Patent ID: 7370779
Filing Date: 2008-05-13
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for providing an extension sleeve for use with a coat hanger, the hanger having opposing arms and a hook thereon, comprising: a) first and second opposed, downwardly sloping arms, said arms having top, front and rear surfaces and ends, wherein said top surface is curvilinear shaped, wherein each of said ends has a bottom surface; b) a back wall extending downwardly from said top surface of said rear surface of each arm to a bottom edge entirely along a straight and horizontal line connecting said bottom of each said first and second ends; c) a skirt wall extending downwardly a short distance from said top surface of said front surface of each arm to a point between said top of said arms and said bottom of said ends of said arms, said skirt wall having a bottom edge extending parallel to said sloping arms so that said bottom edge of said back wall is visible from the front of said extension sleeve at a level of said bottom surfaces of said sloping arms behind and below said skirt bottom edge; d) wherein said apex of said first and second arms has an aperture therein, said aperture being disposed generally horizontally for receiving the hook of the hanger therethrough; e) wherein said apex of said first and second arms has a slot therein, said slot being vertically disposed in said skirt wall and extending from said aperture to said bottom edge of said skirt for receiving the hook and shank of the hanger therethrough, said vertical slot being bounded by spaced, straight and vertical and parallel side edges of said first and second arms; f) wherein said top, front and rear surfaces of said first and second arms define a cavity therein, wherein said cavity receives the arms of the hanger therein so that the hanger is substantially covered by the apparatus; g) the ends of said first and second arms are effectively wide forming feet so that the apparatus can stand on said ends unaided and the apparatus can be stacked one upon another; h) wedge-like projections depending from the underside of the top surface wherein said wedge-like projections have a bottom surface with opposing ends angularly displaced from one another, each said projection being formed with a deepest end toward the skirt wall; and i) frictional material covering some portion of the top surface, said frictional material having nubs depending therefrom.