Claims
- 1. In combination, a hanger for garments and other articles, and an indicator tab securable to said hanger for indicating information associated with the article;
- said hanger defining a hook for engaging a rail or other structure, said hook including a support for receiving said indicator and also including means for engaging said indicator; and
- said indicator being receivable on said support, said indicator including a substantially hollow four-sided body defining an open top, an open bottom, a generally parallel pair of opposed sides connecting said top and bottom, and a generally parallel pair of opposed ends connecting said sides, each of said sides having a generally planar and unapertured outer side surface for displaying the information and an inner side surface, at least one of said inner side surfaces including means for interlocking with said engaging means of said hanger hook to secure said indicator to said hook when said indicator is received on said support and each of said sides being configured and dimensioned to resiliently bow outwardly such that said indicator is engageable with or disengageable from said support by causing at least one of said sides to bow outwardly relative to said support.
- 2. The combination hanger and indicator as recited in claim 1, wherein said engaging means defines at least one boss projecting outwardly from at least one opposed side of said hook, and said means for interlocking with said engaging means comprises a retaining shelf projecting inwardly from said inner side surface of said indicator.
- 3. The combination hanger and indicator as recited in claim 1, wherein said inner side surfaces of said indicator each define at least one recess, where said recess on each of said inner side surfaces are disposed longitudinally with respect to each other along the length of the indicator in non-opposing relation.
- 4. The combination hanger and indicator recited in claim 1, wherein each of said planar outer side surfaces and each of said planar end surfaces include indicia bearing information.
- 5. The combination hanger and indicator as recited in claim 4, wherein said indicia is unitarily molded into said side surfaces and said end surfaces.
- 6. The combination hanger and indicator as recited in claim 4, wherein said indicia is printed on said side surfaces and said end surfaces.
- 7. The combination hanger and indicator as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of said outer side surfaces and said planar end surfaces includes indicia capable of being scanned by a bar code reader apparatus.
- 8. A combination hanger for garments and other articles, and an indicator securable to said hanger for indicating information associated with the articles;
- said hanger defining a hook for engaging a rail or other structure, said hook including a support for receiving said indicator and also including means for engaging said indicator, said means for engaging defining at least one boss projecting outwardly from at least one opposed side of said hook; and
- said indicator being receivable on said support, said indicator including a substantially hollow four-sided body defining an open top, an open bottom, a generally parallel pair of opposed sides connecting said top and bottom, and a generally parallel pair of opposed ends connecting said sides, each of said sides having a generally planar outer side surface and an inner side surface, at least one of said inner side surfaces defining at least one elongated recess including means for interlocking with said engaging means of said hanger hook to secure said indicator to said hook when said indicator is received on said support, said means for interlocking comprising a tapered retaining shelf associated with said recess and each of said sides being configured and dimensioned to resiliently bow outwardly such that said indicator is engageable with or disengageable from said support by causing at least one of said sides to bow outwardly relative to said support.
- 9. The combination hanger and indicator as recited in claim 8, wherein said recesses are disposed longitudinally with respect to each other along the length of the indicator.
- 10. The combination hanger and indicator as recited in claim 8, wherein each of said planar outer side surfaces and each of said planar end surfaces include indicia bearing information.
- 11. A combination hanger for garments and other articles, and an indicator securable to said hanger for indicating information associated with the articles;
- said hanger defining a hook for engaging a rail or other structure, said hook including a support for receiving said indicator and also including means for engaging defining at least one boss projecting outwardly from at least one opposed side of said support; and
- said indicator being receivable on said support, said indicator including a hollow four-sided body defining an open top, an open bottom, a generally parallel pair of opposed sides connecting said top and bottom, and a generally parallel pair of opposed ends connecting said sides, each of said sides having a generally planar outer side surface and an inner side surface, said inner side surfaces respectively defining at least one recess including means for interlocking with said engaging means of said hanger hook to secure said indicator to said hook when said indicator is received on said support, where said recesses defined in said inner side surfaces are disposed longitudinally along the length of the indicator with respect to each other and each of said sides being configured and dimensioned to resiliently bow outwardly such that said indicator is engageable with or disengageable from said support by causing at least one of said sides to bow outwardly relative to said support.
- 12. A combination hanger for garments and other articles, and an indicator securable to said hanger for indicating information associated with the articles;
- said indicator including a substantially hollow four-sided body defining an open top, an open bottom, a generally parallel pair of opposed sides connecting said top and bottom, and a generally parallel pair of opposed ends connecting said sides, each of said sides having a generally planar outer side surface and an inner side surface, at least one of said inner side surfaces defining means for engaging said hanger; and
- said hanger defining a hook for engaging a rail or other structure, said hook including a support for receiving said indicator and also including means for retaining said indicator, said retaining means for interlocking with said engaging means of said indicator to secure said indicator to said hook when said indicator is received on said support and each of said sides of said indicator being configured and dimensioned to resiliently bow outwardly such that said indicator is engageable with or disengageable from said support by causing at least one of said sides to bow outwardly relative to said support.
- 13. The combination hanger and indicator as recited in claim 12, wherein said retaining means of said hanger comprises at least one recess defined in said hook and includes means for interlocking with said engaging means of said indicator.
- 14. The combination hanger and indicator as recited in claim 13, wherein said means for interlocking comprises a tapered shelf associated with said recess defined in said hook.
- 15. The combination hanger and indicator as recited in claim 12, wherein said retaining means of said hanger are longitudinally disposed on opposite sides of said hook in non-opposing relation along the length of said hook, and said engaging means of said indicator are longitudinally disposed in non-opposing relation along the length of said indicator in correspondence to said retaining means.
- 16. The combination hanger and indicator as recited in claim 12, wherein said engaging means comprises at least one boss projecting inwardly from said inner side surface of at least one of said sides of said indicator for securing said indicator to said hanger.
Parent Case Info
This Application is a Continuation-In-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/238,176, now abandoned filed on May 4, 1994, which is a Continuation-In-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/130,623, filed on Oct. 1, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,377,884.
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