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EP0133791B1
EP0133791B1 EP19840305194 EP84305194A EP0133791B1 EP 0133791 B1 EP0133791 B1 EP 0133791B1 EP 19840305194 EP19840305194 EP 19840305194 EP 84305194 A EP84305194 A EP 84305194A EP 0133791 B1 EP0133791 B1 EP 0133791B1
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garment
display device
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Robert James Franklin
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Marks and Spencer PLC
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/18—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for wearing apparel, headwear or footwear
    • B65D85/182—Shirt packaging and display supports

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  • This invention relates to display devices for articles of clothing.
  • the articles When clothing is exposed for sale on a counter. it is preferred that the articles be kept separate and folded to maintain the shape of the articles to display them to best advantage.
  • Knitwear such as sweaters
  • Knitwear is normally folded and packed in bags of clear film, and customers have access by opening the bags, which have peelable closures for the purpose.
  • the clear film used is rather glossy and hence the reflected light tends to obscure the colour of the packed garment. Accordingly, customers have a clear need to open the bag to inspect the garment. Many customers remove the garments from the bags and frequently do not put them back, or even refold them. This leads to a need for refolding and replacing by store staff and there is a possibility that garments and bags may be mismatched, which may lead to sizing errors and customer dissatisfaction.
  • the folding In the case of sweaters, it is normal for the folding to include folding the sleeves backward and inward from the shoulder position and then turning them down on an oblique fold so as to lie generally parallel with the sides of the garment and each other. The garment is then folded up rearwardly, with the sleeves, so that the lower part of the garment is behind the upper part.
  • Knitwear is normally loosely folded.
  • the present invention also relates to a display device for such garments, or for sleeveless garments.
  • a garment display device in the form of support members for a garment, comprising a first support element adapted to pass across the shoulder zone of a garment outside a neck aperture; a pair of second support elements attached to the first support element each adapted to pass through the neck aperture of the garment so as to lie one inside each shoulder zone; means mounted on or adjacent to the first support element to receive and retain an upwardly folded lower region of the garment; and a pair of rigid or hinged bars attached to the first support element and having a position so as to define a fold line for return folding of a sleeve; characterised in that the said first and second support means are mutually located to grip between themselves a portion of the fabric of the garment so as to locate and display the neck and shoulder region thereof, thereby jointly defining a strong unitary transverse zone for receiving and retaining means in the form of latches or clips.
  • Our present invention as defined above is to be distinguished from known garment display hangers utilising attachment clips and from known garment display cards or frames, optionally with hanging hooks, facilitating folding and display of shirts.
  • Examples or the first-named category are shown in UK Patent Specifications 2 074 023, 1 175 616 and US Patent 4 248 363, or in UK Patent Specification 2 120 542 in a different manner.
  • the generally conventional sloping or arcuate top bar of a clothes hanger is placed inside the shoulders of a garment, such as a jacket and spaced clips e.g. along a transverse cross-bar as bars are used to support usually another garment such as a shirt or trousers or possibly a fold in the first garment.
  • the top bar passes within (not across the outside of) the shoulders, and is not associated with any secondary support elements to locate and display the neck and shoulder areas especially.
  • an adjustable skirt or like hanger is formed with a telescopic transverse member with end clips; again, no first support across garment shoulders, and second supports within such shoulder, are envisaged.
  • first support across the shoulders which usually generally defines the overall displayed width
  • second supports within shoulders e.g. to locate and display the neck region especially for softer, bulkier material
  • positive receiving latches or clips for folded portions is not hitherto shown in the prior art.
  • UK Patent Specification 461 944 shows a shirt folding card, but of a generally narrow rectangular nature, in which a shaped tab is raised and folded to support and display the neck, the shoulders and arms being generally folded behind the tab with the cuff portions only re- emerging at the front to be secured by further foldable tabs and a separate stud. Once again, there is no retaining means at the shoulder zone to accommodate an upwardly folded lower portion.
  • French Specification 2 388 534 shows another shirt-folding frame, with particular utility in supporting and displaying the collar region. It utilises a first component comprising two separated generally planar members which must however be generally spaced apart in use since otherwise the shirt collar is distorted. There is a suspension hook for supporting the frame and shirt thereon, and a second component comprising separate planar clamping member for immobilising the thin sheet fabric across the whole of its folded width, since no latches or clips are provided or indeed capable of use in such a context.
  • the invention can be embodied in several ways.
  • the rigid or hinged bars over at least part of their length, have an oblique orientation such that the sleeve can be return folded into substantially parallel relationships with a side of the garment and with the other sleeve.
  • a display device more suitable for a cardigan would possess rigid or hinged bars which over at least part of their length extend substantially vertically down from the shoulder zone such that the sleeve can be return folded, using the bar as a fold indication, generally across the garment.
  • first support element downwardly from its shoulder zone to form a frame including a bottom bar to define a fold line for upward folding of the garment to bring a lower portion of the garment towards the latch or clip means.
  • first support element can be rigidly or hingedly mounted on the first support element.
  • the garment display device is conveniently integrally moulded in a plastics material with the property of forming integral hinges, particularly polypropylene. Other materials may be used.
  • a plastics material with the property of forming integral hinges, particularly polypropylene.
  • Other materials may be used.
  • latches or clips may be integrally moulded generally in the plane of the display device, and then bent out from that plane to act as latches or clips.
  • the clips used in the display device are mounted on, or adjacent to, the first support element.
  • adjacent to such element is usually meant that they can be attached to or integral with the rigid or hinged sleeve-fold bars.
  • the display device shown comprises a first support element 1, as seen from the rear, on the forward side of the support element 1, there is provided a pair of second support elements 2 which are hingedly or rigidly fixed to the support element 1 and are adapted, as shown particularly in Figures 2, 3 and 4 to enter through the neck aperture of a garment such as a sweater and to pass beneath the shoulder portions thereof to attach the display device removably to the sweater with the support element 1 passing across the back of the garment in the shoulder area.
  • a garment such as a sweater
  • the support element 1 is continued to form a generally rectangular frame having side bars 3 and a bottom bar 4. Fixedly mounted on the shoulder parts of the support element 1 are a pair of oblique bars 5. Second support elements 2 may be in a plane offset from the support element 1 to allow display of different types of garment with varying thicknesses of fabric at the neck area. The ratio of dimensions of the elements 1, 3 and 4 will depend on size range of the garments to be displayed at the one extreme menswear, at the other end babywear or similar.
  • Each bar has associated with it at least one latch or clip 6.
  • latches or clips may be on, or in the region of, the support element 1 or located along the length of the bars 5.
  • the second support elements 2 are introduced into the neck of the garment illustrated at 7 in Figures 2, 3 and 4.
  • a first sleeve 8 of the garment 7 is then folded across the back of the garment beneath one bar 5 but along the other as illustrated in Figure 2.
  • the sleeve 8 is then folded down to the position shown in Figure 3, using one bar 5 to form an oblique fold line to guide such folding.
  • the second sleeve is then similarly treated so as to take up the position shown at 8a in Figure 3. In this position, it will be seen that the sleeves 8 and 8a lie generally parallel with each other and with the sides of the garment 7.
  • the side members 3 of the frame also have a function in ensuring that the sleeve is not folded too far across.
  • a lower portion 9, illustrated with ribbing in Figure 3 is folded up using the bottom bar 4 as a guide until the lower portion can be engaged with clips or latches 6 as illustrated in Fig 4.
  • Figure 5 shows a variant of part of Figure 1, more specifically of the upper right hand side as illustrated.
  • the configuration of the bars 1, 2 and 3 is generally similar although as shown at 50 the support element 2 and the side bars 3 can lie slightly below the level of the central part of support element 1.
  • Rounded end 52 helps the fitting of the display device into the neck.
  • Clip 56 is integrally moulded and extends from an initial vertical portion of bars 5, being integrally connected thereto by a thinner portion 56a. The clip 56 can thus be bent for use at right angles to the general plane of the device, and its arcuate limb 56b and the resilient stem orificed at 56c ensures good retention.
  • Figure 6 shows how a vertical bar 65 with a suitable clip 66 can replace oblique bar 5.
  • a cardigan it will be found convenient to fold the sleeve under bar 65, back out to the edge at 63 and inward again.
  • the folded-up garment portion generally retains these sleeve folds.
  • Figures 7 and 8 show an alternative form of support or display device in which the frame 3 and 4 has been omitted and in which bars 15 are hinged.
  • a principal support device is shown at 11, and hingedly attached thereto are a pair of second support elements 12 to enter the neck aperture of the garment when in the position shown in Figure 8.
  • Hinged bars 15 are shown in Figure 7 in their free position and in Figure 8 in the position in which sleeves can be folded about them.
  • the principal support element 11 is provided with a pair of bosses 16a which cooperate with the apertures 16b on folded latch members 16 to engage and lightly hold the lower portion of a folded garment.
  • Figure 9 shows a still further alternative arrangement in which the second support element illustrated at 22 is hinged along a line 22a to the first support element 21.
  • the first support element 21 is again extended by side frame elements 23 which lead into a lower frame element 24.
  • Bars 25 are hinged about integral hinges 25a to the principal support element 21, and clips 26 are formed integrally with the principal support element 21 to receive the lower portion of a garment.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Outerwear In General, And Traditional Japanese Garments (AREA)
  • Packaging Of Annular Or Rod-Shaped Articles, Wearing Apparel, Cassettes, Or The Like (AREA)
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Claims (5)

1. Kleidungsstück-Präsentationsvorrichtung in Form von Trägergliedern für ein Bekleidungsstück, mit einem ersten Trägerelement (1, 11, 21), das über den Schulterbereich eines Kleidungsstücks außerhalb einer Halsöffnung führt, zwei zweiten Trägerelementen (2, 12, 22), die an dem ersten Trägerelement befestigt sind und jeweils durch den Halsausschnitt des Kleidungsstücks so führen, daß sie an der Innenseite jedes Schulterbereichs liegen, Mitteln, die an dem ersten Trägerelement oder angrenzend an dieses erste Trägerelement befestigt sind und einen nach oben gefalteten unteren Bereich des Kleidungsstücks aufnehmen und festhalten, und zwei starre oder angelenkte Stäbe (5,15,25,65), die an dem ersten Trägerelement befestigt sind und eine solche position haben, daß sie eine Faltlinie zum Zurückfalten eines Ärmels festlegen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die ersten und die zweiten Trägermittel gegenseitig so angebracht sind, daß sie zwischen sich einen Teil des Gewebes des Kleidungsstücks erfassen, damit dessen Halsund Schulterbereich festgelegt und präsentiert wird, wodurch sie gemeinsan eine feste einteilige Querzone für die Aufnahme und das Festhalten von Mitteln in Form von Klemmen oder Klammern (6, 16, 26, 56, 66) bilden.
2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die starren oder angelenkten Stäbe (5, 15, 25) wenigstens über einen Teil ihrer Länge eine schräge Ausrichtung haben, so daß der Ärmel in eine im wesentlichen parallele Lage bezüglich zu einer Seite des Kleidungsstücks und bezüglich des anderen Ärmels zurückgefaltet werden kann.
3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die starren oder angelenkten Stäbe (65) über wenigstens einen Teil ihrer Länge im wesentlichen vom Schulterbereich aus vertikal nach unten verlaufen, so daß der Ärmel unter Verwendung des Stabs als Faltort allgemein quer über das Kleidungsstück zurückgefaltet werden kann.
4. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das erste Trägerelement vom Schulterbereich aus nach unten (3, 23) verlängert ist, damit ein Rahmen mit einer Bodenstange (4, 24) entsteht, der eine Faltlinie zum Nachobenfalten des Kleidungsstücks festlegt, damit ein unterer Bereich des Kleidungsstücks zu den Klemmen- oder Klanmmermitteln (6, 26, 56, 66) gebracht werden.
5. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, 2 oder 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Vorrichtung einstückig aus einem Kunststoffmaterial geformt ist, das die Eigenschaft hat, einstückige Scharniere zu bilden, und daß die Klemmen oder Klammern (56, 66) allgemein in der Ebene der Präsentationsvorrichtung einstückig geformt sind und danach aus der Ebene herausgebogen sind, damit sie als Klemmen oder Klammmern wirken.
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GB8321656 1983-08-11
GB838321656A GB8321656D0 (en) 1983-08-11 1983-08-11 Display device
GB8407556 1984-03-23
GB08407556A GB2156301A (en) 1984-03-23 1984-03-23 Garment display device

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GB2192331B (en) * 1986-05-09 1990-01-31 Karner & Co Ab Garment display device
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