Garment hanger
AssigneeSpotless Plastics Pty. Ltd.
InventorsStanley Gouldson, Roland Harmer
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Abstract
A garment hanger having a greater strength to weight ratio than comparable garment hangers of greater weight. More particularly, a light-weight, one-piece, molded, plastic garment hanger having a hook member, body member, and upswept arms, the body member and upswept arms being molded with a U-, E- or M-shaped cross-section, 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.
Claims22
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 webs with parallel edges, said inner arm portions extending longitudinally from said hook member, said inner arm portions defining first and second remote ends at the ends remote from said hook member;
- (c) first and second upswept outer arm portions with first and second webs with parallel edges, said upswept 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 having 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
- and further wherein said body member and said upswept outer arm portions are molded with a u-shaped cross-section, said u-shaped cross-section defining a vertical wall and the first and second webs extending therefrom.
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 curved webs with parallel edges, said inner arm portions extending longitudinally from said hook member, said inner arm portions defining first and second remote ends at the ends remote from said hook member;
- (c) first and second upswept outer arm portions with first and second curved webs with parallel edges, said upswept 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 having a clip end portion
- wherein said upswept outer 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
- and further wherein said body member and said upswept outer arm portions are molded with a curved M-shaped cross-section, said curved M-shaped cross-section defining the first curved web and the second curved web joined in mid-section by a third curved web to form said M-shaped cross-section.
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