Abstract:
A garment hanger and a size tab, the size tab is suitable for a garment hanger having a metallic hook portion and for a plastic garment hanger in order to fast distinguish the sizes of garments on the garment hangers.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
       [0001]     1. Field of the Invention  
         [0002]     The present invention relates to a garment hanger and a size tab, and more particular, to a size tab that is suitable for a garment hanger having a metallic hook portion and for a plastic garment hanger for fast distinguishing the size of a garment on the garment hanger.  
         [0003]     2. Description of the Prior Art  
         [0004]     There are various garment hangers in the markets; and size tabs mounted on garment hangers for distinguishing the sizes of garments have been used for years. In general, the size tabs are detachably fixed on the garment hangers to fast distinguish the sizes of the garments on the garment hangers.  
         [0005]     Garment hangers are mainly divided into two kinds, one is garment hangers each having a metallic hook portion, while the other one is plastic garment hangers formed by integrally injection molding.  
         [0006]     The size tabs used on the garment hangers having metallic hook portions are cylindrical, they are generally called size rings; the size tabs used on the plastic garment hangers are generally called size clips. The size rings and size clips have never been mixed in using by users in the related art.  
         [0007]     The size tabs used on the garment hangers having metallic hook portions are quite different from the ones used on the plastic garment hangers by cost. Normally, the prices of the size tabs used on the garment hangers having metallic hook portions are higher than those of the plastic garment hangers. Therefore, when a department store is in selection of ordering these two kinds of garment hangers, the ordering will depend on the practical suitable cases. For example, the size tabs used on the garment hangers having metallic hook portions are of better quality, they normally are used on garments more expensive and of better quality such as suits; while the plastic garment hangers normally are used on garments less expensive such as under wares.  
         [0008]     For a large department store or a mall, it is very important to select garment hangers and the size tabs used. Particularly if a large amount of garments need garment hangers and size tabs, things will become more complicated. By virtue that the two kinds of size tabs are not mixed in using with each other, and inconvenience as well as cumbersomeness are resulted in use. For example, newly hired staffs must learn to distinguish what kind of garment hanger each size tab suits. And if the amount of a kind of size tab is insufficient, the other kind of size tab is unable to substitute for.  
         [0009]     Moreover, it is also a factor to be considered whether a size tab is easy to be detached from a garment hanger; by the fact that department stores are the places that adults and children may go to, the size tabs engaged on garment hangers had better be hard to be detached to avoid being accidentally eaten by children.  
         [0010]     Therefore, the present invention developed a size tab suitable for the two kinds of garment hangers after studying on the defects of the size tabs available presently.  
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION  
       [0011]     The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a garment hanger with a size tab thereon; the size tab is suitable for a garment hanger having a metallic hook portion and for a plastic garment hanger.  
         [0012]     The secondary objective of the present invention is to provide a garment hanger with a size tab thereon; the size tab is not subject to dropping after being engaged on a garment hanger having a metallic hook portion or on a plastic garment hanger.  
         [0013]     Another objective of the present invention is to provide a garment hanger with a size tab thereon; wherein the size tab has an opening designed for guiding the direction for an action of slipping over, so that the size tab can be easily engaged onto the garment hanger.  
         [0014]     To achieve the above stated objectives, the size tab of the present invention includes a main body of the garment hanger and a size tab; wherein the main body of the garment hanger can be selected from any of garment hangers having metallic hook portions and plastic garment hangers, the main body of the garment hanger has an engaging portion.  
         [0015]     Wherein the size tab has a hollow annular main body with a longitudinal opening; the main body is provided on its inner surface with a first engaging beam, a second engaging beam, a third engaging beam and a fourth engaging beam; wherein the third and the fourth engaging beams are provided on their ends each with a small engaging protrusion. A receiving portion is formed among and at the ends of the first, second, third and fourth engaging beams; so that the receiving portion is engaged with the engaging portion when the size tab is slipped over with the opening and engaged with the engaging portion, and the size tab is not subject to dropping.  
         [0016]     In a preferred embodiment: the first and fourth engaging beams are provided very close to and at the two lateral sides of the opening.  
         [0017]     In a preferred embodiment: the small engaging protrusions are in the shapes of hooks.  
         [0018]     And in a preferred embodiment: the plastic garment hangers each has a hook portion with a neck portion, the engaging portion is provided on the neck portion, the engaging portion has a first and a second rib; so that when the size tab is slipped over with the opening and engaged with the engaging portion, the receiving portion is engaged with the first rib, while the hook shaped small engaging protrusions of the second and third engaging beams engage the second rib.  
         [0019]     The present invention will be apparent after reading the detailed description of the content and effects to be achieved of the preferred embodiment thereof in reference to the accompanying drawings. 
     
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
       [0020]      FIG. 1  is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of a plastic garment hanger with a size tab of the present invention;  
         [0021]      FIG. 2  is an enlarged schematic perspective view of the garment hanger with the size tab of  FIG. 1 ;  
         [0022]      FIG. 3  is an enlarged schematic perspective view of the garment hanger with the size tab of the present invention;  
         [0023]      FIG. 4  is a top view of  FIG. 3 ;  
         [0024]      FIG. 5  is a sectional view of the garment hanger with the size tab taken from a sectional line  7 - 7  in  FIG. 1 ;  
         [0025]      FIG. 6  is a perspective view of another preferred embodiment of a garment hanger of the present invention having a metallic hook portion and assembled with a size tab; and  
         [0026]      FIG. 7  is a perspective view of the garment hanger of the present invention having a metallic hook portion of  FIG. 6  but with the size tab separated from it. 
     
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT  
       [0027]     Referring to  FIGS. 1 and 2 , in which a garment hanger  30  has a main body  31 ; a hook portion  32  is provided on the main body  31 , a neck portion  33  is provided beneath the hook portion  32 , a pair of shoulder 3   34  is provided beneath and at two lateral sides of the neck portion  33 .  
         [0028]     The main body  31  is generally in the shape of “I”, triangle or in some other appropriate shapes for well hanging garments on the main body  31 , the material of the main body  31  can be plastic to render the main body  31  able to be integrally injection formed, or can be some other stiff and durable material.  
         [0029]     The neck portion  33  beneath the hook portion  32  has an engaging portion  35  having a first rib  351  and a second rib  352 .  
         [0030]     The first rib  351  and the second rib  352  of the engaging portion  35  are for engaging with a size tab  40 , therefore, the length “L” of the engaging portion  35  of the neck portion  33  had better be nearly the same as the length “I” of the size tab  40 , and the lengths of the engaging portion  35  and the size tab  40  are preferably within the range of 1.0-2.0 centimeter.  
         [0031]     Referring to  FIGS. 3, 4  and  5 , the size tab  40  is integrally injection formed of plastic; the size tab  40  has a hollow annular main body with a longitudinal opening  41 , the main body is provided on its inner surface  42  with a first engaging beam  43 , a second engaging beam  44 , a third engaging beam  45 , a fourth engaging beam  46 , a fifth engaging beam  47  and a sixth engaging beam  48  extending respectively from the inner surface  42  toward the center of the inner surface  42 ; The engaging beams  43 ,  44 ,  45 ,  46 ,  47  and  48  are equally spaced all with a spacing  401 . The first engaging beam  43  and the fourth engaging beam  46  are preferably provided very close to and at the two lateral sides of the opening  41 , and the opening  41  is formed one that can guide the direction for an action of slipping over, so that the size tab  40  can be faster and more convenient engaged with the engaging portion  35 .  
         [0032]     Moreover, the second engaging beam  44  and the third engaging beam  45  are provided on their ends respectively with small engaging protrusions  441 ,  451 . The small engaging protrusions  441 ,  451  are preferably in the shapes of hooks; a receiving portion  49  is formed among and at the ends of the engaging beams  43 ,  44 ,  45 ,  46 ,  47  and  48 . Thereby, the receiving portion  49  is engaged with the first rib  351  of the engaging portion  35  when the size tab  40  is slipped over with the opening  41  and engaged with the engaging portion  35 , while the hook shaped small engaging protrusions  441 ,  451  respectively of the second and third engaging beams  44 ,  45  engage the second rib  352 , and thereby the size tab  40  is not subjected to dropping off the garment hanger  30 .  
         [0033]     Referring to  FIGS. 6 and 7  which are perspective views of another preferred embodiment of a garment hanger  50  with a size tab  40  of the present invention, the garment hanger  50  likewise has a main body  51 ; a hook portion  52  is provided on the main body  51 , a neck portion  53  is provided beneath the hook portion  52 , a pair of shoulders  54  are provided beneath and at two lateral sides of the neck portion  53 .  
         [0034]     In this embodiment, the hook portion  52  is detachably provided on the top of the hook portion  52 , and the hook portion  52  is made of metal or some other durable material. The neck portion  53  can function as an engaging portion for engaging with the size tab  40 , thereby the size tab  40  can be slipped over with its opening  41  and engaged with the neck portion  53 , and thereby the size tab  40  is not subjected to dropping off the garment hanger  50 .  
         [0035]     Therefore, the present invention has the following advantages: 
        1. Its size tab is suitable both for a garment hanger having a metallic hook portion and for a plastic garment hanger.     2. The size tab can be tightly clamped on any garment hanger without being subject to dropping.     3. The opening of the size tab is designed for guiding the direction for an action of slipping over; thereby when a user wants to take the size tab to slip over to engage an above stated hook portion, the action can be faster and more convenient.        
 
         [0039]     In conclusion, according to the description disclosed above and the drawings, the present invention surely can achieve the expected objectives thereof to provide a garment hanger with a size tab.  
         [0040]     The embodiment stated above is only for illustrating the present invention, it will be apparent to those skilled in this art that various equivalent modifications or changes according to the idea of and without departing from the spirit of this invention shall also fall within the scope of the appended claims.