US 7,500,586 B2
Hanger for headbands and elastic ponytail loops
Julia Oliveira-Martinez, Pembroke Pines, Fla. (US)
Assigned to Danver LLC, Pembroke Pines, Fla. (US)
Filed on Dec. 01, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/224,653.
Prior Publication US 2007/0125811 A1, Jun. 07, 2007
Int. Cl. A41D 27/22 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 223—85  [211/119] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hanger, adapted for retaining and hanging objects, comprises:
a hook having first and second ends, the first end consisting of a hooked portion for hooking onto a separate supporting object and the second end comprising a straight portion formed to vertically point downward due to gravity when the hook is hooked on the supporting object and the hanger is only supported thereby; and
a lower hanger portion having a coil and a spiral-shaped body that has first and second ends, the body being spiral-shaped in a lateral direction along a length of the body from the first end to the second end, a spiral of the spiral-shaped body occupying a volume having three dimensions, each dimension being substantially larger than a non-lateral dimension of a cross-section of the body, the second end being a permanently open terminus of the spiral-shaped body for hanging looped objects on the spiral-shaped body and the first end being connected to the coil in the lower hanger portion, the coil being a separate portion of the lower hanger portion from the spiral-shaped body, and the coil being coiled around the straight portion of the second end of the hook to permit horizontal rotation of the spiral-shaped body with respect to the vertical downwardly pointing straight portion of the hook.