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EP 0183434 B1 19900131 - GARMENT HANGER

Title (en)

GARMENT HANGER

Publication

EP 0183434 B1 19900131 (EN)

Application

EP 85308256 A 19851113

Priority

GB 8429173 A 19841119

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0183434A1] A garment hanger comprises a support bar (1) over which a garment is folded when the hanger is in use, and a friction bar (11), arranged substantially parallel to the support bar and spaced therefrom on the side of the support bar remote from the point from which the hanger is suspended in use, the friction bar being out of the plane in which the support bar and the point of suspension lie. The asymmetry of the hanger means that a garment can be arranged on the hanger in either of two ways, so as to accommodate garments of different thicknesses.

IPC 1-7

A47G 25/30

IPC 8 full level

A47G 25/30 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A47G 25/30 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

BE DE FR GB LU NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0183434 A1 19860604; EP 0183434 B1 19900131; DE 3575665 D1 19900308; GB 8429173 D0 19841227; IE 56598 B1 19911009; IE 852853 L 19860519

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 85308256 A 19851113; DE 3575665 T 19851113; GB 8429173 A 19841119; IE 285385 A 19851115