US1000896A - Garment or merchandise hanger. - Google Patents

Description

N. D. COHEN.

GARMENT 0R MERCHANDISE HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1, 1911.

1,000,896. PatentedAug. 15,1911.

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N. D. COHEN.

GARMENT 0R MERCHANDISE HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. 7, 1911.

1,000,896, Patented Aug. 15, 1911.

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t L GARMENT OR MERCHANDISE HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 7, 1911.

Patented Aug. 15, Serial No. 612,875.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN D. COHEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, county of New York, and State of New York, United States of America, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garment or Merchandise Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of this class which can be hung against a wall so as to be out of the way, or can be lowered so as to receive and support garments; and also to provide means for expeditiously hanging and removing garments. These objects are accomplished by my invention, some embodiments of which are hereinafter set forth.

For a more particular description of my invention, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, in which-Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved garment hanger. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a slightly modifiedform of hanger. Figs. 5 and 6 are sectional views showing a portion of the hanger; Fig. 5 being a sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 6, looking in the direction of the arrows, and Fig. 6 being a sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5, looking in the direction of the arrows. Figs. 7 and 8 show modified forms of bars for supporting the garments. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a slightly modified form of frame.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar reference characters designate similar parts.

My improved garment supporter 1, comprises a bracket 2, a frame 3, and bars 4. The bracket 2 consists of an upright ,bar 5 provided at its upper end with a hook 6, and at its lower end with suitable perforations through which pass rivets 7 that fix it to a horizontal bar 8. Both the bars 5 and 8 may be secured to a wall by means of suitable screws 9 or other proper means. To further strengthen the bracket 2 the bars 5 and 8 may be connected by the brace 10 which is secured by rivets 11, as shown. The bar 8, near each end is provided with an outwardly extending support 12 which is secured to the bar 8 by means of suitable rivets 13, and above the support. 12 are suitable loops or hooks 14 which are also fixed to the bar 8.

The frame 3, in its lowered position, rests on the supports 12, and engages the hooks 14 in a manner that will now be described. The frame 3 has a central portion 15 in the middle of which is a loop 16, if the structure shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 be employed; or a loop 17 if the structure shown in Fig. 9 be employed, and this central portion 15 has laterally extending parts or sides 18 which run to loops 19 which engage with the hooks 14, as shown, and then the ends 20 return parallel to the sides 18 and for the greater part of the length thereof, as shown.

The garment supporting bars 4 rest on the sides 18 and under the ends 20, and as many of these bars may be employed as required, providing the capacity of the garment hanger is not exceeded. Each bar 4 has an end 21 extending laterally therefrom, and in the modification shown in Fig. 7 this feature is duplicated at each end. In the structure shown in Fig. 8, the end 22 runs laterally, both ways, as shown. In Fig. 7 the parts 23 and 24 of the bar 4 are shown united, the part 23 having a projection 25 that telescopes into an opening 26 of the bar 4, so that this bar may be divided into two parts either for the purposes of pack ing and shipping, or to enable garments to be released and withdrawn without disturbing the other garments in the hanger.

The garments 27 rest over the bars 4 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

After the garments have been suspended upon the bars 4- the swinging frame 3 is thrown into a vertical position with the loop 16 engaging the hook 6, the trousers on the respective bars 4 overlying each other, and thus a hanger is produced which normally takes up but very little space, and which can be readily lowered at any time for the purpose of removing or inserting a garment. When it is lowered until the frame 3 rests on the supports 12 this frame is in a substantially, but not quite horizontal position, so that the tendency of the bars 4 is to shift toward the loops 19, and it is then ready for use. When the bars 4 are in place, and the frame 3 has the position shown in Fig. 2, the garments 27 are first brought near the part 15, a rod is then withdrawn from under the ends 20 and inserted through the arment, as shown, and the garment and rod are then slid to the proper position.

This operation is repeated as often as desired provided that the garment hanger is 5 not filled beyond its capacity.

It will be noted that the pivoted frame of my iifinroved garment hanger comprises supporting bars 18 connected at the front by a cross-bar 15, and that the confining 1.0 and retaining bars 20 extend forward above and parallel to the supporting bars, the free ends of the confining and retaining bars 20 terminating near the cross-bar 15, the bars 20 being preferably formed integrally with the bars 18 and the two being united by the loops 19, by means of which the frame is connected to the hooks 14 or supporting bracket, the whole constituting a simple,

yet strong and efiicient support for the gar- 20 ments, and one in which the removable rods will be properly held in position and guided,

and from which they may be quickly removed when desired either by drawing them out sidewise in the direction of their length,

or at the front from between the confining and retaining bars.

lVhile I have shown and described. some embodiments of my invention it is obvious that it is not restricted thereto, but is broad enough to cover all structures that come within the scope of the annexed claims.

Having thus described my invention what "I claim is 1. In a device of the class described, in combination, a pivoted swinging frame comprising supporting bars united by a crossbar at their forward ends and confining and retaining bars extending parallel to and:

:located above the supporting bars, and having their free ends terminating near the crossbar, and loops carried by said bars at their point ofunion and means for pivotally supporting said frame substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, in combination, a "pivoted swinging frame, comprising a cross-bar, the supportingbars and the confining and retaining bars, all formed of asingle length of material and bent to form the loops at the union of the supporting and retaining bars, the retainiing bars extending parallel to and located above the supporting bars, a bracket, hooks on said bracket engaging the loops and the swinging frame and rigid supports extend-- pivoted and longitudinally telescoping barsfitted between said retaining bars and su-p-- porting bars, substantially as described Signed in the city, county and State of New York, this 6th: day of March, 1911.

NATHAN 1). COHEN.

Witnesses:

GUs'rAvn I. ARoNow, I'I. RADZI'NSKYZ.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner 0t Patents;- Wa'slririgton, D'; 01

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