Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Clasp – clip – support-clamp – or required component thereof – Having gripping member formed from – biased by – or mounted on...
Patent
1995-08-02
1997-08-19
Sakran, Victor N.
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof
Having gripping member formed from, biased by, or mounted on...
24489, 24557, A44B 2100, A47G 2500
Patent
active
056575181
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention relates to a garment hanger clip.
It is well known to provide garment hangers with clips in the form of two overlying gripping members on each outwardly extending arm of the hanger, usually at the extreme outer ends thereof. The gripping members at the outer ends are usually integrally moulded with the arms of the hanger although it is possible for the gripping members to be slidable along hanger arms. The garment clips are in a number of different forms but in the main take the configuration of having a fixed back plate integrally moulded with the relevant arm of the hanger and a front plate which is pivotally interconnected with the back plate and which when disconnected by releasing locking means therebetween can be pivoted upwardly about the interconnecting hinge. The locking means comprises a generally L-shaped arm extending outwardly from the back plate with which it is integrally moulded, in the direction of the front plate to extend into an aperture in the front plate, in a closed position of the clip, the locking being effected between one edge of the aperture and an outwardly extending rib on the L-shaped arm. The release of the front plate is usually effected by pressing on the free end of the L-shaped arm to move its locking rib away from the edge of the aperture on which it is locked thereby releasing the front plate.
Users of hangers having such clips at the ends of the arms firstly have to be certain that the clip is of sufficient strength to support garments placed between the gripping members. It is also necessary that the clip be releasable easily by a person applying pressure to the free end of the L-shaped arm to move it against its inherent resilience. It is usual to effect such operation by applying pressure of the thumb against the lug whilst a finger is resting on the further or remote surface from the front plate in region of the hinge between the front and rear plates.
With hangers that are formed from polypropylene, a relatively hard opaque material, the opening of the clip is not so much of a problem because of the inherent strength and resilience of the material and a relatively short arm can be used to achieve the release of the front plate. Moreover, as the gripping feature between the arm and front plate has been improved by various manufactures the polypropylene type hangers have been able to remain operative without any detrimental effect upon the locking arm.
However, when hangers are produced of a much softer material such as K-Resin, which is a clear plastics material with much lower inherent resilience and more likely to fracture, the locking arm is liable to a high rate of breakage. This particular problem has been met to some extent by increasing the length of the part of the arm which sits or projects through the aperture in the front plate. K-Resin is a styrene-butadiene copolymer and is hereinafter referred to as K-Resin.
It has been known to increase the length of the arm to extend beyond the edge of the back plate so that the user of the hanger can clearly see. However, the difficulty with this particular solution as far as manufacturers are concerned is that they are unable to mould the grip without a particularly intricate and expensive form of mould to mould an integral hinge portion and outwardly extending portions therefrom of the front substantially alleviated.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a garment hanger with a clip in which the above mentioned disadvantages have been at least in part overcome.
According to the present invention there is provided a clip for a garment hanger comprising front and rear interconnected gripping plates movable one relative to the other and locking means for interlocking the said plates, characterised in manually operable pressure means being operable for urging outward movement of one of the gripping plates directly upon operation of the locking means to release the locking means.
In one preferred embodiment of the clip according to the present invention the front and rear plates are pivot
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patent: 4807334 (1989-02-01), Blanchard
patent: 4835824 (1989-06-01), Durham et al.
patent: 5313721 (1994-05-01), Filden
Braitrim (UK) Ltd.
Sakran Victor N.
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