Plastic clothes hanger

Abstract

The hanger includes a plastic body with a top edge. A member to which the hook is attached extends above the top edge of the body and has a triangular opening designed to receive a fastening device such that a plurality of like designed hangers can be connected together. The locking clips associated with pairs of garment gripping jaws are provided with protrusions that cooperate with edges on the moveable jaws to retain same in the open position.

We claim:  
     
         1 . A hanger comprising a hook and a plastic body for supporting an article of clothing or the like, said body having a top edge and comprising a member extending above said top surface to which said hook is attached, said member having an opening extending through said member, adapted to accept a fastening device.  
     
     
         2 . The hanger of  claim 1  wherein said opening extends in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of said member.  
     
     
         3 . The hanger of  claim 1  wherein said opening has a substantially triangular shape.  
     
     
         4 . The hanger of  claim 1  wherein said member comprises a first part defining a recess adapted to receive said hook, said first part having an end proximate said top body edge and an end remote from said top body edge and a second part having an end proximate said top body edge and an end remote from said top body edge, said opening being situated between said first and said second parts.  
     
     
         5 . The hanger of  claim 4  wherein said remote end of said first part and said remote end of said second part are proximate each other.  
     
     
         6 . The hanger of  claim 4  wherein said proximate end of said first part and said proximate end of said second part are spaced from each other along said top body edge.  
     
     
         7 . The hanger of claim I further comprising a second opening through said member, said second opening being adapted to accept a fastening device.  
     
     
         8 . The hanger of  claim 4  further comprising a second opening through said member, said second opening being adapted to accept a fastening device.  
     
     
         9 . The hanger of  claim 8  wherein said member comprises a third part having an end proximate said top body edge and an end remote from said top body edge, said second opening being situated between said first and third parts.  
     
     
         10 . The hanger of  claim 9  wherein said remote ends of said first, second and third parts are proximate each other.  
     
     
         11 . The hanger of  claim 9  wherein said proximate ends of said first, second and third parts are spaced from each other along said top edge of said body.  
     
     
         12 . The hanger of  claim 7  wherein said first and second openings extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of said member.  
     
     
         13 . In combination, a hanger and a fastening device, said hanger comprising a hook and a plastic body for supporting an article of clothing or the like, said body having a top edge and comprising a member extending above said top edge, said member comprising an opening adapted to receive said fastening device.  
     
     
         14 . The combination of  claim 13  wherein said opening extends in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of said member.  
     
     
         15 . The combination of  claim 13  further comprising a second opening extending through said member.  
     
     
         16 . The combination of  claim 15  wherein said member comprises a hook receiving part and wherein said openings are located on opposite sides of said hook receiving part.  
     
     
         17 . A hanger comprising a hook and a body for supporting an article of clothing or the like, said body comprising a first jaw fixedly mounted to said body, a second jaw mounted to said body, in alignment with said first jaw, for movement between a closed position, proximate said first jaw, and an open position, remote from said first jaw, and a generally “U” shaped locking member associated with said jaws and moveable relative thereto between a first position, wherein said second jaw is locked in its closed position and a second position, wherein said second jaw may be moved toward its open position, and means for retaining said second jaw in said open position.  
     
     
         18 . The hanger of  claim 17  wherein said retaining means comprises an opening defined in part by an edge on said second jaw and wherein said locking means comprises a protrusion on said locking means adapted to cooperate with said edge of said opening to retain said second jaw in said open position.  
     
     
         19 . The hanger of  claim 18  wherein said protrusion has an inclined side adapted to facilitate the passage of said protrusion over said edge, as said jaw is moved towards said open position.  
     
     
         20 . The hanger of  claim 17  further comprising an opening extending through said body.  
     
     
         21 . The hanger of  claim 20  further comprising a member to which said hook is attached, wherein said opening extends through said member.  
     
     
         22 . The hanger of  claim 17  for use in combination with a fastening device, said hanger further comprising a fastening receiving opening.  
     
     
         23 . The combination of  claim 22  wherein said opening has a triangular shape.  
     
     
         24 . The combination of  claim 20  wherein said opening has a triangular shape.