Garment anti-theft device
US5160048A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 30, 1991 |
| Grant date | Nov 3, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 30, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T70/5013
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A garment anti-theft device for captively receiving at least one clothes hanger of the type having a hook with a free distal end for receiving a support arm of a garment rack to suspend the hanger therefrom. The garment anti-theft device includes a body having at least one opening therein of a size large enough to receive a free distal end of a hook of a hanger introduced by movement of the hanger free end in a first direction into the opening. A cover is attached to the body for movement selectively between an open position and a securing position. The cover, in its position, allows the free distal end of the hanger to be directed in a first direction into the body opening so that the hanger is supported in an operative position on at least one of the support arm on a clothes rack and the body and out of the opening by movement of the free distal end of the hanger oppositely to the first direction. The cover, in its securing position, locks a hanger in an operative position, preventing the free distal end of the hanger from being moved oppositely to the first direction out of the body opening. A lock is provided for locking the cover in its securing position. The cover is of a siz…
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