US4189035A
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Garment container, carrier and hanger
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1978-05-22
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Granted: 1980-02-19
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Expires: 1998-05-22
Abstract
Abstract A garment cover, hanger, and carrier is provided which encloses suits, coats, capes, dresses, and other wearing apparel in a bag or container for the protection of the garments against wrinkling or becoming soiled which is generally of the type comprising rectangular sacks of proper length to accommodate a given number of articles to be housed upon coat or garment hangers arranged therein; and having suspension hooks extending therefrom in order that they may be hung or suspended from hooks within clothes closets, or in a traveling vehicle such as airplane, automobile, train, bus, marine vessel, etc. The garment cover, hanger, and carrier of the present invention is particularly characterized by the provision of improved means for holding the garments in position, including, among other things, a box-like structure surrounding the top and upper half of the side-edges of the garment which is accompanied by a closure that tapers downwardly to the bottom of the box-like structure, together with a pair of substantially rectangular and cooperating longitudinally disposed panel members secured to, and oppositely extending inwardly of, the container from the aforementioned side edges.
Inventors
- 👤 Kurt P. Herz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 23:38
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47G; A47G25/00; A47G25/54
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
221 words
A garment container, carrier and hanger consisting for the most part of flexible material, and, when fully opened and in hanging position, comprising (a) a substantially rectangular base sheet having substantially straight and parallel side edges and substantially straight top and bottom edges; (b) a pair of substantially rectangular longitudinally disposed and cooperating parallel garment-enclosing panel members hingedly secured at their remote edges to the inner side of the base sheet from both the upper and lower portions of the aforementioned side edges; (c) an inverted U-shaped strip secured to and extending along said top edge and approximately the upper half of each of said side edges of the base sheet and extending at right-angles with respect to the base sheet; (d) said inverted U-shaped strip being peripherally disposed with respect to said panel members; (e) the lower half of said base sheet and said longitudinally disposed panel members being adapted to be folded completely over the upper half thereof; and (f) the upper mid-section of said inverted U-shaped strip being transversely divided and temporarily held together by fastener means which bridge the gap between the transversely divided section; (g) said gap providing means for receiving the shanks of hook portions of garment hangers and permitting the same to project outwardly therefrom and away from the garment container, carrier and hanger.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
221 words
A garment container, carrier and hanger consisting for the most part of flexible material, and, when fully opened and in hanging position, comprising (a) a substantially rectangular base sheet having substantially straight and parallel side edges and substantially straight top and bottom edges; (b) a pair of substantially rectangular longitudinally disposed and cooperating parallel garment-enclosing panel members hingedly secured at their remote edges to the inner side of the base sheet from both the upper and lower portions of the aforementioned side edges; (c) an inverted U-shaped strip secured to and extending along said top edge and approximately the upper half of each of said side edges of the base sheet and extending at right-angles with respect to the base sheet; (d) said inverted U-shaped strip being peripherally disposed with respect to said panel members; (e) the lower half of said base sheet and said longitudinally disposed panel members being adapted to be folded completely over the upper half thereof; and (f) the upper mid-section of said inverted U-shaped strip being transversely divided and temporarily held together by fastener means which bridge the gap between the transversely divided section; (g) said gap providing means for receiving the shanks of hook portions of garment hangers and permitting the same to project outwardly therefrom and away from the garment container, carrier and hanger.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
The garment container, carrier, and hanger of claim 1, and with means for fastening together the adjacent edges of the substantially rectangular longitudinally disposed panel members.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
45 words
The garment container, carrier, and hanger of claim 1, wherein one of the substantially rectangular longitudinally disposed panel members is of sufficient width to overlie the other substantially rectangular longitudinally disposed panel member at least in part; and means for securing said panel members together.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
The garment container, carrier and hanger of claim 1, together with means for securing together the lower and upper portions of the base sheet and longitudinally disposed panel members when they are in folded relationship.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The garment container, carrier, and hanger of claim 4, wherein the securing means includes slide fasteners and slide operators therefor.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
The garment container, carrier, and hanger of claim 5, wherein the ends of the slide fasteners are secured to the tapered ends of the inverted U-shaped strip.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1983-02-18 | 1983-08-20 | 1984-02-19 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1987-02-18 | 1987-08-20 | 1988-02-19 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1991-02-18 | 1991-08-20 | 1992-02-19 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |