Garment security device

• US 4,885,920 A
• Filed: 04/11/1988
• Issued: 12/12/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Donna J. Larson
• Original Assignee: Donna J. Larson
• Inventors: Larson, Donna J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gall, Lloyd A.
• Application Number:
  US07/182,300
• Time in Patent Office: 610 Days
• Field of Search: 70/59, 70/49, 70/60, 211/7, 211/4, 211/123, 223/88, 223/92, 223/85
• US Class Current: 70/49
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 67/006 with retraction of the cable for storage E05B73/0029 takes precedence; for devices mounted to a fixed surface or a portable object E05B73/0011
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 69/006 Lockable hangers or hanger racks
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/483 Flexible shackle
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5013 Canes, umbrellas, apparel

Abstract

The garment security device can be readily secured to virtually all types of garment racks and garment hangers currently in use. When made of rugged construction the device prevents the unauthorized removal of garments from the garment rack. The device is also portable and compact so that when the device is not in use, the cable retracts and the device may be easily carried in a woman'"'"'s purse. The device secures a garment to the garment rack. The garment rack includes a hanger suspended therefrom. The device includes a reelable cable located within a cable housing, wherein the cable has a lockable end. The device has locking means for locking the cable end into the security device. The locking means are preferably a lock integral to the cable housing which receives the cable end and retains it securely in place until the lock is released by the key. The device also includes mounting means which retain the device to either the garment rack or the hanger while the reelable cable end is withdrawn from the cable housing and looped through an opening within the garment and locked into the security device. After the device is locked the mounting means may or may not be released.

Claims

1. A security hanger which prevents the unauthorized removal of a garment from a conventional garment rack, the security hanger being portable and compact when not in use enabling convenient storage in a handbag, the security hanger comprising:

(a) a hanger housing;

(b) a reelable cable disposed within the hanger housing, the reelable cable having a lockable end, the reelable cable being spring tensioned enabling the reelable cable to automatically retract into the hanger housing when the lockable end is disengaged, the lockable cable end being readily graspable when the reelable cable is in the retracted position;

(c) an elongated shoulder portion over which the garment may be suspended, the elongated shoulder portion comprising telescoping sections which collapse into each other for compact storage, the reelable cable extending through a telescoping section of the shoulder portion;

(d) means for locking the cable end into the hanger housing, the locking means being integral to the hanger housing, the lockable cable end being cooperatively engageable within the locking means until the locking means is released; and

(e) hooking means for mounting the housing to the garment rack, the hooking means being engageable to and disengageable from the garment rack.

2. The security hanger of claim 1, wherein the locking means is key actuated, and the manual rotation of the key disengages the tumblers.