US2500729A - Garment hanger - Google Patents

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GARMENT HANGER Filed June 4, 1947 mwN.

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Patented Mar. 14,'.1950

UGARMENT HANGER .liillienlliJWinnemore, Cambridge; Md.

.Applicatioirlune 4, 1947;' Sera1"`No.-7'52;402

(Cl. 22S-185) j 3.' .olaeims ,il This invention relates to a garment hanger. Garment hangers wor` thefcoat; combined coat and. ,trousers aswell asothertypes, as now constructed, usually include a supprtingfhookior suspension of the garments from rods or hooks in a. wardrobe.

While it is important that garment hangers be capable-of quick connection` to or disconnection fromv a rodorythe like; as 'is afforded byfthewell '-hangers.whetheremptyor supporting garments,

retain their'- placedpositionsy against inadvertent removal.

""i'Fhus, itisA acommonexperience when-placng or removing a coat on or from a hanger, to disn lodge one or more adjacent hangers, with the result that they fall to the floor, which if empty cause unnecessary exertion and if supporting garments, such garments are liable to become soiled as well as rumpled in thus falling to the iioor.

A primary object of this invention is to provide a garment hanger which satisfies the maximum requirements of hangers as relates to their suspension, and which satisfactorily overcomes the above noted objections to existing garment hangers.

A further and somewhat more specific object of the invention is the provision of a garment hanger including garment-supporting portions and a self-closing retaining hook which is capable of being readily opened for placing the hanger on, or removing same from, a supporting rod or the like.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will present themselves in the course of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure l is a side elevational view of the hanger in accordance with a preferred structural embodiment thereof.

Figure 2 is an edge view as observed from the right oi Fig. l.

Figure 3 is a top plan View of the hanger.

1lhe improved hanger comprises a pair of cooperating sections Ii] and I which are prefer'- ably formed from fiat bars or strips of plastic material. The section iii is bent or twisted at I2 through an angle of 90 in the provision of a curved hook I3 above the twist and a pivot portion M below the twist. The section is further twisted through an angle oi 99 at I5, thereby returning the flat bar in conformity with the hook I3, and the section I0 below the twist I5 extends downwardly and laterally in the form of a shoulder-supporting portioni. Iihewsec v:tion IVI is twistedithroughanangleoiffQO" `at Ii in A'ther provision Avof a 1 pivoti ,portion i8 at one side oithetwist and-2a s-houlderesupporting portionf' I-Q attheother side ofthe twist.

The-portions MrA arid# I 8 'rare pivotally'vconneeted -as bya'fb'oltft or--othe'rL suitablemeans and; as will "be observed Vfrom the idrawing, the pivot connectionfris closely-adjacent the yhook 53, and fthe por-tions offthe sections Titi. and I lebelowthe ypivot arel :muchiflonger than a the vportions above the'rpivot. l

f While it `is desiredthat the *flat'b'ar sections retain their widths at`right4angiesto a'vertical plane extending longitudinally through the hang-i er, it is necessary to provide the vertical bar portions i4 and I8 to facilitate pivoting of the sections, and for this reason only, the sections are twisted at I2, I 5 and I'I. It is to be observed, however, that sections of other transverse di mensions may be used. For example, the sections may be square in cross section, and accordingly the twisting wold not be required, or the at bar-like sections may be disposed entirely vertically as the portions I4 and I8, in which event the twisting would be unnecessary. Furthermore, the sections may be tubular or of cylindrical stock, in which event they may be flattened adjacent their points of pivotal connecion.

The shoulder-supporting portions I6 and I9 are inwardly curved at their lower ends as at ZI in the provision of internal loops 22, and which are inwardly extended in horizontal p0rtions 23 which, in turn, termin-ate in upwardly directed extensions 24.

As will be readily seen from Fig. 1, the upper end of portion I8 of section II normally engages the free end of the hook I3, due to the weight of the substantially long portions below the pivot 20, the hanger having a tongs-like action.

In use, the lower portions of the sections I0 and II are grasped in the hands and upon separating such portions, portion I8 moves away from the end of the hook, whereby it may be placed on a supporting rod, after which the portion I8 automatically moves into hook-closing position. The weight of the portions below pivot 20 is suicient to maintain the hook closed even without a garment on the hanger, and with a garment thereon, the hook is more rmly closed.

The removal of the hanger from the rod is effected by the same operation as in the placement thereon. The hook I3 and portion I8 above pivot 20 in effect provide a loop which is normally closed by gravity and which is readily openable for introducing a rod or the like thereinto.

The loops 22 provide for reception of the shoulder straps of slips and the like, and trousers may be supported by a removable rod engaged with the projections 24.

Furthermore, the hanger may be readily y adapted for supporting trousers by means of a telescoping tube, or an elastic cord.

The invention, however, is more particular] concerned with the pivotally connected sections providing relatively short loop-forming members and relatively long garment-supporting portions.

While I have disclosed my invention in accordance with a single specic embodiment thereof, such is to be considered :as illustrative only, and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being deiined in the following claims.

What I claim and desire to secure by U. S. Letters Patent is:

1. A garment hanger comprising a pair of elongated sections disposed in intersecting relation adjacent corresponding ends thereof and pvotally connected together at said intersection, said sections thus disposed and connected providing relatively long normally downwardly directed diverging garment-supporting portions disposed below said pivotal connection, said sections above the pivotal connection providing a pair of relatively short separable loop-forming portions normally held in engagement with each other by the weight of the relatively long garment-supporting portions.

2. A garment hanger according to claim 1, wherein one of said loop-forming portions is in the form of a downwardly opening curved hook, and the other loop-forming portion is straight and in continuation of one of said garment-supporting portions, said straight portion adjacent its free end normally engaging the free end of said hook under the Weight of said garmentsupporting portions, and being separable therefrom upon upward movement of the garmentsupporting portions.

3. A garment hanger according to claim l, wherein said garment-supporting portions adjacent their lower free ends are each provided with an inwardly facing loop which is extended in a substantially horizontal portion, the horizontal portion merging into an upwardly directed extension and the loop projecting below the horizontal portion.

JULLIEN F. WINNEMORE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the iile of this patent:

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