Garment Hangers and Sizers and Method for Reusing the Same
AssigneeProsperity Products (HK) Limited
InventorMichael Warren
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Abstract
A garment hanger and a sizer that can be removably mounted to the hanger are provided. The sizer includes a pair of inwardly extending fingers for mounting the sizer to a hook or a body of the hanger. The sizer can be manually or automatically removed from the sizer by a tool, by inserting the tool into a space between the hanger and a respective inwardly extending finger. The hanger and the sizer enable a method of reusing hangers and sizers, by automatically removing the sizers from the hangers, processing the removed hangers and sizers to provide reusable hangers and sizers. The reusable hangers and sizers are distributed to remote garment manufacturers for providing garment-on-hanger products.
Claims20
A method of reusing hangers and sizers, comprising:
- collecting a plurality of hanger-and-sizer combinations each comprising a sizer removably attached to a respective hanger;
- automatically removing the sizers from the hangers to provide a plurality of hangers and a plurality of sizers;
- shipping the plurality of hangers and the plurality of sizers to a hanger distribution center, wherein the plurality of hangers and the plurality of sizers are processed at the hanger distribution center to provide a plurality of sorted hangers and a plurality of sorted sizers;
- and
- shipping the plurality of sorted hangers and the plurality of sorted sizers to a plurality of remote garment manufacturers at remote locations, wherein the plurality of sorted hangers and the plurality of sorted sizers are reused at the plurality of remote garment manufacturers to provide a plurality of garment-on-hanger products.
A method of attaching a sizer to a hanger having a sizer attachment structure, the method comprising:
- moving an inwardly extending finger of the sizer along a slope of the sizer attachment structure;
- and
- after the inwardly extending finger passes the slope, engaging the inwardly extending finger with a ledge of the sizer attachment structure to positively attach the sizer to the sizer attachment structure.
A method of removing a sizer attached to a sizer attachment structure of a hanger, the method comprising:
- manipulating the sizer to release an engagement between an inwardly extending finger of the sizer and a ledge of the sizer attachment structure;
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- moving the sizer away from the sizer attachment structure to remove the sizer from the hanger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.