Patent ID: 6481603
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
A clothes hanger comprising:a hook for engaging a bar to support the hanger; a first and second side bar extending at substantially opposite angles from the hook; an horizontal bar extending between the side bars at ends of the side bars away from the hook; and a thin, flat pliable compression strip with a rectangular cross-section, the strip having a length and opposite, bifurcated ends, one bifurcated end spanning the first of the side bars, and pivtoally engaging a pivot pin passing through the first of the side bars, and the other bifurcated end spanning the second of the side bars, and pivotally engaging a pivot pin passing through the second of the side bars, the pivot pins positioned at engagement points on the side bars between the hook and the horizontal bar; wherein the length of the pliable strip is greater than a straight line distance between the engagement points, such that the pliable strip, curving downward, urges against a portion of the horizontal bar.