Patent · US Expired

Hanger for apparel

US5881931A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 25, 1997
Grant dateMar 16, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 25, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S223/01
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An apparel hanger has an inverted V-shaped, flat shoulder bar to its apex of which a hook is mounted. The hook also has an inverted V-shaped, flat hook bar located above the flat shoulder bar. The shoulder bar has a spine from which rows of rib supports laterally project over which neckties may be draped. The spacing between some of the rib supports is of a size to hold two lengths of doubled over belts with the belt bights supported thereabove.

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