ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,571, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Uniplast Industries Inc. (Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.).

"Hanger with a double torsion spring coil clip and hook swing limiter" was invented by King Keung Kennedy Chan (Pokfulam, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An eco-friendly hanger includes a crossbar and a pair of first clips and a pair of second clips, each of the pair of first clips and the pair of second clips moving between an open position configured to receive an article and a closed position configured to grasp the article. The hanger includes first and second coil springs. The first coil spring biasedly couples the pair of first cl...