Abrégé

The present disclosure relates to clothes hangers. In particular, clothes hangers which may be made from sustainable and/or environmentally friendly materials – for example paper or pulp based clothes hangers. A shoulder-piece for attachment to a substantially planar clothes hanger is disclosed which comprises first and second elongate sections each forming part of the transverse periphery of a shell for containing an arm of the clothes-hanger. A clothes hanger is also disclosed comprising a substantially planar hanger frame incorporating a hook and a moulded shell shaped in the form of a contoured clothes hanger which extends over the planar hanger and is fixed thereto. A method of fixing a hook to, or within, the body of a substantially planar clothes hanger is disclosed. A clothes hanger is also disclosed comprising a plurality of layers of sheet material. A clothes hanger is disclosed comprising a gripper comprising one or more pieces of flat material. A method of providing an indicator for a clothes hanger is also disclosed.

Classes IPC  ?

• A47G 25/20 - Cintres pour vêtements, p.ex. pour costumes avec des dispositifs pour préserver la forme des vêtements
• A47G 25/30 - Cintres caractérisés par leur forme pour empêcher les vêtements de glisser
• A47G 25/36 - Cintres caractérisés par leur forme caractérisés par le matériau employé, p.ex. papier, carton, plastique, verre
• A47G 25/38 - Montages pour crochets
• A47G 25/14 - Cintres pour vêtements, p.ex. pour costumes
• A47G 25/48 - Cintres à pinces ou articles analogues, p.ex. pour pantalons ou jupes

Abrégé

Clothes hangers and clothes grippers are disclosed herein. One clothes hanger includes a first planar hanger profile piece including first and second hanger arms extending oppositely from a central portion and including respective pedestal portions folded upon the first and second hanger arms and the central portion, a second planar hanger profile piece including first and second hanger arms extending oppositely from a central portion, wherein the first and second planar hanger profile pieces are attached to one another with the planar pedestal portions disposed therebetween, the planar pedestal portions serving to space the first and second planar hanger profile pieces from one another.

Classes IPC  ?

• A47G 25/36 - Cintres caractérisés par leur forme caractérisés par le matériau employé, p.ex. papier, carton, plastique, verre
• A47G 25/50 - Crochets de cintres pour suspendre les pantalons ou les jupes
• A47G 25/48 - Cintres à pinces ou articles analogues, p.ex. pour pantalons ou jupes
• A47G 25/14 - Cintres pour vêtements, p.ex. pour costumes
• D06F 55/00 - Pinces à linge
• D06F 55/02 - Pinces à linge avec éléments pivotants