Patent ID: 7249698

Claim:
A garment hanger, comprising: a) a cross-bar; b) a hook extending up from said cross-bar; c) a pair of clamp assemblies spaced apart from each other and depending from said cross-bar, each clamp assembly including i) a first clamping member, ii) a second clamping member, movable relative to said first clamping member, iii) a first gripping pad coupled to one of said clamping members, said one of said clamping members having a recess surrounding a throughbore, said first gripping pad having a hollow extension and being dimensioned to fit in said recess with said hollow extension extending into said throughbore, and iv) a first interlocking plug extending into said hollow extension and securing said first gripping pad to said one of said clamping members, wherein said first interlocking plug has a substantially conical or frustroconical tip, a stem extending from said tip, and a base coupled to said stem, said base having a dimension larger than the diameter of said throughbore.