Pullover garment hanger assembly having handle with flexible tip

Abstract

A hanger assembly allows a user to hang a pullover garment from its top and remove the pullover garment quickly and easily without damaging it. The hanger assembly includes a handle to which is joined an elongated flexible holder. The handle has a hook portion including a flexible tip and a holder carrier portion including first and second opposed coupling members. The flexible holder is operationally coupled for slidable engagement with the first and second coupling members to allow the flexible holder to transition between a lengthwise compressed state and a partly relaxed state to hang the garment and between the partly relaxed state and a break-free state to remove the garment without stretching its neck opening. The flexible tip prevents the hanger assembly from jumping off a hanger rod as the user pulls down on the pullover garment to remove it.

1 . A hanger assembly for hanging a pullover garment from its top, the pullover garment having a neck opening, an interior, and a shoulder line profile, comprising:
 a handle including a holder carrier portion and a hook portion, the holder carrier portion including first and second rigid support arms having distal ends at which are formed respective first and second opposed coupling members, and the hook portion positioned medially between the first and second coupling members and having a distal end on which is provided a flexible tip to prevent the hanger assembly from jumping off a hanger rod as a user pulls down on the pullover garment to remove it from the hanger assembly; and   an elongated flexible holder that, when joined with the handle to form the hanger assembly, is operationally coupled for slidable engagement with the first and second coupling members, the flexible holder having holder ends and a lengthwise profile, a cross-sectional profile, and a length,   the lengthwise profile configured to define a bow shape in a rest state,   the cross-sectional profile configured to achieve, in response to a holder compressive applied force, bending of the flexible holder in a lengthwise compressed state and thereby bring closer together the holder ends to enable insertion of the holder ends through the neck opening to the interior of the pullover garment, and in response to a garment removal applied force, buckle-free bending of the flexible holder in a lengthwise break-free state and thereby bring closer together the holder ends to enable removal of the holder ends through the neck opening from the interior of the pullover garment, and   the length selected to achieve, in response to removal of the holder compressive applied force and a consequent relaxation of the flexible holder from the compressed state to a partly relaxed state, a spreading apart of the holder ends to allow the flexible holder to span beyond each of the first and second coupling members a distance that enables the pullover garment to hang on the flexible holder, with the flexible holder following the shoulder line profile of the pullover garment.   
     
     
         2 . A handle of a hanger assembly for hanging a pullover garment from its top, comprising:
 a holder carrier portion including first and second support arms having distal ends at which are formed respective first and second opposed coupling members, the first and second opposed coupling members configured to operationally couple to the handle a flexible holder for slidable engagement therewith and to allow the flexible holder to transition between a lengthwise compressed state and a partly relaxed state, the first and second support arms including respective first and second rigid arc sections that establish a curved shape for the holder carrier portion; and   a hook portion positioned medially between the first and second coupling members and having a distal end on which is provided a flexible tip to prevent the hanger assembly from jumping off a hanger rod as a user pulls down on the pullover garment to remove it from the hanger assembly.