Hanger hook for a garment hanger with indicator
AssigneeSpotless Plastics Pty. Ltd.
InventorsDavid John Marshall, Stanley Gouldson, Roland Harmer
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Abstract
A plastic garment hanger having a hook with an abutment for engaging an aperture formed in an indicator cap to support the indicator cap on the hanger is provided. A hook having an upwardly projecting web which defines an aperture wherein a descending flexible tongue for engaging an aperture formed in an indicator cap is also provided.
Claims14
A molded plastic garment hanger having an improved hook for cooperating with an indicator related to at least one characteristic of a garment suspended therefrom, said hanger hook comprising a hook adapted to engage a supporting means, said hook defining an inner radius and an outer radius, with an integrally molded flange which extends outwardly on either side of said inner radius to define a support surface for engaging said supporting means, an integrally molded upwardly projecting web extending from said integrally molded flange, said web defining a continuously curved outer radius to define a curved body for said hook and an engagement web for said hook, and a retaining means defined on said upwardly projecting engagement web, said continuously curved outer radius and said retaining means cooperating to engage and releasably secure said indicator thereto;
- wherein said retaining means includes an abutment formed on at least one side of said upwardly projecting web.
A garment hanger having an indicator for identifying at least one characteristic of a garment hanging therefrom, said garment hanger comprising:
- a hook adapted to engage a supporting means, said hook defining an inner radius and an outer radius, with an integrally molded flange which extends outwardly on either side of said inner radius to define a support surface for engaging said supporting means, an integrally molded upwardly projecting web extending from said integrally molded flange, said web defining a continuously curved outer radius to define a curved body for said hook and an engagement web for said hook,
- a retaining means defined on said upwardly projecting engagement web, said continuously curved outer radius and said retaining means cooperating to engage and releasably secure said indicator thereto;
- said indicator being generally planar and stackable and having a recess formed therein for receiving said flange therewithin, said indicator defining an attachment means which receives said retaining means when said indicator is attached to said hanger;
- whereby said indicator may be automatically fitted to said hanger to indicate at least one characteristic of the garment at the time a garment is hung from said hanger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.