Patent ID: 6315176
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: A47G,Y10S

Abstract:
A garment hanger comprising,first and second elongated arms arranged for supporting the opposed shoulders of a garment,each of said first and second arms having an outer end and an inner end,said outer ends spaced apart relative to one another,said inner ends joined together to form a continuous mid-region therebetween, anda suspending device for hanging said hanger so that said first and second arms are in a generally symmetrical, balanced relationship relative to one another and to said mid-region section,said suspending device includes a hook member,said suspending device having an elongated connecting leg the upper end of which is joined to said hook member and the lower and of which terminates at a junction with one of said first and second elongated arms adjacent to said mid-region section,said elongated connecting leg having a mid-portion thereof intermediate said upper and lower ends, said mid-portion of said elongated connecting leg defines an arcuate configuration which is bent inwardly between said outer ends toward said mid-region section,said lower end of said elongated connecting leg having an orientation which defines an acute inner angle with an extension of at least one of said first and second elongated arms and said mid-region section.