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Hook socket for ganging hangers

US4871098A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 23, 1988
Grant dateOct 3, 1989
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Expiry dateMay 23, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47G25/183
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A garment hanger having a molded plastic body supported from above by a hook at its center has a dependent loop vertically aligned with the hook. The legs forming the loop are joined at their lower ends and are offset from each other in a normal to the face of the hanger whereby the hook of a second hanger can be passed through the loop and support the second hanger while confined between and parallel to the front and back faces of the hanger body supporting it.

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