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  Garment hanger with releasable information tabRelated Patent Categories: Apparel Apparatus, Garment HangersGarment hanger with releasable information tab description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070158373, Garment hanger with releasable information tab. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] Disclosed embodiments herein relate generally to garment hangers, and more particularly to garment hangers having releasable information tabs. BACKGROUND [0002] Numerous types of hangers have been used to hang garments, such as jackets, shirts, skirts, shorts, and trousers. In the retail environment, it is desirable to find an appropriately sized article of clothing quickly without having to sort through many garments of the wrong size. [0003] Some stores address this problem by sectioning off a clothes rack with similarly sized clothes, and providing flags on the clothes rack to show the sizes of the clothes within a particular zone of the rack. Other stores place information markers on the hangers themselves to represent clothing size information. It has been found that some conventional information tabs or markers are very difficult to release. [0004] Other information tab designs present an opposite problem. That is, some conventional information tabs have been found to be easily removable, thus presenting problems of safety and fraud. For example, easily removable information tabs may be easily removed and swallowed by children. In addition, information tabs that show price information may be removed intentionally, thus creating fraud issues, where a tab showing a higher price can readily be exchanged for a tab with a lower price. BRIEF SUMMARY [0005] Disclosed herein is a garment hanger adapted to receive an information tab or clip mounted thereon. The garment hanger includes a body, a hook member extending from the body, and an information tab mount. The information tab mount generally includes a recessed portion for receiving the information tab. In one embodiment, the recessed portion defines a coupling side, a first guide side, a second guide side, and an end tab side. The information tab mount also includes a rib-like member to inhibit undesired removal of the information tab and one or more channels to facilitate deliberate removal of the information tab. Several embodiments are shown and described having varying configurations of the channel(s). The rib member extends upwardly from the coupling side to engage with latches on the information tab. In each case, the channel has a depth extending downward from the coupling side. In some embodiments, the channel begins proximate the rib member, and has a length extending in a direction away from the rib member, and beyond the end tab side. In other embodiments, the channel begins at the coupling side, and has a length extending parallel to the first guide side, and beyond the end tab side. The channel facilitates deliberate removal of the information tab by permitting a tab removal tool to disengage the latch on the information tab from the rib member on the information tab mount. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0006] For a more complete understanding of the principles disclosed herein, and the advantages thereof, reference is now made to the following descriptions taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: [0007] FIG. 1 is an elevational fragmentary view of a garment hanger with an information tab mount in accordance with the present disclosure; [0008] FIG. 2 is a perspective fragmentary view of a first embodiment of an information tab mount in accordance with the present disclosure; [0009] FIG. 3 is a partial plan view of the information tab mount illustrated in FIG. 2 in accordance with the present disclosure; [0010] FIG. 4 is a front view of an information tab mount, as illustrated in FIG. 2, viewed along line X-X of FIG. 3, in accordance with the present disclosure; [0011] FIG. 5 is a perspective fragmentary view of another embodiment of an information tab mount in accordance with the present disclosure; [0012] FIG. 6 is a partial plan view of the information tab mount illustrated in FIG. 5 in accordance with the present disclosure; [0013] FIG. 7 is a front view of an information tab mount, as illustrated in FIG. 5, viewed along line Y-Y of FIG. 6, in accordance with the present disclosure; [0014] FIG. 8 illustrates a front view of yet another embodiment of an information tab mount in accordance with the present disclosure; [0015] FIG. 9 illustrates a transverse sectional view of an information tab in accordance with the present disclosure; [0016] FIG. 10 illustrates a perspective view of the information tab of FIG. 9 in accordance with the present disclosure; [0017] FIG. 11 illustrates a transverse sectional view showing the information tab of FIG. 10 secured to the information tab mount of FIG. 2; [0018] FIG. 12 is a perspective fragmentary view of yet another embodiment of an information tab mount in accordance with the present disclosure; [0019] FIG. 13 is a perspective fragmentary view of yet another embodiment of an information tab mount in accordance with the present disclosure; [0020] FIG. 14 is a partial plan view of the information tab mount illustrated in FIG. 13 in accordance with the present disclosure; Continue reading about Garment hanger with releasable information tab... 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