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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7641083 | Garment hanger with top sizer A garment hanger for use with a top sizer clip that has locking tabs formed along an interior thereof includes a body having a hook member including a web portion and a platform extending at least partially around the web portion. The web portion has a first surface... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7628301 | Garment hanger with top sizer A top sizer clip according to one embodiment for use with a garment hanger includes a body having a pair of side walls and end walls joined to and extending between the side walls. The body includes a top wall that is joined to upper edges of the side walls and end ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7624900 | Retractable multi-tiered lingerie hanger A multi-tiered hanger for holding multiple undergarments or lingerie. The hanger comprises at least two frames connected together to form a three-dimensional structure, and a hook about which the three-dimensional structure is supported. Each of the at least two fra... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7588173 | Hanger with metal hook and indicator block The top portion of a filiform metal hook of a hanger is provided with an eyelet and the indicator block is provided with a protuberance that fits into the eyelet to secure the indicator block on the hook. In one embodiment, the indicator block has two hingedly conne... | 09/15/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7516875 | Lower neck indicator for wire hook hangers In a lower neck sizer for a garment hanger and a combination turnable wire hook hanger and lower neck sizer, the lower neck sizer includes a body dimensioned to generally surround a cylindrical projection and the support flanges adjacent to the body flange of the ha... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7513400 | Spring top lower neck hanger sizing A combination hanger and indicator, or either of them separately, the hanger with a body and a post extending upward from the body, the intersection of the post and the body defining a lower neck region of the hanger, the post having a flange extending outward from ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7500586 | Hanger for headbands and elastic ponytail loops A hanger is adapted for retaining and hanging objects. The hanger includes a hook having first and second ends, a bead being attached to the second end. The hook defines an upper portion of the hanger. A lower hanger portion includes a spiral-shaped body having firs... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7481340 | Apparel accessory holder An apparel accessory holder is described. An elongated panel is suspended by a hook from a standard support rod. One side of the panel contains a series of hook and loop locking pads for securing heavy and bulky items such as handbags, while the opposite side contai... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7469805 | Boot hanger The present invention is directed to a boot hanger which includes a hook and at least two spaced apart support arms. Each support arm includes a first section having a first end rigidly attached to a base of the hook and a second end disposed distal from the hook. T... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7467737 | Garment hanger and method for using same A garment hanger for washing, drying and storing garments including a hanger body having a neck supporting portion and shoulder supporting portions extending outwardly from opposite sides of the neck supporting portion. The shoulder supporting portions have a width ... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7464842 | Universal lower neck sizer In a combination hanger and indicator tab, the hanger has a hook extending upward from a body, and forming an angle with the body, with a rib extending around the periphery of the hanger at least in part of the region of the intersection between the hook and the bod... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7464841 | Garment hanger A garment hanger comprising a body, a hook member and sizer attachment member. The body includes a central region, a first leg extending away from the central region and a second leg extending in a direction opposite to the first leg. Each of the first leg and the s... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7448520 | Display hanger for supporting a belt from a belt buckle In accordance with the present invention, the foregoing disadvantages of the prior art are addressed. In one aspect of the present invention, a hanger for supporting a belt buckle includes a flexible body having a top end, bottom end and prong portion therebetween. ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7441678 | Paper tie hanger A hanger for displaying a necktie includes a main panel made from a flexible sheet material. The panel includes a front portion and a rear portion. The top edge of the front portion is disposed against a fold portion and the two side edges of the front portion each ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7434711 | Garment hanger with pivoting jaw ends A garment hanger according to the invention is provided with at least one clamp comprised of a pair of jaw members. At least one of the jaw members has a pivoting jaw end. ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7404502 | Hanger assembly and a hanger formed of such an assembly A hanger assembly is disclosed as including a main body with a male portion, a hook joined at an upper portion of the body, and a hook receiving element adapted to engage with the male portion. A hanger is also disclosed as being formed of engagement of the body and... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404503 | Compact clothes hanger A compact clothes hanger having a straight member having a hooked end and an opposite end perpendicularly secured between a first end and a second end disposed opposite the first end of a horizontal top arm. A recessed area centrally disposed between the first end a... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7398902 | Anti-slip garment hanger An anti-slip hanger is made of a molded first type of plastic which is relatively hard and slippery. The first type of plastic is molded into a hanger having a plurality of recesses, each recess being provided with at least one throughbore. Plastic inserts are molde... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7392920 | Collar holding device A device for holding a collar of a garment on a hanger, blanks for manufacturing the collar holding device, methods of using the collar holding device in hanging a collared garment on a hanger, and the collar holding device in combination with a hanger and a hangere... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7389885 | Hanger with ratcheting sliding-jaw clamps A hanger is injection-molded in one piece from a suitable polymer. At each of a plurality of gripping locations, a stationary gripping member and a mobile gripping member are provided, each of which preferably terminate in inwardly directed article supporting finger... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387223 | Synthetic resin clip and hanger with synthetic resin clips In order to provide a synthetic resin clip and a hanger with synthetic resin clips that are high in safety and can yet be produced at low cost, a synthetic resin clip and synthetic resin clips to be provided on a hanger are arranged with engaging portions being form... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7380359 | Indicator block and support A hanger is provided with a web with an internally disposed tab for movement in the plane of the web between a first position and a second position. A size indicator that is mounted on the web has a pair of walls disposed on opposite sides of the web and a bridge th... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7377409 | Victorian eagle organizer An organizer for holding a variety of items in one location having a body with a hook shaped upper portion, for hanging the organizer on a support, and a neck portion. The neck portion having an aperture extending therethrough for receiving items, and a line extendi... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7374070 | Device for hanging and storing undergarments and method therefor A hanger for a bra has a body section in a shape of a female torso. The body section has a front surface having a neck and a pair of concave members located below the neck. The concave members being formed in a predetermined cup size for retaining a shape of a bra p... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7357281 | Clothes hanger with pants holding device A clothes hanger having a pants holding device for holding one or more pairs of pants, the hanger having a hook and an upper member of inverted V shape extending across the width of the hanger and having its center attached to the bottom of the hook. A bottom member... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350680 | Radiation garment holder and methods A radiation garment holder for mounting on a wall or other suitable surface. The holder has a central section with first and second clearance sections, first and second arms, and first and second shoulder support regions. The cantilevered clearance sections prevent ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347346 | Shirt shoulder shaping system A shirt shoulder shaping system for distributing weight of a shirt over a greater area to shape shoulders of the shirt and inhibit a clothes hanger from damaging the shirt includes a pair of arm assemblies being attached to a clothes hanger. The clothes hanger has a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341444 | Garment hanger and molding apparatus An injection molding apparatus 80 has a cavity 64 and core 65 co-operatively defining a void of inverted J-shape transverse cross-section for molding a garment hanger 10. A first leg 115, 127 of the J-shape cross-section forms a fr... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337932 | 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... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328821 | Collar holding device A device for holding a collar of a garment on a hanger, blanks for manufacturing the collar holding device methods of using the collar holding device in hanging a collared garment on a hanger, and the collar holding device in combination with a hanger and a hangered... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328822 | Clothes hanger with adjustable arms An extendable clothes hanger comprising a hook portion, opposed rigid side arms and opposed extension sleeves that are slidably mounted to the side arms and are movable between selected an extended mode and several selected extended modes. The extension sleeves can ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328880 | Stabilizing system for computer hardware Disclosed is a stabilizing system for a unit having a horizontal and vertical orientation, the chassis cover including at least one wall panel incorporating a recess and a stabilizer adapted to be located in the recess, where the recess is adapted so that in a retra... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320182 | Dehumidifying hanger A dehumidifying hanger includes a hanger frame having perforations formed therein, and a dehumidifying perforated crossbar formed as a hollow tube or pipe and transversely hung under the hanger frame, having desiccant or dehydrating agent filled in the perforated cr... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320419 | Hanger with roller beads The present invention 10 discloses a clothes hanger 12 having roller beads 14 mounted upon the hook portion 22 of the frame. The present invention 10 comprises a lower wire frame 23 which may take the conventional hanger sha... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318540 | Indicator for garment hanger A top indicating means for a hanger having a metal hook includes two mounting portions and an indicator. Each of the mounting portions includes a base defining a curved channel, engagement structure to couple the mounting portions together, and preferably alignment ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318293 | Binder clip sleeve A binder clip sleeve for securing indicia to a binder clip and a method of securing the indicia to the binder clip. The binder clip sleeve comprises three panels which generally conform to outer surfaces of the binder clip. Indicia may be displayed along one or more... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7311230 | Paper-made cloth hanger A hanger is made from non-pure paper pulp with any one or a combination of bamboo, olive palm fiber, hemp and coconut shell that is not usable to make paper. The hangers are made from a paper mold. The hangers further include a hook and a supporting portion, with se... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303101 | Top sizer clip for garment hanger A top sizer clip for use with a garment hanger includes a body having a pair of side walls and end walls joined to and extending between the side walls. An outer surface of each of the side walls has a concave shape and the body includes a top wall that is joined to... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7290686 | Clothes-Hanger A clothes-hanging apparatus is made of a wire formed into an upwardly extending hanger contiguous with a downwardly extending pair of sloping shoulders, the shoulders each contiguous with one of a pair of separate collinear horizontal legs, the horizontal legs termi... | 11/06/2007 |