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US 9,433,312 B2Granted
Clothes catcher
OwnerRona Cooperinventor
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Abstract
Various implementations of this disclosure provide a clothes catcher for holding a hanging portion of a clothing item. In some implementations, the clothes catcher can be used with existing or future developed clothes hangers. In some implementations, the clothes catcher can be used to lift a hanging portion of a long dress or other clothing item when hung from a clothes hanger. In some implementations, the apparatus in integrally connected to a clothes hanger.
Claims12
A apparatus comprising:
- a connector configured to attach to a clothes hanger wherein the connector is a loop configured to fit around a hook of the clothes hanger;
- a holder having an opening configured to receive a portion of a clothing item when the clothing item is being hung from the clothes hanger in a downwardly direction through the opening such that a portion of the clothing item drapes over a portion of the holder and a distal end of the clothing item extending through the holder hangs past the holder in a downwardly direction;
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- a flexible and continuous article wherein the first end of the article is attached to the connector and the second end of the article is attached to the holder wherein the article is configured to extend vertically downward when the connector is attached to the clothes hanger.
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A apparatus comprising:
- a connector configured to attach to a clothes hanger;
- a holder configured to hold a hanging portion of a clothing item being hung from the clothes hanger;
- a flexible and continuous article wherein the first end of the article is attached to the connector and the second end of the article is attached to the holder wherein the article is configured to extend vertically downward when the connector is attached to the clothes hanger;
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- an adjuster that is a separate apparatus from the article and having a first part and a second part that are detachable from each other wherein the first part is attached to the connector and the second part is attached to the holder and wherein the first part and the second part are configured to connect together and detach from each other thereby adjusting the lift of the holder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.