US3133643A

US3133643A - Clamp-on tie hanger

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Publication number: US3133643A
Application number: US191072A
Authority: US
Inventors: Lester Joseph
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1962-04-30
Filing date: 1962-04-30
Publication date: 1964-05-19
Anticipated expiration: 1981-05-19

Description

May 1 1964 J. LESTER CLAMP-ON TIE HANGER 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed April 30, 1962 INVENTOR. JOSEPH LESTER ATTORNEY May 19, 1964 J. LESTER 3,133,543

CLAMP-ON TIE HANGER Filed April so. 1962 s Sheets-Sheet 2 IN VEN TOR.

JOSEPH LESTER ATTORNEY May 19, 1964 J. LESTER CLAMP-ON TIE HANGER S Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed April 30, 1962 e v W INVENTOR. JOSEPH LESTER A 7' TORNE Y United States Patent '0 3,133,643 (ILAMF-GN TIE HANGER Eoseph Lester, 1075 Grand Concourse, Bronx 52, N.Y. Filed Apr. 30, 1962, Ser. No. 191,072 7 Claims. (Cl. 211-116) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a hanger for a tie rack.

A principal object of the invention is to provide a hanger for a tie rack that is adapted to be easily and detachably mounted on a round clothes pole in a clothes closet.

Another object is to provide a hanger for a tie rack that is adapted to support tie racks of various shapes and constructions in a vertical position or at an angle to the vertical.

A further object is to provide a hanger for a tie rack with an adapter to accommodate the hanger to various styles and types of tie racks.

Yet another object is to provide a hanger for a tie rack that is adapted to hold the tie rack in an adjusted position for ready inspection and for easy putting on and taking off the ties, and to support the tie rack rotatably for ready inspection of the ties.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the Objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hanger for a tie rack embodying one form of the invention shown on a clothes pole and supporting tie racks, parts being shown broken away.

PEG. 2 is an enlarged part sectional and part elevational view of the hanger of FIG. 1, parts being shown broken away, the tie rack to the right being shown in normal position in full lines, the tie rack to the left being shown in moved position in solid lines and in moved adjusted position in broken lines.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of FIG. 2, parts being broken away.

FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 2 but showing a modified form of hanger.

FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIG. 1 but showing another modified form of hanger and modified form of supported tie rack.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of the hanger shown in FIG. 5.

FIG. 7 is a View similar to FIG. 1 but showing yet another modified form of hanger and modified form of supported tie rack.

FIG. 8 is a top perspective view of a hanger embodying a still further modified form of the invention, and showing a still further modified form of tie rack.

FIG. 9 is a view similar to FIG. 8 of the hanger of FIG. 8 supporting yet another modified form of tie rack. Referring in'detail to the drawings, in FIG. 1 a hanger embodying one form of the invention is shown mounted on a round clothes pole 10 and is designated generally 3,133,643 Patented May 19, 1964 18, 18 terminate in

perforated lugs

26, 26 extending in opposite directions to receive fastening elements 27 for fastening the clamping ring 16 to a supporting wall or the like.

The circular body of the ring 16 is formed with a depressed portion forming a channel-like seat 28 for the head of a screw 30 that passes through a hole 31 in the base of the seat. Countersinking the head of the screw prevents interference with the clamping action of the ring 16. The inner surface of the clamping ring 16 may be roughened as indicated at 33 to enhance the clamping action of the ring.

An adapter bracket 32 is fixedly suspended from the bottom of the screw 39. The adapter bracket 32 comprises an elongated narrow channel-shaped plate 34 with perpendicularly disposed

side flanges

36, 36 and with perpendicularly disposed

end flanges

38, 38. The

side flanges

36, 36 terminate in horizontally disposed outwardly extending

flanges

37, 37 disposed parallel to the plane of the body of the plate 34.

Flanges

37, 37 terminate short of the ends of the plate 34 providing

shoulders

39, 39 at their outer ends.

A hole 41 in the plate loosely receives the screw 30 and the plate is connected to the screw by a nut 42 and a washer 44 between the nut and plate midway the ends of the plate. Each side flange 36 is formed with a pair of elongated nairow closed

slots

46, 46 disposed in alignment with each other and extending longitudinally of the plate. The ends of the slots are rounded and the inner end of each slot is formed with an outer notch 48 with rounded base and with another notch 50 inwardly and adjacent to notch 43 also with a rounded base.

The adapter 32 permits the tie racks 14 to be supported swingably and in moved adjusted position. A tie rack 14 is supported at each end of the plate 34 and each tie rack 14 comprises an elongated frame consisting of a pair of closely spaced

elongated metal bars

50, 50 square in cross section, joined midway their ends by a metal block 52 and at one end by a metal block 54. The other ends of the bars are formed with aligned

holes

56, 56 to receive a pivot pin in the form of a screw 58, which screw extends loosely through one of the elongated slots 46 in the adapter plate 34. A plurality of spaced tie supporting pins or clips 61) project from and are supported by the other side of each bar 50, each pin being bent at its outer free end as indicated at 62 and supporting a ball 64 on the outer end of the bent end to prevent the tie from falling off the end of the pin.

The tie racks 14 may also be revolved as the screw 30 extends loosely through the plate 34 to permit rotation of the adapter bracket 32. Thus, the rear tie rack may be turned around to the front and vice versa for selection of ties. The rack can also be swung to a side position when not in use, thus taking up less space on the pole.

In use, ties are placed on the pins 60 and the rack supported in vertical position as shown in FIG. 1 with the tie supporting pins 60 in spaced ventical alignment and with the tie rack supported in the outer end of slot 46. In order to facilitate placing the ties on the pins, the rack may be swung'to substantially horizontal position as shown in full lines at the left of FIG. 2, the pivoted end of the rack being forced inwardly along the slot 46 in order to position the screw 58 in notch 48 with the bars ported on the shoulders 39 of the flanges 37. When the rack is in the horizontal or angular position, the ties are more easily seen and the ties can be put on the supporting pins or removed therefrom with both hands free.

In FIG. 4-, a hanger 12 with a modified form of adapter bracket 32' is shown. The adapter bracket 32 has only a single slot 46' for supporting a single tie rack 14'. In all other respects, the hanger 12 is similar to hanger 12 and similar reference numerals are used to indicate similar parts.

Another hanger 12" embodying another modified form of the invention is shown in FIGS. and 6. The hanger 12" differs from hanger T2 of FIG. 1 in that the outwardly extending channel-shaped seat 28" on ring 16" is formed at a point opposite the split and the channelshaped seat is formed with opposed holes 64 in the side walls of the seat.

In this form of hanger 12", instead of the frame-like adapter bracket 32 shown in FIG. 1, and adapter bracket 32" in the form of an elongated metal rod 66 extends through the holes 64 in the seat 28", and is fastened in place by a rivet 68 passing through the hole in the base of the seat and through the rod. One end 70 of the rod is bent perpendicularly and flattened at its outer extremity and provided with a hole therethrough. A grooved sleeve 74- is also slidably mounted on the rod 66. A strap 76 encircles the groove in the sleeve with its ends extending radially of the sleeve and being perforated. The rod 66 adapts the hanger to support an assembly of tie rack units in lazy-tong fashion. The assembly is shown as comprising two tie units 14". Each unit consists of a pair of spaced bars 50", 50" supporting radially extending pins or clips 60" for supporting ties. One unit, the innermost unit as seen in FIG. 5, is pivotally connected to the flattened end 72 of the rod 66 by means of a pivot pin 80 extending through the hole in said flattened end. The other unit is connected by a flat bar 82 to the perforated ends of strap 76 on slidable sleeve 74 on the rod. The

units are pivotally connected to each other by a pivot pin 84 extending through the center of the flat bar 82 and the center of the spaced bars 50 and by a fiat bar 86 pivotally connected to the end of the innermost unit and to the center of the outermost unit. The units may be moved radially of the rod 66 by sliding the sleeve 74 upwardly along the rod and may be swung to collapsed condition adjacent the rod 66 by sliding the sleeve downwardly along the rod.

In FIG. 7, another modified form of hanger 12" is shown for supporting a modified form of tie rack assembly. The hanger 12" comprises a spring metal clamping ring 16 split and its Split ends 9t 98 extending outwardly and curved in opposite directions to facilitate slipping the ring over a supporting clothes pole. The ring is roughened on its inner surface 33" and is formed with a channel-shaped seat 28" facing downwardly and opening upwardly to receive the head of a screw 36 for supporting the tie rack assembly.

The tie rack assembly comprises a flat smooth square shaped plate 34 with tangentially arranged extensions 92 radiating from each corner. A tie rack 14 is pivotally connected at one end to each extension 92 by means of a pivot pin 94 extending through aligned holes in the extension and end of the tie rack. Each tie rack consists of a fiat bar 96 and spaced pins or clips 66" radiating from one surface thereof, each pin having a bent end 62" with a ball 64" on the end thereof. Each tie rack can be swung outwardly of the plate 34 for thereby placing the ties thereon, removing the ties and inspecting the ties.

A corrugated sleeve 41" around the screw 30" spaces the ring from the plate 34'.

In use, the clamping ring 16" is adapted to he slipped on to a clothes pole and the inherent springiness of the ring will clamp thehanger and tie rack onto the pole.

In FIG. 8 the hanger 12 of FIG. 1 is shown supporting a modified form of tie rack 14 The tie rack 14- comprises a circularflat smooth plate 34 with tie supporting pins or clips 6t) spaced around and projecting radially from the outer periphery of the plate. The screw 38 4.- is threaded into the center of the plate with the sleeve 41 therearound spacing the ring 16 from the plate.

FIG. 9 illustrates the hanger 12 of FIG. 1 supporting another modified form of tie rack 14*. The tie rack 14 comprises a flat smooth square-shaped plate 34* with extensions 98 projecting tangentially and radially from each corner of the plate. Tie supporting pins or clips 66- are supported in spaced radiating fashion along the edges of the plate and the continuing surfaces of the extensions.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise constructions herein disclosed and that various changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent 1. A hanger for supporting tie racks comprising a split ring of springy metal, a screw depending from the ring and an adapter bracket supported on the bottom end of the screw, said bracket having spaced elongated closed slots for receiving pivotally and slidably parts of su ported tie racks, and laterally extending flanges on the bracket, said flanges terminating short of the ends of the bracket providing shoulders for supporting the tie racks in pivoted adjusted position.

2. A hanger for supporting tie racks comprising a split ring of springy metal, a screw depending from the ring and an adapter bracket supported on the bottom end of the screw, said bracket having spaced elongated closed slots for receiving pivotally and slidably parts of supported tie racks, and laterally extending flanges on the bracket, said flanges terminating short of the ends of the bracket providing shoulders for supporting the tie racks in pivoted adjusted position, the split ends of the ring being ofiset to facilitate slipping the ring over a round supporting pole.

3. A hanger for supporting tie racks comprising a split ring of springy metal, a screw depending from the ring and an adapter bracket supported on the bottom end of the screw, said bracket having spaced elongated closed slots for receiving pivotally and slidably parts of supported tie racks, and laterally extending flanges on the bracket, said flanges terminating short of the ends of the bracket providing shoulders for supporting the tie racks in pivoted adjusted position, said ring having a depressed channel-shaped seat for receiving the head of the screw in countersunk fashion.

4. A hanger for supporting tie racks comprising a split ring of springy metal, a screw depending from the ring and an adapter bracket supported on the bottom end of the screw, said bracket having spaced elongated closed slots for receiving pivotally and slidably parts of supported tie racks, and laterally extending flanges on the bracket, said flanges terminating short of the ends of the bracket providing shoulders for supporting the tie racks in pivoted adjusted position, the split ends of the ring being offset to facilitate slipping the ring over a round supporting pole, said offset ends having aligned threaded holes to receive a screw for securing the ring on a supporting pole.

5. A hanger for supporting tie racks comprising a split ring of springy metal, a screw depending from the ring and an adapter bracket supported on the bottom end of the screw, said bracket having spaced elongated closed slots for receiving pivotally and slidably parts of supported tie racks, and laterally extending flanges on the bracket, said flanges terminating short of the ends of the bracket providing shoulders for supporting the tie racks in pivoted adjusted position, the split ends of the ring being offset to facilitate slipping the ring over a round supporting pole, said ring having a depressed channelshaped seat for receiving the head of the screw in countersunk fashion.

6. A hanger for supporting tie racks comprising a split ring of springy metal, a screw depending from the ring and an adapter bracket supported on the bottom end of the screw, said bracket having spaced elongated closed slots for receiving pivotally and slidably parts of supported tie racks, and laterally extending flanges on the bracket, said flanges terminating short of the ends of the bracket providing shoulders for supporting the tie racks in pivoted adjusted position, the split ends of the ring being offset to facilitate slipping the ring over a round supporting pole, said ring having a depressed channel-shaped seat for receiving the head of the screw in countersunk fashion and a sleeve around the screw spacing the ring from the bracket.

7. A tie rack assembly comprising in combination a hanger consisting of a split ring, a screw depending from the ring, an adapter bracket supported on the bottom end of the screw, said bracket having spaced elongated closed slots at its ends, and tie racks with spaced supporting bars and radiating tie supporting pins supported on said bars,

said tie racks having parts pivotally connected to the slotted ends of the bracket.

References Qited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 773,710 Bronson Nov. 1, 1904 842,940 Clark Feb. 5, 1907 973,198 Hines Oct. 18, 1910 1,245,047 Sherman Oct. 30, 1917 1,373,716 Dottl Apr. 5, 1921 1,442,395 Gmeinwieser Jan. 16, 1923 1,877,781 Akerlund Sept. 20, 1932 1,994,897 Owen Mar. 19, 1935 2,451,110 Newman Oct. 12, 1948 2,459,417 Dodge Ian. 18, 1949 FOREIGN PATENTS 220,821 Australia Mar. 8, 1957 465,616 Great Britain May 11, 1937

Claims

1. A HANGER FOR SUPPORTING TIE RACKS COMPRISING A SPLIT RING OF SPRINGY METAL, A SCREW DEPENDING FROM THE RING AND AN ADAPTER BRACKET SUPPORTED ON THE BOTTOM END OF THE SCREW, SAID BRACKET HAVING SPACED ELONGATED CLOSED SLOTS FOR RECEIVING PIVOTALLY AND SLIDABLY PARTS OF SUPPORTED TIE RACKS, AND LATERALLY EXTENDING FLANGES ON THE BRACKET, SAID FLANGES TERMINATING SHORT OF THE ENDS OF THE