Apparatus for holding garment hangers

Abstract

A garment hanger holder device has a hook with a rectangular slot to receive a strap formed into a loop. The hook member can have multiple slots, through which a strap can be threaded to provide a simple strap adjustment mechanism. The strap can have multiple loops that can be adjustable or fixed in size. An opening of the hook member is sized and shaped to be about equal to a diameter of a standard size garment hanging rod. The opening size and shape creates resistance with the hook is placed on or removed from a garment hanging rod. The holding device permits multiple garment hangers to be suspended from a single hook and contribute to ease of storage, transportation and display. The resistance provided by the sized and shaped hook opening prevents the device from being jostled off of a garment hanging rod.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A garment hanger holding device, comprising: 
 a hook member having a body portion and a hook portion;    a rectangular slot in said body portion for receiving a strap threaded therethrough;    a portion of said strap being in the form of a loop; and    said loop capable of receiving a hook portion of a conventional garment hanger.    
     
     
         2 . The device according to  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of slots in said body portion.  
     
     
         3 . The device according to  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of loops formed with said strap.  
     
     
         4 . The device according to  claim 2 , wherein said strap is threaded through each one of said rectangular slots.  
     
     
         5 . The device according to  claim 4 , further comprising a plurality of loops formed with said strap.  
     
     
         6 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein said hook portion is substantially in the shape of an arc sufficient in size to receive a conventional size rod for hanging garments.  
     
     
         7 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein said loop is formed by affixing opposing portions of said strap to one another.  
     
     
         8 . The device according to  claim 1 , further comprising an adjustable member through which a portion of said strap is threaded to thereby permit a size of said loop to be modified.  
     
     
         9 . A device for holding garment hangers, comprising: 
 a hook shaped member having a body portion and a hook portion;    an opening in said body portion;    an extended hook region on an end of said hook portion;    a hook opening between said body portion and said hook extension region; and    said hook opening having a dimension related to a diameter of a standard size rod.    
     
     
         10 . The device according to  claim 9 , wherein opposed surfaces across said hook opening are convex in profile.  
     
     
         11 . A device for holding garment hangers, comprising: 
 a hook shaped member having a body portion and a hook portion;    an opening in said body portion for receiving a strap threaded therethrough;    a portion of said strap being in the form of a loop;    an extended hook region on an end of said hook portion;    a hook opening between said body portion and said hook extension region; and    said hook opening having a dimension related to a diameter of a standard size rod.    
     
     
         12 . The device according to  claim 11 , wherein opposed surfaces across said hook opening are convex in profile.  
     
     
         13 . The device according to  claim 11 , further comprising a plurality of openings in said body portion.  
     
     
         14 . The device according to  claim 13 , wherein said strap is threaded through each one of said openings.  
     
     
         15 . The device according to  claim 11 , wherein said loop is formed by affixing opposing portions of said strap to one another.  
     
     
         16 . The device according to  claim 11 , further comprising an adjustable member through which a portion of said strap is threaded to thereby permit a size of said loop to be modified.  
     
     
         17 . The device according to  claim 11 , wherein a resistance to attaching or removing said hook portion to and from said rod results from said dimension.  
     
     
         18 . A device for holding garment hangers, comprising: 
 a hook shaped member having a body portion and a hook portion;    a plurality of openings in said body portion;    an extended hook region on an end of said hook portion;    a hook opening between said body portion and said hook extension region; and    said hook opening having a dimension comparable to a diameter of a standard size rod for supporting hung garments.    
     
     
         19 . The device according to  claim 18 , further comprising: 
 a strap threaded through at least two of said openings in said body portion; and    a loop formed in said strap for receiving a hook of a garment hanger.    
     
     
         20 . The device according to  claim 19 , further comprising a plurality of loops formed in said strap.  
     
     
         21 . A device for holding garment hangers, comprising: 
 a hook shaped member having a body portion and a hook portion;    an opening in said body portion;    an extended hook region on an end of said hook portion;    a hook opening between said body portion and said hook extension region; and    said body portion opposed to said hook extension region having a curved surface to provide a minimal dimension of said hook opening coinciding with a point on said curved surface.    
     
     
         22 . A device for holding garment hangers, comprising: 
 a hook shaped member having a body portion and a hook portion;    an opening in said body portion;    an extended hook region on an end of said hook portion;    a hook opening between said body portion and said hook extension region;    at least one opposed surface across said hook opening being convex in profile; and    said hook opening having a dimension related to a diameter of a standard size rod.    
     
     
         23 . The device according to  claim 22 , wherein a resistance to attaching or to removing said hook portion to or from said rod, respectively, is provided by said dimension.  
     
     
         24 . A device for holding garment hangers, comprising: 
 a hook shaped member having a body portion and a hook portion;    an opening in said body portion;    an extended hook region on an end of said hook portion;    a hook opening between said body portion and said hook extension region; and    at least one opposed surface across said hook opening is convex in profile thereby contributing to an interference with the removal of said hook portion from said rod.    
     
     
         25 . A device for holding garment hangers, comprising: 
 a hook shaped member having a body portion and a hook portion;    an opening in said body portion;    an extended hook region on an end of said hook portion;    a hook opening between said body portion and said hook extension region; and    said hook opening shaped to receive a rod at an angle measured from a vertical axis of said hook shaped member, whereby a resistance to removal of said hook shaped member from said rod is reduced when said hook shaped member is moved to substantially align said hook opening with a horizontal plane of said rod.