Claims
- 1. A one-piece hanger fabricated from a plastic material for gripping and hanging a garment permitting it to hang freely comprising gripper means, spring-biased yoke means, gripper separating means, and hanger suspending means:
- a. said spring-biasing yoke means having a spring action property and a generally arcuate form extending horizontally;
- b. gripper means and gripper separating means disposed at opposite ends of said yoke means;
- c. each of said gripper separating means comprising a pair of arm members angled downwardly towards each other, each arm member connected at an intermediate portion thereof to the side of said yoke means;
- d. said gripper means comprising horizontally-extending gripper members connected to and coextensive with the lower end of each of said arm members; each of said gripper members having an inwardly disposed vertical gripping surface comprising a planar dimensional area having frictional gripping means; both of said gripping surfaces being normally spring-biased by said yoke means in a parallel, closed, contacting position;
- e. said suspending means extending upwardly and connected to an upper medial portion of said yoke means for suspending said hanger;
- whereby said gripper means at each end can be easily separated by squeezing respective arm members towards each other to thereby enable a garment to be inserted and frictionally held between said gripper members at each end of said hanger upon release of said arm members.
- 2. The hanger of claim 1 wherein said gripping surfaces comprise parallel horizontal ridges.
- 3. The hanger of claim 1 wherein said gripping surfaces comprise a grid pattern of a plurality of small protuberances.
- 4. The hanger of claim 1 wherein said gripping surfaces comprise velcro material.
- 5. The hanger of claim 1 wherein said arcuate yoke means comprises a longitudinal thin medial portion.
- 6. The hanger of claim 1 wherein said components thereof are fabricated from a plastic material selected from the group consisting of polyvinylchloride, polystyrene, polyethylene, polypropylene, acrylonitrial-butadiene-styrene, filler reinforced plastics, and fibrous reinforced plastics.
- 7. The hanger of claim 1 wherein said hanger suspending means comprises hook means.
- 8. The hanger of claim 7 wherein said suspending means comprises ring means.
- 9. The hange of claim 7 wherein said suspending means comprises knob means adapted to be engaged in track means.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of copending application Ser. No. 401,292 filed Sept. 27, 1973 now U.S. Pat. No. 3,923,213.
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