Indicators for wire hook hangers
AssigneeSpotless Plastics Pty. Ltd.
InventorStanley F. Gouldson
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Abstract
A metal wire hanger hook and indicator in combination, the metal wire hook having a curved top portion and a fixture secured to the metal wire hook, the fixture having a web for displaying indicia, the web including at least one abutment for engaging the indicator, and an indicator having an open cavity therein for receiving the web of the fixture, and means for engaging the abutment. More preferably the indicator is both removable and child-proof as defined by industry standards.
Claims21
A hanger hook and indicator comprising, in combination:
- a metal wire hook having a curved top portion, a free end and a fixed end, the fixed end coupled to a body of a hanger;
- a fixture secured to the metal wire hook, the fixture comprising a tubular enclosed channel extending continuously within the fixture for accommodating the curved top portion of the hook, the tubular enclosed channel comprising opposite openings to allow both the free end and the fixed end of the metal wire hook to be exposed beyond the fixture, the fixture having a web including at least one abutment for engaging an indicator;
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- an indicator having an open cavity therein for receiving the web of the fixture, and means for engaging the abutment.
A hanger having a metal wire hook and a fixture unitarily molded on the hook, wherein said metal wire hanger hook comprises a curved top portion, a free end and a fixed end, the fixed end coupled to a body of a hanger, the wire hanger hook being received in the cavity of a mold, the mold cavity defining a fixture having at least one point of engagement at least partially surrounding the wire hanger hook, the fixture further having a web including at least one abutment for engaging an indicator, wherein the fixture is secured to the metal wire hook by introducing a molten material into the mold cavity, the fixture comprising a tubular enclosed channel extending continuously within the fixture for accommodating the curved top portion of the hook, the tubular enclosed channel comprising opposite openings to allow both the free end and the fixed end of the metal wire hook to be exposed beyond the fixture.
A hanger hook and indicator comprising, in combination:
- a metal wire hook having a curved top portion, a free end and a fixed end, the fixed end coupled to a body of a hanger;
- a fixture secured to the metal wire hook, the fixture comprising a tubular enclosed channel extending continuously within the fixture for accommodating the curved top portion of the hook, the tubular enclosed channel comprising opposite openings to allow both the free end and the fixed end to be exposed beyond the fixture, the fixture having a web including means for engaging an indicator;
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- an indicator having an open cavity therein for receiving the web of the fixture and means for engaging the web.
A hanger hook and indicator comprising, in combination:
- a metal wire hook having a curved top portion, a free end and a fixed end, the fixed end coupled to a body of a hanger;
- a fixture secured to the metal wire hook, the fixture comprising a tubular enclosed channel extending continuously within the fixture for accommodating the curved top portion of the hook, the tubular enclosed channel comprising opposite openings to allow both the free end and the fixed end to be exposed beyond the fixture, the fixture having means for operatively attaching an indicator;
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- an indicator having means for operatively engaging the fixture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.