Clothes hangers

Abstract

A clothes hanger ( 1,2, 2 X) comprising one, two or more planar elements together defining a hanger shape for suspending a garment, at least one of the planar elements having an opening ( 5, 7 B, 7 D) an indicating element ( 9 ) or other information element, and movable into a position, retained between the planar elements, in which position at least one marking on the indicating element ( 9 ) may be visible through said opening ( 5, 7 B, 7 D). The indicating element ( 9 ) may bear a plurality of different markings and may be movable into different such positions in which a different one or ones of the markings is or are visible through the opening ( 5, 7 B, 7 D). The indicating ( 9 ) element may be insertable between the planar elements through a hole ( 6 ) in one of said elements or through a gap between said elements at the edge of the hanger. There is also provided attachable shoulder-pieces ( 21 A, 21 B, 46 R, 46 L) which may be moulded or made from one or more layers of material to provide a contoured support for a garment.

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         23 . A clothes hanger comprising two planar elements together defining a hanger shape for suspending a garment, at least one of the planar elements having an opening, an indicating element and movable into a position, retained between the planar elements, in which position at least one marking on the indicating element is visible through said opening. 
     
     
         24 . A clothes hanger according to  claim 23 , wherein the indicating element bears a plurality of different markings and may be movable into different such positions in which a different one or ones of the markings is or are visible through one or more apertures. 
     
     
         25 . A clothes hanger according to  claim 24 , wherein the indicating element is arranged to move in a circular or horizontal movement to reveal sections of the information inscribed on it through one or more apertures. 
     
     
         26 . A clothes hanger according to  claim 25 , wherein the indicating element is insertable between the planar elements through a hole in one of said elements. 
     
     
         27 . A clothes hanger according to  claim 25 , wherein the indicating element is insertable between the planar elements through a gap between said elements at the edge of the hanger. 
     
     
         28 . A clothes hangar having a main part of substantially planar form and including shoulder pieces each having a curved outer shell and at least one internal rib arranged transverse to the main part, an indent in one of the ribs and the main part engaging with the other of the ribs and the main part. 
     
     
         29 . A clothes hanger according to  claim 28 , including a plurality of such ribs, at least one rib nearer a shoulder end of the shoulder piece being longer than a rib further from said shoulder end. 
     
     
         30 . A shoulder piece for attaching to a substantially planar clothes hanger, the shoulder piece comprising at least one substantially planar sheet arranged to lie on one side of the hanger transversely to the hanger, and having an engaging formation for engaging the hanger. 
     
     
         31 . A shoulder piece according to  claim 30 , wherein the engaging formation comprises a slot adapted to receive an upper edge of the hanger. 
     
     
         32 . A shoulder piece according to  claim 30 , wherein the engaging formation comprises a tab cut out from the shoulder piece and engaging a slot in the hanger. 
     
     
         33 . A shoulder piece according to  claim 30 , including cuts or slots allowing the assumption of a shape corresponding to a shoulder. 
     
     
         34 . A shoulder piece according to  claim 33 , wherein the cuts or slots extend generally radially as far as the periphery of a shoulder part of the shoulder piece. 
     
     
         35 . A shoulder piece according to  claim 30 , comprising a plurality of planar sheets of similar shape but of sequentially increasing size, with a smallest sheet at a top of the shoulder piece and a largest sheet at a bottom thereof. 
     
     
         36 . A pair of shoulder pieces, each according to  claim 30 , said shoulder pieces being joined together at a narrow end of each of the shoulder pieces to from a combined unit for fitting over both sides of a hanger. 
     
     
         37 . A hook for suspending a clothes hanger that includes at least one through hole, the hook being formed from a continuous length of material that has an upper hook portion and a lower curved portion arranged to extend through the at least one through hole in a generally horizontal direction.