Patent ID: 7757909
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
1. A garment hanger comprising:—(i) a suspension member for suspending the hanger from a support; (ii) an elongate body connected to said suspension member; and (iii) engaging members adjacent respective ends of the body and adapted to releasably retain respective portions of a garment, wherein at least one said engaging member comprises:— at least one first leg flexibly connected to said body adjacent a first end of said first leg and extending at least partially away from said body in a direction substantially perpendicular to the length of said elongate body thereby providing a gap between said first leg and said body, wherein a length of said gap is substantially parallel to said first leg; and at least one second leg flexibly connected to said first leg adjacent a second end of said first leg and extending at least partially away from said first leg and being disposed on an opposite side of said first leg to said body, said engaging member being adapted to engage said garment so that the garment engages said second leg and extends between at least one said first leg and the body, wherein said at least one said engaging member further comprises a third leg flexibly connected to said body adjacent said first end of said first leg and extending at least partially away from said body, said third leg being disposed on an opposite side of said second leg to said first leg.