Hanger assembly and a hanger formed of such an assembly
AssigneeThe Build-Up Plastics & Metal Co., Ltd.
InventorsLeung Ho, Alex Hin Ho
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Abstract
A hanger assembly is disclosed as including a main body with a male portion, a hook joined at an upper portion of the body, and a hook receiving element adapted to engage with the male portion. A hanger is also disclosed as being formed of engagement of the body and the hook receiving element of the hanger assembly. There is also disclosed a method of forming a hanger, including the steps of (a) providing a main body with a male portion; (b) providing a hook at an upper portion of the body; (c) providing a hook receiving element adapted to engage with the male portion; and (d) engaging the male portion with the hook receiving element to thereby engage the body with the hook receiving element.
Claims29
A hanger assembly including:
- a body member having a generally I-beam construction defining a flange extending around the perimeter thereof, said body member having a central body portion and a pair of downwardly-sloping arms extending from opposite sides thereof, said arms adapted to support at least one garment item;
- a hook member joined to an upper part of said central body portion;
- a first snap-fit engagement member centrally located on a lower part of said central body portion and extending downward from said flange;
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- a hook receiving member having a second snap-fit engagement member adapted to engage with said first snap-fit engagement member.
A method of forming a hanger, including the steps of:
- (a) providing a body member having a generally I-beam construction defining a flange extending around the perimeter thereof, said body member having a central body portion and pair of downwardly-sloping arms extending from opposite sides thereof, said arms adapted to support at least one garment item;
- (b) providing a hook member at an upper part of said central body portion;
- (c) providing a first snap-fit engagement member in a central location on a lower part of said central body portion so that the first snap-fit member extends downward from said flange;
- (d) providing a hook receiving member having a second snap-fit engagement member adapted to engage with said first snap-fit engagement member;
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- (e) engaging said first and second snap-fit engagement members to thereby engage said body member with said hook receiving member.
A hanger, comprising:
- a body member having a generally I-beam construction defining a flange extending around the perimeter thereof, said body member having a central body portion and pair of downwardly-sloping arms extending from opposite sides thereof, said arms adapted to support at least one garment item;
- a hook member joined to an upper part of said central body portion;
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- a first snap-fit engagement member centrally located on a lower part of said central body portion and extending downward from said flange wherein said first snap-fit engagement member includes at least one male engagement portion.
A hanger assembly, comprising:
- a body member having a generally I-beam construction defining a flange extending around the perimeter thereof having a central body portion and pair of downwardly-sloping arms extending from opposite sides thereof, said arms adapted to support at least one garment item;
- a hook member joined to an upper part of said central body portion;
- a first snap-fit engagement member centrally located on a lower part of said central body portion and extending downward from said flange;
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- a suspending member having a second snap-fit engagement member adapted to engage with said first snap-fit engagement member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.