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[0001] A variety of garment hanging systems have been developed that allow a person to hang garments, such as pants and shirts on a support member. For example, a well known and widely used system includes of a hangar that can be engaged with a wooden pole mounted within a closet. By way of further example, U.S. Pat. No. 3,302,800 discloses a hangar engageable with a hangar bar. Such conventional devices have several draw backs. By way of example only, such conventional systems allow the hangars to swing inward and outward relative to the hangar bar or wooden pole thereby causing garments such as pants to slide and become wrinkled, and adjacent hangars to become entangled during use.
[0002] The present invention is a system for hanging garments. In one embodiment, the system comprises first and second bracket members. The system further comprises a mounting member comprising a first end portion engaged with the first bracket member and a second end portion engaged with the second bracket member. The mounting member further comprises first and second outside surfaces and an upper surface. The first outside surface is substantially parallel to the second outside surface. Each of the first and second outside surfaces are perpendicular to the upper surface. The system further comprises a hangar member comprising a body portion adapted to receive the garment and an engagement portion adapted to engage with the mounting member. The engagement portion comprises an open engagement portion defined by first and second inside surfaces and an upper surface. The first inside surface is substantially parallel to the second inside surface. Each of the first and second inside surfaces are substantially perpendicular to the upper surface of the engagement portion. Upon engagement of the hangar member with the mounting member, the upper surface of the engagement portion of the hangar member is engaged with the upper surface of the mounting member, and the first and second inside surfaces of the engagement portion of the hangar member are adjacent to the first and second outside surfaces of the mounting member, respectively, thereby preventing the hangar member from substantial swinging inward and/or outward relative to the mounting member which reduces the tendency of a garment to slide or otherwise move relative to the hangar and become wrinkled, and entanglement with adjacent hangar members.
[0003] The following detailed description of the invention will be more fully understood with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
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[0022] The foregoing description is intended primarily for purposes of illustration. This invention may be embodied in other forms or carried out in other ways without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Modifications and variations still falling within the spirit or the scope of the invention will be readily apparent to those of skill in the art.