Patent ID: 7455203
Filing Date: 2008-11-25
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
1. A nestable hanger comprising: a hook; a body joined to the hook, the body having two pinch grips disposed thereon for retaining a garment therein, the pinch grips each having first and second jaws, the first jaw being disposed on the body and the second jaw being pivotally disposed with respect to the first jaw about an axis of rotation; and nesting means for nesting the hanger in a stack of similar hangers such that the hanger interlocks with the stack of similar hangers, wherein the hanger is in substantially a same plane as the stack of similar hangers wherein the nesting means comprises the two pinch grips positioned equidistant from the hook on opposite ends of the body in a first direction, the first jaw of each of the pinch grips further being offset in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction by an amount equal to a thickness of at least a portion of a corresponding hook in the stack of similar hangers; the nesting means further comprises a cut-out portion located on the body corresponding to at least a portion of a hook on the stack of similar hangers to accommodate the hook in the stack of similar hangers while nested together in the stack; the nesting means still further comprises a pinch grip arrangement wherein the each of the first and second jaws of the pinch grips are provided with a pinch end and an actuatable end, the pinch ends being biased together and being actuated apart by an actuation force applied at the actuation ends, the actuatable ends defining a pocket having a shape and size larger than a size and shape of the pinch ends such that the pinch ends are accommodated into a corresponding pocket of the similar hangers in the stack of hangers.