Dual purpose sock holder

Claim 2

A dual purpose holder for a pair of hose by which the hose may be hung for sales display purposes and paired together for laundering purposes which comprises a retainer member, a hanger member integral therewith, said retainer member being planar in configuration, two separate transverse openings in said retainer member, each opening being of such size that one hose of a pair may be draped therethrough and retained therein during a normal laundering of the hose, said hanger member being a sinuous rod having a C-shaped free end portion held spaced from said retainer member at one side thereof by an elongated leg portion, said hanger member being coplanar with said retainer member and attached thereto by said leg portion, said attachment being defined by a demarcation along which the hanger member may be separated from the retainer member by severance force.

Claim 3

A dual purpose holder of claim 1 wherein edges that define said transverse opening in said retainer member present a plurality of undulations that can serve to prevent a hose draped through the opening from slipping out of the opening.

Claim 4

A dual purpose holder of claim 1 wherein said retainer member is elongated along an axis that parallels the longitudinal axis of the major section of said leg portion of the hanger member.

Claim 5

The holder of claim 3 wherein said openings in the retainer member are slots elongated along an axis that parallels said axis of elongation of the retainer member.

Claim 6

The holder of claim 4 wherein said slots are separated from one another by a rib that runs normal to the axis of elongation of the retainer member.

Claim 7

The holder of claim 4 wherein said slots are separated from one another by a rib that runs parallel to the axis of elongation of the retainer member.

Claim 8

A dual purpose holder for a pair of hose by which the hose may be hung for sales display purposes and paired together for laundering purposes which comprises a retainer member, a hanger member integral therewith, said retainer member being planar in configuration, two separate transverse openings in said retainer member, each opening being of such size that one hose of a pair may be draped therethrough and retained therein during a normal laundering of the hose, said hanger member being a sinuous rod having a C-shaped free end portion held spaced from said retainer member by an elongated leg portion, said hanger member being coplanar with said retainer member and attached hereto by said leg portion, said attachment being defined by a demarcation along which the hanger member may be separated from the retainer member by severance force, and a rod-like projection extending from one side of said retainer member coplanar therewith, the attachment of said projection of said retainer member being defined by a demarcation along which the projection may be separatedd from the retainer member by severance force.

Claim 9

A dual purpose holder for a pair of hose by which the hose may be hung for sales display purposes and paired together for laundering purposes which comprises a retainer member, a hanger member integral therewith, said retainer member being planar in configuration, two separate transverse openings in said retainer member, each opening being of such size that one hose of a pair may be draped therethrough and retained therein during a normal laundering of the hose, said hanger member being a sinuous rod having a C-shaped free end portion held spaced from said retainer member by an elongated leg portion, said hanger member being coplanar with said retainer member and attached hereto by said leg portion, said attachment being defined by a demarcation along which the hanger member may be separated from the retainer member by severance force, and a rod-like projection extending from one side of said retainer member coplanar therewith, the attachment of said projection of said retainer member being defined by a demarcation along which the projection may be separatedd from the retainer member by severance force.

Claim 10

A dual purpose holder for a pair of hose by which the hose may be hung for sales display purposes and paired together for laundering purposes which comprises a retainer member, a hanger integral therewith, and a rod-like element, said retainer being planar in configuration, two separate transverse openings in said retainer member, each opening being of such size that one hose of a pair may be draped therethrough and retained therein during a normal laundering of the hose, said hanger member having a C-shaped free end portion coplanar with said retainer member and attached thereto by a depending portion, said attachment being defined by a demarcation along which the hanger member may be separated from the retainer member by severance force, said rod-like element depending from one side of said retainer member coplanar therewith, the attachment of said element to said retainer member being defined by a demarcation along which the element may be separated from the retainer memBer by severance force.

Claim 11

A dual purpose holder for a pair of hose by which the hose may be hung for sales display purposes and paired together for laundering purposes which comprises a retainer member, a hanger integral therewith, and a rod-like element, said retainer being planar in configuration, two separate transverse openings in said retainer member, each opening being of such size that one hose of a pair may be draped therethrough and retained therein during a normal laundering of the hose, said hanger member having a C-shaped free end portion coplanar with said retainer member and attached thereto by a depending portion, said attachment being defined by a demarcation along which the hanger member may be separated from the retainer member by severance force, said rod-like element depending from one side of said retainer member coplanar therewith, the attachment of said element to said retainer member being defined by a demarcation along which the element may be separated from the retainer memBer by severance force.