CA2493226C - Clothes hangers and stacking rod - Google Patents

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CA2493226C
CA2493226C CA 2493226 CA2493226A CA2493226C CA 2493226 C CA2493226 C CA 2493226C CA 2493226 CA2493226 CA 2493226 CA 2493226 A CA2493226 A CA 2493226A CA 2493226 C CA2493226 C CA 2493226C
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47GHOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G25/00Household implements used in connection with wearing apparel; Dress, hat or umbrella holders
    • A47G25/14Clothing hangers, e.g. suit hangers
    • A47G25/18Clothing hangers, e.g. suit hangers for two or more similar garments, e.g. constructed to connect to, or support, a similar hanger
    • A47G25/183Clothing hangers, e.g. suit hangers for two or more similar garments, e.g. constructed to connect to, or support, a similar hanger constructed to connect to, or support a similar hanger
    • A47G25/186Clothing hangers, e.g. suit hangers for two or more similar garments, e.g. constructed to connect to, or support, a similar hanger constructed to connect to, or support a similar hanger comprising a separate connecting member

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Abstract

A heavy duty hanger rack uses a stocking rod for aligning hangers in a vertically spaced relationship. Each hanger has a hole defined in a reinforced portion in the neck area. The stacking rod has two semi-circular ends offset with an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the rod.

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Clothes Hangers and Stacking Rod Field of invention The present invention generally relates to a device for interconnecting garment hangers and in particular to a heavy duty hanger rack using a stacking rod for aligning hangers in a vertically spaced relationship.
Related art Stacked racks including a plurality of hangers each having two arms and a conventional inverted-U shaped construction with loop elements, hooks, or anchors for vertical placement of hangers with respect to each other in order to save hanger rack space are known. Problems related to stacks including two arms conventional hangers reside in the fact that it is not easy to replace clothes on the lower hangers and it is also difficult to observe supported items on lower hangers.
Stacked racks including hangers with a triangular body and connecting means for vertical displacement of hangers are also known. The stacked hangers are offset from each other in a vertical plane and also in a horizontal plane. This arrangement occupies unnecessary hanger rack space.
Summar)~ of the Invention The present invention seeks to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art associated with stacked clothes hangers.
Clothes hangers with triangular body according to the invention may be moulded from a resistant plastic as one solid piece. A hole is provided in a reinforced neck area below the apex of the triangle.
A stacking rod having a predetermined length and two C-shaped links may be attached to the hole of a first, or upper hanger at one end while allowing a second, or lower hanger to be supported at the other end.

According to one aspect of the invention, a clothes hanger is provided. The hanger comprises a triangular body having two arms and a correcting rail, a neck area integrally formed with the arms and a hook. A hole is centrally defined in the neck area with and a reinforced portion is defined in a region diametrically opposite the hook.
Preferably, the hook, the reinforced portion, and the connecting rail have the same thickness.
According to another aspect of the invention, a stacking rod is provided. The stacking rod comprises an elongated shaft, two identical C-shaped links coplanar with said shaft and defining respective semECircular openings, and a linear intermediate portion for connecting the Gshaped links with the shaft, such that the links and the intermediate portion are symmetrically formed at each end of the shaft, and the intermediate portion is offset with a predetermined aigle relative to a longitudinal axis of the shaft in a direction away from the openings.
According to still another aspect of the invention, a heavy duty hanger rack is provided. The heavy duty hanger rack may be assembled from a kit including at least an upper hanger, a lower hanger, and a stacking rod. The stacking rod has two semi-circular openings offset with a predetermined angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the rod, a first opening engaging the hole of the upper hanger and a second opening engaging the hook of the lower hanger. The upper and lower hangers are aligned in substantially same vertical plane by gravity.
The clothes hanger according to the invention is easy to manufacture from a resistant plastic as an integral molded item. Clothes hangers with stacking rods according to the invention optimize occupancy in the storage area by at least doubling the hanger rack capacity, since a plurality of garments may be hanged in substantially same vertical plan. Consequently, easy access and visibility to clothes supported on lower hangers is provided for conveniently storing and retrieving stored items.
The "Summary of the Invention" does not necessarily disclose all the inventive features. The inventions may reside in a sub~ombination of the disclosed features.
Brief description of the drawings The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following more particular description of the preferred embodiments, as illustrated in the appended drawings, where:
Figure 1 is a front view of a clothes hanger used by a heavy duty hanger rack according to the invention;
Figure 2 is a front view of the stacking rod according to the invention;
Figure 3 is a front view of a heavy duty hanger rack according to one embodiment of the invention illustrating two clothes hangers connected with a stacking rod;
Figure 4 is a sectional view along line IV-IV' in Figure 3; and Figure 5 is a lateral view of another embodimerit of the heavy duty hanger rack according to the invention illustrating three clothes hangers connected with two stacking rods.
Similar references are used in different figures to denote similar components.
Description of the preferred embodiments The following description is of preferred embodiments by way of example only and without limitation to combination of features necessary for carrying the invention into effect.
Figure 1 is a front view of a clothes hanger used by a heavy duty hanger rack according to the invention Preferably, clothes hanger10 has a triangular body manufactured from a suitable material with reasonable strength. The triangular body includes two shoulder arms 17,18, a connecting rail 19, and a neck 12. Arms 17, 18, are attached to the connecting rail 19 through rounded corners 11, 11'. Neck 12 is integrally formed at an apex 14 for connecting arms 17, 18, and a hook 16.
Neck 12 has a large enough area to accommodate a hole 15in a middle region between apex 14 and a reinforced portion 13.
Arms 17, 18, hook 16, connecting rail 19, and the reinforced portion 13 have same thickness and preferably a circular cross section with a diameter "d1':
As illustrated in Figure 1, the reinforced portion 13has a diameter substantially equal to "d1" while the area around apex 14may exceed "d1". When manufactured from plastic, neck 12 is integrally molded with arms 17, 18~ and hook 16.
The heavy duty hanger 10 may be manufactured from metal sheets of flexible nature allowing bending, from fibrous materials, from wood, or any other suitable material. Preferably, it is molded from a semi~igid plastic material like polypropylene, polyethylene, polystyrene, so that arms 17, rail 19, neck13, and hook 16, form an integral body.
Recommended size for hanger 10are as follows: arms 17, 18, about 22 cm, connecting rail 19 about 40 cm, and d1 about 1 cm. Hole 15 may have a diameter about 1.5 cm. It is to be noted that these dimensions are given by way of example and other sizes may be used when the heavy duty rack 10 is used for a different application than hanging garments. A non-slip friction surface made of thermoplastic elastomer may be bonded on the exposed surface of arms 17, 18, and on connecting rail 19.
Figure 2 is a front view of the stacking rod according to the invention.
Stacking rod 20 has an elongated shaft 21, and two C~haped links 26, 27. The C-shaped links 26, 27, are provided in same plane with shaft 21. Links 2C 27, define openings 28, 29, having the shape of two quarters of a circle with a diameter "d3".
Links 26, 27, are connected to shaft 21 through two intermediate linear portions 24, 25, which have a preset length (L) and form a predetermined angle a with the longitudinal axis of shaft 21. Links 26, 27, and respective intermediate linear portions 24, 25, are symmetrically formed at each end of shaft 21 across a symmetry axis Y-Y'.
Links 26, 27, are sized to fit into hole 15 of an upper clothes hanger and to support hook 16 of a lower clothes hanger. Ball-like terminations 22, 23, are provided on links 26, 27, for either easy insertion of stacking rod 20 in hole 15 or for attaching hook 16 to stacking rod 20.
Preferably, stacking rod 20 is made of metal with a circular cross section having a diameter "d2" of about 3 mm, a shaft length of about 22 cm, the length (L) of intermediate potions 24, 25, is about 1 cm, the angle a between 10E and 15E, and the diameter "d3" of about 2 cm.
Figure 3 is a front view of a heavy duty hanger rack according to one embodiment of the invention illustrating two clothes hangers10, 10', connected with a stacking rod 20.
The length (L) of intermediate portions 2~ 25, diameters "d1" and "d2", and the angle a are so selected to substantially arrange support points S, S', on longitudinal axis X - X' whenever hanger 10 is attached to a convenient support while hanger 10' is aligned by gravity with hanger 10 using stacking rod 20. For example, if "d3"
is selected twice the size of "d1", d2 «d1, and assuming linear portions 24, 25, tangent to an imaginary circle with a diameter d3, then d1 ~ L~ tg a. The alignment is maintained even when a piece of garment is placed on rail 19.
Figure 4 is a sectional view along line IV IV' in Figure 3. Stacking rod 20 is supported by hole 15 of the upper hanger 10 in point "S" and supports in turn the lower hanger 10' in point S'. Both support points S, S', are on longitudinal axis X -X'.
Contact point "P" with rail 19 is preferably located in a middle portion of the horizontal connecting rail 19, and further aligns stacking rod 20to remain parallel to axis X -X'.
Figure 5 is a lateral view of another embodiment of the heavy duty hanger rack according to the invention illustrating three clothes hangers10, 10', 10", connected with two stacking rods 20, 20'. The upper hanger 10 is attached to a support 30, as for example a rack bar in a closet, while the lower hangers 10', 10", are supported using two stacking rods 20, 20'. As shown, the heavy duty hanger rack formed by three clothes hangers 10, 10', 10", connected with two stacking rods 20, 20', aligned by contact points P, P', and gravity, places hangers and supported items in substantially same vertical plane.

Numerous modifications, variations, and adaptations may be made to the particular embodiments of the invention without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the claims. For example, the combination of an uppff clothes hanger having an inverted U-shaped construction and a hole defined in a reinforced region at the junction of the hanger body with the hook, with a stacking rod may also align by gravity, a lower clothes hanger in substantially the same vertical bane with the upper hanger.

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1. A heavy duty hanger rack comprising:
at least an upper and lower hanger, each hanger comprising:
a triangular body having two arms depending downward at an angle from a common apex and a connecting rail connecting respective lower ends of the two arms, the connecting rail providing a lower contact point;
a neck connected to the triangular body at the common apex and extending vertically away from the connecting rail, the neck including a hook at an end opposite the common apex; and a middle portion located at the connection between the neck and the triangular body, the middle portion having an aperture providing a passageway through a plane defined by the triangular body, the aperture providing an upper support point, the upper support point and the lower contact point for supporting and aligning generally vertically a stacking rod; and at least one stacking rod having two semi-circular openings at respective ends of a rod having a longitudinal axis, each semi-circular openings offset with a predetermined angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the rod, one of the semi-circular openings received within the aperture of the upper hanger, the other of the semi-circular openings supporting the hook of the lower hanger, the rod of the stacking rod contacting the connecting rail of the upper hanger at the contact point;
wherein the respective triangular bodies of the upper and lower hangers are aligned generally in the same plane.
2. The heavy duty hanger of claim 1, further comprising a reinforced portion located below the aperture and connecting the two arms.
3. The heavy duty hanger of claims 1 or 2, wherein the triangular body and the neck are integrally formed and have substantially the same thickness.
4. The heavy duty hanger of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the triangular body and the neck have a generally circular cross-section having a diameter D1.
5. The heavy duty hanger of claim 4, wherein the aperture is has a circular shape with a diameter D2.
6. The heavy duty hanger of claim 5, wherein D2 is less than D1.
7. A kit for a heavy duty hanger rack comprising:
at least two hangers, each hanger comprising:
a triangular body having two arms depending downward at an angle from a common apex and a connecting rail connecting respective lower ends of the two arms, the connecting rail providing a lower contact point;
a neck connected to the triangular body at the common apex and extending vertically away from the connecting rail, the neck including a hook at an end opposite the common apex; and a middle portion located at the connection between the neck and the triangular body, the middle portion having an aperture providing a passageway through a plane defined by the triangular body, the aperture providing an upper support point, the upper support point and the lower contact point for supporting and aligning generally vertically a stacking rod; and at least one stacking rod having two semi-circular openings at respective ends of a rod having a longitudinal axis, each semi-circular openings offset with a predetermined angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the rod.
8. The kit for a heavy duty hanger rack of claim 7, further comprising a reinforced portion located below the aperture and connecting the two arms.
9. The kit for a heavy duty hanger rack of claims 7 or 8, wherein the triangular body and the neck are integrally formed and have substantially the same thickness.
10. The kit for a heavy duty hanger rack of any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein the triangular body and the neck have a generally circular cross-section having a diameter D1.
11. The kit for a heavy duty hanger rack of claim 10, wherein the aperture is has a circular shape with a diameter D2.
12. The kit for a heavy duty hanger rack of claim 11, wherein D2 is less than D1.
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