US2134740A - Coat hanger and pants support - Google Patents

Description

Nov. 1, 1938. c. L. SEYLER 2,134,740

COAT HANGER AND PANTS SUPPORT Filed June 25, 193'? %%HH|HIHM a WNW I Charla; L717]? 5551]?!" Patented Nov. 1, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

4 Claims.

This invention relates generally to garment hangers; and, more particularly to garment hangers comprising a curved supporting bar adapted to hold a coat or the like, and combined with a slotted cross bar adapted to hold. and suspend one or more pairs of trousers or the like.

The main object of the invention is to provide a garment hanger of the character referred to, which will support one or more garments in such manner as to avoid objectionable folding or creasing. i

Other objects of the invention will become apparent as the detailed description thereof proceeds.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a preferred form of the garment hanger, with parts thereof broken away and illustrated in section;

Figure 2 is a horizontal section, to an enlarged scale, taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1;

The form of the invention shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 comprises a curved supporting bar or frame, designated generally by the reference numeral I, and having curved shoulder members 8 and 9, extending in opposite directions symmetrically from a central or neck part Ill. The bar 1 is provided at its center with an upwardly extending hook H, by which it may be suspended from any suitable support.

Preferably the bar I is made from a block of tough, somewhat resilient, Wood, such as maple, cut away transversely, to form a substantially triangular aperture l2. The straight edged base of the block I is grooved lengthwise to form two clamping plates l3 and M, having their adjacent clamping edges separated by a slot 15 in communication with the aperture l2.

The lower ends of the curved shoulder parts 8 and 9, are cut to form alined grooves wider than, and symmetrically arranged with respect to slot I5 to receive the cuffs of trouser legs or skirts intended to be inserted in the slot l5 and clamped therein. The cuff receiving groove formed in the lower end of shoulder member 8 is defined by the sides i6 and I1, top I 8 and the inwardly directed flanges l9 and2il, formed by the upper surfaces of the left hand ends of clamping plates 13 and M respectively.

Similarly, the groove through the lower end of shoulder member 9 is defined by the sides 2| and.

22, top 23, and the inwardly directed flanges 24 and 25 formed by the upper surfaces of the right hand ends of clamping plates l3 and I4 respectively.

The ends of the opposite edges of the plates l3 and Hi, forming the slot 55, are outwardly curved to facilitate the reception of the trouser legs or skirts between said edges. The width of the slot l5 should be slightly less than the thickness of the garment to be received therein, in order that the same may be clamped between the plates by the natural resilience of the material of which the hanger is made.

It will be apparent from the disclosure herein that the garment hanger of this invention is adapted for securely holding a number of gar- 'ments pertaining to a suit in their original shape without creasing or wrinkling.

What I claim is:

l. A garment hanger made from a block of Wood or other slightly resilient material and comprising a central portion provided with a suspending hook, a pair of curved members extending symmetrically from opposite sides of said central portion, a chord member connecting the outer ends of said members, said chord member and said outer ends being grooved to form a slot for receiving skirts or trousers.

2. A garment hanger made from a block of Wood or other slightly resilient material and comprising a central portion provided with a suspending hook, a pair of curved members extending symmetrically from opposite sides of said central portion, a chord member connecting the outer ends of said members, said chord member and said outer ends being grooved to form a pair of straight edged clamping plates adapted to receive and clamp skirts or trousers in the slot formed by their adjacent edges.

3. A garment hanger made from a block of wood or other slightly resilient material and comprising a central portion provided with a suspending hook, a pair of curved members extending symmetrically from opposite sides of said central portion, a chord member connecting the outer ends of said members, said chord member and said outer ends being grooved to form a pair of straight edged clamping plates adapted to receive and clamp skirts or trousers in the slot formed by their adjacent edges, the opposite ends of said adjacent edges being tapered outwardly to facilitate the placing of garments in said slot.

4. A garment hanger made from a block of wood or other slightly resilient material and comprising a central portion provided with a suspending hook, a pair of curved members extending symmetrically from opposite sides of said central portion, a chord member connecting the outer ends of said members, said chord member and said outer ends being grooved to form a pair of straight edges clamping plates adapted to receive and clamp skirts or trousers in the slot formed by their adjacent edges, the opposite ends of said adjacent edges being tapered outwardly to facilitate the placing of garments in said slot, said curved members being provided with grooves wider and communicating with said slot to receive the cuffs of trousers or band of skirts during their sliding movements into said 6 slot.

CHARLES LYNN SEYLER.

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