Line engaging garment hanger
OwnerDoris Grilloinventor
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Abstract
A garment hanger including support means dimensioned to engage and support garments suspended thereon, a vertical neck element fixedly secured to the support means, a hook element fixedly secured to the vertical neck element, a rigid tongue fixedly secured to an inner edge of the hook element, and a pivotal tongue hingedly affixed to an inner edge of the hook element, the tongues falling in substantially the same plane as the hook element, the pivotal tongue being urged toward the rigid tongue. When the hooked element is placed over a support such as a clothes line or the like, a portion of the inner edge of the hooked element and the tongues enclose the support and removably secure the garment hanger thereon.
Claims7
A garment hanger comprising:
- a first support means dimensioned to engage and support garments suspended thereon;
- a substantially vertical neck element fixedly secured on one end thereof to said support means proximate the central portion thereof;
- a hook element fixedly secured on one end thereof to the other end of said vertical neck element, said hook element adapted to engage and partially circumscribe a support when placed thereon;
- a rigid tongue fixedly secured to a first portion of the inner edge of said hook element, said tongue falling in the same plane as said hook element and extending away from said first portion and;
- a pivotal tongue hingedly affixed on one end thereof to a second portion of the inner edge of said hook element, and extending away from said second portion and towards said first portion, said pivotal tongue being urged into a position adjacent to said rigid tongue, such that the free ends of the tongues overlap, said pivotal and said rigid tongues and said inner edge removably enclosing said support therein when said hook element is placed thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.