Coil spring hanger clip

Abstract

A clip for securing a garment to a garment hanger is provided, comprising a first jaw with two portions outwardly, upwardly and inwardly extending from an inner surface of the first jaw in a spaced and aligned fashion to respectively define an open-end support; a second jaw with two stub shafts in a spaced and aligned fashion, outwardly, laterally and oppositely extending from an inner surface of the second jaw, each being adapted to be received in the open-end support of the first jaw to form a pivot axis about which the second jaw is pivotally moveable relative to the first jaw; and a coil spring held between the first and second jaws in a manner that two ends of the coil spring respectively press on the first and second jaws so as to serve as a biasing means of the clip for holding the first and second jaws together.

Description

RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This non-provisional application claims priority from provisional application No. 60 / 754,662, filed on Dec. 30, 2005, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates generally to a coil clip for clamping garments and, more particularly, to a garment hanger clip provided with improved construction for preventing deformation and for ease in manufacturing and manipulation.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]The present invention relates to a structural improvement of “Coil Spring Hanger Clip” disclosed in the U.S. Pat. No. 6,023,819. A problem of the coil spring hanger clip disclosed in the above U.S. patent is resided in that either the fixed jaw or the movable jaw of the clip has an asymmetrical and unbalanced construction, thus leading to asymmetrical application of the force to each jaw. This cause deformation and mismatch of two jaws after use over a period of time.[0004]The cli...

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Benefits of technology

[0009]The present invention has been developed to fulfill the needs noted above and therefore has an principle object of the provision of a garment hanger clip which is not only lower in manufacturing cost and complexity but also significantly reduces the likelihood of deformation of the jaws of the clip.

[0010]Another object of the invention is to modify the existing hanger clip structure with a simple enhancement to afford durability, maintain an optimum clamping state over a long time and allow the utilization of a relatively small-sized coil spring while keeping the essentially same clamping action applied to the jaws.

Problems solved by technology

A problem of the coil spring hanger clip disclosed in the above U.S. patent is resided in that either the fixed jaw or the movable jaw of the clip has an asymmetrical and unbalanced construction, thus leading to asymmetrical application of the force to each jaw.

This cause deformation and mismatch of two jaws after use over a period of time.

(1) the asymmetrical and unbalanced construction of the clip has rather difficulty in injection molding during the manufacturing thereof and inevitably results in an additional problem of being relatively expensive to manufacture;

(2) the clip requires for a heavier coil spring and a high force applied to the clip and spring is required to manipulate the clip; and

(3) there is a tendency for the delicate and smoothly textured garments to accidentally or unintendedly release or drop off from the jaws of the clip because of the deformation of the clip and of the design of teeth at the bottom of inner surfaces of the jaws.

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