Garment hanger with locking information clip
AssigneeUniplast Industries, Inc.
InventorScott L. Sullivan
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Abstract
A garment hanger for use with a channel-shaped information clip, the hanger having a clip holder portion with an engagement element for preventing outward movement of the clip side wall after the clip is mounted on the clip holder portion, to prevent disengagement of the clip from the hanger. The clip has an outwardly projecting hook-like portion to engage the hanger engagement element.
Claims18
A garment hanger adapted to have an information clip mounted thereon, wherein said information clip has side walls defining an internal channel, and an internal projection in said channel,
- said hanger comprising a body having a hook member joined to said body at one end thereof, and a clip holder,
- said clip holder including means including a first region having an open edge with a securing ridge adjacent thereto, adapted to engage said clip projection upon assembly of said clip with said holder said ridge, to inhibit manual removal of said information clip from said clip holder,
- said clip holder including means including an engagement element for preventing outward movement of a clip side wall after said clip is mounted on said clip holder, to prevent disengagement of said projection from said ridge by separating said clip side walls, so as to prevent manual removal of said information clip from said clip holder.
An information clip in combination with a garment hanger, said clip comprising a U-shaped body having a top wall and first and second side walls each joined to said top wall at one edge and having a free edge, said side walls and top wall defining a channel therebetween, said U-shaped body having a first internal projection extending inwardly from a side wall and adapted to engage a ridge on a clip holder, at least one of said side walls having at its free edge an outwardly projecting hook-like portion
- said garment holder having a clip holder portion with a an engagement element engaging said hook-like portion to prevent removal of said clip from said clip holder.
A garment hanger in combination with a U-shaped information clip having a closed end and first and second side walls with free ends, each side wall having an inwardly extending projection adjacent to but spaced from said closed end,
- said hanger comprising a body and a clip holder integral with said body, said clip holder having an enlarged region adapted to engage said inwardly extending clip side wall projections to inhibit removal of said clip from said clip holder,
- said side wall projections being resiliently retained in engagement with said clip holder enlarged region,
- said clip holder having means cooperating with said clip side walls to prevent separation of said side walls when said clip is mounted on said clip holder to retain said projections in engagement with said clip holder enlarged region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.