Patent ID: 7108161

Claim:
A garment hanger comprising: a frame shaped to define a wire hook top portion for hanging over a suitable support and a horizontal rail of circular cross-section shaped to receive a garment draped over the rail such that a center section of the garment engages the rail and two ends of the garment drape downwardly on each side of the rail; and an anti-slip member arranged to be engaged over the rail to provide increased friction, relative to the wire rail, on the garment to reduce the tendency of the garment to slip off the wire rail; the anti-slip member comprising an elongate member having a length substantially equal to the length of the wire rail; the ant-slip member having a slot along its length allowing it to engage over the rail by insertion of the rail into a hollow interior of the member through the slot such that the member surrounds the rail; the anti-slip member having a series of longitudinal ribs along an upper surface extending generally radially outwardly from an axis of the wire rail for engaging the garment draped over the member on the rail to provide the increased friction in a direction transverse to the ribs; and the anti-slip member having a fin projecting generally radially outwardly from the axis of the wire rail at a position generally opposite to the ribs so as to extend downwardly between the two ends of the garment such that rotation of the member around the rail is inhibited by engagement of the fin with one or other of the ends.