US1435183A - Compact portable hanging and display device - Google Patents

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C. G. SHEPHERD.

COMPACT PORTABLE HANGING AND DISPLAY DEvlcE. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 22, 1919.

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Be it known that I, CLARENCE GrEoiReE CLARENCE GEORGE SHEPHERD, or Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA,

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SHEPHERD, a citizen of the United States, re'- Ange es and-State of California,`have invented a new and useful Compact Portable Hanging'and Display Device, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to appliances for supporting cloth or garments detachabl'y Y connected thereto; and the appliance is especially provided for use of the traveling public, although it is just as appllcable to general use. -A

As is well known, rooms of-vhotels and apartment houses are generally poorly pro- ,vided with garment hangers for keeping cloth orclothes in order. -Usually the accommodations provided for hanging clothes are a few scattered hooks improperly arranged in undesirable places for the/various garments; and an object of this invention 1s to provide a portable -garment hanger that can be carried by the traveler and detachably installed when desired so as to full eliminate inconvenience of travelrelative to keeping the clothes in order. I

The appliance is portably constructed to be folded andpacked in a trunk or suit case so that when the owner desires to use it, the appliance can be taken out and detachably connected to a door or wall and arranged ready to allow the various garments of the traveler to lbe removed from the trunk and hung 'in a neat, orderly manner; and after the garments attached thereto so that they hang close to the door or wall and entirely The appliance is adapted for installation in houses having small closets; as it occupies' but small space yet makes provision for convenient and orderly arrangement of a large number of garments.

An object ofthe invention is to provide a garment hanging' appliance that is neat and pleasing in appearance, effective and easy of operation, and 'strong and durable in use, which can be compaetly and cheaply constructed; and which is provided Wlth means for hanging any garment thereon in -a neat and orderly manner; and in the fore- Y going respects -the invention is broadly new and asic 1n principle.

A feature of Invention is; shown 1n the y others.

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novel' means for shifting the position of the -auxlllary clothes hangerV frame after the a position that will separate' the garmentsatmain frame has been attached to a door or siding in Los Angeles, in the county of Los Wa tached thereto so that 'it will be easy to select and detach any desired article from the Another feature of inventioif is shown in the means for shifting the clothes hanger to a closed position within the frame where 'thegarments attached thereto will be folded over one another and occupy a vertical position close to the wall of the room or closet.

Another feature of invention is shown in the unlque means for attaching garments to 'the clothes hanger; there being various? de- Vices on the appliance for holding different formed garments.

The invention may be embodied in various forms in metal and in wood and metal. It

will be unnecessary to show all the different formsand therefore only a few of the pos'- y sibleV forms of construction will be shown, it

being understood that I do not limit the invention to any specific form although I do `claim the invention both generically and specifically. v -Other advantages and features of invention mayA appear from the accompanying drawings, the subjoined detailed description and the appended claims. The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention. this the appliance can be folded up with all v Figure 1 is a `front elevation of the collapsed device attached to a door, a fragment TheI hangers are extended. Y

Fig. 2 is a section of the appliance on line x2, Fig. 1; the position of clothing hung thereon being indicated by dotted lines.

Fig. '3 is an enlarged plan in section on lines ma, Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 4 is a mid vsection at elevation of the apphance open and Ahangers in garment supporting position.

Fig 5 is a fragmental elevation in section on line ze, Fig. l, showing the device collapsed and one of the hangers folded.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged section'on lines indicated at Figs. 1 and 2.` showing one of the lowergarment hangers in plan, extended.-

.F ig, 7 is a fragmentary 'portion of a side wall of the main frame ,showing a form of shown open in full lines and closed in broken" lines. f

Fig.4 9 is a fragmental front elevation of the device as lshownl in Fig. 8, with the aux 10 iliary frame in vclosed position. l Fig. 10 is an enlarged plan section online m19, Fig. 9, showing a detail of the' pivotal connection between the main and auxiliary frames. i

Figdll isa fragmentary perspective view of the lower left hand corner of the auxiliary frame; showing one of the die stamped bearing pins.

Fig.. 12 is a form of the appliance attached to a door, a fragment of which is shown in section.

Fig. 18 is a section on line m13, Fig. 12, showing the auxiliary frame in closed position and samples of cloth goods attached to the hangers thereon.

Fig. lll is a section similar to Fig. 13 with the auxiliary frame in open position showing fragmentary portions of garments attached to the hanger. l

Fig. 15 is an enlarged sectional elevation on line w15, Fig. 12 showing one of the garment hangers' in side elevation and also showing a detailof the latch for hold-ing the main and extensible hanger frames together in closed position. A I

Fig. 16 is an enlarged fragmental sectional plan on line m16, Fig. 12, showing a detail of the support connecting the mainwframe to a door or wall.

Fig. .17 is a section on linel :1:17 Fig. 16 showing in section the connection ofv the main frame to the door or wall.

Fig. 18 is an'enlarged fra ental front .elevation of the upper part o the device as illustrated inA Figs, 12-14 and showing oppositely disposed hangers gripping a gan,

{mimen't fragment-aril shown.

The appliance s own lin F igs. 1 to 7 in-V clusive has all its parts', ,except rivets and .screws thereof7 die stamped from thin sheeti steel in lar e nant-ities and 'in forms that are easily i nis ed and 'quickly assembled, which feature enables the deviceto be cheaply.constructed and made available-forpublic use at low cost.y f

-The `main frame 1 is formed of, a Single metallic strip that is bent into hollow rectangular form with the ends ofthe strip united by welding; and integrally connected to the strip arethe extensions 2, which have holes 3 hunched `therein for the screws 4. hese lextensions 2 are bent t right angle to the .exterior side or end surface of the main frame andmay be attached byscrews. 4 to a door o'r other/support ,as before indifront elevation of anotherV tended position.

cated; and this form of attachment may also' be employed in the permanent installation of hangers.

" The auxiliary frame 5 is formed similarly frames for accommodation of the support# ing arms 7, thereby affording `an appliance of more compactness than has heretofore' been constructed.

The arms 7 have their lower ends pivotally connected by pins 8 to the sides of the main frame atthe front bottom portion thereof as shown in Fig. 4s#

To the other ends of the arms 7 are secured pins 9 that are adapted to move in the slots 10 in the sides of the frame 5 when said frame is moved from extended to collapsed position, and vice versa.

In order that the frame 5 can be moved `from the collapsed position shown in Fig. 2 to the extended position shown in Fig. 4, the

sides of the main frame 1 have slots l11, in which are slidablyl mounted pins 12 that are intevrallyconnected and ixed'to the sides of tllie frame 5' and are positioned coaxial to each other at the center bottom portion thereof.

These pins or projections 12 are preferably stamped from the metallic sides 0f the framey 5 and rounded to fit snugly and move smoothly in .the'slotslL When the frame 5l is shifted from col-A lapsedto extended position the pins 1 2 move upward in the slots 11 until they are stopped by the upper termination of said slots; and in the meantime the arms 7 pivoting von the pins 8 are moved outward in the arc of a circle; the pins A9 in -the upper ends thereof sliding inthe slots 10. When the frame 5 is thus moved tothe extended position it also pivots on the slidingV pins 9, the bottom por.- tion of the frame moving upward while the 'top rtion swings outward and downward.

Wien-the pins 12 reach their limit of upward movement the ins 9 ymove upward into the notchesz 13 and ook the frame 5 vin exL I The notches are at the lower ends of the slots 10 when the' frame is in .collapsed position or at the inner 'ends of said slots when the frame is in extended p0- sition orwhen the brace is moved away from the upright.

The. 'purpose of this movement of the frame 5 is to bring the garment hangers 14,

15 into a more accessible positionforattachgarments attached thereto the upper'one will extend outward beyondthe lower one, irrespective of whether the movable frame is upright or horizontal. v 1,

The strips forming the hangers 14ha-ve the endAportions 16 bent at right angle to the ce-n )r portions l] and these ends are pivotally connected b p-ins 18 to the side walls of the frame 5; y this 'pivotal connection thel hangers 14 can be moved to occupy the collapsed, shipping or transportation position shown fragmentally in Fig. 5'inwhich position they are entirely within thehanger frame 5.

Y Lugs or stops 19 are stamped out Vof the sidesof the frame 5 in position to support the under side,edges of the parts 16 when the hangers 14 are in the garment supportino' position shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

lplit hooks 20 are integrally formed on the lower edge and centrally with the portions 17 of the hangers 14; and these hooks are adapted toreceive andhold the knobs 21 on rods 22 that are attached to garment The hangers 14 and the attachments 23 thereon arel for coats, cloaks and like garments req'uiringa spreader to hold themi-n proper shape. The hangersl are for gar.

ments having straight edge or end portions such as skirts, pants or like garments. f

The hangers 15 are formed of metallic strips of substantially the same length b-ut much shorter than the short hanger 14.

They have the end portions 16 bent at right angles to the center portions 17 and these /hangers are spaced apart and have their ends pivtally connected by pins 24 to the sides 4. of theirame 5. l

longitudinally through the parts 16 so that- As seen in Figs. 2 and 3 the pivot pins 24 are positioned off center, relative to lines when the frame' is moved to the open position shown in Fig. 4 the hangers l5 will occupy a position that makes lit easier for attaching garments to, orv detaching` them from the hangers. Also ther are the stops g or lugs 25 Jstamped out of' the sides of the frame 5 in position to support the under edges of the parts 16, of the hangers 15,l when the lframe 5 is in the position shown in Fig. 2 and the hangers 15 are'in garment supporting osition. Also `these hangers can be move on`thein. pivots 2.4' to occupy a' packing or transporting position wholly within the frame 5.

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The stops-19, 25 serve to hold the hangers I y14, 15 in an extended horizontal position.

hanger frames 15 there are secured by rivets 26 spring plates 27 that have their lend portions turned back to form the clasps 28 that are adapted to retain garments when portions thereof are. inserted' between the claspsl 28 and the body portion of the spring plates 27.

A detachable support for the frame 1 is shown in Fig. .7; and as seen therein, lugs 29 havingholes 3(T'are 'die stamped from the sides of frame 1 and bent to a position to receive the end 31 of elbow screws 32, that in practice are spaced the right distance apart and attached to a door ends 31 upwardly extending to receive the irame 1.

This form of support isv constructed especially for use in travel wherein the 'appliances are temporarily and intermittently in use; and they are employed in the modified Iform of hanger shown in Figs. '8 to 11 inclusive, and as vseen therein this hanger isl otherwise substantially like the one heretofore described except inthe connection between the frames 1 and 5, in which connection the slots 10 are eliminated; and instead of former arrangements, the pins 9 are pivotally connected to 'the upper ends of the arms 7 and to'thesides of the frame 5. 1n order that the part-s can operate 'as thus shown, the` bottom of frame 5 is raised a sufficient dis- .tance above'the bottom plate of the Aiframe 1 for the arms 7 to move in the arc of a circle and shift frame 5 to its open and closed The slots 11 are of suliicient length to per-` mit frame 5 to be moved to a position at right angle to the main frame 1 when the arns 7 have their upper ends moved outward asghereinbefore described.

Another modified form of hanger is show in Figs. 123to 18 inclusive; and/ as seen therein the rectangular frames 1 and 5 areI 'each formed `of wooden side and end pieces thatare joined together by any well known means; and these two frames have their bottom end strips connected by hinges 33. The frame 5 is positioned within the main frame 1 so that there l' are spaces 6 between the outer sides of the frame 5 and the inner sides of the. `frame 1 and within these spaces 4 with the.v

6 .are the toggle arms 34that have their ends connected by pins 35, 36 to frames 1, 5; that These clasps are formed of oppositely dis-y posed members 39, 40 that are pivotally se cured to screw pins 37 by springs 41 which springs are coiled on the pin end of screws 37 and between the members 39, 40 and these springs 41 have the arms 42, 43 that extend toward the gripping ends of the garment hanger and overlay these ends so as to clasp them together.

When garments 44, 45 are to be attached to hangers 38 the ends 46, 47 are pressed toward one another which will open the jaws 48, 49 of the hangers so that portions of garments can be inserted; after which the ends 46, 47 are released so that the jaws 48, 49 grip and hold the garments. A spring latch 5 0 is inserted 1n the upper end plece of the frame in position to en-` gage the recess 51 in the plate 52 when frame 5 is in closed position within frame 1; the late 52 is secured by any well known means 1n the upper end piece of frame 1.

In practice the main frame 1 heretofore described can be attached by either of the means described to a door or wall cfa room in position convenient for. it to be used. Then frame 5 may be shifted from closed to open position; that is it is moved from a position longitudinally within frame 1 to a position where it is at right an le to theI main frame. This movement o frame 5 will'bring it into or1 about to horizontal position in which it is moreconvenient to attach garments 44, 45 to the hangers; and in which position these garments will be separated so that they can easily be examined, arranged and selected from when deslred. After the garments are attached to the kmshanger@frame 5, it is moved from operi to closed position and secured so as to be held upright within frame 1 by the latch heretofore described; in which position the articles of clothing attached to the hanger will 'i contact with each other and hang in a pla-ne perpendicular with the door or wall of the room. When garments are to be selected, frame 5 is moved down to the positions shown in Figs. 4, 8, 14, which will separate the various garments land enable the selection to be easily made.

I claim:

1. In a clothes hanger device, a main frame detachably connected to a door or wall of .a lroom and normally secured in a vertical position; an auxiliary frame within said main frame; hangers pivotally connected to -said auxiliary frame; stops connected with said auxiliary frame for normally holding said hangers in a horizontal position and means or movin the auxiliary frame to and holding said Iauxiliary frame in a horizontal position.

2. In a clothes hanger device a'rectangular frame detachably connected to a door or wall of a room and normally held in a vertical position; an auxiliary frame within said main frame; hangers pivotally connected to and normally extending from said auxiliary frame; stops for holding said hangers in a horizontal position when said auxiliary frame is secured ina vertical' position, and

means for moving said hangers so that they are wholly within said frame. v

3. A clothes hanging device comprising La vertically slotted up-right support; a frame having a pivot in said slot and having a notch and a slot extending longitudinally from said notch along said frame; a brace pivpted to the support and provided with -a pivot operating in said notch and said longitudinal slot from the notch and away from the upright; said notch being at the inner end of said slot when the brace is away from thel upright; said frame being adapted to support clothing. hangers.

4. A clothes hanging device comprisin a slotted up-right ."support; a rectangu ar frame having a pivot in said slot and having a notch and a slot extending longitudin-ally .therefrom along said frame; a brace pivoted to the support and provided with a pivot operating in said notch and said longitudnal slot; and U-shaped hangers pivot ally connected to both sides of saidV frames and normally held in extended horizontal position. l

5. A clothes hanger comprising two frames, means connecting the frames and adapted to allow them to be brou ht into parallelism with each other and aso into 'position wherev one is extended from the other; hangers pivoted to the frame that is ada ted to be extended; and means to normal hold said hangers at right-an les to the rame to which-they are pivote; said hangers also being adapted to be moved into parallelism -with the two frames.

6. The combination with a hollow rectan..v gular frame adapted to stand vupright adjacent a door or wall and also ada ted to be 'extended' out from such dogr or wa l; clothes e frame andA adapted to hang down when the nasales yalso adapted to be extended out from such door or wall; clothes hangers pivoted to said zframe is extended, and. to ,be one above another when the frame is upright; and means to hold said frame upright; said hangers vbeing of increased length toward the top of the upright frame so that clothing supported by separate hangers will be s aced apart.

8. in a clothes hanging evice, a main frame; an auxiliary' frame pivotally connected to and adapted to be extended out from said main frame; means for holding said auxili-ary frame in extended and uplght positions; a plurality of hangers pivoty connected to said auxiliary frame, a. plurality of said pivotal connections bein eccentric to said hangers so that when sai auxiliary frame is extended said hangers will extend downwardly at an angle to said auxiliary frame.

9. ln' a clothes han' ing device, a main frame; an auxiliary rame pivotally zionnected to and adapted to be extended out from said main frame; means for holding said auxilia@ frame in extended and upright positions; a plurality of hangers pivotally connected -to said auxiliary frame, a plurality of said'pivotal connections bein eccentric to said hangers so that when' sai auxiliary frame is extended said hangers will extend downwardly at an angle to said auxiliary frame, and ,stops to automatically position said hangers in a horizontal plane when said auxiliary frame is raised to a vertical plane.

10. In a clothes hanger device; -a main frame; an auxiliary frame pivotally connected to said main frame; hangers pivotally connected to said auxiliary frame; a plurality o said pivotal connections being eccentric to said. hangers; and -a plurality of said hangers being adapted to support garment spreaders and a lurality of said hangers being adapted with spring clasps. s

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 15th day of December, 1919.

CLARENCE GEORGE SHEPHERD,

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