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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8087555 | Garment organizer A garment organizer includes a plurality of garment holders configured and adapted to hold an garment, and a connection element connecting the plurality of garment holders, facilitating viewing of individual garments. A method of organizing garments, includes the st... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8028868 | Garment arrangement system Embodiment of the invention provide a garment support system, which may include a garment hanger and a garment bar physically unconnected to the hanger that can attach to the bottom of a garment supported by the hanger. The garment bar may include one or more clips ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7997464 | Bootyhook sporting goods hanger A bootie hanger including an upstanding stem formed at its upper extremity with a hook, a grid work carried from the bottom of the stem and formed with a pair of bootie posts projecting upwardly directly from the opposite side of the stem and formed by elongated ank... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7938300 | Nestable hanger with integrated cascade hook A hanger is disclosed having a hanger supporting means in the form of a cascade hook for supporting additional hangers therefrom, wherein the cascade hook may be inserted through a rear aperture of a like hanger to facilitate the nesting of one hanger with the other... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7922047 | Garment hanger with lower neck straddle sizer In a combination of an intimate apparel hanger and an indicator for displaying garment-related information, the indicator is mounted to a lower neck region of the hanger where the hanger hook intersects the hanger body. The hanger has a flange, having a sloped surfa... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7905376 | Snap in lower neck indicator A combination hanger and indicator is disclosed. The hanger has a body and a hook extending upward from the body. The body includes a recess in a top surface thereof. The indicator has a top opening and a pair of opposite side walls connected by a pair of opposite e... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7886945 | Garment hanger A garment hanger comprises a header card and a clamp, the header card being preferably “free-floating” relative to the clamp to give a prospective purchaser a sense that the clamp is attached more to the garment than to the header card and that the card is thus ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7878379 | Clothing hanger A clothes hanging device in the form of an arcuate hook with a ball at one end thereof. The ball is sufficient in diameter and texture such that clothing draped upon it will remain in place and will not be deformed in shape. ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7874468 | Sizer for a garment hanger and garment hanger having a sizer A sizer for a garment hanger configured to extend over a garment hanger comprising a body. The body has an outer surface and an inner surface, and defines a cavity with an upper opening and a lower opening. The body further having a central region with a first wall ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7841495 | Indicators for wire hook hangers A metal wire hanger hook and indicator in combination, the metal wire hook having a curved top portion and a fixture secured to the metal wire hook, the fixture having a web for displaying indicia, the web including at least one abutment for engaging the indicator, ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7832602 | Crown sizer for metal hook hanger A crown sizer for a metal hook hanger. The hanger includes a hook-receiving post having a pair of opposing projections extending outwardly therefrom. The sizer is mounted about the post, and includes a body formed of first and second pairs of opposing sidewalls. Eac... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7775410 | Boot holding devices A hanger includes first and second holding members, for reversibly grasping a pair of boots, which members are spaced apart from one another along a first axis and along a second axis, the first being approximately orthogonal to the second, and both the first and se... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7766198 | Sizer for a hanger The crown sizer is mounted over the hook of a hanger and is positioned coaxially about a post that extends from the body of the hanger. The crown sizer is provided internally with one or more elastic protrusions which, in an operational stage, engage in the post of ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7748581 | Three-dimensional collar shape retaining hanger A three-dimensional collar shape retaining hanger prevents collars of a plurality of garments from being crushed and is capable of being stacked in a large number. The hanger has a hook portion and a hanger body. Between the hook portion and the hanger body, a conne... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7717308 | Indicator and garment hanger In one aspect of the present invention, a top sizer is provided for use in combination with a garment hanger having a body and a hook member. The top sizer has a hollow body having an open bottom, a pair of side walls and a convex top wall that extends between the s... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7708174 | Top sizer for garment hanger A top sizing system for a garment hanger. The system includes a sizer seat secured to an upper portion of the hook of the hanger. The seat includes a ledge and a tab extending substantially perpendicular therefrom. The tab includes at least one guide slot. The syste... | 05/04/2010 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
