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US 12,465,163 · App. 18/153,672 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Hanging numbered clothing wear counting dividers

Inventor: Joshua Francis Bautz (New York, NY)
A47G25/1407A47G25/1471
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Patent No.
US 12,465,163
App. No.
18/153,672
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device that keeps count of the number of times hanging articles of clothing have been worn and the method of using the device. The device includes a set of sequentially numbered hanging dividers that keeps count of the number of times hanging articles of clothing have been worn. The device is to be used by selectively placing hanging articles of clothing in positions partitioned by the hanging numbered clothing wear counting dividers that indicate the number of times the respective hanging articles of clothing have been worn. The device provides quantitative information that can be used to determine when to clean hanging articles of clothing and provides an alternate method for the organization of hanging articles of clothing.

Claims (7)

1 . A method that keeps count of the number of times hanging articles of clothing have been worn with a device;

the device comprising:

a set of multiple dividers;

the dividers featuring a hook-like shape, tie-on nature or ability, or attachable configuration that enables the dividers to be attached to closet hanger poles where the hanging articles of clothing are placed; and

the dividers featuring sequential numbering;

the method comprising:

selectively placing the hanging articles of clothing in positions partitioned by the dividers that indicate the variable and changing number of times the respective hanging articles of clothing have been worn in a manner that allows for multiple hanging articles of clothing to be counted simultaneously, as part of a repeatable process.

Continuity (1)
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