Apparel apparatus – Garment hangers – Covers
Reexamination Certificate
1999-10-25
2001-03-27
Mohanty, Bibhu (Department: 3741)
Apparel apparatus
Garment hangers
Covers
Reexamination Certificate
active
06206255
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF INVENTION
This invention relates to clothes hangers and is particularly directed to adapter means for making clothes hangers more suitable for heavy items, such as suits, dresses and the like.
PRIOR ART
Clothes hangers have long been used to facilitate storing clothing, such as suits, dresses and the like, in closets and other storage facilities. However, most clothes hangers are formed of relatively thin wire and are provided in a “one-size-fits-all” form which does not, in fact fit all sizes. Consequently, heavy clothes, such as men's suits, tend to deform the hangers, due to their weight, and sometimes result in the hanger collapsing and dropping the clothing on the floor. Alternatively, the weight of the clothing causes the hangers to form undesired and unsightly creases and lines in the clothing, which often do not shake out and, hence, mar the appearance of the clothing. Wooden, plastic of formed metal hangers can reduce these problems, but often fail to do so and are relatively expensive. Adapter devices have been proposed heretofore to overcome these problems. However, most of the prior art hanger adapters have been expensive to purchase or have been complex and difficult to install and use. Thus, none of the prior art clothes hanger adapters have been entirely satisfactory.
BRIEF SUMMARY AND OBJECTS OF INVENTION
These disadvantages of the prior art are overcome with the present invention and improved clothes hanger adapters are provided which are inexpensive to produce and purchase and which are simple and easy to install and use, yet which avoid the problems of conventional wire clothes hangers and which allow the hanger to be adapted to fit a wide variety of sizes and styles of clothing and to be used with a wide variety of types of clothes hangers.
These advantages of the present invention are preferably attained by providing improved clothes hanger adapters comprising a pair of spreader means joined by connector means which are adjustable to fit a conventional wire clothes hanger to accurately fit a variety of sizes of clothing and to enable the user to hang related items, such as neckties, suspenders, belts and the like on the hanger along with the clothing items.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide improved adapters for clothes hangers.
Another object of the present invention is to provide improved adapters for wire clothes hangers.
An additional object of the present invention is to provide improved adapters for clothes hangers which are inexpensive to produce and purchase.
A further object of the present invention is to provide improved adapters for clothes hangers which are simple to install and use.
Another object of the present invention is to provide improved adapters for clothes hangers which prevent the wire hanger from creasing the clothing.
An additional object of the present invention is to provide improved adapters for clothes hangers which are adjustable to accurately fit a wide variety of clothing sizes.
A further object of the present invention is to provide improved adapters for clothes hangers which enable the user to store accessory items, such as neckties, suspenders, belts and the like on the hanger together with the related clothing items.
Another object of the present invention is to provide improved adapters for use with a wide variety of types of clothes hangers.
A specific object of the present invention is to provide improved clothes hanger adapters comprising a pair of spreader means joined by connector means which are adjustable to fit a conventional wire clothes hanger to accurately fit a variety of sizes of clothing and to enable the user to hang related items, such as neckties, suspenders, belts and the like on the hanger along with the clothing items.
These and other objects and features of the present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description, taken with reference to the figures of the accompanying drawing.
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Mohanty Bibhu
Sperry Robert M.
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