Claims
- 1. (Original) A garment hanger, comprising:
an elongated body; first and second retaining clips positioned along the body, each of the retaining clips having a first leg with an upper end and a lower end and a second leg with an upper end and a lower end, the lower ends of the legs having gripping portions, a biasing mechanism is arranged to bias the gripping portions toward one another; and at least one soft pad attached to each of the gripping portions of the legs so that the soft pads face one another.
- 2. (Original) The garment hanger of claim 1, in which the at least one soft pad has a rounded edge portion.
- 3. (Original) The garment hanger of claim 2, in which the rounded edge portion has a tip portion, and the tip portions touch one another when the soft pads face each other.
- 4. (Original) The garment hanger of claim 1, wherein the pads are mounted to the gripping portions of the legs by an adhesive.
- 5. (Original) The garment hanger of claim 1, wherein the pads are integrally molded with the gripping portions of the legs.
- 6. (Original) The garment hanger of claim 1, wherein the pads are made of a tacky material.
- 7. (Original) The garment hanger of claim 1, wherein the pads are made of rubber.
- 8. (Original) The garment hanger of claim 1, wherein the pads are made of an elastomeric polymer.
- 9. (Original) A pinch-grip hanger comprising:
an elongated body; first and second pinch-grips positioned along the body, each of the pinch-grips being comprised of: a first leg having an upper and a lower end; a second leg having an upper and a lower end, the first and second legs being in opposed front-to-back relationship; gripping portions at the lower ends of the first and second legs; a biasing mechanism that applies a force near the first ends of the first and second legs to bias the gripping portions thereof toward each other; the upper ends of the legs being movable toward each other about a pivot axis to separate the gripping portions, and thereby to open the pinch-grip; and soft pads attached to the gripping portions of the legs so that the soft pads face one another.
- 10. (Original) The pinch-grip hanger of claim 9, wherein each of the gripping portions include:
a single gripping tooth elongated in the direction of the pivot axis, and extending toward the tooth on the other gripping portion with the tips thereof substantially in contact when the pinch-grip is closed and an item is not being held by the hanger, the pads being mounted on the tips, substantially flat upper surfaces on each tooth that together define a lower end of the gripping area between the gripping portions; and an outwardly tapering end portion having a substantially smooth surface extending downward below the teeth.
- 11. (Original) A garment hanger, comprising:
an elongated body; first and second retaining clips positioned along the body, each of the retaining clips having a first leg with a lower end and a second leg with a lower end, a biasing mechanism is arranged to apply a force near the lower ends of the legs to bias the lower ends toward one another; and soft pads attached to the lower ends of the legs so that the soft pads face one another.
- 12. (Original) A garment hanger, comprising:
a body; at least one retaining clip having a gripping portion to secure an item thereon; and at least one soft pad attached to the gripping portion.
- 13. (Original) The garment hanger of claim 12, in which the gripping portion has at least two soft pads that face each other.
- 14. (Original) The garment hanger of claim 12, in which the at least two soft pads each have a rounded edge portion.
- 15. (Original) The garment hanger of claim 14, in which the rounded edge portions have an apex portion, and the apex portions touch one another when the soft pads face each other.
- 16. (Original) The garment hanger of claim 12, wherein the pads are mounted to the gripping portions of the legs by an adhesive.
- 17. (Original) The garment hanger of claim 12, wherein the pads are integrally molded with the gripping portions of the legs.
- 18. (Original) The garment hanger of claim 12, wherein the pads are made of a tacky material.
- 19. (Original) The garment hanger of claim 12, wherein the pads are made of rubber.
- 20. (Original) The garment hanger of claim 12, wherein the pads are made of an elastomeric polymer.
- 21. (Original) The garment hanger of claim 15, wherein the hanger includes a biasing mechanism to bias the two soft pads towards each other.
- 22. (Original) The garment hanger of claim 21, wherein the size of the apex portions increase as the force of the biasing mechanism increases.
- 23. (Original) The garment hanger of claim 22, in which the soft pads receive the item therebetween.
- 24. (Original) The garment hanger of claim 23, in which the item is a garment, and the soft pads at least partly take on the shape of the portion of the garment in contact with the pads.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is based on and claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/425,345 filed Nov. 8, 2002 entitled HANGER WITH SOFT PAD, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference and to which a claim of priority is hereby made.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60425345 |
Nov 2002 |
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