Clothing data marker

Claim 1

A marker adapted to fit onto a hook of a clothes hanger to convey information concerning a garment hung from the clothes hanger, said marker comprising a thin cylindrical ring wall extending longitudinally in the direction of the hook and defining a central traversing hole adapted to receive said clothes hanger hook, the outer surface of said ring wall bearing said information, a radial slot opening within said wall extending over the entire longitudinal length thereof, said slot having a width allowing passage laterally of said hook through said slot for mounting of said marker to said clothes hanger hook, a pair of barbs extending radially inwardly from the inner periphery of said ring wall and positioned to respective sides of said slot and having pointed, wedged ends directed inwardly towards the center of the ring, and having opposed surfaces converging towards each other to form a converging passage having at its inner end a width less than the diameter of said clothes hanger hook, and wherein at least said pair of barbs is formed of a resilient material, such that the clothes hanger hook in pushing through said slot and said passage, deflects the barbs away from each other to permit entry of the hook into the center of the cylindrical ring but said barbs prevent said hanger hook from exiting the slot absent deformation or destruction of at least one of said barbs, and wherein said marker further comprises a plurality of hook locating lugs extending from the inner periphery of the ring wall towards the center of the cylindrical ring wall, at circumferentially spaced positions and to respective sides of said pair of barbs, such that said lugs act jointly with said pair of barbs to center said cylindrical ring wall on said clothes hanger hook.