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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8061569 | Clip and hanger with the same A clip for clamping an object (25) has a clip body (5) where a pair of clip members (1, 2) are pivotally connected to each other, clamping force increasing members (6, 7) for increasing a clamping force of the clip body; and fixing means ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8033434 | Pants hanger A hanger includes a standard hook having a contoured shoulder section extending downward therefrom. A first, continuous and fixed shoulder terminates proximate to a flexible lower bar. The second shoulder terminates at a fixed, upper portion, but it remains connecte... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8016170 | Garment hanger having single handed locking device and method therefor A garment hanger has a pair of clamping members. Each clamping member comprises a pair of planer end sections and a central curved section attached to the pair of planer end members. The pair of end sections of a first clamping member will touch a corresponding pair... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7896204 | Multiple clip wraparound hanger The present invention is a multiple clip wraparound garment hanger with a body having a first arm and a second arm extending laterally outward in opposing directions to a first end and a second end, and a hook extending upward from the body for suspending the garmen... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7861901 | Pants hanger system A pants hanging system with a vertically disposed hanger strip, a plurality of elongate hanger receiving members and a plurality elongate semi rigid pants hanging members. The hanger receiving members are attached to the hanger strip in an equal spacing one above th... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7815080 | Releasably lockable pinch grip hanger A hanger includes at least one pinch-grip attached to the hanger for receiving an article for hanging. The pinch-grip includes first and second components extending substantially vertically from the hanger and cooperatively defining a pivot axis, each of the compone... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7757909 | Garment hanger A garment hanger for lingerie. The hanger includes a hook, an elongate body suspended below the hook and engaging members at the ends of the body. Each engaging member includes a one first leg flexibly connected at one end to the body and at the other end to a secon... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7665640 | Synthetic resin clip and hanger comprising synthetic resin clip A very safe synthetic resin clip is composed of a pair of synthetic resin clip members, and a hanger includes two synthetic resin clips. Each synthetic resin clip member has at least one bracket bearing portion projecting inwardly from an interior portion on a rear ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7556180 | Garment hanger having clamp assemblies A garment hanger comprising a body, a hook member and a first and second clamp assembly. The body includes a beam member, a first end and a second end. The beam member has an upper flange and a lower flange spaced apart from the upper flange. Additionally, a first w... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7537142 | Pinch clip garment hanger with modular friction pads Disclosed herein is a pinch clip garment hanger. The pinch clip garment hanger includes a first jaw member, and a second jaw member pivotally secured to the first jaw member. At least one jaw member includes a friction pad, a receiving portion that houses the fricti... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7506785 | Garment hanger having clamp assemblies A garment hanger comprising a body, a hook member and a first and second clamp assembly. The body includes a beam member, a first end and a second end. The beam member has an upper flange and a lower flange spaced apart from the upper flange. Additionally, a first w... | 03/24/2009 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7360286 | Clip for hanging skirt A clip for hanging a skirt that can be attached to an existing hanger. The distance between clips can be freely adjusted to hang, skirts from small children's to large adult sizes without causing creases. The clip neither damages cloth of a skirt nor leaves marks on... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356889 | Child-safe fastening device A child-safe fastening device comprises a clip, one or more than one padded layer covering one or more surfaces of the clip, and one or more than one cover layer secured to the padded layer. The clip, the padded layer, and the cover layer form a plush device. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7334539 | Parrot decorative tower An improved parrot decorative tower provides higher possibility and convenience to expose the beauty of the exotic birds keeping birds safety and living space sanitary conditions. An improved parrot decorative tower includes a mobile portion and an attachable portio... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7299957 | Clamp-type article hanger An article hanger including a body having at least one clamp. The clamp has first and second jaw members with opposed first and second gripping pads, respectively. The first gripping pad includes a first gripping surface that has a relief structure formed by project... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290687 | Garment hanger and clamps A garment hanger having two clamps respectively provided on two ends thereof, each clamp includes a first jaw and a second jaw adapted to closing to each other for clamping; wherein the first jaw has on its inner surface thereof an elliptical protrusion, and the sec... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7287674 | Garment hanger system with size indicator A garment hanger system including a hook member, a hanger body and an information indicator mounted on the hanger body. The hanger body includes a reinforcing rib section disposed adjacent a mounting structure that receives the hook member. The information indicator... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7267252 | Corrugated clothes hanger structure An improved clothes hanger is biodegradable, disposable, and non-metallic. It is adapted to be usable in a prison, commercial airplane, or other weapons-free environment. The improved clothes hanger is provided by construction entirely of folded corrugated paper wit... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258257 | Garment hanger A garment hanger adapted for hooking over a clothes rail. The garment hanger having a hanger frame for supporting a garment, a hanger support hook adjacent an apex of the frame, and a handle portion depending downwards from an end of the frame. The frame being gener... | 08/21/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7249698 | Garment hangers with improved gripping pads and improved methods of manufacture A clamp style garment hanger includes a cross-bar, a hook extending up from the center of the cross-bar, a pair of clamp assemblies in spaced apart relationship depending from the cross-bar, and a pair of gripping pads, one for each clamp assembly. The clamp assembl... | 07/31/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7237701 | Hanger beam construction A garment hanger comprising pinch grip clips has a unique molded beam design for added strength and stability. The cross-section of the hanger beam comprises an “S”-shaped design extending along the beam between the pinch grip clips. The “S”-shaped construct... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7237700 | Hangers for clothing and other items A mechanism for hanging garments and other items which comprises a plurality of substantially horizontally disposed rods which define between them slots for removably receiving clothing articles and the like. Each slot has extending therefrom a plurality of fibers w... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7228995 | Clothing hanger adapted for personal use The subject invention is a single purpose clothes hanger apparatus and structure having text messaging appendages extending laterally outwardly from the upper neck portion of the hanger. At least one additional horizontal bar from which additional articles of clothi... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7216786 | Non-slip garment hanger attachment A non-slip resilient unitary attachment designed for use on a standard wire hanger. The attachment is shaped or molded with a non-uniform diameter of a resilient rubber or foam rubber or similar material that will deform temporarily to lend itself to better retentio... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213729 | Garment hanger A garment hanger having a frame, wherein a polymeric sheath defining a garment contacting surface is located over a portion of the frame. The polymeric sheath can be of a cellular structure. A further garment hanger includes an overchannel sized to increase the garm... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7195490 | Behavior modification system A tool for and a method of communication that teaches children how to ask a person a question when the person is busy. Children learn to use any one of three tools that enable them to silently communicate a question without interrupting the person. The tools consist... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191922 | Hanger with non-slip pads A hanger has a body, a hook extending therefrom, and at least one clamp coupled thereto. The clamp includes a pair of opposing jaw members that are provided with slots extending through peripheral walls of the jaw member, and a gripping pad having T-shaped lateral e... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188755 | Combination method of a modularized clamp structure A combination method of a modularized clamp structure, wherein mainly, two clamping portions of two clamps on the two ends of a suit hanger are provided thereon with two engaging channels, each engaging channel has therein a first positioning portion; two slide bloc... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7156271 | Garment hanger end-clip having a stop member and method of manufacture An end-clip for a garment hanger includes a bar having an end, and a connecting part with a first end and a second end. The connecting part is joined at the first end to and extends from the end of the bar. An arm is joined to the second end of the connecting part s... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152768 | Hanger having a locking bar A hanger having a first hook portion extending above a central body portion has at least one arm extending laterally outward from the central body portion to a first distal end. At least one locking bar has a first end and is secured along the first arm extending ad... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150381 | Garment hanger with non-slip pads A garment hanger, according to one exemplary embodiment, includes a cross-bar having first and second ends and a hook member coupled to the cross-bar to permit hanging of the garment hanger. A first clamp assembly is disposed at the first end of the cross bar and a ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7124919 | Clamp-type garment hanger A garment hanger includes a crossbar member, a hook member coupled to the crossbar member, and three clamp members coupled to the crossbar member. One of the three clamp members is disposed in a central region of the crossbar member. Two of the three clamp members a... | 10/24/2006 |
