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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1998
Stanley F. Gouldson, Northport, NY (US);
Glenn Zimmerman, Arden, NC (US);
Spotless Plastics Pty. Ltd., , AU;
Abstract
The specification discloses a system, method and apparatus for re-using garment hangers with size indicia mounted thereon. The method provides a closed loop for re-using the garment hangers by shipping hangers and the size indicia to clothing manufacturers, assembling the hangers with the size indicia and also hanging garments thereon, grouping the hangers with size indicia and garments thereon into batches which are then sent to retail stores for display and sale, at the point of sale removable a percentage of the hangers from the clothing and returning them to a reuse center where the size indicia is removed and the hangers cleaned before the hangers are returned to the clothing manufacturers to repeat the process. The supply of hangers may be augmented with newly molded hangers to maintain a constant and adequate supply for the clothing manufacturers.