ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,694, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to JENSEN SWEDEN AB (Boras, Sweden).
"Garment handling device, conveyor system, and method for positioning an empty garment hanger in an individual mounting position" was invented by Johan H P Johansson (Boras, Sweden), Kenny Wern (Boras, Sweden), Lars Follin (Bredared, Sweden), Leif Bertilsson (Boras, Sweden) and Per-Olov Nilsson (Boras, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A garment hanger handling device comprising a housing and a gripping tool adapted to grip and hold a garment hanger. The gripping tool is adapted to pick up a garment hanger at a loading station, to move the garment hanger to a...