Coat hanger receptacles

Claim 1

AN IMPROVED BOX-LIKE RECEPTACLE FOR COAT HANGERS OF THE TYPE HAVING A BODY PORTION CONTAINING LEFT AND RIGHT SHOULDER SECTIONS AND A HOOK PORTION PROJECTING FROM THE BODY PORTION BETWEEN SAID SHOULDER SECTIONS, COMPRISING: (A) A BOX BODY HAVING A SPACED PAIR OF OPPOSED MAJORFACE WALLS AND A SPACED PAIR OF OPPOSED PERIMETRIC WALLS, (1) SAID BOX BODY FORMING A MAIN CHAMBER FOR HOLDING A STACK OF COAT HANGERS IN WHICH EACH HANGER MAY BE POSITIONED (A) WITH ITS MAJOR PLANE MORE OR LESS PARALLEL TO SAID MAJOR-FACE WALLS, (B) WITH ITS BODY PART OCCUPYING ONE PORTION OF THE MAIN CHAMBER SPACE WHICH EXTENDS ALONG ONE PERIMETRIC WALL IN A LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION PROCEEDING FROM ONE END OF THE BOX TO THE OTHER AND WHICH IS TRANSVERSELY SPACED FROM THE OTHER PERIMETRIC WALL OF THE BOX, AND (C) WITH ITS HOOK PART OCCUPYING THE MIDPORTION OF THE ADJOINING CHAMBER SPACE WHICH SIMILARLY EXTENDS ALONG THE OTHER PERIMETRIC WALL AND WHICH IS SPACED FROM SAID ONE PERIMETRIC WALL, (2) SAID MAIN CHAMBER SPACE, ALONG THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN SAID ADJOINING CHAMBER SPACES, HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY UNOBSTRUCTED CENTER SECTION AND LATERALLY SPACED SIDE SECTIONS, (A) THE CENTER SECTION OF SAID BOUNDARY ACCOMMODATING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE HOOK AND BODY PARTS OF COAT HANGERS IN SAID MAIN CHAMBER SPACE, AND (B) THE SIDE SECTIONS OF SAID BOUNDARY CORRESPONDING TO THE SHOULDER SECTIONS OF SAID HANGERS, AND (3) SAID ONE PERIMETRIC WALL HAVING A LONG RELATIVELY NARROW COA-HANGER-RECEIVING SLOT THROUGH WHICH SAID HANGERS MAY BE INSERTED HOOK FIRST (A) SAID SLOT EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY BETWEEN THE ENDS OF THE BOX; (B) PARTITION MEANS ARRANGED WITHIN SAID MAIN CHAMBER ALONG A SIDE BOUNDARY SECTION TO PROVIDE A STOP SEPARATING SAID ADJOINING CHAMBER SPACES AND PREVENTING THE CORRESPONDING BODY PORTION OF A HANGER IN SAID RECEPTACLE FROM OCCUPYING SAID ADJOINING CHAMBER SPACE; AND (C) FLAP MEANS AT EACH END OF THE BOX FOR END CLOSING PURPOSES.