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US 4,363,430 AGranted
Antitheft garment hanger and device
OwnerAlexander Radlininventor
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Apparatus having a pair of arms that are oppositely directed and which are adapted to suspend a garment includes a hook that is located intermediate the free ends of the arms for suspending the hanger and garment from a rail. In one embodiment, a bar that is substantially rigid and inflexible has one end secured to the hook and extends downwardly therefrom. Another embodiment includes a crossmember that joins the free end of the arms and the secured end of the bar is swingably attached to the crossmember. A further embodiment retains the bar in a swingably captive position on the crossmember. In still another embodiment, the arms, crossmember, hook and bar comprise an integral, unitary structure that is more simple to construct. The bar in each embodiment has a smooth, regular surface to prevent snagging the garment and it is sufficiently long to prevent rolling up the hanger and garment into a small size which otherwise would facilitate its theft.
An antitheft garment hanger comprising:
In an antitheft garment hanger comprising a body portion having a pair of rigid arms oppositely directed and adapted to suspend a garment, said arms having each a free end, a member disposed intermediate the free ends of the arms for suspending the body portion and a cross member joining the free ends of the arms, the improvement comprising a single substantially rigid and inflexible bar having one end secured to the cross member and depending downwardly therefrom, a latch for swingably attaching said bar to said cross member, said latch having thin sidewalls defining a split cylindrical clasping portion adapted to swingably attach to said cross member and a tab portion extending outwardly from each split end of the clasping portion for fixed attachment to an end of said bar, wherein said bar has a smooth non-supportive regular surface to prevent snagging the garment and a length substantially greater than the distance separating the free ends of the arms to prevent rolling up the hanger and garment into a small size preparatory to theft thereof.
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