Item with adjustable hanger loop
OwnerJeffery J. Kacinesinventor
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Abstract
A flexible hanger loop adjustably attached to an item for causing the item to be suspended with a desired orientation when hung from a hanger by the flexible loop. The item is constructed with a hole therein through which a portion of the flexible loop extends. An enlarged end of the loop prevents it from being inadvertently pulled back through the hole. In order to adjust the orientation of the item when hung by the loop from a hanger, the portion of the loop extending through the hole is twisted or rotated, whereby the item assumes a new natural orientation.
Claims20
A hanger loop and an item of the type having a sidewall with a buttonhole slot therein from which said item is suspended by said hanger loop so that said item hangs freely downwardly by gravity from said buttonhole slot and is free to rotate to a natural orientation, comprising:
- a twistable hanger with a loop at a first end thereof, said loop for hanging the item from a hook via said twistable hanger;
- said twistable hanger having at a second end a twistable end attached to an enlarged member, said twistable hanger being twisted by rotating the twistable hanger around an axis extending through said enlarged member and through said buttonhole slot, said enlarged member is capable of being inserted through said buttonhole slot and located adjacent a surface of said sidewall surrounding said buttonhole slot, and said enlarged member engaged with the surface surrounding said buttonhole slot so as to fasten said twistable hanger to the sidewall of said item;
- said twistable end of said loop extending through the buttonhole slot in the sidewall of the item so that at least a portion of the twistable hanger is twisted in the buttonhole slot, and remains twisted to adjustably orient the item annularly about a vertical axis as the item hangs via the twistable hanger and loop.
A loop for hanging a Christmas stocking with a desired orientation, comprising:
- a Christmas stocking having a stocking shape body and an open top, said Christmas stocking constructed with a first and a second layer of material parallel and in contact with each other;
- a hole formed in one said layer of material at a top portion of said Christmas stocking;
- a hanging loop mechanism which includes a flexible loop and an enlarged end, said hanging loop mechanism extending through the hole of the Christmas stocking so that a weight of said Christmas stocking is exerted on said hanging loop mechanism, a portion of the hanging loop mechanism extending through said hole exhibiting friction with the hole due to the weight of said Christmas stocking, whereby a portion of the hanging loop mechanism adjacent the enlarged end can be rotated in the hole of the stocking, and the friction therebetween maintains the hanging loop mechanism in a different position with respect to the Christmas stocking to thereby adjust and maintain a new orientation of the loop with respect to said stocking;
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- said enlarged end of said flexible loop inserted through said hole so as to be located between said first and second layers of material, said enlarged end is thus not visible to a user of said Christmas stocking.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.