Unknown Continental Airlines item

[clsseller]

   Greetings, Do you know wht this was used for? It looks like a handle to me, but I can't figure it out or find it online. Trapazoid shape and early plastic.

  Thank you in advance, Ron   dba   clsseller

[argon38]

Does one of the ends come off, or is it a solid block of plastic? (I'm not sure what you mean by "early plastic").

[clsseller]

The ends are not removeable. It is hollow. It is a hard plastic, typical of the 1960-1970s. Not modern flimsy material. The braided material goes into the handle.

[yankeebob1951]

According to this link it's a "hanger grip"

https://ehive.com/collections/3031/objects/625477/hanger-grip-continental-airlines

I'm not quite sure how it would function...is it maybe for clothes hangers?....or is it misspelled  & has something to do with airplane hangars?

Hope this helps w/your research

[clsseller]

A big THANK YOU for the link. Probably a in flight tool. I can't imagine it being of any use in a hangar. This expands my knowledge about obscure items.

[argon38]

Ah... it's for carrying a clothes hanger!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-Rare-United-Airlines-Hanger-Grip-United-s-New-Yorkers-United-s-Californ...

[lacemaker3]

@argon38, great find!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-Rare-United-Airlines-Hanger-Grip-United-s-New-Yorkers-United-s-Californ...

This Hanger Grip makes it easier and more comfortable to carry garments that are on hangers inside a small garment bag.

[argon38]

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@lacemaker3 wrote:

@argon38, great find!

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I only found it thanks to yankeebob's  "hanger grip" identification! I was totally baffled, so I'm glad that's the mystery solved.

[yankeebob1951]

Makes sense now...must be from back in the day when garment bags full of hangers were more common for travellers to be toting around.

[yankeebob1951]

ha-ha! 

I knew this would be a "oh of course!" facepalmer for me when someone showed this in use...thanks for the pic.