US360577A

US360577A - Wardrobe-hook

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Publication number: US360577A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-04-05
Anticipated expiration: 1904-04-05

Description

(No Model.)

E, E. FISHER.

WARDROBE. HOOK.

No. 360,577. Patented Apr. 5, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIZABETH EUNICE FISHER, OF DELPHI, INDIANA.

WARDROBE-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 360,577, dated April 5, 1887.

Application filed October 4. 1886. Serial No. 215,256. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH EUNIcE FISHER, of Delphi, in the county of Carroll and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wardrobe- Hooks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in hooks for hat and coat racks, the object of the same being to provide a device of this character which shall be so constructed as to provide a multiplicity of hooks and at the same time combine flexibility and durability with strength.

A further object is to provide a device of the above character which may be secured to a wall or other object in avery simple and expedient manner..

A further object is to provide a device of the above character which shall be simple and economical in construction and durable and efficient in use; and with these ends in view my invention consists in the certain features of construction and combination of parts, as will hereinafter be fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation showing two of the devices of dif- Fig. 2 a section on line 1 l of Fig. 1.

A represents a suitable strip adapted to receive the screw 13, which is formed on the end of the hook G, which is provided with two or more prongs, D, as shown, and having the collar E. for the purpose hereinafter described.

The Wires a and a are each made of a single piece of metal of any preferred thickness, and

the same are bent at or near their center, thus' forming the eye F, through which passes the shank of the hook C, by means of which the wires are secured to the strip A. The free ends of the wires extend downwardly any preferred distance, one depending lower than the other, as shown, and are curved near their lower ends to form the hooks. The hooks are formed by curving the ends downwardly and outwardly, as shown at b, thence parallel, as at 0, thence downwardly, as at d, terminating in the upright end 6.

As the wires are bent to form the eyes IF, they are naturally flexible and inclined to sway either to the right or left when a weight is placed upon the hooks, and in order to anticipate this tendency a sliding hook, H, is suspended upon the wires, and is secured thereon by means of the loop I. The formation of the hook H is such that when in position it will hang below the ends G and form a useful supplemental hook.

It is apparent that the number of wires may be unlimited, and that consequently a large number of hooks may be provided and occupy a very small space in addition to being exceedingly simple and economical in construction.

. Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

In a hat and coat rack, the combination,with the depending wires each formed of one continuous piece, and being bent, as shown, to form the eyes F at the upper ends, and the curved hooks at the lower ends, of a supplemental hook provided with a loop clasping the saidwires and holding the same in position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ELIZABETH EUNIGE FISHER.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. GOULD, LUTE A. HIGGINBOTHAM.