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US 5,526,968 AGranted
Hanger valet
OwnerJames A. Larsoninventor
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Abstract
A hanger valet for storing clothing accessories such as ties, belts, braces, and jewelry such as cufflinks on the same hanger with a given suit, thus allowing coordination of the accessories with the suit. The hanger valet comprises a suit hanger, a valet portion with a number of tie keepers, belt/brace keepers, and jewelry holders, a numerical system for indicating the week of the month in which to wear a tie, a moving indicator of which tie was last worn, and an aromatic cedar block.
Claims4
A hanger valet for suits and accessories, comprising:
- a hanger portion for hanging a suit, wherein said hanger portion further comprises:
- a hook portion for hanging the hanger valet to a closet rod or garment bag,
- a suit jacket hanger having enlarged shoulder supports, and
- a trousers hanger, wherein said trousers hanger further comprises a substantially horizontal support and a rod attached to said support adapted to clasp the suit trousers between the rod and the support,
- a valet portion for attaching accessories,
- said hanger portion and said valet portion being integrally constructed as a single piece, and
- a plurality of tie keepers wherein each said tie keeper further comprises:
- an aperture through said valet portion,
- a bar portion partially bisecting said aperture, and
- a retainer portion connected to said bar portion and forming with said bar portion a recess for locking a tie in place on said tie keeper and a movable indicator associated with said tie keepers, wherein said movable indicator is movable in a slot parallel to said tie keepers and said movable indicator is detented adjacent to each tie keeper.
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A hanger valet for suits and accessories, comprising:
- a hanger portion for hanging a suit, with a suit jacket hanger having enlarged shoulder supports, and a trousers hanger, and
- a valet portion for attaching accessories, further comprising:
- a plurality of tie keepers, each said tie keeper comprising an aperture through said valet portion, a bar portion bisecting said aperture, and a retainer portion connected to said bar portion and forming with said bar portion a recess for locking a tie in place on said tie keeper, said bar portion and said retainer portion being in a different plane from said aperture, said tie keepers being arranged substantially in line horizontally across said valet portion,
- numbers adjacent to said tie keepers, in both arabic form and Braille,
- a movable indicator associated with said tie keepers, wherein said movable indicator is movable in a slot parallel to said tie keepers and said movable indicator is detented adjacent to each tie keeper,
- a belt/braces keeper, said belt/braces keeper further comprising a slot with an open end and a closed end, the open end being partially obstructed so as to prevent the belt or braces from easily slipping out of the slot,
- a jewelry holder, further comprising an opening through said valet portion adapted to engage the shank of a cufflink,
- an aromatic cedar block,
- an area for affixing a store advertising label or other advertising medium, such as silk screening,
- an area for affixing a garment identification label so that the garment may be returned to that particular hanger after use, and
- said tie keeper having an area for affixing a label indicating the proper shirt for rotation of that particular tie.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.