed having a primary body portion and separate article gripping members. The gripping members are interfitted to the ends of the primary body and secured by an interlocking latch and keeper which can be assembled without the use of tools.

Abstract: A rack having a longitudinal base member with longitudinal flexible material holding member such as a pair of pants secured to the side of the base member by pivotal connection at one end of the holding member allowing the pair of pants to be inserted through the opening between the other end of the holding member and base member. A wedge bracket is located near the pivotal end of base member which forces the holding member against the base member thereby providing a pants gripping force when the pants weight rotates the holding member down.

Abstract: A clothes hanger particularly for skirts or trousers embodies a cross member provided near its center with a suspension hook. Near opposite ends, the cross member carries two articulated clamps for gripping suspended clothes. The gripping action of each clamp, on the clothes, is developed in a gradual way by rotating a cam-shaped spreading element lodged within the upper extensions of the clamps. Simplicity and economy of manufacturing are featured.

Abstract: A clamp, particularly adapted for use with a clothes hanger, has only two parts or jaws, one jaw of which may be integral with the clothes supporting branch of the hanger. One part of the jaw of the clamp has a pair of closely spaced, transversely extending, members forming a space therebetween, at least one of said members having resilient characteristics as is found in certain plastics, such as Nylon. The clamping end of said jaw includes a resilient loop. The other jaw consists of a curved elongated arm having a slotted pivot means on one end, and a head on the other end. The opposite side of the pivot means carries an indexing means. The slotted pivot means engages one of said transversely extending members forming a pivot for the arm, and the indexing means engage and ride along the other of said transversely extending members, giving the pivoted arm a step-by-step snap action motion when rotated about the pivot.

Abstract: An article clamping and supporting device suitable for displaying merchandise or for use with and incorporation into a garment hanger is disclosed. The device has inner and outer jaws designed to be joined by integral hinges and folded together to form a "clothes-pin" type of garment hanger. The jaws of the device are formed by inner and outer panels integrally joined by hinges which permit the outer panels to be folded to seat against the inner panels and detachably locked thereto. A spring biases the clamp into closed position. The spring seats over the folded inner panels and between these and the outer panels and is, thus, totally concealed from both front and back and largely concealed from the sides.

Abstract: A molded pants hanger includes a lower bar and an upper bar positioned above and spaced from the lower bar in the same vertical plane. Adjacent ends of the upper and lower bars are detachably and hingedly interconnected with the upper bar movable from an open position to closed position generally parallel with the lower bar. A support hook is joined to the center of the lower bar. A side latch including an L-shaped member integral with the free end of the lower bar cooperates with a recess formed in the free end of the upper bar to latch the upper bar to the lower bar.

Abstract: A clipping hanger includes a rod having at one end a hook and at the other end a ball, opposing gripping plates integrally connected to each other by a U-shaped elastic member having an opening at the center thereof, a squeeze arm fixed to each of the gripping plates, a leaf spring bent between the squeeze arms and connected at each end to each of the squeeze arms so as to urge the gripping plates against each other. The ball of the rod is rotatably socketed in the opening of the U-shaped elastic member, and is held by the bent portion of the leaf spring fitted in the opening.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wire clothes hanger having an upwardly projecting hook, and two cantilever arms extending from the hook in opposite directions. The free end of each of the arms is bent to form a downwardly projecting pair of spring jaws which are capable of gripping an article of clothing.

Abstract: A clothes hanger particularly for skirts or trousers embodies a cross member provided near its center with a suspension hook. Near opposite ends, the cross member carries two articulated clamps for gripping suspended clothes. Top extensions of the clamps receive between them wedging elements carried by flexible arms attached to the cross member and held normally out of engagement with the clamps until the flexible arms are depressed. The clamping action of each clamp can be independently regulated. Simplicity and economy of manufacturing are featured.

Abstract: A clothes-hanging clip has a main part adapted to be screwed or adhesively secured to a wall and a front part pivoted on the main part about a horizontal axis. The main part is formed with a pair of forwardly directed ridges each having a central notch and the pivotal part has a similar such pair of ridges engageable with the ridges of the main part to hold a pair of trouser cuffs with the seams in the notch. In addition each of the parts is formed below the ridges with a surface inclined downwardly away from the other part so as to form a downwardly widening throat into which the trouser cuffs can be forced. The main part is provided with a peg below its ridges at its lowermost end for holding up a hanger on which a jacket or shirt can be held.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved clip type clothes hanger particularly for skirt, slacks and the like which is characterized in that it essentially comprises three parts, a main body, pressure spring, and a hook, the main body being in the form of a reversed U-shape, and having lugs formed on upper side portions thereof, lower end portion of the main body being bent to form claws for clipping a skirt, slacks and the like, the pressure spring being elastically arranged between the lugs to push them outward, and thus by pushing the lugs inwardly the claws can be loosened to receive or relieve clothes.

Abstract: A suspended article display hanger arrangement includes an elongated, rigid bar upon which are slidably mounted a plurality of article engaging clamps. In the preferred embodiment, the clamps are divided into two sets, with one set permitting suspension of articles from the front surface of the bar and the other set permitting suspension of articles from the rear surface of the bar. The slidable mounting arrangement for the clamps is such that clamps from the first set may be positionable in a back-to-back relationship with clamps of the second set.

Abstract: A garment or pants hanger is provided comprising looped arcuate yoke means having horizontally disposed grippers at each end adapted to grip the garment, and suspending means connected to said yoke means for suspending the hanger. The yoke means has a spring action and maintains the grippers in a closed position to frictionally retain a garment therebetween. The grippers are opened by squeezing the sides of the yoke means. The hanger can be manufactured as a flat development member by molding or stamping, which is then looped on itself to form the hanger. Plastic or metal having a spring action is suitable for the manufacture of the hanger.

Abstract: A clothing hanger has a pair of jaws and a pair of arms with each arm connected to a jaw. The arms are pivotally mounted relative to each other to clamp and unclamp the jaws. The arms are biased together, and a member is provided to separate the jaws against the bias. The member is a cam which is mounted for pivoting on one of the arms for camming engagement with the other arm during movement of the cam between a first position with the arms separated in the second position which allows the jaws to clamp under the bias. A cam roller is mounted on the end of the cam which engages the other of the arms to reduce friction of the cam on that arm. A stop is provided for preventing movement of the cam beyond the first position so that the cam is retained in that position. The stop sets the first position such that insertion of clothes against the cam urges the cam a sufficient distance toward the second or closed position so that the biasing force on the arms can close the jaws together.

Abstract: A clamping hanger having an arm and at least one pair of hinged clamping members having at least one member integrally formed with said arm for movement of the members between open and closed positions for holding and releasing a garment or the like therebetween. The gripping members are biased for intermediate and/or closed position by means of a springable locking clip secured to each of said members.

Abstract: A simple adjustable locking device, utilizing a screw and wing nut, which may be easily installed by the owner of the common pants or skirt hangers employing two wooden gripping members in order to correct deficiencies in those hangers caused by distortion of the original locking mechanism, or by differences in thickness and width of the various garments to be hung.

Abstract: A garment or pants hanger, particularly constructed of a plastic material, comprises an arcuate yoke means having a spring action, grippers adapted to grip the garment, means for opening the grippers, and means for hanging the hanger. The yoke means are spring-biased to maintain the grippers in a closed position to retain a garment therebetween. The grippers are opened by squeezing angled arm means.

Abstract: The garment hanger is formed with a single cross bar having clips at each end which clamp and center a garment directly beneath the cross-bar of the hanger. Each clip has one jaw integrally formed with the cross-bar in an offset manner and a second jaw which pivots on a rib on the first jaw. A spring biases the two jaws together at their clamping ends.

Abstract: A garment hanger comprising paired hook means. Shoulder bars medially join the hook means and connect at their extremities to depending legs which terminate in gripping means arranged to engage a garment portion for hanging of the garment. Closure means is rotatably joined to one of the shoulder bars and has a finger portion which may be positioned over the other shoulder bar to place the gripping means in a closed position securing the garment. The closure means is configured for one-finger operation making the hanger readily operable with one hand.

Abstract: A clamping hanger having an arm and at least one pair of hinged clamping members having at least one member integrally formed with said arm for movement of the members between open and closed positions for holding and releasing a garment or the like therebetween. The gripping members are secured in closed position by means of a locking and springable clip pivotally secured to an arm portion and swingable out of the path of movement of the movable member in any position.

Abstract: A garment hanging device designed to hold a pair of pants or a skirt, formed from two gripping sections clamped together by a locking lever and hinged around an axial support. The axial support can be provided in a variety of configurations allowing the garment to be either pulled out of its rack enclosure for examination, or removed from the hanger without disconnecting the device from its mounting place or supporting rod.

Abstract: A coat hanger having a paperboard sleeve on the lower run is provided with an elastomeric band and projecting guide located centrally of the sleeve and depending downwardly therefrom and in which the elongated runs of the band are arranged around the guide and cross over beneath the sleeve to tension the elongated band runs against the sleeve to clamp ties or the like to the sleeve.

Abstract: A clip for retaining an article in suspended position including a pair of jaw members that are hingedly interconnected and that are pivotally movable to a closed position for clamping the article therebetween, a spring member being mounted on the jaw members for relative movement with respect thereto and including leg elements that overlie the jaw members in the closed position for urging the jaw members into clamping engagement with the article, means being formed on said leg elements that cooperate with means formed on said jaw members for moving said jaw members to the fully open position upon outward movement of said spring member relative to said jaw members.

Abstract: The disclosure is of a trousers or skirt hanger comprising a horizontal beam provided with a support hook, and having integrally formed with each end thereof, a depending clamp frame or jaw, with a garment gripper at the lower end thereof, each depending clamp frame or jaw being opposed by another clamp frame or jaw pivoted thereagainst at a mid-point, and furnished at the lower end by a garment gripper engageable against the gripper of the first-mentioned jaw.An inverted U-spring surrounds the pivot of the two jaws, and has arms which act normally to spread the two jaws apart at the top, whereby the lower ends of the jaws act through their grippers to press the grippers against one another at the bottom. The grippers are opened to receive a garment between them by pressing handle parts by the two jaws together at the top.

Abstract: A resilient wire is bent to the form of an elongated closed loop having parallel upper and lower sides. The upper side of the closed loop serves as a handle to be gripped by the user. The opposite ends of the wire overlap along the length of the lower side of the closed loop and cooperate to clamp the upper end of a paper bag.

Abstract: A molded plastic hanger and a clip for use therewith or with other members. The hanger includes a body portion having a diverging pair of arms including slots therein and a crossbar for mounting garment holding clips. A plastic swivel hook is connected to the body portion at a stem. The stem includes a shaft having an annular locking recess in its periphery which is adapted to be received within a mating socket of the hook to connect the hook and body portion to each other while enabling them to be swiveled readily with respect to each other. The clip is arranged for securement to the crossbar of the hanger or to any other rod-like element and is formed of a three piece construction comprising a pair of plastic jaws and a resilient U-shaped member, also formed of plastic, but having a higher tensile strength and resiliency than the plastic of the jaws.