EP0861624A1 - Cintre à largeur variable - Google Patents

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EP0861624A1
EP0861624A1 EP98300848A EP98300848A EP0861624A1 EP 0861624 A1 EP0861624 A1 EP 0861624A1 EP 98300848 A EP98300848 A EP 98300848A EP 98300848 A EP98300848 A EP 98300848A EP 0861624 A1 EP0861624 A1 EP 0861624A1
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Mainetti UK Ltd
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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
    • A47G25/62—Trouser or skirt stretchers or tensioners of the hanger type
    • A47G25/621—Trouser or skirt stretchers or tensioners of the hanger type for stretching or tensioning trouser leg ends or the trouser skirt waistband comprising gripping members being urged apart
    • A47G25/628—Trouser or skirt stretchers or tensioners of the hanger type for stretching or tensioning trouser leg ends or the trouser skirt waistband comprising gripping members being urged apart by the weight of the trouser or skirt

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  • the present invention relates to variable width garment hangers and relates particularly, but not exclusively, to variable width skirt hangers.
  • Variable width skirt hangers which comprise a pair of tensioning arms telescopically mounted to a central body having a suspension hook. The arms are urged outwardly by springs to engage the waistband of a skirt to enable the skirt to be mounted to a display.
  • Such known hangers suffer from the disadvantage that they are relatively complicated and therefore expensive to manufacture.
  • Such hangers also generally utilise metal springs, which can under certain circumstances result in hazardous pieces of flying material if the hanger should be damaged while a garment is violently removed from the hanger. Metal springs can also result in the application of excessive tension to a garment, resulting in garment damage.
  • a further disadvantage arising from such known hangers is that the force applied to the waistband of a garment is relatively large when the hanger arms are compressed to a substantial extent, and is small when the arms are relatively uncompressed. As a result, it is difficult to manufacture such hangers such that a single size of hanger is suitable for a wide range of garment sizes because the force applied by the hanger to small garments is excessive and the force applied to larger garments is insufficient.
  • GB 2012581 discloses a skirt hanger comprising a lower member having a pair of upwardly inclined tensioning arms and an upper member having a pair of downwardly inclined connecting arms connected at their lower ends to the tensioning arms at a generally central location thereof such that downward pivoting of the connecting arms causes upward pivoting of the tensioning arms, which in turn adjusts the separation between the free ends of the tensioning arms.
  • Spring joints and/or tensioning springs are provided to urge the free ends of the tensioning arms outwardly to apply a tension to the waistband of a garment mounted to the hanger.
  • hangers suffer from the drawback that the spring joints require metal spring components to be joined to plastics hanger components. This often results in creep with repeated use of the hanger, and may also significantly increase the cost of manufacture. In addition, it is difficult to construct a hanger of this type which operates satisfactorily to apply a desired amount of tension to the waistband of garments over a sufficiently wide range of garment sizes.
  • Preferred embodiments of the present invention seek to overcome the above disadvantages of the prior art.
  • a garment hanger comprising:
  • the biasing means is provided between the connecting arms such that downward pivoting of the connecting arms compresses the or each compressible member.
  • each said connecting arm is connected at one end thereof to a central body member and the biasing means comprises a pair of said compressible members, each said compressible member being located between a respective connecting arm and the central body member.
  • the central body member comprises a pair of abutment members for abutting a respective compressible member
  • said compressing means comprises a substantially rigid member for urging the abutment members apart.
  • the substantially rigid member may have a plurality of actuating positions for adjusting the amount by which the abutment members are urged apart.
  • the plurality of actuating positions may be provided by a cam arrangement.
  • the plurality of actuating positions may be provided by a ratchet arrangement.
  • the plurality of actuating positions may be provided by a cooperating pin and hole arrangement.
  • the resilient material may be rubber.
  • the pair of tensioning arms comprises a pair of first upwardly inclined members pivotally connected at the proximal ends thereof to an intermediate body.
  • each said tensioning arm comprises a second upwardly inclined member interconnecting the intermediate body and a connecting arm and a third upwardly inclined member interconnecting the connecting arm and a garment carrier.
  • the hanger may be made substantially of plastics material and said pivotable connections may be realised by live hinges.
  • each said garment carrier comprises a pair of pivotally interconnected jaw members for receiving the waistband of a garment therebetween, and adjustment means for adjusting the angular spacing between said jaw members.
  • the or each said adjustment means comprises a compressible member of resilient material provided on one of said jaw members, and a lever movable between a first position in which the compressible member is not compressed and a second position in which the compressible member is compressed to urge the jaw members closer together.
  • the or each compressible member is located in a recess in one of said jaw members, and said lever in said second position urges the sides of said recess towards each other.
  • Each said jaw member may further comprise an insert of resilient material for engaging the waistband of a garment.
  • an adjustable garment hanger 1 comprises an upper body member 2 for receiving a suspending hook (not shown) for suspending the hanger 1 from a rail, and a label area (not shown).
  • a pair of downwardly inclined connecting arms 3 are integrally joined to the upper body member 2 by means of live hinges 4.
  • the upper body member 2 comprises a pair of diverging limbs 5, the function of which will be described in detail below, and a closure member 6 integrally joined to one of the limbs 5 by means of a live hinge 7 such that the closure member 6 has an open position as shown in Figure 1 in which the limbs 5 are not forced apart and a closed position in which the distal ends of the limbs 5 are urged apart from each other.
  • the closure member 6 may have more than one closed position, in which case the limbs 5 are forced apart to varying extents.
  • a pair of upwardly inclined tensioning arms 8 is formed by a curved base member 9 having an upstanding projection 10 and a pair of upwardly inclined members 11, each of which is integrally joined to the base member 9 by means of a live hinge 12.
  • Each tensioning arm 8 also includes an upwardly inclined member 13 extending between the upstanding projection 10 of the base member 9 and a lower end of the corresponding connecting arm 3, and a generally straight member 14 extending between the connecting arm 3 and the distal end of the tensioning arm 8.
  • the upwardly inclined member 13 is integrally joined to the upstanding projection 10 and connecting arm 3 by means of live hinges 15, and the connecting arm 3 is attached to the upwardly inclined member 11 and generally straight member 14 by means of further live hinges 16.
  • the hanger 1 is injection moulded from polypropylene or other suitable material having some inherent flexibility, such that as the tensioning arms 8 incline upwards, the flexibility of the live hinges causes the connecting arms 3 to incline downwardly, and the spacing between the limbs 5 of the central body member 2 and the adjacent region of the corresponding connecting arm 3 to decrease.
  • a garment carrier 17 is located at the distal end of each tensioning arm 8 and is integrally attached thereto by means of a pair of live hinges 18.
  • Each garment carrier 17 comprises a first jaw member 19 having a soft rubber insert 20 at an inner face thereof.
  • the first jaw member 20 has a projection 21 at its upper end defining a recess in which a compressible member 22 of resilient material such as rubber is arranged.
  • a second jaw member 23 having a soft rubber insert 24 facing soft rubber insert 20 is integrally moulded with first jaw member 19 and is attached thereto by means of a live hinge 25.
  • a lever 26 is integrally attached to the second jaw member 23 by means of a live hinge 27 and has a projection 28 for co-operating with the projection 21 of the first jaw member 19, the purpose of which will be described in detail below.
  • a pair of compressible inserts 29 of resilient material such as rubber are provided on the hanger such that one of the inserts 29 is arranged between each limb 5 of the central body member 2 and the adjacent face of the corresponding connecting arm 3.
  • the hanger 1 shown in Figure 1 would be formed in a two stage process, the main parts of the hanger initially being injection moulded from polypropylene or other suitable material, and the rubber inserts and compressible members 20, 24, 22, 29 being moulded in a subsequent step.
  • closure member 6 is in its open position as shown in Figure 1, so that compressible members 29 are not placed under compression.
  • the connecting arms 3 are not urged upwardly to force the tensioning arms 8 downwards.
  • the hanger 1 is placed within the waistband 30 of a garment 31 such as a skirt such that the waistband 30 abuts the outer face of each of the first jaw members 19.
  • the hanger tends to resist forces urging the garment carriers 17 together and the outward movement of the garment carriers 17 places the waistband 30 of the garment 31 under tension.
  • the bulk of the hanger 1 is hidden by the waistband 30 as shown in the right hand portion of Figure 1 and in Figure 2.
  • the separation between the first 19 and second 23 jaw members is sufficiently large to accommodate a waistband 30 carrying a relatively thick belt.
  • the lever 26 of each second jaw member 23 is rotated in the direction of arrows A shown in Figure 1 until the projection 28 of the lever engages behind the projection 21 on the first jaw member 19.
  • the compressible member 22 is placed under compression and the second jaw member 23 is urged towards the first jaw member 19 to reduce the gap between the rubber inserts 20, 24 to accommodate waistbands 30 not having a belt.
  • the separation between jaw members 19,23 can vary substantially, with the result that a relatively wide range of garment waistband thicknesses can be accommodated between the jaw members 19,23.
  • the separation between the garment carriers 17 is increased by moving the closure member 6 of the central body member 2 to its closed position to move the limbs 5 thereof further apart. This places the compressible members 29 under compression, which in turn urges the connecting arms 3 upwards and the tensioning arms 8 downwards.
  • the hanger 1 then operates in an identical manner to smaller garment sizes.
  • closure member 6 has been illustrated as a "trap-door” type member, the skilled person will appreciate that other types of closure member can be used to force the limbs 5 apart, such as a cam arrangement, a toothed ratchet, or a pin and series of corresponding holes.
  • closure member 6 and compressible inserts 29 have been shown in the described embodiment as arranged between the connecting arms 3, it will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the closure member and inserts can be arranged between any pair of rigid members of the hanger such that the angle between the members is decreased if the garment carriers 17 are moved closer together.

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CN106802586A (zh) * 2017-03-28 2017-06-06 北京小米移动软件有限公司 用于调整晾衣撑的方法和装置

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GB2012581A (en) 1978-01-23 1979-08-01 Hazenveld M G Hanger
DE8116612U1 (de) * 1981-06-04 1981-09-03 Coronet-Kunststoffwerk GmbH, 6149 Grasellenbach Kleiderbügel in Form eines Rockspanners
GB2128079A (en) * 1982-10-05 1984-04-26 Braitrim Garment hanger

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GB2012581A (en) 1978-01-23 1979-08-01 Hazenveld M G Hanger
FR2414896A1 (fr) * 1978-01-23 1979-08-17 Hazenveld Martin Cintre a vetements
DE8116612U1 (de) * 1981-06-04 1981-09-03 Coronet-Kunststoffwerk GmbH, 6149 Grasellenbach Kleiderbügel in Form eines Rockspanners
GB2128079A (en) * 1982-10-05 1984-04-26 Braitrim Garment hanger

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN106802586A (zh) * 2017-03-28 2017-06-06 北京小米移动软件有限公司 用于调整晾衣撑的方法和装置

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