DE29611882U1 - Device for securing clothes hangers on a line - Google Patents

Description

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Michael Griep Himbergen

Device for securing coat hangers on

a leash

The invention relates to a device for securing clothes hangers with wire hooks on a line, rope, rod and the like.

Such devices are necessary because a coat hanger, when hung on a line together with an item of clothing, is placed at the lowest possible point, especially when wind can affect it. This would be acceptable if there was only one coat hanger on a line, but if there were several, it would lead to the unfortunate situation that on a relatively long line, all the coat hangers would be in the middle area between the hanging points, making drying processes more difficult, for example.

To remedy this, a one-piece safety hook for coat hangers is known (DE-OS 38 14 934), which is made of an elastically deformable material and is hung on the line with the help of a part that is open to the outside. There is a hole below the open part so that the wire hook of a coat hanger can be passed through it. The part of the safety hook that is open to the outside, which is otherwise made of an elastic material, now wraps around the line in a kind of friction grip, so that

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that movement along the line is prevented. The disadvantage of the known safety hook is that this type of securing of the wire hook of a coat hanger reduces the free space between the line and the floor. This can lead to a wet item of clothing touching the floor.

Special clothespins with a transverse hole are also known (DE-OS 38 18 467); this is a special design of the well-known clothespin, i.e. a relatively expensive solution to the problem at hand.

The known devices for attaching the hook of a coat hanger to a rope (DE-OS 35 37 565) are also quite expensive and also cumbersome, as the rope has to be looped around a special rope guide and a special hanger is also required.

The invention is concerned with solving the problem mentioned at the beginning in the simplest way possible, but nevertheless very effectively, which is achieved by a device of the type mentioned at the beginning having a substantially belt- or strip-shaped part made of preferably elastic material, which is designed with a plurality of holes for guiding the wire hook of the coat hanger through before and after the cross-over wrapping of the wire hook and the line.

The belt or strip-shaped part of the device according to the invention preferably has a length of slightly less than 10 cm, a width in the range of 1 to 2 cm and a thickness of about 1 mm. However, other embodiments are conceivable, for example two rubber cords could be placed next to each other and connected to each other with the help of clamps.

which are arranged at a distance along the length. In this way, a simple component, namely the rubber base cord and the hangers, creates a row of holes that is dimensioned so that the wire hook of the coat hanger can be passed through. In a similar way, a round or flat rubber cord section could also be designed with closed loops folded over at the ends only, so that the same purpose can be fulfilled.

According to a particular embodiment of the invention, the strip- or belt-shaped part can also be firmly attached to a clothes hanger.

In a preferred embodiment of the strip according to the present invention, it has one or two gripping parts, so that the strip can be easily grasped between the index finger and thumb and the desired wrapping movement can be made around the wire hook of the coat hanger around the rope, in order to fix the coat hanger at a very specific point along the rope in order to secure it against the effects of wind.

The invention is explained below by way of example with reference to the drawing.

The only figure in the drawing shows an exemplary embodiment of a device according to the invention in a perspective view.

In the figure, 10 is a belt-shaped strip made of elastic material, which has similar dimensions to the strap of a wristwatch. However, the strip 10 consists of an elastic

Material. In the middle of its longitudinal extension, the strip 10 is formed with a row of holes 11, whereby the holes pass through the material and are dimensioned such that they can accommodate the wire hook of a standard clothes hanger.

In the area at one end of the row of holes 11 there is a handle part 12.

The device according to the invention is operated as follows:

The clothes hanger is hung on the line and then the wire hook is pulled through a hole in the row of holes 11, preferably the first one. The hanger and the rope are now wrapped crosswise, exerting some tension. When the strip 10 has wrapped sufficiently around the wire hook and the rope, the wire hook is again inserted into one of the holes in the row of holes 11. Due to the elasticity of the strip 10, an elastic connection or frictional engagement is created in this way, so that the item of clothing on the clothes hanger can no longer move relative to the rope. The handle part 12 can make this handling of the strip 10 easier.

Claims (2)

Protection claims 1. Device for securing clothes hangers with wire hooks on a line, rope, pole and the like, in particular against the effects of wind, characterized by a substantially belt- or strip-shaped part (10) made of preferably elastic material, which is designed with a plurality of holes (11) for guiding the wire hook of the clothes hanger through before and after the crosswise wrapping of the wire hook and the line. 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the strip (10) is formed with at least one handle part (12). phone Tetafax telex CompuServe Deutsche Sank AG Postbank Telephone Facsimile 5215145 zeusd 100117,1260 Hamburg Hamburg (040)381233 (040)3809288 VAT-No. Web: 100117.1260 Account No. 6512131 Account No. 85262202 (040)381234 EN 130492022 @compuserve.com Bank code 20070000 Bank code 200100 20