Apparel apparatus inventions 05/07

20070119880 - Garment hanger: A garment hanger comprises a header card and a clamp, the header card being preferably “free-floating” relative to the clamp to give a prospective purchaser a sense that the clamp is attached more to the garment than to the header card and that the card is thus disposable after purchase.... Agent: Koppel, Patrick & Heybl

20070119879 - Open clothes hangers system: Clothes hangers system mainly for closets, wardrobes or shop display. Useful for hanging pants or trousers, t-shirts, sweaters, towels, sheets or linen, tablecloths and other pieces of cloth or garments following the methods of the previous international filing WO 2004/008919 (Escatllar, 29.01.2004). The open clothes hangers consist of a horizontal... Agent: Jorge Escatllar

20070119881 - Apparel accessory holder: An apparel accessory holder is described. An elongated panel is suspended by a hook from a standard support rod. One side of the panel contains a series of hook and loop locking pads for securing heavy and bulky items such as handbags, while the opposite side contains a series of... Agent: W. Patrick Quast, Esq.

20070119882 - Apparatus for donning and/or doffing a compression garment and related methods: An assist device for donning and/or doffing a compression garment includes a sleeve having an interior surface bounding a passage extending between a top end and an opposing bottom end, the top end including a top opening communicating with the passage, the bottom end including a bottom opening communicating with... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070108237 - Garment hanger: A garment hanger having a frame, wherein a polymeric sheath defining a garment contacting surface is located over a portion of the frame. The polymeric sheath can be of a cellular structure. A further garment hanger includes an overchannel sized to increase the garment contacting surface, wherein the overchannel engages... Agent: Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP

20070095866 - Dressing aids: The invention relates to a dressing aid (10) for putting on an article of clothing provided with at least one opening. Said aid comprises the following components: (a) a mounting section (17a, 17b) for at least partially mounting the article of clothing, (b) an expansion mechanism (11a, 11b, 14) for... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen