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The present invention relates generally to the field of clothing hangers. More specifically, the invention is a clothing hanger with a more curved profile without forming unsightly bumps in the hanging clothes.
Many people hang their clothes to store them, often on plastic or wire hangers in a closet or wardrobe. If a shirt, sweater, dress, or other garment is stored on a hanger, the fabric can be come stretched, creating unsightly bumps that still show up when the garment is worn. The only way to remove them is to iron the garment prior to wearing, which is a time consuming process, and requires the wearer to have access to an iron and a surface which can withstand ironing.
Ideally, an improved hanger should provide a way of hanging garments that doesn't create unsightly bumps in the fabric and, yet would operate reliably and be manufactured at a modest expense. Thus, a need exists for a reliable improved hanger to avoid the above-mentioned problems.
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known clothes hanger art, the present invention provides a novel clothes hanger. The general purpose of the present invention, as will be described subsequently in greater detail is to provide a clothes hanger that will not leave unsightly bumps in the garment's fabric that need to be ironed out before they can be worn.
The presently claimed invention provides users with a hanger having a more curved profile, capable of accommodating any type of garment without worry of unsightly bumps forming. This allows t-shirts, polo shirts, damp clothing, long sleeve knits, etc., to be hung for a considerable period of time without creating unsightly bumps in the shoulder area that have to be ironed out before wearing.
The present invention holds significant improvements and serves as an improved clothes hanger. For purposes of summarizing the invention, certain aspects, advantages, and novel features of the invention have been described herein. It is to be understood that not necessarily all such advantages may be achieved in accordance with any one particular embodiment of the invention. Thus, the invention may be embodied or carried out in a manner that achieves or optimizes one advantage or group of advantages as taught herein without necessarily achieving other advantages as may be taught or suggested herein. The features of the invention that are believed to be novel are particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following drawings and detailed description.
The figures that accompany the written portion of this specification illustrate embodiments and method(s) of use for the present invention, an improved clothes hanger, constructed and operative according to the teachings of the present invention.
The various embodiments of the present invention will hereinafter be described in conjunction with the appended drawings, wherein like designations denote like elements.
As discussed above, embodiments of the present invention relate to an improved clothes hanger and more particularly to a clothes hanger with specially curved ends as used to better reproduce the slope of a human shoulder in order to reduce the stretching of the garment's fabric while being hung, thereby reducing the unsightly bumps created by a standard hanger.
Generally speaking, the improved clothes hanger, as presently claimed, is a novel garment hanger with a unique curved profile that better accommodates the natural shape of a garment in order to prevent unsightly bumps from being formed in the fabric of the garment due to the fabric being stretched while hanging. Such stretching can, over time, cause permanent damage to the fabric fibers, in addition to the shorter term damage of unsightly bumps requiring ironing to repair. The improved clothes hanger, as presently claimed, allows garments to be stored on the improved clothes hanger for a longer period of time without fear of stretching. The improved clothes hanger is manufactured of a single molded piece of plastic material, or other suitable, moldable, inexpensive material that will support the weight of a garment.
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Each of the rounded ends 4a, 4b has a support piece 6a, 6b that provides additional stability around the end curve. The hanger 1 also has a hook support piece 7 at the point where the hook 2 meets the convex top portion 3. The hook 2 has a rounded tip 8 at the open end to ensure a garment 9 is not snagged or torn by the hook when a user is pulling the garment 9 on or off the hanger 1. The hanger 1 also has an arm connection support piece 10 at the top portion 3 where the two arms of the hanger meet the hook 2. All of the support pieces 6a, 6b, 7, 10 are formed of sheets of the same plastic as the rest of the hanger 1, and are thinner than the diameter of the rest of the hanger.
The hanger 1 is preferably 16.5 inches wide, from a first rounded end 4a to a second rounded end 4b, and 9 inches tall over all, from the lowest point of the rounded ends 4a, 4b to the top of the curve of the hook 2. More preferably, the hanger 1 is 8.8 inches tall over all, from the lowest point of the rounded ends 4a, 4b to the top of the curve of the hook 2.
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The embodiments of the invention described herein are exemplary and numerous modifications, variations and rearrangements can be readily envisioned to achieve substantially equivalent results, all of which are intended to be embraced within the spirit and scope of the invention. Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientist, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application.
The present application is related to and claims priority from prior provisional application Ser. No. 62/877,630, filed Jul. 23, 2019, the entire application of which is incorporated herein by reference.
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62877630 | Jul 2019 | US |