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US 6,126,049 AGranted
Non-slip clothes hangers
OwnerDonald A. Gishinventor
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Abstract
A conventional plastic clothes hanger has a horizontal bar covered with plastic foam such as polyurethane foam to give it a non-slip surface for hanging trousers and other garments. Several auxiliary clamps are described for cooperating with the foam covered horizontal bars for hanging multi-layers or trousers by the cuffs.
Claims3
A method of applying a covering of plastic foam to a straight circular horizontal bar of a molded plastic clothes hanger, said method comprising the steps of:
- longitudinally splitting a stiff resilient tubing having a length approximately equal to the length of said horizontal bar and an inside diameter slightly greater than the diameter of said bar;
- positioning a sheet of plastic foam on said tubing with the side edges of said foam inserted into said longitudinal split;
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- forcing said horizontal bar into said longitudinal split with the plastic foam edges.
1 more element
A plastic clothes hanger having a hook coupled to said bars that angularly branch out to the ends of a circular horizontal bar, said clothes hanger including:
- a strip of plastic foam around the length of said horizontal bar, said foam being secured to said bar by a split resilient tubing surrounding said bar and gripping the edges of said foam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.