US Patent Issued to MACNEIL IP on June 2 for "Hanger with rotating hanger body" (Illinois, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,379, issued on June 2, was assigned to MACNEIL IP LLC (Bolingbrook, Ill.).

"Hanger with rotating hanger body" was invented by Stephen Kane (Cedar Lake, Ind.) and Frederick W. Masanek Jr. (Barrington, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downwardly facing first bushing surface is formed on a lower end of a cylindrical receiver surface of a hanger body. A barb formed on the end of a shank of a hook portion has an upwardly facing second bushing surface. The second bushing surface supports the hanger body through the first bushing surface. The first bushing surface is rotationally slidable on the second bushing surface, permitting the ha...