Garment hanger having an adjustable marker

Abstract

A garment hanger in which a median portion of the hanger includes a window through which a rotatable disc may be viewed on which are printed size markings such that the disc can be rotated selectively to display any one of the markings through the window.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A garment hanger comprising: 
 garment support means,    a median portion attached to said garment support means;    suspension means attached to said median portion for suspending the garment hanger;    a flexible disc mounted for rotation in said median portion and having a front face and a rear face, said front face having a plurality of indica formed thereon in a circumferentially distributed array for selective viewing through a window formed in said median portion; and    one of said faces and said median portion having interengageable projection and recess configurations which are releasable on flexing said disc for allowing rotation of said disc to bring others of said indica into view through said window.    
     
     
         2 . A garment hanger according to  claim 1  wherein said one face of said disc is said rear face and said projection and recess configurations are disengageable on flexing said disc forwardly at said window.  
     
     
         3 . A garment hanger according to  claim 2  wherein said projection and recess configurations comprise a registration lug on a wall of said median portion proximate said window and a plurality of recesses on said rear face of said disc which are selectively engageable with said registration lug.  
     
     
         4 . A garment hanger according to  claim 2  wherein said rear face of said disc is exposed and said median portion includes retention means for releasably engaging said disc to retain it in position.  
     
     
         5 . A garment hanger according to  claim 4  wherein said retention means comprises one or more further lugs circumferentially distributed about said disc.  
     
     
         6 . A garment hanger according to  claim 2  which comprises a cover over said rear face of said disc.  
     
     
         7 . A garment hanger according to  claim 6  wherein said cover includes a peripheral cutaway portion for providing access to enable a user to rotate said disc.  
     
     
         8 . A garment hanger according to  claim 6  wherein said disc is provided with further indicia on said rear face and said cover is provided with a further window for selectively viewing said further indicia.  
     
     
         9 . A garment hanger according to  claim 6  wherein said cover is hinged to said hanger.  
     
     
         10 . A garment hanger according to  claim 6  wherein said cover is frictionally engaged with said median portion.  
     
     
         11 . A garment hanger according to  claim 6  wherein said median portion is provided with engagement means for retaining said cover in position.  
     
     
         12 . A garment hanger according to  claim 1  wherein said median portion includes a label portion for accommodating a label on an outer surface of said median portion and said window is located outside said label portion.  
     
     
         13 . A garment hanger according to  claim 1  wherein said median region include a central boss, said disc has a central aperture and said boss engages said central aperture in said disc to retain it on tho hanger.  
     
     
         14 . A garment hanger according to  claim 1  which has a generally C shaped or I shaped cross-section.  
     
     
         15 . A garment hanger according to  claim 1  wherein said median portion includes a portion of said suspension means and said window is located in said portion of said suspension means.