Article hanger

Details Article hanger Article hanger

2000-09-18

2001-10-09

Mohanty, Bibhu (Department: 3765)

Apparel apparatus

Garment hangers

Sheet material

C223S085000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06299039

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a hanger, and more particularly to an article hanger.
2. Description of Related Art
As shown in
FIGS. 1
,
2
, and
3
, an article hanger
10
of the prior art has a hook
11
, a marking plate
12
located under the hook
11
, a fixed plate
13
extending downward from the marking plate
12
, and a movable plate
14
. Located at the junction of the fixed plate
13
and the movable plate
14
is a bending portion
15
. The fixed plate
13
is provided with at least one retaining hole
17
. The movable plate
14
is provided at the free end thereof with a retaining projection
16
which is shaped like a mushroom and has with a head
18
.
In use, the article hanger
10
is held to the wall or ceiling by a retainer which catches the hook
11
. The movable plate
14
is joined with the fixed plate
13
such that the head
18
of the retaining projection
16
is retained in the retaining hole
17
of the fixed plate
13
, as shown in FIG.
3
. Such a prior art article hanger
10
as described above is defective in design because the head
18
of the retaining projection
16
can not be easily pulled out of the retaining hole
17
once the head
18
is retained in the retaining hole
17
. Such a structural deficiency of the prior art article hanger
10
as described above can be a source of annoyance.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide an article hanger free of the structural deficiency of the article hanger of the prior art described above.
The article hanger of the present invention is similar in construction to the prior art article hanger except that the head of the retaining projection of the movable plate of the article hanger of the present invention is provided with a plurality of slots. In other words, the retaining projection of the movable plate of the present invention has a slotted head which is provided with an elastic allowance enabling the head to be engaged or disengaged with the retaining hole of the fixed plate with ease and speed.
The foregoing objective, feature, and advantage of the present invention will be more readily understood upon a thoughtful deliberation of the following detailed description of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.


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