Garment hanger
AssigneeSpotless Plastics Pty. Ltd.
InventorsStanley F. Gouldson, Roland G. Harmer
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Abstract
A system for displaying garments incorporating a light-weight, one-piece, molded, plastic garment hanger having a hook member, body member, and upswept arms, wherein a garment retaining clip is longitudinally positioned on either side of the hook member at a height such that an axis drawn therebetween would intersect a circle defined around a center of curvature drawn by a radius defined at the upper portion of the curve of the hook member, to provide a high rack to display ratio for garments suspended therefrom.
Claims16
A light-weight, one-piece, molded, plastic hanger, particularly adapted for high volume injection molding, said hanger comprising:
- (a) a hook member, said hook member defining at the upper portion thereof a curve having a radius and center of curvature for at least a portion thereof;
- (b) a body member comprising first and second horizontally opposing extending inner arm portions with first and second parallel edges, said inner arm portions extending longitudinally from said hook member, said inner arm portions defining first and second ends at the ends remote from said hook member;
- (c) first and second upswept outer arm portions with first and second parallel edges, said outer arm portions extending upwardly and outwardly from said first and second remote ends, with said first upswept outer arm port attached to the first remote end of said first inner arm portion and said second upswept outer arm portion attached to the second remote end of said second inner arm portion, each of said upswept outer arm portions ending with a horizontally extending arm attached to a clip end portion,
- wherein said upswept outer arm portions position a garment retaining clip longitudinally on either side of said hook member at a height such that an axis drawn therebetween would intersect a circle defined around said center of curvature by said radius.
A light-weight, molded, plastic garment hanger, particularly adapted for high volume injection molding, having an indexing cap for identifying at least one characteristic of a garment hanging therefrom, said garment hanger comprising:
- (a) a hook member, said hook member defining at an upper portion thereof a curve having a radius and center of curvature for at least a portion thereof and said hook having an upstanding flange extending from said hook for receiving one of a plurality of different indexing caps, said flange projecting above the top contour of the hook;
- (b) a body member comprising first and second horizontally opposing extending inner arm portions with first and second parallel edges, said inner arm portions extending longitudinally from said hook member, said inner arm portions defining first and second ends at the ends remote from said hook member;
- (c) first and second upswept outer arm portions with first and second parallel edges, said outer arm portions extending upwardly and outwardly from said first and second remote ends, with said first upswept outer arm portion attached to the first remote end of said first inner arm portion and said second upswept outer arm portion attached to the second remote end of said second inner arm portion, each of said upswept outer arm portions ending with a horizontally extending arm attached to a clip end portion wherein said upswept outer arm portions position said garment retaining clips longitudinally on either side of said hook member at a height such that an axis drawn therebetween would intersect a circle defined around said center of curvature by said radius;
- (d) a snap-fit engagement means defined on said upstanding flange;
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- (e) a generally planar indexing cap having a recess formed therein for receiving said flange therewithin, said indexing cap defining an opening which receives said snap-fit engagement means when said indexing cap is attached to said hanger.
A garment display system comprising a plastic hanger which includes:
- (a) a hook member, said hook member defining at an upper portion thereof a curve having a radius and center of curvature for at least a portion thereof;
- (b) a body member comprising first and second horizontally opposing extending inner arm portions with first and second parallel edges, said inner arm portions extending longitudinally from said hook member, said inner arm portions defining first and second ends at the ends remote from said hook member;
- (c) first and second upswept outer arm portions with first and second parallel edges, said outer arm portions extending upwardly and outwardly from said first and second remote ends to provide a high rack to display ratio, with said first upswept outer arm portion attached to the first remote end of said first inner arm portion and said second upswept outer arm portion attached to the second remote end of said second inner arm portion, each of said upswept outer arm portions ending with a horizontally extending arm attached to a clip end portion
- wherein said upswept outer arm portions position a garment retaining clip longitudinally on either side of said hook member at a height such that an axis drawn therebetween would intersect a circle defined around said center of curvature by said radius.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.