# US 9,433,312 B2 · Clothes catcher > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,433,312 B2 - Document ID: US9433312B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/086,603 - Filed: 2013-11-21 - Published: 2015-05-21 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2013-11-21 - Applicants: Rona Cooper - Inventors: Rona Cooper - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9433312B2 ## CPC - A47G 25/48: Hangers with clamps or the like, e.g. for trousers or skirts - A47G 25/02: Dress holders; Dress suspending devices; Clothes-hanger assemblies; Clothing lifters (clothing or suit hangers A47G25/14; clothing holders with locking devices E05B69/00) - A47G 25/14: Clothing hangers, e.g. suit hangers (A47G25/60 takes precedence; wardrobes with extensible garment holders A47B61/02) - A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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; and 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the holder is a loop. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the connector is a first loop and the holder is a second loop. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the article is a chain. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the apparatus of claim 1 further comprises 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. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the adjuster is a push-apart key ring. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the article is a chain. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A method of using the apparatus of claim 1 comprising: attaching the apparatus to a clothes hanger using the connector; hanging a clothing item on the hanger; and lifting a hanging portion of the clothing item using the holder by inserting the hanging portion through an opening of the holder 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. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1, 8) The method of claim 8 wherein the apparatus of claim 1 further comprises an adjuster that is a separate apparatus from the length of material 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, the method further comprising adjusting the apparatus by connecting the first part of the adjuster to the second part of the adjuster. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the holder is a circular loop configured to receive through the opening of the loop a portion of the clothing item such that a distal end of the clothing item extending through the opening of the loop hangs past the loop in a downwardly direction. ### Claim 11 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; and 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. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the article is a chain.