Method of molding hangers and apparatus for implementing method
AssigneeSpotless Plastics Pty. Ltd.
InventorsStanley Gouldson, Roland Harmer, Olaf Olk
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Abstract
A molded plastic garment hanger constituted from two materials which are fused and mechanically bonded to form a composite hanger. Also disclosed is a method and apparatus for the two-step or co-injection molding of plastic materials for the formation of the plastic garment hanger construction. The plastic garment hanger incorporates an insert consisting of a second plastic material adapted to have indicia, logo or non-slip means molded therein, and which insert may be fused to the hanger structure so as to form a mechanical bond with the first plastic material constituting the basic garment hanger.
Claims16
A coinjected plastic garment hanger having a hook member for suspending said garment hanger from a support, said hanger having a molded plastic body member attached to said hook member and including a first arm and a second arm each of which extend outwardly and downwardly from said hook member, said arms having upper garment supporting surfaces to support a garment therefrom, and at least one coinjected member molded into said garment hanger
- wherein said at least one coinjected member includes a non-slip strip molded into at least one upper garment supporting surface of said molded body member with a first coinjected non-slip strip integrally molded into said first arm and a second coinjected non-slip strip integrally molded into said second arm to assist in retaining a garment thereon;
- wherein each of said coinjected non-slip strips is formed with a mechanical interlock, and said interlock is also molded into at least one surface of said molded body member to mechanically assist in bonding said non-slip strip to said molded plastic body member, said mechanical-interlock bond formed between said non-slip strip and said body member during the coinjected molding of said garment hanger.
A coinjected plastic garment hanger having a hook member for suspending said garment hanger from a support, said hanger having a molded plastic body member attached to said hook member and including a first arm and a second arm each of which extend outwardly and downwardly from said hook member, said arms having upper garment supporting surfaces to support a garment therefrom, and at least one coinjected member molded into said garment hanger
- wherein said at least one coinjected member includes a non-slip strip molded into at least one upper garment supporting surface of said molded body member with a first coinjected non-slip strip integrally molded into said first arm and a second coinjected non-slip strip integrally molded into said second arm to assist in retaining a garment thereon;
- said hanger further including at least one enclosure having a through aperture molded therein of specified configuration and size, and further wherein said at least one coinjected member includes an insert constituted from a second plastic material of a configuration and size commensurate with the aperture of said enclosure being molded into said enclosure so as to form a bond with the plastic material of said garment hanger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.