Recycling and reusing garment hangers
CA 2178404 C · Owner: Batts, Inc. · Inventors: Morgan, Donald F.
Overview
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A method and system for re-using and recycling garment hangers which is applicable to localized or world wide geographic areas and which (a) eliminates sorting at the collecting point for used hangers, usually a retail store (b) handles re-usable, recyclable and scrap hangers without restriction on mix components of a given batch (c) renovates and returns the, re-used hangers and recycled hanger material to points of need and (d) can be physically, located at a location dictated solely by convenience considerations without mandatory reliance on the physical proximity of hanger manufacturing facilities. The recycled hanger material may be sorted into a first part suitable for recycling and a …
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- Filed June 6, 1996 and granted June 15, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 6, 2016.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by June 6, 2018.
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