Patent ID: 8322579
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: A47G,G09F

Abstract:
1. A top sizer clip in combination with a hanger having a body and a hook member comprising: a top sizer clip body having a pair of side walls and end walls joined to and extending between the side walls, the body including a top wall that is joined to upper edges of the side walls and end walls, the top wall partially enclosing the body so as to create a hollow body structure that includes an interior compartment defined by the end walls, side walls, and top wall, wherein the top wall includes an opening formed therethrough for receiving a hook member of the hanger, the opening defined by a pair of opposing first edges and a pair of opposing second side edges that extend between the first edges, a pair of slots being formed along the first edges and extending toward the end walls, wherein the second edges include a pair of locking detents that extend inwardly into the opening toward one another so as to define a minimum width of the opening as defined between arcuate shaped inner edges thereof, the hook member being coupled to a base section of the hanger body, wherein the base section is defined by a first portion that has a uniform outer surface and is free of recesses along its entire length extending down to a cross bar of the hanger body and a second portion in the form of a locking flange that is formed above the first portion of the base section and extends radially beyond an outer surface of the first portion, the locking flange having a width that is greater than the width of the first portion of the base section such that the base section has a maximum width at the locking flange; wherein in a locked position, the locking flange is disposed above and adjacent the locking detents such that the locking flange at least partially covers the locking detents to prevent removal of the top sizer clip from the hook member however the arcuate shaped inner edges of the locking detents only seat against and contact the first portion which has the uniform outer surface along its entire length from the locking flange to the cross bar.