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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7823758 | Folding hanger for at least one watersport garment A vee shaped open-armed folding hanger (10) for an improved method of drying and storing watersport garments (20, 22, & 25). Current hangers support all the weight of the garments on the shoulders or shoulder straps causing damage to the garment... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7784654 | Collapsible travel hanger A collapsible clothes hanger particularly for use while traveling comprises upper and lower segments of a triangular-shaped hanger hingedly attached thereto each other with a hinge. This hinge allows the hanger to fold in half to a collapsed state. Because the hange... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7743954 | Retractable clothes hanger A clothes hanger includes a hanging rod and a linkage mechanism. The hanging rod includes a hanging unit and a guiding rod with its upper end connected to the hanging unit. The linkage mechanism includes a sliding unit, a first linkage arm, and a second linkage arm.... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7455202 | Hanger body for clothing and hanger furnished with the hanger body A hanger body 10 is provided with a body section 20, a pair of stick type extension members 30, which is embedded in the body section 20 in such a manner that the respective ends of the stick type extension members 30 extend from t... | 11/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7270252 | Garment hanger A garment hanger has a body 1 with a longitudinal axis. A movable first arm 2 is slidably mounted on the body for free movement with respect to the body substantially along the longitudinal axis. A constant or decreasing force spring 4 applies a... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7249697 | Garment hanger with central support rib An easily and inexpensively manufactured garment hanger of increased strength and durability. The garment hanger comprises a suspension hook secured to a support rib provided at a central hook region of the hanger. Incorporating the support rib through the central h... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7249699 | Collapsible garment hanger with quick-release lever The present invention is an apparel apparatus that is especially useful for hanging narrow or small necked shirts and sweaters. It is a collapsible garment hanger, or clothing hanger, that has moving parts. There are two hanger arms that rotate about pins on a hange... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246729 | Gravity actuated collapsible garment hanger A collapsible garment hanger including a hook element attached to a fixed arm, a sliding arm with a longitudinally oriented slot, a crosspiece extending through the slot, attaching the sliding arm slidably to the fixed arm. When the distal end of the fixed arm tilts... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243823 | Collapsible garment hanger with quick-release lever The present invention is an apparel apparatus that is especially useful for hanging narrow or small necked shirts and sweaters. It is a collapsible garment hanger, or clothing hanger, that has moving parts. There are two hanger arms that rotate about pins on a hange... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7237702 | Folding garment hanger A garment hanger that folds around a point or series of points near the hook of the hanger, and is adapted to automatically extend to its original unfolded position upon release is disclosed. More specifically, an improved hanger, also referred to as a suspension de... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7222761 | Hanger apparatus A hanger apparatus for allowing garments of various sizes to be hung up with out being stretched. The hanger apparatus includes a hook member being designed for selectively engaging a hanging member whereby the hook member is suspended from the hanging member. A pai... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7201298 | Garment hanger A garment hanger includes a hook portion, a neck portion connected to a base end of the hook portion, a pair of shoulder-supporting portions molded integrally with the neck portion and extend from both sides of the neck portion, a shoulder pad connected to each of t... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7185795 | Collapsible hanger for suspending clothes and other items A collapsible hanger for suspending clothing and other items includes: a pin; a suspension member mounted on the pin; and first, second, and third hanger arms. The ends of the first hanger arm are pivotally joined to the pin and the second hanger arm. The ends of th... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7178706 | Heavy-duty garment hanger The heavy-duty garment hanger is a hanger of hollow stainless steel construction, which can hold heavy articles of clothing. The hanger is made from hollow filamentous tubing shaped into an upwardly projecting hook adapted to engage a structure allowing the hanger t... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172102 | Collapsible clothes hanger A collapsible garment hanger includes a central support member comprising a supporting hook, a pair of elongate upper members pivotally connected to and extending in opposite directions from the central support member and a lower member pivotally connected between t... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7165689 | Rack and organizer A storage apparatus is disclosed having a central post capable of rotating and having a plurality of extensions pivotably attached thereto for receiving items. The extensions may pivot between a position for displaying, selecting, or attaching items and a position f... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7147116 | Portable drying assembly A compact, portable device for hanging clothes and the like in locations where ordinary drying facilities are not conveniently available. Rigid wires hinged inside a hub and radiating around the hub like the ribs of an inverted umbrella assume a horizontal position ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7134561 | Systems, devices and methods for clothing organization Systems, devices and methods for clothing organization include a first member, including a first hanger positioning portion, connectable to a second member. The two members may be movable between a first relative position and a second relative position, such as for ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7128248 | Coat hanger structure with hook having a variable-height Clothes hanger structure comprising two arms, designed to provide a support for a garment, and a hook provided with a stem fixed at the center line of the hanger. The stem is provided with a portion that can engage to a variable depth in a seat provided at the centr... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7124920 | Hanger attachment The patent is for certain developments in hanger technology. Particularly attachments to provide broader shoulder supports for wood wire and plastic hangers and combinations thereof. ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7097081 | Coat hanger structure with variable width Adjustable clothes hanger structure (10, 40) comprising an upper hanging hook (12, 42) fixed to its centre point (14, 44), two symmetrical side arms (16,16′; 46,46′) extending from said centre point (14, 44) and movable means (... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7077300 | Adjustable clothes hanger An adjustable clothes hanger includes a shaft and a plurality of arms slidably positionable therealong. Such a plurality of arms include core sections provided with grooves for receiving the shaft therethrough, respectively. The grooves extend along a length of the ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7036670 | Cloth drying apparatus A garment drying apparatus (200) is provided having a frame (201), a porous net (204), an adjustable width garment hanger (202) and a hook (203) to support said adjustable width garment hanger; slip proof pads (205,206) are ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7036695 | Garment hanger A garment hanger is provided for supporting socks or other garments on a conventional display panel having extending display rods. The garment hanger has a planar configuration before folding and includes first and second supports which are spaced by a thin, flexibl... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7025309 | Line hanger A line hanger for securing lines, such as transmission, pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical and other types of lines, to a support structure and a method of mounting and supporting one or more lines from a support structure. The line hanger includes an attachment suppo... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6964360 | Adjustable clothes hanger A clothes hanger is provided. The clothes hanger includes a first main arm connected with a second main arm. Each main arm forms an adjustment element and a primary track. The clothes hanger also includes first and second adjustable arms each movably and pivotally c... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6962261 | System for frontal display of objects In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a hanger comprises a main body disposed in a first plane and a swivel hook coupled to the main body such that the main body and the hook maintain a desired planar relationship with each other. ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6722538 | Adjustable clothes hanger An adjustable clothing hanger is a clothes hanger that is adjustable in size. Each side of the hanger has an adjustment mechanism, thus allowing for a variable width. The adjustment mechanism consists of a series of spring loaded pushbuttons (or snap fasteners) on a... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6688503 | Adjustable garment hanger An adjustable garment hanger is provided which includes a body, a pair of fixed arms extending from the body, such that an upper end of each fixed arm includes a guide rail, and a mid-section of each fixed arm includes an indexing track. The adjustable ga... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6675997 | Garment hanger A garment hanger which is suitable for packaging and merchandising intimate apparel such as ladies panties. The garment hanger is formed as one integrally molded plastic piece which includes a main body about which the apparel is folded by a pair of folda... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6672491 | Garment hanger The garment hanger has first and second shoulder bars and has first and second telescoping arms thereon which permit shoulder width adjustment of the garment hanger for proper support of garments having different shoulder width. In one configuration, the ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6644520 | Adjustable garment hanger An adjustable garment hanger (100) is disclosed having movable arms (103, 107) which move laterally from a medial portion (105). The movable arms move as a result of engagement between a pair of linkage tongues (104, 106) and a medially positioned adjustm... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6540121 | Collapsible garment hanger A collapsible garment hanger including a hook, first and second supporting arms, at least one spring element, and in some versions, a base. The first and second supporting arms are each connected to the hanger by means of integrally molded hinges. Each sp... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6457615 | Garment hanger Embodiments of garment hangers are disclosed to have a configurable secondary attachment hooks (320) and an adjustment knob (311). The secondary attachment hook stays within the thickness region of the garment hanger in a storage mode and protruded to rec... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6431419 | Suit hangers A suit hanger includes a hook having a straight portion and a frame connected to the hook. The frame has an articulating section in a middle thereof, thereby allowing the frame to be folded at the articulating section along a pivotal axis that is at an an... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6409058 | Adjustable garment hanger An adjustable garment hanger (100) is disclosed having movable arms (107) which move laterally from a medial portion (102). The movable arms move as a result of engagement between a pair of linkage tongues (110, 125) and a medially positioned adjustment m... | 06/25/2002 |
