Garment hanger
OwnerMichael J. Whiteinventor
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Abstract
A garment hanger comprises a smooth rod shaped into a substantially horizontal arm coupled to a central, vertical hook. The horizontal arm is substantially the length necessary to span the garment being displayed. Coupled to one end of the arm is a shoulder portion looping back to near the middle of the arm, where the hook extends vertically upward and rearward from the shoulder and arm. The hook is angled such that it settles slightly to one side when loaded and hanging, encouraging garments to overlap when disposed along a hanger bar, but leaving a substantial portion of each garment exposed to frontal view.
Claims17
A garment hanger comprising
- an arm comprising forearm and upper arm segments;
- a shoulder substantially the length of the upper arm segment and coupled thereto at an elbow;
- and
- a hook coupled to the shoulder opposite the arm at a nape, whereby the arm and shoulder occupy a first plane, and the hook occupies a second plane disposed substantially between the arm segments and substantially normal to the first plane.
A garment hanger comprising
- an elongated arm having proximate and distal arm segments extending from an elbow;
- a shoulder substantially the length of the proximate arm segment and disposed substantially parallel thereto and coupled thereto by the elbow;
- a hook coupled to the shoulder opposite the elbow by a nape, the hook being disposed in a plane oriented substantially perpendicular to the arm;
- and
- affixing means for affixing the garment to the hanger.
A garment hanger comprising
- an elongated arm having a proximate arm segment coupled to an elbow and a distal arm segment coupled to the proximate arm segment by an obtuse angle;
- a shoulder disposed substantially parallel to the proximate arm segment and coupled to the elbow;
- a hook coupled to the shoulder opposite the elbow by a nape;
- and
- a gap formed by juxtaposition of the nape near the angle in the arm, whereby a thickness of the garment is compressed between the nape and the angle.
A system for frontally displaying multiple garments comprising
- a horizontally supported hanger bar;
- a plurality of garment hangers disposed along the hanger bar and suspended therefrom, each garment hanger further comprising
- an elongated arm having two arm segments separated by an obtuse angle;
- a shoulder coupled to the arm at an elbow and terminating proximate the angle;
- and
- a hook coupled to the shoulder opposite the arm at a nape and removably receiving the hanger bar within an eye formed by the hook,
- whereby a garments draped over the arms of adjacent hangers are suspended in overlapping juxtaposition.
An improved method of displaying a necktie with a shirt having a collar with a button and collar tips, the necktie having opposing wide and narrow ends, the method comprising the steps of
- providing a necktie hanger, the hanger having
- a cylindrical arm having a central bend;
- a cylindrical shoulder coupled to the arm at an elbow;
- and
- a hook coupled to the shoulder opposite the arm at a nape;
- then
- folding the necktie and draping its wide and narrow ends on opposite sides of the arm;
- then placing the hook over the shirt collar at its button;
- positioning the arm beneath the collar tips;
- then
- positioning the shirt for viewing by shoppers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.