US 5,236,109 AGranted

Multigarment hanger with plural clips

AssigneeDifferent Dimensions Inc.

InventorAndrew M. Zuckerman

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Abstract

A multigarment hanger of plastic construction, such as a bra-and-panty hanger, includes a centrally located suspending member for being suspended from a support, a body connected to the base of the suspending member and oriented horizontally when used, and, at each of the opposite ends of the body, plural garment-engaging grips molded integrally therewith. One of the grips is defined by a vertically oriented wall surface of the hanger and a first resilient finger to define a first clearance space therebetween defining a first garment-receiving slot, and at least another of the grips is defined by a horizontally oriented wall surface and a second resilient finger to define a second clearance space therebetween defining a second garment-receiving slot. At least a portion of the vertically oriented wall surface of the one grip is horizontally displaceable without affecting the second clearance space of any other grip.

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Dependent claims

A multigarment hanger of plastic construction material comprising:

(A) a centrally located suspending member for being suspended from a support;
(B) a body connected to the base of said suspending member and oriented horizontally when used;
and
(C) at each of the opposite ends of said body, a plurality of garment-engaging grips molded integral therewith;
(i) at least one said garment-engaging grip comprising a vertically oriented wall surface of said hanger extending from a location adjacent the upper edge of said body to a location adjacent the lower edge thereof, and a first resilient finger extending downwardly and spaced outwardly of said vertically oriented wall surface such that there is a first clearance space between one side of said first finger and said vertically oriented wall surface defining a first garment-receiving slot, said first finger being movable in a direction transverse to and away from said vertically oriented wall surface by displacement to enlarge said first clearance space;
(ii) at least another said garment-engaging grip comprising a horizontally oriented wall surface of said hanger extending from a location adjacent an end edge of said body to a location inwardly thereof, and a second resilient finger extending horizontally and spaced vertically from said horizontally oriented wall surface for a major portion of its length such that there is a second clearance space between one side of said second finger and said horizontally oriented wall surface defining a second garment-receiving slot, said second finger being movable in a direction transverse to and away from said horizontally oriented wall surface by displacement to enlarge said second clearance space;
and
(iii) gap means, disposed intermediate at least a portion of said horizontally oriented wall surface of said another garment-engaging grip and at least a portion of said vertically oriented wall surface of said one garment-engaging grip, for providing a third clearance space and making said vertically oriented wall surface portion horizontally displaceable relative to said body ends without affecting said second clearance space of any of said another garment-engaging grips.

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A multigarment hanger of plastic construction material comprising:

(A) a centrally located suspending member for being suspended from a support;
(B) a body connected to the base of said suspending member and oriented horizontally when used;
and
(C) at each of the opposite ends of said body, a plurality of garment-engaging grips molded integral therewith;
(i) at least one said garment-engaging grip comprising a vertically oriented wall surface of said hanger extending from a location adjacent the upper edge of said body to a location adjacent the lower edge thereof, and a first resilient finger extending downwardly and spaced outwardly of said vertically oriented wall surface such that there is a first clearance space between one side of said first finger and said vertically oriented wall surface defining a first garment-receiving slot, said first finger being movable in a direction transverse to and away from said vertically oriented wall surface by displacement to enlarge said first clearance space;
and
(ii) at least another said garment-engaging grip comprising a horizontally oriented wall surface of said hanger extending from a location adjacent an end edge of said body to a location inwardly thereof, and a second resilient finger extending horizontally and spaced vertically from said horizontally oriented wall surface for a major portion of its length such that there is a second clearance space between one side of said second finger and said horizontally oriented wall surface defining a second garment-receiving slot, said second finger being movable in a direction transverse to and away from said horizontally oriented wall surface by displacement to enlarge said second clearance space;
at least a portion of said vertically oriented wall surface of said one garment-engaging grip being horizontally displaceable inwardly toward and relative to said end edge of said body without affecting said second clearance space of any of said another garment-engaging grips, and said portion of said vertically oriented wall surface of said one garment-engaging grip overlapping and being adjacent to but horizontally spaced by gap means from a vertically extending portion of at least one of said second fingers of one of said another garment-engaging grips.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.