Abstract:
An indicator of size, etc., to be attached to an attaching part which is formed on a clothes hanger and exposed to the outer surface when clothing, etc., is hung, comprises a flexible sheet part, fixing parts formed close to both ends to be fitted with the attaching part and indication sections indicating a size, etc., printed on a plurality of points which become outer surfaces when the attaching part is fitted with the fixing parts.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
         [0001]    1. Field of the Invention  
           [0002]    The present invention relates to an indicator of size, etc., to be attached to a clothes hanger and a clothes hanger attached with an indicator of size, etc.  
           [0003]    2. Description of the Related Art  
           [0004]    Generally, hangers for hanging clothes are purchased in a retail store in a clothes hanging condition, and are displayed for sale as they are or by sizes in this condition.  
           [0005]    When the size of clothing is indicated, generally, a size indicator chip which is short in length and C-shaped, and indicates a size number printed by a printing means (for example, Japanese Patent Application No. H06-308418) on the three circumferential points is attached to a hook part of a hanger.  
           [0006]    However, in this size indicator chip whose C-shaped part is elastically deformed and directly fitted to the hook part of a hanger, the chip is only held by its elastic force, so that this size indicator chip easily shifts and easily comes off the hook part of the hanger.  
           [0007]    Furthermore, printing must be made on the circumferential surfaces of the small C-shaped size indicator chip by differing the phase, so that the system for carrying this out becomes large in size, and in addition, since a margin for fixation is necessary around the print surfaces when printing, the printed indication sections become small and difficult to see.  
         SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION  
         [0008]    The present invention was made in view of the abovementioned problem, and an object thereof is to provide an indicator which can be securely attached without shifting and includes prints on its indication sections which are printed as large as possible so that they are easily viewable.  
           [0009]    In order to achieve the abovementioned object, an indicator of size, etc., to be attached to a clothes hanger relating to the invention is an indicator of size., etc., to be attached to an attaching part which is formed on a clothes hanger and exposed to the outer surface when clothing, etc., is hung, comprising a flexible sheet part, fixing parts formed close to both ends to be fitted with the attaching part and indication sections indicating a size, etc., printed on a plurality of points which become outer surfaces when the attaching part is fitted with the fixing parts.  
           [0010]    Furthermore, as one of the characteristics of an indicator of size, etc., to be attached to a clothes hanger relating to the invention, V-shaped or U-shaped grooves are made in the flexible sheet part to form valley folding hinges, and the sheet is folded inward at the valley folding hinges, whereby fixing parts close to both ends accurately face each other without deviation.  
           [0011]    Furthermore, for a clothes hanger attached with an indicator of size, etc., relating to the invention, an attaching part is formed on the clothes hanger so as to be exposed to the outer surface when clothing, etc., is hung, and the fixing parts formed close to both ends by folding an indicator including indication of size, etc., on surface portions of a sheet part are fitted with the attaching part, whereby the indicator is attached to the attaching part of the clothes hanger.  
           [0012]    As described above, in the invention, an attaching part is formed on a clothes hanger so as to be exposed to the outer surface when clothing, etc., is hung, and an indicator including indication of size, etc., on surface portions of a sheet part is attached to the attaching part of the clothes hanger by fitting the fixing parts formed close to both ends by folding the indicator with the attaching part, so that the indicator can be more securely attached than with a conventional size indicator chip which is held by its elasticity, and the indicator can be prevented from shifting and coming off.  
           [0013]    Furthermore, printing on the indication sections can be carried out upon making the indicator of size, etc., flat, so that successive printing is possible onto surfaces which become different from each other when the indicator is attached. Thereby, the conventional margin for fixation is not necessary on respective indication surfaces, so that the indication sections of size, etc., can be printed as large as possible so as to be easily viewable.  
           [0014]    Moreover, in a construction in which V-shaped or U-shaped grooves are cut in the flexible sheet part to form valley folding hinges, and the sheet is folded inward at valley folding hinges so that fixing parts close to both ends face each other, in addition to the abovementioned effect, the fixing parts can be made to face each other and can be easily fitted by only folding inward the sheet at the valley folding hinges. Thereby, attachment can be accurately and easily carried out. 
       
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
       [0015]    [0015]FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part of a hanger attached with an indicator of size, etc., of the invention;  
         [0016]    [0016]FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the surface side of the indicator of size, etc., of the invention in a developed condition;  
         [0017]    [0017]FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the back surface side of the indicator of size, etc., of the invention in a developed condition;  
         [0018]    [0018]FIG. 4 is a cross sectional plan view of a condition where the indicator of size, etc., of the invention is attached to a hanger;  
         [0019]    [0019]FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a main part of a hanger showing a modified example of the indicator of size, etc., of the invention;  
         [0020]    [0020]FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a main part of a hanger showing another modified example of the indicator of size, etc., of the invention; and  
         [0021]    [0021]FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing use procedures of another modified example of the indicator of size, etc., of the invention. 
     
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS  
       [0022]    Hereinafter, a hanger with a size indictor relating to the invention is described with reference to the drawings.  
         [0023]    [0023]FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hanger attached with an indicator of size, etc., relating to the invention, wherein the reference number  1  denotes the entirety of a part of a hanger with an indicator of size, etc., to which an indicator  2  is attached.  
         [0024]    This hanger  1  with an indicator of size, etc., comprises a hanger main body  3  made of a synthetic resin, a hook  5  having an opening  4  directed sideward (leftward in the figure) at the center of the hanger main body  3 , and an indicator  2  of a size, etc., attached to the base end portion of the hook  5 .  
         [0025]    The abovementioned synthetic resin-made hanger main body  3  is made of a comparatively soft synthetic resin such as polyethylene or polypropylene, and is formed as an I-shaped section.  
         [0026]    The hook  5  is formed so as to extend from the upper edge central portion of a projected portion  7  that is projected upward from the central upper portion of the hanger main body  3 .  
         [0027]    At an acute angle portion  8  between the hook  5  and the projected portion  7  of the hanger main body  3 , an attaching part  10  formed into a triangle plate having an attaching hole  9  is integrally formed, and an indicator  2  of a size, etc., described later, is attached to this attaching part  10 .  
         [0028]    The indicator  2  of a size, etc., is formed into a sheet as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 from the same synthetic resin material such as polyethylene or polypropylene as the material of the hanger main body  3 , and has triangular parts  2   a  and  2   b  which fit the triangle plate-like attaching part  10  on the left and right, and a rectangular part  2   c  having a width matching the thickness T of the attaching part  10  at the central portion.  
         [0029]    90° V-shaped cut grooves  11  are formed at the back surfaces of boundaries between the rectangular part  2   c  and the triangular parts  2   a  and  2   b  formed on the left and right, and thin folding portions  12  are formed there.  
         [0030]    Furthermore, fixing parts  13  which fit each other are formed close to the ends of the triangular parts  2   a  and  2   b  formed on the left and right, and indication sections  14  including printing of size, etc., are formed on the respective parts of the triangular parts  2   a  and  2   b  and the rectangular part  2   c  which become outer surfaces when the fixing parts  13  are latched with each other.  
         [0031]    In the fixing parts  13 , a latch hole  15  is made in one of the fixing parts (triangular part  2   a ), and a latch piece  16  to be latched in the latch hole  15  is projectingly formed on the other one (triangular part  2   b ), and the front end of the latch piece  16  is made large in diameter to form a stopper part  16   a  (see FIG. 4). Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 4, this latch hole  15  is tapered at the entering side of the latch piece  16  to form a tapered surface  15   a  so that the latch piece easily fits and hardly slips.  
         [0032]    The indication sections  14  are printed on the surfaces of the respective surfaces of the triangular parts  2   a  and  2   b  and the rectangular part  2   c  when the indicator  2  of a size, etc., is developed to be flat (plane).  
         [0033]    When printing is thus carried out by developing the indicator  2  of a size, etc., printing can be successively carried out on wide areas of the respective surfaces, so that large prints can be easily made.  
         [0034]    Procedures for attaching the indicator  2  of a size, etc., formed as mentioned above to the attaching part  10  of the hanger main body  3  are described next.  
         [0035]    First, the latch piece  16  of the fixing part  13  is inserted through the attaching hole  9  of the attaching part  10 .  
         [0036]    Next, the V-shaped cut grooves  11  formed in the back surfaces of the boundaries between the rectangular part  2   c  and the triangular parts  2   a  and  2   b  are folded inward in order.  
         [0037]    Then, the front end portion of the latch piece  16  and the latch hole  15  of the fixing parts  13  accurately face each other, and therefore, by pressing and fitting the latch piece  16  into the latch hole  15 , attachment of the indicator  2  of a size, etc., to the hanger main body  3  is completed.  
         [0038]    The indicator  2  of a size, etc., that has been thus attached to the hanger main body  3  is prevented from shifting and coming off the hanger main body  3  since the stopper part  16   a  at the front end of the latch piece  16  is latched in the latch hole  15  in a manner preventing slipping-off (see FIG. 4).  
         [0039]    Moreover, V-shaped cut grooves  11  (total: two grooves) are formed at the back surfaces of the respective boundaries between the rectangular part  2   c  and the triangular parts  2   a  and  2   b  in this example, however, the construction is not limited to this, and three or more grooves can be formed. In this case, by changing the angle of the V-shaped cut groove  11  according to the number of grooves, the front end portion of the latch piece  16  and the latch hole  15  of the fixing parts  13  can be positioned so as to accurately face each other.  
         [0040]    Furthermore, this cut grooves  11  is not limited to a V-shape, and as a matter of course it can be made U-shaped.  
         [0041]    Furthermore, the attaching part  10  of the hanger main body  3  is formed by the attaching hole  9  and the fixing parts  13  are formed by the latch piece  16  and the latch hole  15  in the abovementioned embodiment, however, instead of this, it is also possible that the attaching part  10  of the hanger main body  3  is formed by projections  18  and  18  as shown in FIG. 5, and the fixing parts  13  are formed by latch holes  19  and  19  which are fitted with these projections  18  and  18 .  
         [0042]    Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, it is also possible that the indicator  2  of a size, etc., is shaped as a tape from the same synthetic resin material as mentioned above and this tape is bent and attached to the attaching part  10  of the hanger main body  3 .