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U.S. Senator Smith of Indiana ; After seeing Samuel Morse demonstrate the telegraph.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5620118 | Garment hanger A garment hanger is comprised of a one-piece body having a hook portion for the receipt of a display rod, a central portion depending from the hook portion, the body defining in the central portion an opening therethrough and a garment support member disp... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5615810 | Hanger for suspenders with trouser waistband snaps A hanger is 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 ... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5613627 | Adjustable garment hanger An adjustable garment hanger comprising of a frame depending from a hook is disclosed. The frame is comprised of two inclined arms intersected by an optional cross bar. Within each inclined arm is an integrally formed locking bar that extends from the int... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5613629 | Hanger with information tab A garment hanger having an indicia-bearing tab for displaying customer information is provided. A tab holder is integrally formed as part of the hanger. The tab is mounted on an edge of the tab holder, adjacent a ridge formed on the tab holder. The ridge,... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5613628 | Garment hanger device The present invention provides a hanger device that is adapted to maintain a garment in a fixed and wrinkled free position. The hanger of the present invention comprises a hook that is secured to a pair of shoulder supports. The shoulder supports extend o... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5611469 | Hanger with identification clip An identification clip for a garment hanger, wherein the garment hanger has a clip holder with a retaining pin and a flange spaced apart and parallel thereto forming a gap therebetween. The clip has side walls and a bight portion and the ends of the U for... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5607088 | Hanger wire forms A wire form for displaying, storing, and transporting clothing has a torso and hips. A bust line attached to the form under the arms with double curved portions extending laterally from the plane of the torso simulates a human, especially a female bust li... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5603437 | Garment hanger, size indicator and combination thereof In combination, a molded plastic garment hanger and a molded plastic indicator. The molded plastic indicator includes a solid body adapted to display indicia relating to a garment on said hanger. The body includes sidewalls, end walls, a bottom wall and a... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603438 | Garment hanger An improved garment hanger for adjustably displaying, transporting and storing multiple articles of clothing. The hanger supports an upper garment and a lower garment. The lower garment is supported and located away from a plane formed by the supported up... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5601219 | Clothes hanger covered with a toy doll A clothes hanger which includes a sleeve having two vertically spaced coupling slots, a toy doll covered around the sleeve and having a through hole, a hanging bar coupled to the bottom end of the sleeve, a sliding shaft supported on a spring inside the s... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5598957 | Adjustable hanger An adjustable hanger has a hanger body, opposed carrying arms that are slidably extendable from the hanger body to increase or decrease the size of the hanger, and a connecting rod that is rotatable to cause the carrying arms to be extended or retracted f... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5597100 | Garment hanger having label indicator A hanger for displaying garment-related information has a conventional hanger body and a hanger hook. The hanger body and hook are each provided with a prong extending therefrom and toward one another. A wedge-shaped or cylindrical information indicator i... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5590823 | Collapsible garment hanger suitable for rapid one-handed engagement with garment A collapsible garment hanger which includes a hook, a first and second tensioning element which extend from the hook, the first and second tensioning elements being terminated with a first and second distal tip, respectively. A first and second shoulder e... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590822 | Garment hanger information tab In a garment hanger information tab for use on a garment hanger having a tab holder, the tab holder including a ledge, the tab defines a U-shaped body having a top wall, first and second sides, and first and second legs disposed between said sides and def... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5586697 | Garment hanger A one-piece garment hanger including a hanger body and a hook member formed integrally with the hanger body. The hanger further includes an elongate member integrally formed with the hanger such that the elongate member partially delimits an opening in th... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5584421 | Self-centering hanger assembly A garment hanger which can be manufactured from inexpensive materials on a mass production basis which is extendable and contractible as many times as desired by the user throughout its useful life by a camming system formed by the interaction of cam driv... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5584455 | Device for holding garment hangers A device for holding garment hangers is described which has two parts: one preferably inflexible hook part made of plastics material or metal shaped to be carried by a rail and a flexible loop or strap or series of loops, adapted to receive many garment h... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5582334 | Moth inhibiting multigarment clothes hanger A multigarment, insect infestation inhibiting hanger device for use on a clothes bar. The device, which saves closet space, has a hook portion for disposition on a clothes bar on one end thereof. The hook portion is also disposed within or through a main ... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5582387 | Hanger and hanger composite for promotional display A primary hanger has a hook portion for receiving a hanging rod and a first retention structure, a fold line segment depending from the hook portion and a sideward opening communicating with the hook portion opening and a flap segment depending from the f... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5579964 | Hanger extension kit The hanger extension kit includes at least one extension member arranged for adjustable securement relative to a conventional hanger at a junction of the hanger's base rod to a side rod, with the extension member having a generally U-shaped configuration,... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5577644 | Toy doll and hanger assembly A toy doll and hanger assembly which includes a rod member having a first end, a second end, a first outward flange raised around the first end, and a second outward flange raised around the second end; a toy doll covered on the rod member, having a skin,... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5573151 | Garment hanger with waistband and strap clips A hanger is provided in which the molded hooks for engagement with the waistband and the straps of undergarments or bathing suits are formed with a continuous rib from one free end to another. The hook is interchangeably mounted on the bar via a tongue ar... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5562237 | Trousers hanger A trousers hanger of the type having two integrally formed legs disposed at an acute angle which form an open end through which trousers can be easily mounted over one leg of the hanger. The other side of the hanger includes a hook end adapted to permit t... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5556014 | Hanger composite for display of neckties with preformed knots A hanger composite includes a first hanger including a tail having first and second portions folded about a tail fold area to define a tail loop, the first tail portion having a latching opening therethrough, the second tail portion having a projection ex... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5538166 | Combination plush doll and hanger assembly A combination doll and clothes hanger assembly includes an elongated frame member of a dimension to hang clothing. The frame member can have articulated joints to permit movement so that in one mode, it can act as a toy object, while in the other mode, it... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5535927 | Non-slip hanger and method of manufacture thereof An improved garment hanger is provided with a coating of resilient friction material on the upper surfaces of the garment support members to provide non-slip surfaces for garments such as coats, shirts, blouses and dresses and help prevent the garments fr... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5526968 | Hanger valet A hanger valet for storing clothing accessories such as ties, belts, braces, and jewelry such as cufflinks on the same hanger with a given suit, thus allowing coordination of the accessories with the suit. The hanger valet comprises a suit hanger, a valet... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5524801 | Stick form size indicators and method of assembly to garment hangers A combination garment hanger, garment size indicating system and method of installing the garment size indicating system is provided in the form of a garment hanger equipped with a tab-holding section that accommodates a size-indicating tab. The size-indi... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5521911 | Hanger for displaying eyeglasses An eyeglass display system utilizes a combination of an eyeglass display member and an eyeglass contacting member. The eyeglass contacting member has an encircling portion adapted to encircle at least a part of the frame of the eyeglasses, and does not in... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5520311 | Garment hanger assembly kit An integrally formed plastic body configured to provide one or more structural members which can be readily assembled by an end user to form a garment hanger. The plastic body incorporates one or more structurally weakened regions which can be readily sev... | 05/28/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5511701 | Adjustable width garment hanger An adjustable garment hanger (20) is disclosed having extension members (34, 36) which move laterally on a hanger frame (22). The extension members move as a result of engagement between a pair of flexible racks (44, 46) and a medially disposed pinion (50... | 04/30/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5505351 | Hanger for a pre-tied necktie assembly A hanger for a pre-tied knotted necktie assembly is disclosed in which the assembly includes a necktie, a knot support to form a necktie knot, a clip for removably mounting the necktie assembly onto the neckband of a shirt collar, and a positioning post e... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5503311 | Rotating clothes hanger covered with a toy doll A rotating clothes hanger including a hanger base having an upright coupling portion, a toy doll covered on the hanger base and having a hole for passing the upright coupling portion of the hanger base, a swivel hook rotatably coupled to the upright coupl... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5503310 | Combination indicator and garment hanger In combination, a hanger for garments and other articles and a separately formed indicator secured to the hanger for indicating information associated with the garments and other articles, the hanger defining a hook adapted to engage a rail or other struc... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5501378 | Garment hanger A garment hanger is comprised of a one-piece body having a hook portion for the receipt of a display rod, a central portion depending from the hook portion, the body defining in the central portion an opening therethrough and a garment support member disp... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5490617 | Abdominal binder stretcher An abdominal binder stretcher comprising, in combination, a pair of rigid planar members having coplanar upper edges and coplanar lower edges with parallel exterior and interior edges. The planar members have front faces and rear faces. A pair of hinges c... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5485943 | Hanger with irremovable information tab A garment hanger having an indicia-bearing tab for displaying customer information is provided. A tab holder is integrally formed as part of the hanger. The tab is mounted on an edge of the tab holder, adjacent a ridge formed on the tab holder. The ridge,... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5480075 | Hanger for westsuits and diving accessories A wet gear hanger has a vertical support member and a hook support member swivelly connected to an end of the vertical support member. An upper swivel member housing is connected to the vertical support member and an upper swivel member is rotatively inse... | 01/02/1996 |