Identification procedure for suspended articles of clothing and carrier for application of the procedure

• US 4,137,661 A
• Filed: 12/30/1976
• Issued: 02/06/1979
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Gert A. Johansson
• Original Assignee: Gert A. Johansson
• Inventors: Johansson, Gert A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mancene, Louis G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Contreras, Wenceslao J.
• Application Number:
  US05/755,631
• Time in Patent Office: 768 Days
• Field of Search: 40/10 R, 40/322, 40/20 R, 40/21 R, 40/2 R
• US Class Current: 40/322
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 25/1428 at or around the stem
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/04 to be fastened or secured by the material of the label itself, e.g. by thermo-adhesion by a separate adhesive layer G09F3/10
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/08 Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself

Abstract

Procedure and device for marking of data distinguishing an article of clothing in respect of size, quality, color, manufacturing data, delivery, pattern, price or other marketing data, etc., on a clotheshanger, the label belonging to the article of clothing and affixed to it close to the hanger by a thread being detachably affixed to the carrier in an easily visible position while remaining secured to the article.

Claims

1. A marking system for articles of clothing comprising in combination:

a hanger having a first portion adapted to hold an article of clothing and a second portion extending upwardly therefrom for attachment to a fixed support;

a tag holder located on the upper portion of said hanger at a location above the level at which the article of clothing is supported thereon, a tag adapted to have selected information thereon relating to an article of clothing;

said tag holder and said tag having means cooperatively securing said tag to said tag holder during normal handling of said hanger and permitting removal thereof manually, said tag having an elongated flexible tie element secured at one end thereof to said tag and means at the other end adapted to be secured to an article of clothing to which it refers.

2. A marking system according to claim 1, wherein said tag holder comprises a slot formed in said hanger and said tag is dimensioned to be slidably positioned within said slot.

3. A marking system according to claim 1, wherein said tag holder comprises at least one clip member secured adjacent one end thereof to said hanger and adapted at the other end thereof to releasably grasp said tag.

4. A marking system according to claim 1, wherein said tag holder is at least partially in the form of a permanent magnet and said tag is provided with magnetizable material.

5. A marking system according to claim 1, wherein said tag holder and said tag are provided with cooperable adhesive surfaces.

6. A marking system according to claim 1, wherein said tie element comprises a wire.

7. A marking system according to claim 1, wherein said tie element comprises a tape.

8. A method of marking articles of clothing with data and of displaying the articles and data, comprising:

providing a hanger support having a tag holder thereon on the upper portion thereof at a location above the level at which the article of clothing is supported thereon, affixing a tag having selected information thereon relating to an article of clothing on the article of clothing by means of an elongated flexible tie element, the tag being carried at one end of the tie element and the other end of the tie element being secured to the article of clothing at a location thereon to be closely proximate to said tag holder when the article of clothing is disposed on the hanger, and supporting the article of clothing on the hanger support and mounting said tag releasably on said tag holder such that the information thereon is readily visible.

9. A method according to claim 8, wherein said tag is mounted on said tag holder by inserting said tag through a slot in the hanger support which comprises the holder.

10. A method according to claim 8, wherein said tag and holder are brought into releasable engagement magnetically.

11. A method according to claim 8, wherein said tag is adhesively connected to said holder.

12. A method according to claim 8, wherein said tag is grasped by said holder which comprises a clip.