(57) A molded plastic garment hanger, as is widely used for the purpose of shipping and
displaying garments, comprising a unitary plastic central hook and arms extending
in opposite directions from the base of the central hook to facilitate a garment to
be suspended therefrom by garment clips (28). The garment clips (28) enable the attachment
of various kinds of garments thereto, such as underwear, slips, brassieres, swimwear,
multiple garments, and the like. The garment hanger has an improved garment retaining
clip (28) wherein as a garment is inserted into the garment retaining clip, the garment
receiving channel (34) of the first clip opens to allow the garment to enter, and
then closes to securely retain the garment and to prevent it from becoming accidentally
dislodged therefrom. The garment hanger also has an improved panty retaining clip
(30) having an inward slant defined by a receiving channel of the panty retaining
clip (30). As a panty waist band is inserted into the panty retaining clip (30), the
panty waist band moves radially inwardly towards the center of the garment hanger,
which means that, after a panty waist band is inserted fully into the panty retaining
clip, the panty waist band shrinks at each end of the garment hanger. Accordingly,
the panty waist band must be expanded or stretched at each end of the garment hanger
to remove the panty from the panty retaining clip, which makes accidental dislodgment
of the garment from the garment clip a virtual impossibility.
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