U.S. patent application number 11/902736 was filed with the patent office on 2008-05-29 for hanging device.
Invention is credited to Paul Garner, Michael Middlewood.
Application Number | 20080121669 11/902736 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 37671457 |
Filed Date | 2008-05-29 |
United States Patent
Application |
20080121669 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Garner; Paul ; et
al. |
May 29, 2008 |
Hanging device
Abstract
A laminated cardboard hanger. The hanger has a major surface
which carries printed matter.
Inventors: |
Garner; Paul; (Crawley,
GB) ; Middlewood; Michael; (Crawley, GB) |
Correspondence
Address: |
BLANK ROME LLP
600 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVENUE, N.W.
WASHINGTON
DC
20037
US
|
Family ID: |
37671457 |
Appl. No.: |
11/902736 |
Filed: |
September 25, 2007 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
223/87 ;
83/23 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47G 25/36 20130101;
Y10T 83/0448 20150401 |
Class at
Publication: |
223/87 ;
83/23 |
International
Class: |
A41D 27/00 20060101
A41D027/00 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Nov 28, 2006 |
GB |
0623747.3 |
Claims
1. A laminated cardboard hanger, a major surface of which carries
printed matter.
2. A cardboard hanger according to claim 1 comprising at least one
corrugated layer.
3. A cardboard hanger according to claim 2 wherein the corrugated
cardboard hanger has a vertical flute.
4. A cardboard hanger according to claim 1 comprising at east one
layer of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC).
5. A cardboard hanger according to claim 1 comprising at least one
layer of Polypropylene (PP).
6. A cardboard hanger according to claim 1 comprising at least one
layer of Polyethylene (PE).
7. A cardboard hanger according to claim 1 which can support a
dispersed weight of at least 5 kg.
8. A cardboard hanger according to claim 1 which can support a
dispersed weight of at least 7 kg.
9. A method of manufacturing a hanger comprising the steps of:
cutting a template; applying adhesive to the template along
pre-determined gluing lines; folding the template to form a
hanger.
10. (canceled)
Description
[0001] The present invention relates to a hanging device. More
specifically, it relates to a hanging device for articles of
clothing.
[0002] Existing hangers for articles of clothing, which are made of
plastic or metal, are not biodegradable and disposal of such
hangers is damaging to the environment.
[0003] Hangers made of paper or cardboard are also known but are
generally not sufficiently strong to support heavy items of
clothing and usually require some further strengthening member such
as a traditional wire hanger. Furthermore, the shape and material
of existing paper or cardboard hangers also means they are not
suitable for carrying printed matter.
[0004] The present invention sets out to provide a hanger which
alleviates the problems described above.
[0005] In one aspect, the invention provides a laminated cardboard
hanger, a major surface of which carries printed matter.
[0006] A hanger which is made of cardboard can be made from
recycled material and is itself recyclable and biodegradable.
[0007] Preferably, the cardboard hanger comprises at least one
corrugated layer.
[0008] The presence of a corrugated cardboard layer improves the
strength of the hanger.
[0009] More preferably, the corrugated cardboard hanger has a
vertical flute.
[0010] Preferably, the cardboard hanger comprises at least one
layer of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), Polypropylene (PP) or
Polyethylene (PE).
[0011] Preferably, the hanger can support a dispersed weight of at
least 5 kg.
[0012] More preferably, the hanger can support a dispersed weight
of at least 7 kg.
[0013] In a second aspect, the present invention provides a method
of manufacturing a hanger comprising the steps of:
cutting a template; applying adhesive to the template along
pre-determined gluing lines; folding the template to form a
hanger.
[0014] The invention will now be described by way of example with
reference to the accompanying diagrammatic drawings, in which:
[0015] FIG. 1 is a plan view of a hanger constructed in accordance
with the present invention before the hanger is folded;
[0016] FIG. 2 is a plan view of the hanger of FIG. 1 after the
hanger is folded.
[0017] Referring to the Figures, the hanger 1 is made of a
laminated material comprising a layer of corrugated fibre board.
The corrugated fibre board has a vertical flute. That is, in use,
the flute of the corrugation runs from the top to the base of the
hanger 1. The corrugated fibre board is known as E flute corrugated
board and has a top liner of thickness 250 gsm and a middle liner
and reverse liner of thickness 140 gsm. Further layers can be
laminated together to improve the strength of the hanger but the
optimum number of layers has been found by the Applicant to be two.
The hanger is die-cut and creased to form fold lines on a flat bed
machine. The hanger 1 comprises a fold line 2 at the mid point
between hanging portions 3a and 3b. The hanger also comprises a
cut-out portion 5 and an aperture 6. The cut-out portion 5 includes
a fold line 7 running parallel to the fold line 2.
[0018] As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, to form the hanger, adhesive is
applied along adhesive lines 9a, 9b and 9c. A specially adapted
straight line gluing machine is used to apply both a holt melt
adhesive and a cold melt adhesive. For example, the hot glue can be
Pafra 8172 and the cold glue can be Pafra 8698 (available from W.
H. Leary Limited). The hanger is folded along fold line 2 such that
hanging portion 3a meets hanging portion 3b and cut-out portion 5
meets aperture 6. Cut-out portion 5 is folded along fold line 7 to
form a smooth edge along the fold line 7 for hanging items, such as
trousers, without the risk of fibre migration onto the
trousers.
[0019] The hanger 1 can be used in a litho printing process, for
example, a four colour process with additional pantone colours. A
litho varnish can be applied to finish the hanger 1.
[0020] The above described embodiment has been given by way of
example only, and the skilled reader will naturally appreciate that
many variations could be made thereto without departing from the
scope of the present invention.
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