Tie Hanger Patents (Class 223/DIG1)
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Patent number: 6070773Abstract: A horizontal base bar is constructed in both the left and right direction from the center bar of the unit. Each base bar is molded with a upward/inward curvature with the enlarged open area.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 1999Date of Patent: June 6, 2000Inventor: Dale E. Pogoda
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Patent number: 6015172Abstract: A device for supporting a necktie during tying to facilitate the formation of a useful and aesthetically pleasing knot so that the necktie may be removed from the device and worn includes a base member, an arrangement for supporting a necktie including first and second support members mounted to the base member and projecting outwardly therefrom, and an arrangement for preventing necktie movement in a direction towards the first and second support members which is mounted to the base member at a vertical spacing from the upper support members. The present invention also provides a method for tying a necktie on the device which includes draping a necktie over the upper support members and, using the lower support members, forming a slip knot in the necktie which is drawn tight against the lower support member.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 1997Date of Patent: January 18, 2000Inventors: Wayne Williams, Robert Todd Williams
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Patent number: 6006964Abstract: A garment hanger comprises a smooth rod shaped into a substantially horizontal arm coupled to a central, vertical hook. The horizontal arm is substantially the length necessary to span the garment being displayed. Coupled to one end of the arm is a shoulder portion looping back to near the middle of the arm, where the hook extends vertically upward and rearward from the shoulder and arm. The hook is angled such that it settles slightly to one side when loaded and hanging, encouraging garments to overlap when disposed along a hanger bar, but leaving a substantial portion of each garment exposed to frontal view.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 1997Date of Patent: December 28, 1999Inventor: Michael J. White
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Patent number: 6006963Abstract: A tie storage system for convenient storage and retrieval of neck ties, and similar articles, is constructed with a center sheet of flexible plastic having a plurality of tongues on its left and right edges. Front and rear pocket sheets of flexible, clear plastic are attached to opposite sides of the center sheets at a plurality of seams defining a plurality of front and rear pockets created by the clear sheet material between the seams. The pockets are open at both ends and each pocket is aligned with a tongue. A neck tie is stored in a pocket by folding it about one end of the tie board and inserting the tie and board into a pocket with the inserted edge of the board being the edge about which the tie is folded. The tie is retrieved by pushing the board from one end to get it partially out of the pocket at the other end by extracting the board and tie from the pocket by grasping and pulling them.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 1996Date of Patent: December 28, 1999Inventor: John W. Paine
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Patent number: 5934524Abstract: The present invention is directed to a multiple purpose garment rack which is particularly adapted for use on a closet support rod for supporting and retaining a number of neckties and other articles of clothing and accessories in a compact and versatile manner that is adapted for use in travel. The garment rack includes a hanging hook extending from a top portion and a plurality of tie support arms extending horizontally.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 1997Date of Patent: August 10, 1999Inventor: John Gray
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Patent number: 5915604Abstract: These and other objects are provided for in a tie hanging device which includes a frame having a pair of side walls, a top wall, and a bottom wall, the walls defining an inner central opening into which a tongue projects vertically upward from the bottom wall partially into the central opening, the tongue for engaging a multiplicity of neckties or scarves at about the center of the neckties or scarves with the remainder of the neckties or scarves encircling the tongue and hanging down over the bottom wall.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 1998Date of Patent: June 29, 1999Inventors: James S. Farrar, Estella Sifuentes Farrar
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Patent number: 5901888Abstract: The invention includes a device, method, and system for clothing organization that includes a hanging structure, such as a large hook, attached to a hanger body, arms attached to the hanger body that can be unlatched and swung to a horizontal position, and a latching system to hold the arms in place. Several conventional hangers can be attached on each arm, allowing clothing to be hung by hangers on the device in an organized fashion, such as by outfits. In addition, the invention provides for vertical positioning of the arms with conventional hangers hung on the arms, which allows a compression of the clothing on the conventional hangers and efficient space saving. The hanger body of the invention also includes attached c-shaped accessory holders that allow easy organization and retrieving of accessories.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 1998Date of Patent: May 11, 1999Assignee: Brainy Ideas, Inc.Inventors: Boris Schneider, Dean Sheaffer
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Patent number: 5881931Abstract: An apparel hanger has an inverted V-shaped, flat shoulder bar to its apex of which a hook is mounted. The hook also has an inverted V-shaped, flat hook bar located above the flat shoulder bar. The shoulder bar has a spine from which rows of rib supports laterally project over which neckties may be draped. The spacing between some of the rib supports is of a size to hold two lengths of doubled over belts with the belt bights supported thereabove.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 1997Date of Patent: March 16, 1999Inventor: John Stanfield
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Patent number: 5664708Abstract: A tie or belt holder, comprising a plurality of extended arms projecting from a ring member, and the arms each have a raised end portion to prevent a tie or belt from sliding off the end and a concave-shaped flat top portion to prevent the tie or belt from slipping off from a side, a hanging member having a hanging portion at one end thereof for cooperation with a closet rail; the ring member and the hanging member are readily connectable and disconnectable. The hanging member includes a connector for connection with the ring member and holding the hanging member joined with the ring member and permitting relative rotation between the hanging member and the ring member while preventing axial movement between the hanging member and the ring member and for disassembly of the ring member and the hanging member to allow shipment of the hanging member and the ring member in a non-joined condition.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 1995Date of Patent: September 9, 1997Inventor: Abraham Sacks
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Patent number: 5642841Abstract: A closet belt and tie hanger with plural rows and columns of dowels including a rectangular block having a long length, an intermediate height, and a short thickness with apertures in three parallel rows of eight columns extending therethrough, the apertures being separated by regular intervals; a cylindrical dowel in each aperture and extending from the block perpendicularly on each side; and a curved metal hanger hook projecting upwardly from the top of the rectangular block.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 1996Date of Patent: July 1, 1997Inventor: Terry Lewis Beaty
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Patent number: 5620118Abstract: A garment hanger is comprised of a one-piece body having a hook portion for the receipt of a display rod, a central portion depending from the hook portion, the body defining in the central portion an opening therethrough and a garment support member disposed in the opening and movable relative to the body. A lower portion of the hanger defines a fold line segment depending from the central portion and a flap segment depending from the fold line segment, the central portion, the fold line segment and the flap segment jointly defining a slot in the body. The flap segment has a latching projection thereon and the central portion defines a passage therethrough for the flap projection, the central portion having a part thereof circumscribing the passage and in facing relation to the flap segment on folding thereof which is thickened with respect to adjacent parts of the central portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 1995Date of Patent: April 15, 1997Assignee: B&G Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Chester Kolton, Stuart S. Spater
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Patent number: 5615810Abstract: A hanger is comprised of an elongate, one-piece body of plastic material, the hanger having a hook portion, a logo display portion, a main body portion having arms extending oppositely, horizontally therefrom to respective free ends for receipt of closed suspender snaps, and a retention member. A fold line segment is defined in the body below the main body portion and a flap member is defined in the body below the fold line segment. The retention member and the flap member have interfitting securement parts and define a sidewardly open, horizontal slot therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 1996Date of Patent: April 1, 1997Assignee: B&G Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Chester Kolton, Stuart S. Spater
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Patent number: 5526968Abstract: A hanger valet for storing clothing accessories such as ties, belts, braces, and jewelry such as cufflinks on the same hanger with a given suit, thus allowing coordination of the accessories with the suit. The hanger valet comprises a suit hanger, a valet portion with a number of tie keepers, belt/brace keepers, and jewelry holders, a numerical system for indicating the week of the month in which to wear a tie, a moving indicator of which tie was last worn, and an aromatic cedar block.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 1994Date of Patent: June 18, 1996Inventor: James A. Larson
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Patent number: 5505351Abstract: A hanger for a pre-tied knotted necktie assembly is disclosed in which the assembly includes a necktie, a knot support to form a necktie knot, a clip for removably mounting the necktie assembly onto the neckband of a shirt collar, and a positioning post extending through the necktie knot. The hanger includes an upper hook portion, a central body portion, and a lower stem portion. The stem portion has an opening therethrough adapted to fit over the post of the necktie assembly whereby a retaining nut, when placed over the post with the stem portion positioned between the necktie knot and the nut, will securely maintain the necktie assembly on the hanger. Removal of the necktie assembly from the hanger is achieved by severing the stem portion from the body portion of the hanger.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 1995Date of Patent: April 9, 1996Inventor: John Najarian
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Patent number: 5501378Abstract: A garment hanger is comprised of a one-piece body having a hook portion for the receipt of a display rod, a central portion depending from the hook portion, the body defining in the central portion an opening therethrough and a garment support member disposed in the opening and movable relative to the body and a lower portion defining a fold line segment depending from the central portion and a flap segment depending from the fold line segment, the central portion, the fold line segment and the flap segment jointly defining a slot in the body which opens into a margin of the body.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 1994Date of Patent: March 26, 1996Assignee: B&G Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Chester Kolton, Stuart S. Spater
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Patent number: 5429284Abstract: A garment hanger is comprised of a one-piece body having a hook portion for the receipt of a display rod, a central portion depending from the hook portion and having first and second openings therein, and a lower portion defining a fold line segment depending from the central portion with a third opening disposed in the fold line segment and a flap segment depending from the fold line segment. The central portion and the flap segment define coactive structure for retaining the flap segment against the central portion on folding of the flap segment about the fold line segment.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 1994Date of Patent: July 4, 1995Assignee: B&G Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Chester Kolton, Stuart S. Spater
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Patent number: 5328065Abstract: A garment hanger is comprised of an upstanding integral plastic body having a hook portion and a main body portion depending from the hook portion, the main body portion defining first and second horizontally extending openings therethrough with a first upper continuous course of the main body portion upwardly bounding the first opening and a second lower continuous course of said main body portion lowerly bounding the second opening, the main body portion supporting first and second horizontally extending arms respectively lowerly bounding the first opening and upwardly bounding the second opening, the first and second arms having respective free ends in interfering disposition vertically of said hanger.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 1993Date of Patent: July 12, 1994Assignee: B&G Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Chester Kolton, Stuart S. Spater
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Patent number: 5222638Abstract: A belt hanger comprised of a unitary body of a synthetic material has a hook portion and an elongate body portion depending from the hook portion, the body portion comprising a first part extending longitudinally thereof depending from the hook portion and having an opening therethrough, a belt prong-receiving part continuous with the body portion first part and a second part extending longitudinally of the body portion continuous with the prong-receiving part and having a projection thereon configured to seat in the opening of the body portion first part. The prong-receiving part defines a pair of prong residence openings mutually laterally spaced in respect of the body portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 1992Date of Patent: June 29, 1993Assignee: B&G Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Chester Kolton, Stuart S. Spater
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Patent number: 5209382Abstract: An improved structure of necktie hanger consists of a seat board with mortises, a plurality of short rods with tenons, and a plurality of snap leaves with holes. After the tenons insert through the holes, the seatboard and rods can be tenon-and-mortise jointed. Then neckties can be easily hung on the hanger and clamped by the snap leaves but not easy to slip down sideways.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 1992Date of Patent: May 11, 1993Inventor: Ching-Chao Chang
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Patent number: 5161720Abstract: A garment hanger is comprised of an integral body of synthetic material having a central portion, a hook portion extending outwardly of the central portion, first and second wing portions extending outwardly of the central portion, first and second wing end portions respectively outwardly of the first and second wing portions and third and fourth wing portions extending respectively inwardly of the first and second wing end portions to respective first and second mutually spaced ends of the third and fourth wing portions. The first and third wing portions, the second and third wing portions and the central portion collectively define an opening therebetween. The first and second wing end portions are of asymmetric dimensions transversely of the opening, whereby the third and fourth wing portions have enhanced support against deflection thereof in the plane of the hanger than would otherwise obtain.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1991Date of Patent: November 10, 1992Assignee: B&G Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Chester Kolton, Stuart S. Spater
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Patent number: 5123577Abstract: A garment accessory hanger comprises an integral frame having a hook portion and a body portion, the body portion defining an upper transverse marginal course, a lower transverse marginal course and opposed first and second side marginal courses interconnectnig the upper and lower transverse marginal courses. First and second deflectable arms extend respectively from the first and second side marginal courses, ends of the arms being mutually spaced, the upper transverse marginal course and the first and second arms bounding a first opening in the body portion. The lower transverse marginal course and the first and second arms bound a second opening in the body portion. A garment accessory retention member depends outwardly of the body portion upper transverse marginal course and toward the first and second arms, preferably depending centrally outwardly of the body portion upper transverse marginal course and into the space between the first and second arms.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 1990Date of Patent: June 23, 1992Assignee: B&G Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Chester Kolton, Stuart S. Spater
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Patent number: 5110019Abstract: A garment accessory hanger comprises an integral frame having a hook portion and a body portion, the body portion defining an upper transverse marginal course, a lower transverse marginal course and opposed first and second side marginal courses interconnecting the upper and lower transverse marginal courses, and first and second deflectable arms extending respectively from the first and second side marginal courses, ends of the arms being mutually spaced, the upper transverse marginal course and the first and second arms bounding a first opening in the body portion, the lower transverse marginal course and the first and second arms bounding a second opening in the body portion, the first opening being of lesser area than the second opening, the first and second arms having respective surfaces bounding the first opening which are parallel with an undersurface of the upper transverse marginal course bounding the first opening, the first and second arms having respective surfaces bounding the second opening whiType: GrantFiled: November 28, 1990Date of Patent: May 5, 1992Assignee: B&G Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Chester Kolton, Stuart S. Spater
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Patent number: 5074447Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 1990Date of Patent: December 24, 1991Assignee: A & E Products Group, a division of Carlisle Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Chester Kolton, Stuart S. Spater
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Patent number: 4863043Abstract: Support in a closet including a rack and a multiplicity of arms on each side of the rack for storage of neckties and belts. The rack and arms are disposed in an oblique plane preferably disposed about 30.degree. to the vertical and slanting downwardly as it extends outwardly relative to the closet backwall to facilitate viewing of the articles, which hang from the arms in vertical planes spaced from one another. The rack is preferably supported by hanging from a clothes support rod which extends from end to end of the closet. Instead, the rack can be supported from a vertical wall or from the underside of a shelf in the closet. The support can be formed from wood, metal, plastics and/or wire. The arms are cantilevered from the rack and have abutments at their ends to prevent articles from becoming dislodged from the arms.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 1988Date of Patent: September 5, 1989Inventor: Duane C. Bowen
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Patent number: 4811852Abstract: A portable tie holder which has a rectangular base and a plurality of movable arms for accommodating ties and like garments. Each arm includes a generally U-shaped rod having an axial end and a lateral end. Hinges are operatively associated with the axial ends of the arms allowing the arms to pivot relative the base. Locks mounted on the base releasably hold the lateral ends of the arms to locate the arms adjacent the base. A hook is mounted on the base whereby the holder may be hung on a fixture.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 1988Date of Patent: March 14, 1989Inventor: Thomas J. Kelly
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Patent number: 4791743Abstract: A wearing apparel device and a method of using it, includes a plate depending from a clothes hanger. A support device on the plate attaches a group of neckties to the hanger in a pre-determined separated manner. A group of garment indicia devices are disposed adjacent to the support device for indicating other garments to be worn with each individual necktie being attached to the hanger at individual necktie locations.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 1987Date of Patent: December 20, 1988Inventor: Bernard L. Kleinke
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Patent number: 4768649Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 15, 1987Date of Patent: September 6, 1988Assignee: B&G Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Chester Kolton, Stuart S. Spater
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Patent number: 4765467Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 15, 1987Date of Patent: August 23, 1988Assignee: B&G Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Chester Kolton, Stuart S. Spater
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Patent number: 4709838Abstract: Apparatus for hanging articles of clothing or the like in a clothes closet or the like by suspension from a hanger rod or the like comprising an elongated vertically extending article hanging means having a plurality of vertically spaced oppositely facing hook portions and being made of one piece of molded plastic material for supporting the articles of clothing or the like; a support means made of one piece of molded plastic material and having a hook portion for mounting on a hanger rod or the like; and swivel means for rotatably connecting the elongated vertically extending article hanging means to the support means.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 1986Date of Patent: December 1, 1987Inventor: Frank P. Campbell
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Patent number: 4654976Abstract: The instant invention is a combination ruler and hanger for suspending belts from a display rack, and includes a long one piece body molded of plastic and having notches for the belt to extend therethrough while being wrapped over one end of the body in addition to a measuring scale and stencil cut-outs.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 1985Date of Patent: April 7, 1987Inventor: Nazir Diwan
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Patent number: 4655375Abstract: A necktie-securing clamp of flattish construction anchorable to a wearer's shirt button for retaining the folds of a four-in-hand is defined. Included is a flat button-mounting upper portion with a button thread slit and a fold-retaining pin joined to and extending below the upper portion. The pin is insertable into the rear seam of the front fold of the tie and cooperates with the upper portion to form a slit which, in operative position, pinches the front and rear folds. The entire assembly is hidden from view during use by the tie folds thus retained. An embodiment which features the tie holder as part of a tie hanger is also described.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 1985Date of Patent: April 7, 1987Inventor: Chris C. Pazeotopoulos
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Patent number: 4646951Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 22, 1985Date of Patent: March 3, 1987Assignee: Arthur GasserInventor: Monika Gasser
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Patent number: 4632285Abstract: A convertible necktie and belt hanger apparatus includes an elongated generally planar support member from which spaced apart formed wire necktie hanger members and a belt hook support member depend in a generally co-planar relationship. The belt hook support member is disposed between opposed ones of the necktie hanger members and is adapted to support a plurality of open throat hooks for hanging belts or other articles of apparel thereon. The apparatus includes a hook which may be removably connected to the support member at a top side thereof for hanging the apparatus from a clothing support rod or the like. Alternatively, a mounting bracket is provided for supporting the apparatus against a vertical wall surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 1985Date of Patent: December 30, 1986Inventor: Richard F. Dillingham
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Patent number: 4593812Abstract: A necktie travel case comprising an elongated frame having a formed wire column member and spaced apart hanger and support bars secured to the column member. One end of the column member is formed into a hook portion for hanging a travel case upon a coathook or a hanger rod. An elongated cloth fabric cover is secured to the frame member at one end adjacent the hook portion and is of a length sufficient to be trained around the lower support bar and back along itself to form a closure over one or more neckties which are supported by the hanger bar and folded around the support bar. Flexible straps are secured to one cover flap and are releasably connectable to the other cover flap to close the sides of the cover.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 1984Date of Patent: June 10, 1986Inventor: Richard F. Dillingham
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Patent number: 4474316Abstract: A tie hanger comprising a closet hanger having a lower horizontal bar with a non-circular cross-section, and a plurality of hanger cards having holes conforming to the non-circular cross-section of the bar, the cards being mounted on the bar via said holes for sliding movement thereon. Each card is symmetrical about a vertical plane passing through the support hole, and has parallel pairs of wings with slots between them for supporting ties. The lower wings are wider than the upper wings to facilitate insertion and removal of ties, and the hanger bar has an I-shaped cross-section and an openable end. A pair of protuberances extends into the support hole to frictionally engage the sides of the hanger bar, so as to prevent the card from sliding along the bar and bunching up with other cards.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 1982Date of Patent: October 2, 1984Inventor: Claude L. Philibert
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Patent number: 4029212Abstract: A clothes hanger that is adapted to support a plurality of pieces of clothing and is so constructed such that each clothing bar has an exposed side and the entire bar is able to rotate 360.degree. about its vertical support.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 1976Date of Patent: June 14, 1977Inventor: Ronald Uadiski
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Patent number: 3993205Abstract: A necktie hanger for holding a plurality of pre-tied neckties such as would be used to store them in a closet or hold them on display for sale. A top half loop is provided for attaching the hanger to some form of support while positioned horizontally across the bottom of the hanger there are a plurality of loops for holding the ties. The narrow part of the loops are spaced together close enough to hold the knot of a pre-tied necktie and deep enough to act as a slot for holding the same. The holder portion of the hanger as well as the structure of the slots may be either in two parts or in one separate structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 1975Date of Patent: November 23, 1976Inventor: Charles C. Pilchard
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Patent number: 3978594Abstract: 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 co-ordinated 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: GrantFiled: November 26, 1975Date of Patent: September 7, 1976Assignee: Wembley Industries, Inc.Inventors: Sidney C. Pulitzer, Aubrey L. Gouner
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Patent number: 3945500Abstract: A generally flat panel of semi-rigid plastics material has a plurality of horizontally spaced inclined columns each of which supports a set of vertically spaced and cantileveredly projecting horizontal tie support bars disposed in an inclined row. The support columns are integrally connected by frame members, and an integral hook portion projects upwardly and in the same horizontal direction as the tie bars for receiving a clothes support rod within a closet. Each of the tie support bars is connected to its corresponding support column by a vertical integral hinge so that vertically adjacent tie support bars may be pivoted to opposite sides of the panel to provide for a complete display of the neckties and for convenient selection and return of the neckties.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1974Date of Patent: March 23, 1976Inventor: Alan F. Meckstroth