Security display rack

A display rack for securely displaying clothing on conventional hangers while permitting the clothing to be tried on by the consumer, said rack comprising, a support stand and a hanger support bar mounted on said stand, said hanger support bar being hollow and having an elongated slot formed therein and plurality of apertures along its length joined with said slot, a plurality of individual elongated flexible guard members having a first end portion including an enlarged head portion dimensioned to fit in any one of said apertures while being retained in the support bar above said slot as the guard members extend through the slot and are permitted to slide therealong;

• said guard members being adapted to pass through a portion of a garment placed on a hanger on the hanger support bar, an elongated locking bar slidably mounted in said support bar and having a plurality of blocking tabs positioned to block said apertures in a first position of the locking bar to prevent removal of said guard members from the hanger bar to a second unblocking position, means for locking said blocking bar in said first blocking position thereof to lock said guard members in said hanger bar, said guard members having second opposed end portions including means for preventing removal of a garment from the guard member;
• said preventing means includes enlarged head portions on the other end of said guard members and a security bar having an elongated slot and at least one aperture therein joined with the slot for receiving the enlarged heads at the other ends of the guard members and means for selectively blocking and unblocking said aperture in the security bar to control removal of garments from the guard members.