US 5,433,355 A · Clothing protection apparatus

Abstract

A clothing protection apparatus for protecting clothing or the like during storage and transportation. The apparatus having a top attachment device to secure onto the top of a door thus allowing the user to easily manipulate the invention during use. A looping hook is use to secure the invention onto a clothing rail when the invention is not in use. A lower attachment device is provided to support a clothing hanger and the accompanying garment for positioning before a protective cover is to be installed. A common roll of protective covering is provided with perforations between each cover. To use the device, a clothing hanger and clothing garment is placed onto the lower attachment device whereupon the protective covering is unrolled while simultaneously being wrapped around the clothing garment until the first perforation of the cover is reached. The protective cover is then torn at the perforation and the hook of the clothing hanger is pulled through the opening provided at the top of the protective cover. The clothing hanger is then removed for storage with the clothing garment being protected by the protective cover. The above steps are repeated for other clothing articles.

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Dependent claims

A clothing protection apparatus for protecting clothing, the clothing protection apparatus comprising:

(a) at least one door affixing means having a rod of a given length, said rod having a substantially U-shaped end inverted to affix over the top of a door, said rod having a threadlike joint at the end opposite the U-shaped end;
and,
(b) at least one rolled protective cover support removeably affixed to said door affixing means via said threadlike joint, said rolled protective cover support having a pair of laterally extending supporting members of a given length, said lateral supporting members having a substantially U-shaped configuration at each end, each of both said U-shaped configurations having one end serving as an insert to extend in a cavity of a rolled protective cover, said U-shaped configurations having a rolled protective cover affixed therebetween;
and,
(c) at least one clothing hanger support affixed to said rolled protective cover support via a threadlike affixing joint, said clothing hanger support having a substantially U-shaped configuration with said threadlike affixing joint at one end, said clothing hanger support having a clothing hanger affixing means at the end opposite said threadlike joint;
and,
(d) a clothing rail affixing means affixed to said clothing hanger support at the bottom part of the U-shaped configuration.

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