Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8113392 | Lower neck indicator for wire hook hangers A lower neck sizer for a garment hanger and a combination of a turnable wire hook hanger and the lower neck sizer are disclosed. The sizer has a body dimensioned to surround a lower neck portion of the hanger, where a hook of the hanger joins a body of the hanger. T... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7552849 | Side-sizer for wire hook hangers A side-sizer for a garment hanger has a collar portion with a band configured to engage a wire hook of the hanger and an indicator portion pivotally connected to the collar portion. The indicator portion has means for retaining the indicator portion engaged with the... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7455203 | Nestable pinch-grip hangers A nestable hanger including: a support means for supportably hanging the hanger on a display; a body supported by the support means and having two pinch grips disposed thereon for retaining a garment therein; where the hanger nests in a stack of similar hangers such... | 11/25/2008 |
| D567518 | Intimate apparel hanger | 04/29/2008 |
| 7124500 | Pinch grip hanger loading mechanism A pinch grip hanger mechanism dispenses pinch grip hangers, one at a time, and then opens the pinch grips for insertion of a garment. The insertion of a garment triggers the closing of the pinch grips, and reciprocation of a hanger feed push plate to dispense anothe... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7104428 | Hanger beam construction An I-beam having a web curved in two dimensions is used to provide an enhanced stiffness to weight ratio for molded plastic hangers. The I-beam includes first and second generally parallel flanges which extend in a longitudinal direction. The flanges are joined by a... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6915931 | Garment set hanger A garment set hanger is disclosed which is suitable for hanging and displaying a set of matched or coordinated garments together, such as a matched set of children's garments. The garment set hanger includes a top hanger which is designed to support a top garment su... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6874666 | Removable size indicator for a garment hanger A size indicator to be removably secured to a web of a hanger. The size indicator including: a face and two sides depending from the face to define a channel, each of the sides terminating in a foremost edge; an inwardly facing ridge disposed at each of the foremost... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6772923 | Method for anchoring an elastomer into a thermoplastic during injection molding A molded plastic garment hanger constituted from first and second plastic materials which are fused and mechanically bonded to form a composite garment hanger. A coinjected plastic member formed of the second plastic material is molded into the plastic body member f... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6715650 | Garment hanger A molded plastic garment hanger as is widely used for the purpose of shipping and displaying garments, comprising a unitary plastic central hook and arms extending in opposite directions from the base of the central hook to facilitate a garment to be suspended there... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6711808 | Pinch grip hanger loading mechanism A pinch grip hanger mechanism dispenses pinch grip hangers, one at a time, and then opens the pinch grips for insertion of a garment. The insertion of a garment triggers the closing of the pinch grips, and reciprocation of a hanger feed push plate to dispense anothe... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6705496 | Indicator attachment mechanism and method and apparatus for removing indicators from hangers A method for removing an indicator from a garment hanger having a resilient indicator attachment mechanism. ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6681966 | Automated methods and devices for removing a size indicator from a garment hanger having a removable size indicator A method for removing a releasable size indicator from a garment hanger. The garment hanger including: a body having at least one web for removably securing a size indicator to the body, the web having a fixed latch and a pivoting latch; and a size indica... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6499634 | Garment hanger having a removable size indicator A garment hanger having a releasable size indicator. The garment hanger including a hook for suspending the hanger on a support and a body connected to the hook; the hanger having at least one web for removably securing a size indicator to the hanger, the... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6422437 | Garment hanger having a removable size indicator A garment hanger having a releasable size indicator. The garment hanger including a hook for supporting the hanger on a display; a body connected to the hook, the body having at least one web for removably securing a size indicator to the body, the web ha... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6421910 | Apparatus for removing indicators from hangers A molded plastic garment hanger having an improved indicator attachment device is disclosed, wherein the hanger has a hook with an upstanding web to be received within a downwardly opening cavity of a molded plastic indicator having side walls formed with... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6382478 | Garment hanger having a removable size indicator A garment hanger having a releasable size indicator. The garment hanger including a hook for suspending the hanger on a support and a body connected to the hook; the hanger having at least one web for removably securing a size indicator to the hanger, the... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6378744 | Garment hanger having a removable size indicator A garment hanger having a releasable size indicator. The garment hanger including a hook for suspending the hanger on a support and a body connected to the hook; the hanger having at least one web for removably securing a size indicator to the hanger, the... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6289569 | Method for removing indicators from hangers A method for automatically removing an indicator from a garment hanger having a resilient indicator attachment includes segregating a selected indicator and hanger from a group of hangers flexing the resilient indicator attachment mechanism to disengage t... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6264075 | Garment hanger having a removable size indicator A garment hanger having a releasable size indicator. The garment hanger including a hook for supporting the hanger on a display; a body connected to the hook, the body having at least one web for removably securing a size indicator to the body, the web ha... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6260745 | Garment hanger having a removable size indicator A garment hanger having a releasable size indicator. The garment hanger including a hook for suspending the hanger on a support and a body connected to the hook; the hanger having at least one web for removably securing a size indicator to the hanger, the... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6189746 | Side indicator hangers and method and apparatus for removing indicators from hangers A molded plastic garment hanger having an improved indicator detachment opening is disclosed, wherein the hanger has a hook with a web adjacent said hook and a hanger body, wherein the web is received within a cavity of a molded plastic indicator having s... | 02/20/2001 |
| 5628132 | Indicator and garment hanger A plastic garment hanger having a hook with an abutment for engaging an aperture formed in an indicator cap to support the indicator cap on the hanger is provided. A hook having an upwardly projecting web which defines an aperture wherein a descending fle... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5604975 | Automatic apparatus for assembling hangers with indexing caps The specification discloses a system for producing and distributing index coded hangers to a plurality of locations, wherein the index indicia is correlated to the characteristics of the garment to be hung from the hanger at each of the plurality of locat... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5568685 | Manually actuated apparatus for assembling hangers with indexing caps The specification discloses a system for producing and distributing index coded hangers to a plurality of locations, wherein the index indicia is correlated to the characteristics of the garment to be hung from the hanger at each of the plurality of locat... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5516013 | Garment hanger A garment hanger having a greater strength to weight ratio than comparable garment hangers of greater weight. More particularly, a light-weight, one-piece, molded, plastic garment hanger having a hook member, body member, and upswept arms, the body member... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5509587 | Garment hanger A system for displaying garments incorporating a light-weight, one-piece, molded, plastic garment hanger having a hook member, body member, and upswept arms, wherein a garment retaining clip is longitudinally positioned on either side of the hook member a... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5350092 | Garment hanger and clip Disclosed is a garment hanger and a moulded plastic clip that comprises a front leg and a rear leg joined in a spaced relation by an integrally moulded resilient leaf, each leg having object engaging free ends, a portion overlying said leaf and formed wit... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5212854 | Clip for garment hanger A clip for a garment hanger H having a fixed jaw (1) and a movable jaw (2) connected by a membrane hinge (3), the movable jaw having an actuator arm (5) extending therefrom, and moulded plastics spring member (13) attached to the fixed jaw by attaching lu... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5071045 | Plastic garment hanger with angled shoulder portion A molded plastic garment hanger comprising a hook, a shoulder region extending from the hook and arms extending from said shoulder region, said arms being formed with an inverted generally U-shaped cross-section or configuration which extends from one arm... | 12/10/1991 |
