Hanger with garment support bar
OwnerHenry J. Louwinventor
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Abstract
A garment hanger includes a support bar; suspension means adapted to suspend the support bar from a support rail; and a number of garment support elements located spaced apart at least at one end of the support bar. These garment support elements are located at various distances from such end of the support bar. At least some of the garment support elements have an engagement formation adapted to support a garment when engaged therewith and being pulled towards that end of the support bar where such support element is located. Thereby different widths of garments can be suspended from garment hangers, having the same size, so that all suspended garments have a neat appearance and have the same width.
Claims8
A garment hanger, which includes a support bar;
- suspension means adapted to suspend the support bar from a support rail;
- a number of garment support elements located spaced apart at least at one end of the support bar;
- said garment support elements being located at various distances from such end of the support bar;
- the garment support elements extending from the support bar and being slightly curved towards the center of the support bar and at least some of the garment support elements having a hook formation located at the end thereof;
- each said hook formation being directed from the end of the support bar at which that hook formation is located towards the opposite end of the support bar;
- at least some of the garment support elements having an engagement formation adapted to support a garment when engaged therewith and when such a garment is being pulled towards the end of the support bar where such garment support element is located;
- and at least some of the engagement formations have an engagement face directed from the end of the support bar at which the corresponding garment formation is located towards the opposite end of the support bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.