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US 7,404,503 B1Granted
Compact clothes hanger
OwnerAndrew Cleaver, Myron D Osborninventors
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Abstract
A compact clothes hanger having a straight member having a hooked end and an opposite end perpendicularly secured between a first end and a second end disposed opposite the first end of a horizontal top arm. A recessed area centrally disposed between the first end and the second end and operatively aligned with the hooked end.
Claims13
A compact clothes hanger comprising:
- a. a horizontal top arm comprising a first end and a second end;
- b. a straight member comprising a hooked end and an opposite end perpendicularly secured to a center of the horizontal top arm;
- c. a recessed area centrally disposed on the horizontal top arm and operatively aligned with the hooked end;
- d. wherein the recessed area comprises a central body centrally disposed on the horizontal top arm, a first end segment disposed between and secured to the straight member and the central body, and a second end segment secured on the opposite side of the central body and angularly protruding away from the horizontal top arm and the first end segment;
- e. a first support rod secured to the first end and to the second end segment at a height ranging from between about 20 percent to about 60 percent of the height of the straight member, and a second support rod secured to the second end and secured to the straight member at a point where the hooked end intersects with the straight member;
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- f. a horizontal bottom arm disposed below the horizontal top arm and operatively secured to the first end and the second end, forming a receiving space disposed between the horizontal bottom arm and the horizontal top arm;
- forming a hanger with a hooked end with an overall area substantially equal to or less than an overall area of a conventional hanger.
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A compact clothes hanger comprising:
- a. a horizontal top arm comprising a first end and a second end;
- b. a straight member comprising a hooked end and an opposite end perpendicular secured to the horizontal top arm;
- c. a recessed area centrally disposed between the first end and the second end and operatively aligned with the hooked end;
- d. wherein the recessed area comprises a central body centrally disposed on the horizontal top arm, a first end segment disposed between and secured to the straight member and the central body, and a second end segment secured on the opposite side of the central body and angularly protruding away from the horizontal top arm and the first end segment;
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- e. a first support rod secured to the first end and to the second end segment at a height ranging from between about 20 percent to about 60 percent of the height of the straight member, and a second support rod secured to the second end and secured to the straight member at a point where the hooked end intersects with the straight member, forming a hanger with a hooked end with an overall area substantially equal to or less than an overall area of a conventional hanger.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.