EP0311241B1 - Line hanger - Google Patents

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EP0311241B1
EP0311241B1 EP88307574A EP88307574A EP0311241B1 EP 0311241 B1 EP0311241 B1 EP 0311241B1 EP 88307574 A EP88307574 A EP 88307574A EP 88307574 A EP88307574 A EP 88307574A EP 0311241 B1 EP0311241 B1 EP 0311241B1
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hanger
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Leslie Adrian Youseman
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G25/00—Household implements used in connection with wearing apparel; Dress, hat or umbrella holders
    • A47G25/14—Clothing hangers, e.g. suit hangers
    • A47G25/1478—Devices for fixing clothes hangers to clothes lines

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  • This invention relates to a line hanger for attaching a variety of garment ranges to a variety of line sizes.
  • Garment hanging devices are disclosed in U.S. Patents Nos. 2092121 and 3184204 which comprise a part for attachment of the device to the line and a lower part for engagement by the hook of a clothes hanger.
  • a line hanger device comprising an upper part for engaging a line and a lower part having means for the purpose of gripping garment hangers, the upper part being adapted to grip a variety of line sizes to stop undue swinging movement relative to the line within normal use, and the lower part being adapted to grip a variety of garment hanger sizes to stop undue swinging and pivoting of the garment hanger relative to the line hanger device whilst in use, characterised in that the upper part is in the form of an elongate arch, and in that the elongate arch of the upper part is connected to the lower part which is in the form of a flat plate transverse to said arch and has slots defining an elongate strip around which a hook of a garment hanger may be engaged and gripped by the plate and strip.
  • the upper part can accommodate a variety of line sizes and the lower part can hold and grip virtually all domestic garment hangers, especially those made of wire.
  • the hanger may be made of a flexible but firm plastics material with sufficient memory to ensure that it returns to shape for repeated use
  • the hanger comprises an upper part 4 serving as a grip head, in the form of an elongate arch, inside which are two serrated or undulating projections 5 facing each other on the two limbs of the arch respectively.
  • the line 1 will be pulled into the line grip head 4 by the weight of the garment.
  • the flexibility of the line grip head 4 allows the correct grip depth.
  • the upper part 4 has one limb shorter than the other, the longer limb being integral with the lower part 2 of the hanger which lower part serves as a hanger grip body.
  • the limbs have two interface beads 6 facing each other at the lower end level of the shorter limb. The beads 6 ensure that the line does not readily spring back out of grip.
  • the lower part 2 consists of three vertical strips cross connected at both ends to form a plate-like structure with two vertical slots.
  • the hanger head 3 is passed behind the middle section and out with the aid of curved indents 7 on the middle strip at each edge. The weight of the garment and the flexibility of the hanger grip body 2 ensures the hanger head 3 is pulled down into a sure grip.
  • Figure 6 shows a modification in which the upper part is provided with two serrated projections 10 facing each other on the two limbs of the arch respectively.
  • Two flexible webs 11 are provided on the inner sides of the two limbs of the arch respectively, the webs facing each other so as to grip the line to prevent sliding of the hanger along the line.
  • the webs 11 are integral with the projections 10 so that the latter come into operation as the webs 11 are bent back.
  • the arch serves to prevent undue swinging movement relative to the line in normal use.
  • the length of the arch is suitably chosen so that when the arches of adjacent hangers engage each other the garments are suspended so they remain out of contact with each other when drying.

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EP88307574A 1987-10-08 1988-08-16 Line hanger Expired EP0311241B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB878723692A GB8723692D0 (en) 1987-10-08 1987-10-08 Line-hanger clip
GB8723692 1987-10-08

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EP0311241A1 EP0311241A1 (en) 1989-04-12
EP0311241B1 true EP0311241B1 (en) 1991-12-04

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EP88307574A Expired EP0311241B1 (en) 1987-10-08 1988-08-16 Line hanger
EP88906978A Pending EP0395641A1 (en) 1987-10-08 1988-08-16 Line hanger

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EP88906978A Pending EP0395641A1 (en) 1987-10-08 1988-08-16 Line hanger

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EP (2) EP0311241B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
AU (1) AU2254788A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
DE (1) DE3866667D1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
ES (1) ES2027385T3 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
GB (1) GB8723692D0 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
GR (1) GR3003695T3 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
IL (1) IL87504A0 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
WO (1) WO1989003189A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)

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GB9616917D0 (en) * 1996-08-10 1996-09-25 Waterhouse Scott L Hangdry pegs

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2092121A (en) * 1936-11-18 1937-09-07 Margaret D Johnson Garment hanging device
US2505306A (en) * 1946-04-18 1950-04-25 Schmidt Frederick Garment hanger for clotheslines
GB1076631A (en) 1963-06-21 1967-07-19 Hugo Dachinger Suspension devices

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DE3866667D1 (de) 1992-01-16
GR3003695T3 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1993-03-16
EP0395641A1 (en) 1990-11-07
AU2254788A (en) 1989-05-02
IL87504A0 (en) 1989-01-31
EP0311241A1 (en) 1989-04-12
ES2027385T3 (es) 1992-06-01
GB8723692D0 (en) 1987-11-11
WO1989003189A1 (en) 1989-04-20

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