Patent ID: 7832604

Claim:
A coordinate set hanger comprising: a first hanger having a first body, a hook extending upward from the first body, a first means for suspending a garment from the first body, and a first connection tab extending downward from the first body and operative to releasably suspend a dependent hanger therefrom; a connection link having a first locking end at one end thereof and a second locking end at the other end thereof, the first locking end being releasably attachable to the first connection tab; and a dependent hanger having a second body and a second means for suspending a garment from the second body, a second connection tab extending upward from the second body, the second connection tab operative to releasably secure the second locking end of the connection link thereto, wherein the first and second connection tabs comprise at least one of two complementary male or female mating parts and first and second locking ends comprise at least the other one of two complementary male or female mating parts, wherein the male mating part comprises: an elongated body having a first substantially vertical surface and an opposite second substantially vertical surface, and a snap lock defined by a sloped surface extending away from the first substantially vertical surface, and a first substantially horizontal surface connecting the first substantially vertical surface and the sloped surface, and wherein the female mating part comprises: a substantially vertical retaining surface for engaging the sloped surface of the snap lock when the male part engages the female part, a retaining band spaced from the substantially vertical retaining surface, for providing a space receiving the elongated body and the snap lock of the male part when the male part engages the female part, and a second substantially horizontal surface for engaging the first substantially horizontal surface of the snap lock of the male mating part when the male part engages the female part.