FR2859365A1 - Clothes hanger for skirts or pants has clamps offset to one side of bar to take up less space - Google Patents

Abstract

The clothes hanger, consisting of a horizontal bar (3) with clamps for a garment such as a skirt or pants, has the two arms (1, 7) of each clamp made asymmetrical in shape and located on the same side of the bar so they do not extend beyond the plane (A - A') of the bar's front surface. Each clamp's arms have eccentric central sections (2); they are held on the bar by inverted U-shaped springs (10) that allow lengthwise adjustment, and have flat strips (5, 9) on their free ends to grip the garment.

Description

Clamp hanger devices for trousers or skirts, comprising

  clamps arranged transversely on a bar provided with a hook, all have the disadvantage of having a large footprint at the clamps which operate as a lever arm on the bar. Since each clamp is equipped with two arms that pivot in support on both sides

  of the bar, the overall thickness of such a hanger corresponds to the thickness of the hanger bar plus the thickness of each clamp arm at its point of attachment to the bar.

  As a result, the density of the clothing that is placed on the in-store racks, in the packaging boxes, on the clothing lines and in the trucks specially equipped for the transport of clothes on hangers, is not optimized. and this results in significant additional costs in packaging and transport.

  The present invention proposes to reduce the overall thickness of this type of hanger The device object of the invention comprises asymmetric clamp arms which are both placed on the same side of the hanger bar. As a result, the overall thickness of the clip hanger is the thickness of the bar plus the thickness of a single clamp arm at its point of attachment to the bar. Given that existing clamps on the market usually have a hanger bar of the same thickness as the thickness of each clamp arm at their attachment to the bar, the device according to the invention can reduce a third the clutter thickness of a clip hanger.

  The invention will be illustrated by the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 shows in perspective a hanger clamp according to the invention, positioned on one of the branches of the hanger bar.

  Figure 2 shows a section through the middle of a clamp positioned on the bar of the hanger. Figure 3 shows a section through the middle of a pre-assembled clip when it is placed on the bar of the hanger.

  Figure 4 shows a section through the middle of a clamp in the position of the spaced pads. Figure 5 shows in section another embodiment of clamp according to the device. With reference to these drawings: According to FIG. 1, the device comprises, on the one hand, gripper arms (1) whose central part (2) is eccentric in the form of a stirrup to fit on one side of the bar hanger (3) without exceeding the front plane AA 'determined by the ribs (11) and (12) of the bar, and secondly clamp arms (7) less spaced than the previous ones which are pivotally attached between these the latter by means of an inverted U-shaped leaf spring (10) which also retains the sliding clamp assembly on the bar and holds the clamping shoes (5) and (9) closed. The spacing of the U-shaped spring (10) corresponds to the thickness of the bar of the hanger (3). According to FIG. 2, the non-pivoting gripper arms (1) are interconnected by a clamping lug (4) in the upper part by a support rib (13) located just above the central portion (2) in the form of a stirrup, and by a connecting element (20) integral with the clamping shoe (5) in the lower zone. The latter can be equipped with flexible non-slip material (6). The pivoting clamp arms (7) are connected to each other by a clamping lug (8) in the upper part, by a support rib (14) positioned behind the pivoting grooves (15), by a support ramp (19) which acts in tension on the leaf spring (10), and by a connecting element (21) integral with the clamping shoe (9) in the lower zone. The latter can be equipped with non-slip material (6).

  The leaf spring (10) holds the clamp arms (1) and (7) assembled at the support rib (13) and the pivot grooves (15), and holds the slide clamp assembly together on the hanger bar (3). The ends (16) and (16 ') of the leaf spring (10) are curved inward to lock under the lower rib (12) of the hanger bar. The end (16 ') exerts a pressure on the support ramp (19) which keeps the pads (5) and (9) closed.

  According to Figure 3, the leaf spring (10) maintains the clamp arms (1) and (7) pre-assembled at the support rib (13) and pivoting grooves (15). The spring (10) is provisionally placed between the clamping tabs (4) and (8), and its curved lower ends (16) and (16 ') are locked under the ribs (13) and (14) so that the pre-assembled clamp can be placed very easily on the hanger bar (3). By moving the spring (10) downwards, the ends (16) and (16 ') will lock under the lower rib (12) of the bar of the hanger at the level (17) and (18) of the arms, fixing the clip, sliding on the bar. According to Figure 4, when the clamping lugs (4) and (8) are actuated, the clamp arms (7) pivot on the support rib (13) at the grooves (15) and the support ramp (19) separates the end (16 ') of the leaf spring (10). In this spring biasing position, the end (16) of said spring increases its pressure on the lower rib (12) of the bar of the hanger and laterally locks the clamp on the hanger bar. This locking is constant when a garment is caught between the pads (5) and (9).

  According to Figure 5, the pivoting clamp arms (7) can also be articulated in support on the upper rib (11) of the bar of the hanger (3). The rib (13) of the non-pivoting arms is then enlarged between the pivoting arms, to allow pre-assembly of the spring, and to maintain the non-pivoting clamp arms (1) properly applied to the bar of the hanger. Still according to FIG. 5, the non-pivoting clamp arms (1) may have the concave-shaped clamping pad (5 ') to reduce bulk when a garment is clamped between the two pads (5') and (9) ), and to effectively retain said garment without resorting to a bulky anti-slip material.

  The device according to the invention makes it possible to reduce by one third the thickness of a gripper hanger since the front plane AA 'of the bar is never encumbered by the presence of one of the gripper arms. A higher density of hanger can thus be placed on the carriers, in the packing boxes and in the trucks specially equipped for the transport of clothes on hangers.

Claims (12)

CLAIMS.   Hanger clamp device, characterized in that the gripper arms (1) and (7) are asymmetrical and fixed on the same side of the hanger bar (3) to completely disengage the front plane AA 'from said bar and thus reduce the overall thickness of the clip hanger.   2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the clamp arms (1) have the central part (2) eccentric stirrup-shaped to attach to the bar of the hanger (3) without exceeding the front plane AA delimited by the ribs (11) and (12) of the bar.   3. Device according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the clamp arms (1) are slidably but non-pivotably attached to the bar (3) by the U-shaped leaf spring (10) whose spacing parallel blades corresponds to the thickness of the bar hanger.   4. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the clamp arms (1) are interconnected by a support rib (13) placed just above the stirrup-shaped notch (2), on which the gripper arms (7) are articulated at the grooves (15) to pivot.   5. Device according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the pivoting clamp arms (7), may have grooves (15) which bear on the upper rib (11) of the bar of the hanger to rotate, while the rib (13) is enlarged between the pivoting arms (7) to retain the non-pivoting arms (1) properly applied to the bar of the hanger.   6. Device according to claim 4, characterized in that the spacing of the pivoting clamp arms (7) is less than the spacing of the non-pivoting clamp bars (1) to be able to be housed between its last and come to bear for pivoting either on the rib (13) of the non-pivoting arms or on the rib (11) of the bar of the hanger.   7. Device according to claims 4 and 5, characterized in that only the pivoting clamp arms (7) are interconnected in the central part by a support ramp (19) on which the leaf spring (10) acts in constraint to maintain the pads (5) and (9) closed.   8. Device according to the preceding claims, characterized in that the pivoting clamp arms (7) are also interconnected by a support rib (14) positioned at the grooves (15) to allow the spring (10) to maintain the pre-assembled clamp before its implementation on the bar of the hanger, cooperating with the support rib (13).   9. Device according to claims 4, 6, 7, characterized in that the ends (16) and (16 ') of the leaf spring (10) are curved to lock said spring under the ribs (13) 10 and (14) in pre-assembled position of the clamp.   10. Device according to claim 8, characterized in that the ends (16) and (16 ') of the spring then lock in the openings (17) and (18), under the lower rib (12) of the bar hanger to hold the clip, sliding freely on said bar.   11. Device according to claim 9, characterized in that when the leaf spring (10) is tensioned by the support ramp (19), the lower end (16) of said spring increases the clamping on the lower rib ( 12) of the hanger bar and prevents the entire clamp from sliding freely on the bar.   12. Device according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the non-pivoting clamp arms (1) can be equipped with a slider (5 ') of concave shape to reduce the spacing of the bottom of the clamps when a garment is suspended, and to effectively retain it without resorting pads bulky anti-slip material.