Abstract

The present disclosure relates to clothes hangers. In particular, clothes hangers which may be made from sustainable and/or environmentally friendly materials – for example paper or pulp based clothes hangers. A shoulder-piece for attachment to a substantially planar clothes hanger is disclosed which comprises first and second elongate sections each forming part of the transverse periphery of a shell for containing an arm of the clothes-hanger. A clothes hanger is also disclosed comprising a substantially planar hanger frame incorporating a hook and a moulded shell shaped in the form of a contoured clothes hanger which extends over the planar hanger and is fixed thereto. A method of fixing a hook to, or within, the body of a substantially planar clothes hanger is disclosed. A clothes hanger is also disclosed comprising a plurality of layers of sheet material. A clothes hanger is disclosed comprising a gripper comprising one or more pieces of flat material. A method of providing an indicator for a clothes hanger is also disclosed.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47G 25/20 - Clothing hangers, e.g. suit hangers with devices for preserving the shape of the clothes
• A47G 25/30 - Hangers characterised by their shape to prevent slipping-off of the clothes
• A47G 25/36 - Hangers characterised by their shape characterised by the selection of the material, e.g. paper, board, plastics, glass
• A47G 25/38 - Hook mountings therefor
• A47G 25/14 - Clothing hangers, e.g. suit hangers
• A47G 25/48 - Hangers with clamps or the like, e.g. for trousers or skirts

Abstract

Clothes hangers and clothes grippers are disclosed herein. One clothes hanger includes a first planar hanger profile piece including first and second hanger arms extending oppositely from a central portion and including respective pedestal portions folded upon the first and second hanger arms and the central portion, a second planar hanger profile piece including first and second hanger arms extending oppositely from a central portion, wherein the first and second planar hanger profile pieces are attached to one another with the planar pedestal portions disposed therebetween, the planar pedestal portions serving to space the first and second planar hanger profile pieces from one another.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47G 25/36 - Hangers characterised by their shape characterised by the selection of the material, e.g. paper, board, plastics, glass
• A47G 25/50 - Hooks on hangers for supporting trousers or skirts
• A47G 25/48 - Hangers with clamps or the like, e.g. for trousers or skirts
• A47G 25/14 - Clothing hangers, e.g. suit hangers
• D06F 55/00 - Clothes-pegs
• D06F 55/02 - Clothes-pegs with pivoted clamping members