Display hanger cover

Claim 1

An improved display hanger cover supportable over a clothes hanger to convert the clothes hanger to the utility of a display hanger for a garment, the clothes hanger having oppositely disposed side arms, a hanger neck portion and a hanger hook, the display hanger cover comprising: an elongated body portion having a hollow interior open at its bottom, the body portion having substantially curvilinearly shaped front and rear walls disposed to be supported over the hanger side arms and having substantially curvilinearly shaped first and second shoulder portions supported by the front and rear walls; and a neck portion supported at the confluence of the first and second shoulder portions and the front and rear walls, the neck portion having a substantially planar upper surface and a hook passage slot communicating with the hollow interior of the body portion, a first slot portion of the hook passage slot being generally shaped for passage therethrough of the planar profile of the hanger hook, a second slot portion of the hook passage slot substantially normally disposed to the first slot portion thereof, the second slot portion dimensioned to permit passage and retention of the hanger hook therein, and a third slot portion of the hook passage slot communicating with the second slot portion and disposed substantially parallel to the first slot portion, the third slot portion dimensioned to receive the hanger neck portion of a wire hanger such that at least a portion of the neck portion of the wire hanger extends therethrough for securing and stabilizing the display hanger cover on the wire hanger.