IE48582B1

IE48582B1 - Garment hanger

Info

Publication number: IE48582B1
Application number: IE118879A
Authority: IE
Original assignee: Marks Spencer Ltd
Priority date: 1978-05-11
Filing date: 1979-08-08
Publication date: 1985-03-06
Also published as: GB1569861A; IE791188L

Description

This invention relates to hangers for garments, such as coats, jackets, dresses, and skirts, comprising a crosspiece and a suspension hook.

When a row of garments are suspended one behind another by hangers suspended from a bar, it is difficult to get at the individual garments in order to ascertain their size or styles. It is therefore common practice to affix a label to the crosspiece of each hanger to suspend a tag from the hook or each .hanger, the label or tag bearing numbers, letters, words, or other alphanumeric data representing size, for example. However, such labels and tags are obscured from view by the garments in front of them, and the hangers have to be pushed away from one another so that the data can be read.

The present invention provides a garment hanger comprising a crosspiece and a suspension hook having a shank which extends from the crosspiece, the crosspiece being provided with a tab having an upstanding face for bearing alphanumeric data, the tab being immediately adjacent the point at which the shank extends from the crosspiece and projecting above the crosspiece, the tab being of less thickness than the width of the crosspiece in the region of the tab and there being a clearance - 2 25 above the crosspiece adjacent the face of the tab opposite to the data bearing face.

The data can thus be provided at the point of optimum visibility. The provision of a clearance behind the data bearing face ensures that, when the hangers are pressed close together the data bearing face of the tab behind can always be seen. This is particularly effective if, as is normal, colour coding of size labels is in use.

The alphanumerical data may be stamped in the tab or embossed on it, for example. Alternatively, a label bearing the data may be adhesively fixed to the tab; to protect the upper edge of the label from careless handling, it is preferable for the tab to have a peripheral bead standing proud of the said face along the upper edge of the tab, preferably along the entire edge of the tab.

The crosspiece is preferably a plastics moulding and the hook is preferably a metal hook whose shank is embedded in the plastics. A preferred moulding has a web and a peripheral flange projecting from one side of the web, the face of the tab being flush with the flange or, preferably, being recessed with respect to the flange.

The invention will be described further, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which : Figure 1 is a side view of a garment hanger; Figure 2 is a section on line II-II of Figure 1; and - 3 48582 Figure 3 is a section similar to Figure 2 for another embodiment.

The garment hanger illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 has a moulded plastics crosspiece 1 comprising a web 2 and peripheral flanges 3 and 3' projecting from respective sides of the web. A steel suspension hook 4 has a shank 6 which extends from the crosspiece 1, being embedded in an enlarged portion 7 of the web 2. A tab 8 in the form of a disc is moulded integrally with the crosspiece 1 at the point at which the shank 6 extends from the crosspiece and is integral with the enlarged portion 7. The face 9 of the tab 8 is recessed with respect to the flange 3 and bears a size-indication number printed, stamped, or embossed on it or carried by a self-adhesive label. The face 9 is circular, except that a segment is removed to ensure correct positioning of a label of corresponding shape.

It will be seen that the thickness of the tab 8 is less than the overall width of the crosspiece, including the upper flanges 3 and 3' so that there is a significant clearance behind the tab 8, this clearance enables the front face of the tab 8 on an adjacent hanger to be seen even if the hangers are close together on a rail.

The hanger illustrated in Figure 3 has a separate tab 8 removably fixed in an approximately semi-circular slot l6 moulded in the crosspiece 1. Along its upper edge the tab 8 has a peripheral bead 17 standing proud - 44 8 58a of the front face of the tab 8, to protect the upper edge of a label adhering to the face.

Various modifications may be made within the scope of the invention: for instance, the shape of the cross5 piece may be varied to suit the garment, and the shape of the tab may be varied, depending on the data to be displayed on its face. Furthermore, the tab 8 shown in Figure 1 could be provided, around its entire edge, with a bead standing 0.5 mm proud of the face of the tab, to protect the edge of a label adhering to its face.

Claims

1. A garment hanger comprising a crosspiece and a suspension hook having a shank which extends from the crosspiece, the crosspiece being provided with a tab 15 having an upstanding face for bearing alphanumeric data, the tab being immediately adjacent the point at which the shank extends from the crosspiece and projecting above the crosspiece, the tab being of less thickness than the width of the crosspiece in the region of the 20 tab and there being a clearance above the crosspiece adjacent the face of the tab opposite to the data bearing face.

2. A hanger as claimed in claim 1, in which the crosspiece is a plastics moulding. - 5

3. A hanger as claimed in claim.2, in which the hook is a metal hook whose shank is embedded in the plastics .

4. A hanger as claimed in claim 2 or 3, in which

5. The moulding has a web and a peripheral flange projecting from one side of the web, the data bearing face of the tab being flush with the flange or being recessed with respect to the flange. 5- A hanger as claimed in any of claims 1 to 4, 10 in which the tab is integral with the crosspiece.

6. A hanger as claimed in any of claims 1 to 3, in which the tab is separate from the crosspiece and is fixed to it.

7. A hanger as claimed in claim 6, in which the 15 tab is received in an upwardly-open slot in the crosspiece .

8. A hanger as claimed in any of claims 1 to 7, in which the tab has a peripheral bead standing proud of the said face, along at least the upper edge of the 20 tab. - 6 48582

9. - A garment hanger substantially as described herein with reference to, and as shown in, Figures 1 and 2, or Figure J of the accompanying drawings.