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Trolley and bag assembly for transporting hanger-hung garments

US5697508A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 24, 1996
Grant dateDec 16, 1997
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Expiry dateJul 24, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G2201/0229
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A trolley and bag assembly adapted to transport hanger-hung garments on overhead rails from an initial point to other points, the bag protectively shrouding the transported garments. The trolley includes a pair of rolling sheaves that ride on the rails and a spaced pair of side arms depending from the sheaves to support a horizontal load bar onto which is hooked a set of hanger-hung garments. Bridging the side arms is a retractable hold-down bar which when raised above the load bar then permits the hangers to be hooked onto the load bar, and when lowered then clamps the hooks of the hangers so that the garments cannot be dislodged from the trolley.

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