Apparel apparatus – Garment hangers – Sheet material
Reexamination Certificate
2000-08-29
2001-07-24
Mohanty, Bibhu (Department: 3741)
Apparel apparatus
Garment hangers
Sheet material
C223SDIG004
Reexamination Certificate
active
06264077
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to hangers for article display and pertains more particularly to a folding tail hanger for display of a belt.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Folding tail belt hangers are depicted in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,710,996 and 4,063,669, to which incorporating reference is made.
The referenced '996 patent shows a hanger comprised of a one-piece body of plastic material having a hook portion and tail portion depending downwardly from the hook portion and foldable about the middle of the tail portion. The fold of the tail portion defines a transverse opening and the upper tail portion has a vertical opening contiguous with the transverse opening, the two openings jointly defining an “inverted T” opening.
The tail, while unfolded, is inserted through the frame of a belt buckle and the prong of the frame is inserted into the inverted T opening. The tail is then folded and a projection extending forwardly from the free end of the tail bottom portion is inserted into an opening in the tail upper portion, thereby locking the belt onto the hanger.
Belt manufacturer logo is imprinted on the hook portion and bar code data is typically applied to the rear of the hook portion.
The hanger of the '669 patent hanger has further facility for hanging so-called “stud buckle” belts, whereby the stud is inserted into an opening in the lower tail portion following tail folding and latching of the tail portions and the stud is thereby protected against scratching adjacent hung belts.
The assignee of the referenced, now expired patents, and of the subject patent application, recently has come to receive requests from belt manufacturers for a belt hangers of the type shown in the '669 and '996 patents, however, with a metal hook portion or a plastic hook portion of substantially greater thickness and rigidity than the tail portion.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The subject invention has as its primary object the provision of a belt hanger meeting such belt manufacturer recent requests.
In the efficient attainment of this and other objects, the invention provides a hanger comprising a hook and a tail depending from the hook, the hook being fabricated separately from the tail, the hook portion and the tail portion having mutually interfitting parts for separable joinder thereof, the hanger including securing means for rendering the separable joinder to be a permanent joinder.
In the particularly preferred embodiment, the hanger of the invention has its hook portion formed with a stem having an aperture therethrough and has a foldable tail whose upper portion has a projection formed thereon of dimensions to be insertable in the stem aperture. The securing means comprises the tail upper portion and a separate member heat-sealed to the tail upper portion and encompassing the free end of the tail upper portion projection.
More particularly, the tail upper portion defines, adjacent the tail upper portion projection, a recess for receiving the hook stem and structure bounding the recess and also forming part of the securing means. The tail upper portion defines a hinge section vertically below the structure bounding the recess, whereby the remainder of the tail portion is freely bendable without being constrained against bending by the securing means.
The foregoing and other objects and features of the invention will be further evident from the following detailed description of preferred embodiments thereof and from the drawings in which like components are identified by like reference numerals throughout.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5005741 (1991-04-01), Kolton et al.
patent: 5413301 (1995-05-01), Cadman
patent: 5417352 (1995-05-01), Jen
patent: 5826760 (1998-10-01), Kolton et al.
Kolton Chester
Norman Michael
B&G Plastics, Inc.
Mohanty Bibhu
Robin Blecker & Daley
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