Clothes hanger attachment

Claim 1

A clothes hanger attachment adapted to be removably supported on either the sloping shoulder portion or cross-member of the wire members of a wire garment hanger, comprising: a unitary elongated channel member having a predetermined length, said length adopted to be approximately the length of the sloping shoulder portion, an upper curved garment supporting surface for inhibiting creasing of supported garments, a pair of downwardly extending side members at opposite sides of said supporting surface, and first and second opposed ends, each of said first and second ends including end-notches for engaging curved portions either adjacent hook of a wire hanger or the curved joinder of the sloping shoulder portions and the cross-member of the wire hanger for preventing twisting of the hanger attachment; wire gripping means integrally formed on inner surfaces of said downwardly extending side members for gripping the wire of the wire hanger; and at least one depression in said upper curved garment supporting surface, the vertical distance between said wire gripping means and the lowest extremity of said associated depression adapted to be less than the diameter of the wire member of the wire garment hanger for causing a pressure to be applied to said wire when inserted therebetween. said depression downwardly extending for applying pressure to said wire in cooperation with said gripping means, whereby said wire is removably engaged between saiD wire gripping means and said depression and said depression is operable to inhibit sideslipping of garments and to retain shoulder straps when mounted on said sloping shoulder portion.