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Adjustable clothes hanger

Patent 8028869 Issued on October 4, 2011. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject November 7, 2028. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Application

No. 12289972 filed on 11/07/2008

US Classes:

223/94Foldable or telescopic

Examiners

Primary: Welch, Gary L
Assistant: Durham, Nathan

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 2278540 GB 12/01/1994
  • 2003-251097 JP 09/01/2003

International Class

A41D 27/22

Abstract

The adjustable clothes hanger has adjustable sleeve upper stays, sleeve lower stays, and torso side stays. These components adjust to spread the sleeves and torso of a shirt on the hanger to hold the fabric in a smooth, lightly stretched condition to optimize drying and preclude wrinkling. The hanger has opposed sleeve upper stays, which adjust along the underlying frame of the hanger. The outer portions of the sleeve upper stays extend to support the shirtsleeve upper edges. Torso side stays extend downwardly from the horizontal crossmember of the hanger, and adjust to hold the sides of the shirt apart and to hold the torso fabric in a smooth and unwrinkled condition during drying. Pivotal or fixed sleeve lower stays may extend from the upper portions of the torso side stays, or may extend adjustably from the outer ends of the adjustable sleeve upper stays.

Other References

  • Website, http://www.improvementscatalog.com/home/improvements/792912101-expandable-hangers.html, expandable hangers, one sheet printed from the internet on Aug. 5, 2007.
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