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EP0870454B1
EP0870454B1 EP19980302630 EP98302630A EP0870454B1 EP 0870454 B1 EP0870454 B1 EP 0870454B1 EP 19980302630 EP19980302630 EP 19980302630 EP 98302630 A EP98302630 A EP 98302630A EP 0870454 B1 EP0870454 B1 EP 0870454B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G25/00—Household implements used in connection with wearing apparel; Dress, hat or umbrella holders
    • A47G25/14—Clothing hangers, e.g. suit hangers
    • A47G25/20—Clothing hangers, e.g. suit hangers with devices for preserving the shape of the clothes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G25/00—Household implements used in connection with wearing apparel; Dress, hat or umbrella holders
    • A47G25/14—Clothing hangers, e.g. suit hangers
    • A47G25/48—Hangers with clamps or the like, e.g. for trousers or skirts
    • A47G25/483—Hangers with clamps or the like, e.g. for trousers or skirts with pivoting clamps or clips having axis of rotation parallel with the hanger arms
    • A47G25/485—Hangers with clamps or the like, e.g. for trousers or skirts with pivoting clamps or clips having axis of rotation parallel with the hanger arms with a plurality of clips integral with, or supported by, the trouser-supporting bar

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  • This invention relates to a hanger for hanging garments.
  • a hanger which generally comprises a hook and a label area and a fastening device comprising an integral moulding of polypropylene for enabling the box hanger to be attached to a preformed box in which garments such as socks or underclothes are stored for sale.
  • the box is provided with an upstanding flange having a flat inverted U-shaped configuration with a thin elongate slot located in an elongate peripheral edge defined by the bottom of the inverted U-shape at a free outermost end remote from the box.
  • the fastening device of the hanger which is thinner than the lateral width of the slot is inserted and held within the slot.
  • the fastening device is 0.75mm thick and can be provided with barbs on either side of a tongue which overlaps the rear of the label area.
  • the barbs extend outwardly at a free end of the tongue remote from the hook and have at their free ends an outwardly facing cup shaped recess into which elongate opposed edges of the slot fit, respectively.
  • the box hook may again comprise a hook which is integrally formed of polypropylene with a label area having an elongate fastening stud projecting from the rear surface of the label area.
  • the outer end of the stud has an increased diameter portion to act as a stop, as will be referred to below.
  • the label area is in addition provided with a bendable strap integrally formed with the label area and has at its free end an aperture which allows the end of the strap to be located upon the elongate stud projecting from the rear surface of the label area with the increased diameter portion of the stud preventing the end of the strap from slipping off the stud.
  • the upstanding flange of the box When used with a box flange the upstanding flange of the box is provided with an aperture through the opposed sides of the flange so that the elongate stud can be passed through the aperture with the box flange resting against the rear surface of the label area.
  • the strap then passes over the top of the box flange and is bent downwardly to engage the elongate stud thereby securing the box hook to the box.
  • One method of producing such a box hook is to provide an elongate hook and to mould the strap within or under the hook with the strap integrally moulded with the label area of the box hook.
  • the hook is very close to the top of the label area, and in this instance the strap is integrally formed with the label area at one side thereof along the top edge of the label area in use, preferably with the open side of the hook, and extends diagonally upwards away from the label area.
  • the difficulty with the two latter described embodiments is that the hinge is untidy and is on view to the public at all times.
  • the elongate stud is located often approximately centrally of the label area and therefore the strap folds over the box flange and crosses the rear surface thereof diagonally of the label area for connection onto the stud to secure the box hook on the flange.
  • a particular disadvantage is that once either of these latter two arrangements are applied to the box flange they tend to wobble making the connection to the flange of the box very unsatisfactory.
  • Fastening devices are known to be applied to knitwear frame hangers, for example, which comprise a rectangular frame having collar supports in the region of either side of the hanger which in use project outwardly and upwardly from an upper crossbar of the frame in the same direction as a centrally located hook mounted on the frame hanger.
  • knitwear frame hangers Internally of the knitwear frame and extending downward below each collar support is provided an integral clip which constitutes the fastening device.
  • the jumper is then folded around the bottom cross member of the knitwear frame and folded upwardly with the bottom of the jumper being located within the integral clips, thereby to maintain the jumper in its folded form.
  • the clips are usually an integral part of the frame, and therefore their performance is dependent upon the material used for the frame.
  • the material used in the manufacture of the knitwear frame hanger is preferably polypropylene which although tough and springy, has the tendency for the resilience to fade relatively quickly and after a while the garments become unfolded and hang loosely on the frame.
  • Acetal is an alternative material in which the resilience of the spring does not fade nearly so much, but it is not used because the material is far too expensive to mould the whole frame in the material.
  • the integral clips need to be very stiff to hold the garment that is held on the hanger. This makes the clip very difficult to pull open when putting the garment in the clip.
  • One known clip is formed integrally with the frame of the hanger and has two hingedly connected arms interconnected by a live hinge and have thickened ends at their free ends to define gripping pads of the clip.
  • the clip normally opens wide with no resistance but is provided with an acetal spring in the form of a hook which slides between a release position in which the arms of the clip open wide with no resistance and a locking position in which the spring passes over the hinged end of the arms of the clip and the resilience in the acetal spring has the effect of forcing the two arms and the gripping pads together.
  • This is a well known spring clip which when used on a hanger has one of the gripping arms permanently and firmly formed as part of the hanger. The other arm pivots freely of the arm, in use, i.e. about the live hinge.
  • the fixed gripping arm is integrally formed with the hanger from polypropylene and again is subject to poor creep resistance of the live hinges reducing the effectiveness of the hanger.
  • US 4,192,441 discloses a one piece moulded hanger structure and a fastening device, the hanger structure being arranged to be moulded flat with the fastening device, the fastening device having at least three sections interconnected one with the next in series, the sections being arranged so that a first section extends from the hanger structure, a second section extends from the first section and is pivotally connected thereto, and a third section is pivotable relative to the second section, so that when the sections are pivoted to define a fastening device, the second section is folded against the first section and the third section is folded to overlie the second section and further comprising a securing member for securing the third section to the second section for securing an article between the second and third sections.
  • the hanger of the present invention is characterized in that the securing member is mounted on the first section and is arranged to secure the first and second sections together.
  • the securing member is an elongate stud extending from the rear surface of the first section.
  • the stud may have an increased diameter domed head at its free end remote from the rear surface of the first section.
  • the pivotal interconnection between the second and third sections comprises a double hinge arrangement so that when folded to overlie the second section the third sections is spaced from the second section.
  • the second section may comprise a pair of elongate arms spaced laterally one relative to the next to define an elongate spacing therebetween, preferably of a width less than the increased diameter portion of the domed head.
  • the third section also includes an aperture therein of a sufficient width to be passed over the domed head of the securing member whereupon the third section is secured on the securing member.
  • the securing member is preferably an elongate stud projecting perpendicularly from the first section.
  • the securing member preferably comprises a spring for securing the first and second sections together and for securing the third section relative to the second section.
  • the first section preferably include an aperture through which the spring means is slidably mounted.
  • the spring means comprises a hook arranged to expand when pushed over a pivotal interconnection between the second and third sections of the clip defining posed gripping plates, in use, to lock the gripping plates together.
  • the second and third sections are each provided with gripping pads for supporting an article therebetween.
  • the gripping pads may each comprise a convex element.
  • the spring is made of acetal while the remainder of the body of the hanger is a one piece integral moulding of polypropylene.
  • the spring may comprise a metal spring, or alternatively be made from polycarbonate.
  • a box hook 1 having an elongate rectangular label area 2 and a hook 3 integrally moulded with an upper edge 4 of the label area 2 at one end 5 thereof.
  • An elongate stud 6 having an increased diameter domed stop 7 at its outermost free end 8 is integrally formed with and extends from a rear surface 9 of the label area.
  • a flexible strap 10 integrally moulded with the label area 2 extends downwardly (as shown in Fig. 1) from a lower edge 11 of the label area which is opposed to the upper edge 4 thereof from which the hook 3 extends.
  • the strap 10 comprises the label area 2 and two pivotally hinged strap portions 12 and 13 with the strap portion 12 being hingedly connected with the lower edge 11 of the label area 2 via a hinge 14.
  • the hinge 14 is an integrally formed hinge and is commonly referred to as a "live hinge".
  • the strap portion 12 comprises two laterally spaced side-by-side arms 15,16 between which there is located an elongate slot 17.
  • Outermost strap portion 13 is interconnected by an integral live hinge 18 to strap portion 12.
  • An aperture 19 of a rectangular shape is located centrally of the strap portion 13.
  • the lateral width of the aperture 19 relative to the longitudinal axis of the elongate strap 10 is less than the width of the domed portion 7 of the stud 6 to prevent removal of the strap portion 13 from the stud 6 once the outermost strap portion 13 is located on the stud 6, as indicated in Fig. 2b.
  • the method of folding the box hook 1 to achieve the fixing of the hook onto a box flange 25, as shown in Fig. 2b, is achieved by first folding the strap portion 12 upwardly about its live hinge 14 so that the strap portion 12 overlies and contacts rear surface 9, having first passed the domed head 7 of the elongate stud 6 through the slot 17 which is of a width just sufficient to pass over the domed head 7.
  • the box hook flange 25 is then pushed over the domed head 7 onto the elongate stud 6 against strap portion 12.
  • the live hinge 18 which comprises two closely spaced live hinges 18a, 18b to define a spacing portion 26 enabling the outermost portion 13 to be folded over and downwards about live hinge 18b so that the aperture 19 passes over the domed head 7 which then holds the portion 13 on the elongate stud 6 as shown in Fig. 2b and with surface 27 against the box flange 25.
  • the strap 10 is located centrally of the label area immediately below a recess 28 of the hook 3, which recess enables the box hook to be hung on a support rail close to the rail and to hang vertically in use to display the articles within the box (not shown) to which the box flange 25 is a part.
  • the central location of the strap and also the width of the strap serve to ensure that the box hook is simple to manufacture, allows the articles in the box to be displayed much closer to the rail thereby enabling more boxes to be displayed on support rails, one row below the next, and the boxes are more stably held the box hook.
  • the elongate stud 6 has a circular cross-section but may have cross-sections of various other shapes such as cross-shaped for example.
  • a fastening device structure which forms an integral part of a knitwear frame hanger 30 having, in use, top and bottom cross rails 31, 32, and side frame arms 33, 34 interconnecting the top and bottom cross rails 31, 32, respectively, at the outermost ends of the top and bottom rails.
  • the top rail is provided with an aperture device 35 for receiving a hook 36 therein and also a pair of collar supports 37, 38 integrally formed with the hanger and extending outwardly and upwardly from the top rail 31.
  • a fastening device 40 is located beneath each collar support 37, 38 which are themselves located towards each outermost end, respectively, of the top cross rail.
  • the fastening device 40 and the collar supports 37 , 38 are both integrally formed with the top rail 31 and are arranged to hold a jumper on the frame hanger. Where the jumper is folded along the line of the sleeve which is folded downwardly and inwardly, the fold line extends into the fastening device as will be further described below.
  • the fastening device 40 is shown in Fig. 4 to extend downwardly from the top rail 31 of the knitwear frame hanger 30.
  • the fastening device 40 comprises three pivotally interconnected strap portions, the first one 41 of which is stationary and integrally formed with the top rail 31.
  • An integrally formed live hinge 42 is provided along an opposed edge 42a of the strap portion 41 remote from the attachment of the strap portion 41 with the top rail 31.
  • Intermediate strap portion 43 which is pivotally attached to the strap portion 41 via the live hinge 42, curves rearwardly of the frame hanger at 44 (Fig. 5) to a live hinge 45.
  • An outermost strap portion 46 is also integrally connected with the live hinge 45 to interconnect the outer strap portion 46 to the intermediate strap portion 43.
  • the strap portion is similarly curved in the region adjacent hinge 45 so that in an operative condition of the fastening device an enlarged closed end is provided.
  • the intermediate strap portion 43 has in the region of the live hinge 42 a substantially U-shaped recess 47 which defines a convex gripping head 48 when the various strap portions have been folded into their respective positions.
  • Inner surface 49 of the intermediate strap portion 43 is provided with outstanding ribs 50 only one of which is shown in Fig. 5.
  • Support arms 51 (only one being illustrated in Fig. 5) are mounted on the ribs 50 and extend through the intermediate strap portion 43 to support a cross-bar 52 which lies parallel with a major external surface of the intermediate strap portion 43 on the side thereof remote from that side on which ribs 51 are located.
  • a further spacing stud 53 projects outwardly in the same direction as the support 51, as will be described below.
  • Ribs 54 are also provided on the outermost strap portion 46 and they extend along the surface to a cup shaped recess 55 at the extreme outer end 56 of the outermost portion 46.
  • the recessed portion 55 defines a domed gripping pad 57 which in the operating condition of the fastening device 40 can butt against the gripping pad 48 of intermediate strap portion 43.
  • the fastening device 40 is integrally formed with the knitwear frame 30 by a plate 60.
  • the permanently attached fixed strap portion extends outwardly in a transverse direction relative to the direction in which the upper cross-bar 31 extends so as to displace the fastening device 40 slightly relative to the cross-rail and allow the fastening device in its extended out position to substantially lie within the bounds of the knitwear hanger frame, with the live hinge junction 45 and the bar 52 extending in transverse opposite directions relative to the side frames 33, 34 of the frame hanger.
  • An aperture 61 is provided immediately below the hanger arm portion 60 where body 62 of the permanently attached strap portion 41 is slightly displaced relative to the arm portion 60 as indicated in Fig. 5.
  • Strengthening ribs 63 are provided on the body 62, on the side thereof constituting the rear of the hanger.
  • an aperture 70 is provided between the integral hanger plate portion 60 and spacer 53 of the intermediate portion 43.
  • the arms 51 supporting the bar 52 are spaced one from the other to define a further aperture between the bar 52 and the strap portion 41.
  • the aperture 70 and the spacing between the arms 51 receive, as shown in Fig. 7, a locking spring 72 which is formed of acetal to provide increased strength and maintenance of the inherent resilient force which is required in hook shaped end 73 of the spring 72.
  • End 74 of the spring remote from the hook 73 is provided with an outstanding flange 75 which is arranged to engage with bar 52 to prevent the spring from being removed from the aperture 70 and spacing between the arms 51.
  • the outermost strap portion 46 is pivotable about the hinge 45 having very little inherent force to direct the gripping pad 56 against the gripping pad 48 of the strap portion 43 and 46, respectively.
  • the spring 72 being slidable up and down in Fig. 7 has a relatively small opening 76 between elongate straight portion 77 of the hook and hook end 78.
  • the width of the aperture 76 at this point is less than the width of the enlarged close end of the fastening device in the operative condition of Fig. 6.
  • the hook end 78 if forced outwardly when it engages the enlarged closed end in the region of the live hinge 45 and moves outwardly to the left to allow the hook end to pass over the enlarged end whereupon the hook end 78 under its inherent resilience forces the outermost strap portion 46 inwardly so that there is a gripping force between the gripping pads 48, 56 of the intermediate and outermost portions, respectively.
  • the gripping force is sufficient to securely hold the shoulders, sleeve and bottom edge of a jumper 80 which is suspended on the knitwear frame, as is indicated in Fig. 4.
  • the jumper 80 is arranged with the collar support arms 37,38 located within a neck 81 of the jumper to support the neck and allow the jumper to hang downwardly in front of the knitwear frame 30.
  • the remainder of the jumper is then folded around the knitwear frame side arms 33, 34 and also folded diagonally along lines 81, 82 with the arm of the jumper hanging inwardly of the fold between the jumper and the knitwear frame.
  • the spring 72 is located in the position which is shown in Fig. 7 but the outermost strap portion 46 is pivoted about the live strap 45 outwardly and upwardly so that the diagonal line 81 of the jumper passes across the intermediate hinge portion 43.
  • a bottom edge of the jumper 8 would be folded upwardly over rail 32.
  • the bottom edge of the jumper is then located over intermediate strap portion 43 with the shoulder/arm area of the jumper.
  • the outermost strap portion 46 is then pivoted downwardly against the outer surface of the jumper and the spring 72 is forced downwardly over the enlarged closed end of the strap portions 43, 46 to lock the outermost portion 46 and hence the jumper within the fastening device, or clip.
  • the diagonal line of fold 82 of the jumper is similarly located in the other of the fastening devices with the bottom edge portion of the jumper.
  • the portions of the fastening devices are conveniently manufactured from polypropylene with the hanger itself and therefore the manufacture is both simple and cheap.
  • a spring may be formed of a plastics material such as acetal to give it the inherent resilient strength needed and reduce the fade time of the resilient forces within the hook, thereby providing a fastening device with a much longer useful life expectancy.
  • the spring may be formed of a metal such as spring steel. Polycarbonate can also be used to make the spring, having a lesser life expectancy than acetal but longer than polypropylene.
  • the strap has been described as being located centrally of the label area such strap may be located at a position relative to the label area which is off-set from the centre thereof.
  • the label area may comprise any external shape.
  • the hanger of the present invention is preferably made of polypropylene because there is no undue loading on the live hinges and the loading is achieved by the acetal spring which can also be of polycarbonate or metal for similar long lasting qualities and substantially eliminates the difficulties experienced by employees when loading hangers respectively when the hangers have difficult pre-tensioned clips.

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  1. Cintre comprenant une structure de cintre moulée d'une pièce (3 ; 30) et un dispositif de fixation, la structure de cintre étant agencée pour être moulée à plat avec le dispositif de fixation, le dispositif de fixation ayant au moins trois sections (2, 12, 13) interconnectées l'une à la suite de l'autre en série, les sections étant agencées de telle façon qu'une première section (2) s'étend à partir de la structure de cintre (1), une deuxième section (12) s'étend à partir de la première section et est reliée de manière pivotante à celle-ci, et une troisième section (13) peut pivoter par rapport à la deuxième section (12), de telle sorte que lorsqu'on fait pivoter les sections pour définir un dispositif de fixation, la deuxième section (12) est repliée contre la première section (2) et la troisième section (13) est repliée pour chevaucher la deuxième section, et comprenant en outre un élément de verrouillage (6, 7) destiné à verrouiller la troisième section à la deuxième section pour attacher un article (25) entre les deuxième et troisième sections, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de verrouillage (6, 7) est monté sur la première section (2) et est agencé pour verrouiller les première (2) et deuxième (12) sections ensemble.
  2. Cintre selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'élément de verrouillage est un ergot allongé (5) s'étendant à partir d'une surface arrière (9) de la première section (2).
  3. Cintre selon la revendication 2, dans lequel l'ergot (6) a une tête bombée de diamètre supérieur (7) à son extrémité libre à l'opposé de la surface arrière (9) de la première section.
  4. Cintre selon la revendication 3, dans lequel l'interconnexion pivotante entre les deuxième (12) et troisième (13) sections comprend un agencement à double charnière (18a et 18b) de telle sorte que lorsqu'elle est repliée pour chevaucher la deuxième section (12), la troisième section (13) est espacée de la deuxième section.
  5. Cintre selon la revendication 4, dans lequel la deuxième section (12) comprend une paire de bras allongés (15, 16) espacés latéralement l'un par rapport à l'autre pour définir entre eux un espacement allongé (17).
  6. Cintre selon la revendication 5, dans lequel l'espacement entre les bras allongés (15, 16) est d'une largeur inférieure à la partir de diamètre supérieur de la tête bombée (7).
  7. Cintre selon la revendication 6, dans lequel la troisième section (13) comprend une ouverture (19) dans celle-ci, d'une largeur suffisante pour passer au-dessus de la tête bombée (7) de l'élément de verrouillage, grâce à quoi la troisième section est verrouillée sur l'élément de verrouillage (6).
  8. Cintre selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'élément de verrouillage comprend un ressort (72) pour verrouiller les première (41) et deuxième (43) sections l'une à l'autre et pour verrouiller la troisième section (46) par rapport à la deuxième section.
  9. Cintre selon la revendication 8, dans lequel la premiére section (41) comprend une ouverture (70) à travers laquelle le ressort (72) est monté de façon coulissante.
  10. Cintre selon la revendication 8 ou la revendication 9, dans lequel le ressort (72) comprend un crochet agencé de façon à se relâcher quand il est poussé au-dessus d'une interconnexion pivotante entre les deuxième et troisième sections (43, 46) de la pince définissant des plaques d'accrochage opposées, à l'utilisation, pour bloquer les plaques d'accrochage ensemble quand la troisième section est repliée pour chevaucher la deuxième section.
  11. Cintre selon la revendication 10, dans lequel les deuxième et troisième sections (43, 46) sont chacune pourvues de tampons d'accrochage pour soutenir un article entre ceux-ci.
  12. Cintre selon la revendication 11, dans lequel les tampons d'accrochage (48, 57) comprennent chacun un élément convexe.
  13. Cintre selon l'une quelconque des revendications 8 à 12, dans lequel le ressort (72) est un ressort métallique.
  14. Cintxe selon l'une quelconque des revendications 8 à 12, dans lequel le ressort (72) est en acétal.
  15. Cintre selon l'une quelconque des revendications 8 à 14, dans lequel le ressort (72) comprend un ardillon situé à son extrémité à l'opposé du crochet et destinée à limiter la quantité de mouvement coulissant du ressort et à retenir le ressort en place sur le dispositif de fixation.
  16. Cintre selon l'une quelconque des revendications 11 à 15, dans lequel l'interconnexion pivotante entre les deuxième et troisième sections (43, 46) est située à une partie d'extrémité fermée élargie des deuxième et troisième sections repliées, les deuxième et troisième sections repliées se rétrécissant vers l'intérieur en direction des tampons d'accrochage.
  17. Cintre selon l'une quelconque des revendications 8 à 16, comprenant deux bras espacés (51) soutenant entre eux une barre (52) montée sur la deuxième section (43) et agencée pour faire saillie à travers une ouverture (61) dans la première section (41) de telle manière que le ressort (72) peut passer entre les bras et la barre soutenue par les bras, de façon à retenir ainsi la deuxième section contre la première section.
  18. Cintre selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la première section (2) comprend une zone d'étiquetage du cintre.
  19. Cintre selon la revendication 18, dans lequel le cintre comprend un crochet (3) qui est bas par rapport à la zone d'étiquetage.
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