Patent ID: 6019262
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
A blank from which a shoulder guard is erected for draping over a wire hanger having a central hook extending altitudinally, shoulder supports extending generally longitudinally between the hook and longitudinally opposite ends, and an open throat extending altitudinally and longitudinally between the hook and the shoulder supports, the blank being essentially flat and having an outer periphery, a generally central aperture for reception of the hook of the hanger, and fold lines about which the blank is folded to erect the shoulder guard for draping over the shoulder supports of the hanger when the hook is extended through the aperture, the blank enabling a plurality of laterally juxtaposed wire hangers with corresponding shoulder guards draped over the juxtaposed wire hangers to be tied together with a common tie, the blank comprising:a peripheral edge extending around the entire blank, along the periphery of the blank; andthe aperture having a perimeter extending around the entire aperture, the perimeter being spaced from the peripheral edge of the blank along longitudinal and lateral distances for proscribing an area spaced longitudinally and laterally from the peripheral edge of the blank, the area being great enough such that upon folding the blank along the fold lines to erect the shoulder guard and draping the erected shoulder guard over the shoulder supports of the wire hanger, with the hook of the wire hanger extending altitudinally through the aperture, the aperture is adapted for exposing the throat of the wire hanger sufficiently to easily facilitate threading of the common tie laterally through the throat of each of the plurality of juxtaposed wire hangers to tie together the juxtaposed wire hangers and corresponding shoulder guards.