Hanger for suspenders

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1999-02-18

2001-03-27

Mohanty, Bibhu (Department: 3741)

Apparel apparatus

Garment hangers

C223S087000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06206253

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to hangers for the hanging of wearing apparel and pertains more particularly to hangers for the hanging of suspenders.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Commonly-assigned U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,714,156 and 4,718,546 address the hanging of suspenders of the type having stems with slots therein for receiving buttons disposed interiorly on a trouser waistband. Another type of suspenders is in quite widespread use and useful with trousers not having suspender-receiving buttons on its waistband. That suspenders type has stems equipped with snaps adapted to receive and retentively close upon the waistband of trousers.
A hanger for the hanging of suspenders of the snap variety is shown in commonly-assigned U.S. Pat. No. 4,759,440, which notes a problem attending such suspenders, namely, that the snaps need be closed at the point of manufacture, to avoid entanglement of the snaps with one another during shipment. The '440 patent provides a hanger adapted to receive suspenders with the snaps thereof in closed state and the hanger may be applied to the suspenders either at the point of manufacture and shipment or at a retail facility. Another hanger for the hanging of suspenders of the snap variety is shown in commonly-assigned U.S. Pat. No. 5,615,810. The '810 patent provides a hanger comprised of an elongate, one-piece body of plastic material, the hanger having a hook portion, a logo display portion, a main body portion having arms extending oppositely, horizontally therefrom to respective free ends for receipt of closed suspender snaps, and a retention member. A fold line segment is defined in the body below the main body portion and a flap member is defined in the body below the fold line segment. The retention member and the flap member have interfitting securement parts and define a sidewardly open, horizontal slot therebetween.
In use of the hanger of the '810 patent, a suspenders is applied to the hanger by inserting the main body portion arms through the closed snaps of the suspenders. The suspender straps are then inserted into the horizontal slot and the flap member is then folded about the fold line segment into registry with the retention member and the securement parts thereof are interfit. The securement parts are of a type which, once interfit, cannot be opened without cutting and disfiguring the hanger.
A disadvantage of the foregoing hangers is their requirement for vertical display space which is at least the full length of the suspenders. While a further, commonly-assigned patent, i.e. U.S. Pat. No. 4,940,146 provides for hanging suspenders in limited vertical display space by providing for half lengths of the suspenders to hang forwardly and rearwardly of the hanger, a disadvantage of the '146 patent hanger is that a suspenders is readily removed from the hanger, giving rise to possible fraud by purchasers in shifting more expensive suspenders to hangers bearing less expensive price indication.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has as its primary object the provision of hangers for the hanging of suspenders in limited vertical display space but nonetheless providing anti-fraud facility.
In attaining the foregoing and other objects, the invention provides, in one combination, a hanger comprised of a main body portion defining a plurality of retention members, and a flap member, the flap member defining a plurality of securement parts corresponding to the retention member plurality, the flap member being applied to the main body portion and the securement parts being interfitted with the retention members and defining first and second channels between the main body portion and the flap member and suspenders including first and second straps, portions of the first and second straps being disposed between the main body portion and the flap member respectively in the first and second channels, other portions of the first and second straps being disposed respectively downwardly and frontally of the flap segment.


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