Knitwear hanger

Abstract

A hanger for a garment, including a knitwear garment, has a body portion with a hook member extending upward, and two arms extending outward from the body portion in opposing directions from one another. At least one arm has a substantially contiguous garment supporting surface on an upwardly facing side, the garment supporting surface having a plurality of locking cells along a first lateral edge of the upwardly facing side. The garment hanger may be a molded plastic garment hanger, and may be enhanced by molding a portion of the upwardly facing side from a non-slip material in a co-extrusion process.

1 . A hanger for a garment comprising: 
 a body portion having a hook member extending upward;    two arms extending outward from the body portion in opposing directions from one another;    wherein a first arm has a substantially contiguous garment supporting surface on an upwardly facing side, and further comprising a first plurality of locking cells along a first lateral edge of the upwardly facing side.    
   
   
       2 . The hanger according to  claim 1  wherein said locking cells comprise concave depressions.  
   
   
       3 . The hanger according to  claim 1  further comprising a second plurality of locking cells along a second lateral edge of the upwardly facing side.  
   
   
       4 . The hanger according to  claim 1  wherein a second arm has a substantially contiguous garment supporting surface on an upwardly facing side, and further comprising a second plurality of locking cells along a second lateral edge of the upwardly facing side.  
   
   
       5 . The hanger according to  claim 1  wherein the upwardly facing side comprises an arcuate surface.  
   
   
       6 . The hanger according to  claim 1  further comprising a non-slip insert forming part of the upwardly facing side of the first arm.  
   
   
       7 . The hanger according to  claim 6 , wherein the non-slip insert is embedded into the first arm.  
   
   
       8 . The hanger according to  claim 6 , wherein at least the garment-supporting surface is formed by the non-slip insert.  
   
   
       9 . The hanger according to  claim 6 , wherein at least the locking cells are formed by the non-slip insert.  
   
   
       10 . The hanger according to  claim 6 , wherein at least the garment supporting surface and the locking cells are formed by the non-slip insert.  
   
   
       11 . The hanger according to  claim 6 , wherein the hanger is a molded plastic hanger, and the non-slip insert is formed on the hanger by a co-extrusion process.  
   
   
       12 . The hanger according to  claim 1 , wherein each arm has a downward curvature proximate a distal end thereof.  
   
   
       13 . The hanger according to  claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of locking cells extends substantially to a distal end of said arm.