US1105019A

US1105019A - Combined garment hanger and stretcher.

Info

Publication number: US1105019A
Application number: US71874312A
Authority: US
Inventors: August E Bluhm
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1912-09-05
Filing date: 1912-09-05
Publication date: 1914-07-28
Anticipated expiration: 1931-07-28

Description

v A. E.-'BLUHM. COMBINED GARMENT HANGER AND STRETGHER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT.5-,1912.

1,1 05,01 9, Patented July 28, 1914.

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AUGUST E. BLUI-IM, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

COMBINED GARMENT HANGER AND STRETCHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 5, 1912. Serial No. 718,743.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AUGUST E. BLUHM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of' Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Garment Hangers and Stretchers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to produce a combined garment hanger and stretcher that can be folded to occupy a small space for the purpose of transportation, and that can be opened for the purpose of supporting a coat or trousers, or both, or a skirt and coat. These and other objects of my invenment hanger and stretcher, shown extended ready for use for hanging garments. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the hanger and stretcher partially folded up. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the hanger and stretcher fully folded up. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the hook by which the hanger and stretcher may be suspended. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the joint between the two halves of the hanger and stretcher. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of one of the clamps.

In the accompanying drawings, like reference numerals refer to like parts.

In the drawings reference numeral 1 indicates the pintle upon which the two halves or frames of the hanger are pivoted.

2 and 3 indicate the two frames of the hanger, and 4 the upright or support for the hanger. The various metal parts of the hanger, except as hereinafter specified, are made preferably of wire bent and twisted to the desired shape. The

frames

2 and 3 have the free ends thereof bent up into the form of eyes or loops so as to make engagement with the pintle 1. The sides of these

frames

2 and 3 diverge from each other as they extend away from the pintle, and terminate in the oval looped ends 5 and 6. The outer end of each of the

frames

2 and 3 is inset as indicated at 7 and 8 for a purpose that will presently be explained. The upper end of the upright or support 4 is finished in the shape of a T 16, as is indicated in Fig. 4, the wire being bent over to the right substantially at right angles to the stem, and then to the left, then back to the stem again, the free end of the wire 11 being slightly bent out so as to inclose therebetween and the T-shaped head of the support 4, the swivel 9 formed on the hook 10. The T-shaped head of the upright 4 is made Patented July as, 1914.

substantially as broad as the web 12'that'.

will. he hereinafter described.

The hook 10 is formed of a single piece I the end 11 sprung slightly outward. The

end 11 is then compressed against the upright 4 and the swivel is moved up over it to place, the spring in the end 11 being sulficient to hold the swivel firmly in place and still permit its being moved down on the upright when desired. The swivel connec-. tion between the hook 10 and the upright 4 permits the hook to turn more than a quar-.

ter of a revolution on the upright, making the parts correspondingly flexible of adjustment.

Connected to the outer ends of the

frames

2 and 3 is the web 12, which web is looped around the inset portions of the ends of the frames of the hanger, the inset portion thereof being wide enough to embrace the web so as to prevent it moving sidewise around on the frame. By this means the web is held securely in place at each end. The loop at each end of the web is secured by the

eyelets

13, 13. In the middle of the web a reinforcing piece 14 is provided, through which and through the web is placed the eyelet 15. The hook 110 can be inserted through this eyelet so that the web can be placed in position below the hook, resting upon the T- shaped head 16 of the upright 4 by which the web is supported and held in place.

As shown in Fig. 1, when the parts are in position the two frames 2 and 8 are substantially in line with each other, forming one continuous frame, while the web makes therewith the two sides of an isosceles triangle, the hook 10 being at the apex thereof.

Upon the frames 2 and 3 I mount the

spring clamps

17 and 18. These clamps are swiveled upon the wire of the frame upon which they are adapted to slide, the wire of the frame serving as the pivot for the two halves of the clamps. Each of the clamps is provided with a suitable spring between the shoulders formed by the oval ends 5 and" 6. The springs are capable of yielding sufficiently to permit of the movement of the clamps along the frame to the extent of several inches, so that garments of different sizes may be fastened between the clamps and held in position thereby. Ferrules or

sleeves

21 and 22 are also provided on the frames for holding theends of the springs away from the joint. The

frames

2 and 3 spread sufficiently topermit the clamps l7 and 18 to revolve at the outer end'thereof, permitting the frames to fold up more compactly, as shown in Fig. 3.

The frames taper from the outer end toward the pivot and are of sufficient width to firmly held between them the web when the frame is folded up. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and patentable is as follows:

1. A folding wire garment hanger and stretcher, comprising a pintle having two frames pivotally'mounted thereon, and an upright support pivotally mounted on said pintle between said frames, each of said frames terminating in 'an oval-shaped enlargement extending transversely thereto, said enlargements forming shoulders with the inner portion of the frame, a clamp mounted to slide on each of said frames, and a spring interposed between said clamp and said pintle and adapted to -exert a constant outward tension on the clamp and to hold said clamp normally against one of the shoulders of the frame.

2. A folding wire garment hanger and stretcher, comprising a pintle having two frames pivotally mounted thereon, and an upright support pivotally mounted on said pintle between said frames, each of said frames terminating in, an oval-shaped enlargement extending transversely thereto, said enlargements forming shoulders with the inner portion of the frame, a clamp mounted to slide on each of said frames, a spring interposed between said clamp and said pintle and adapted to ,eXert a constant outward tension on the clamp and to hold said clamp normally against one of the shoulders, and a ferrule interposed between the inner end of the spring and said pintle.

3. A folding wire garment hanger and stretcher, comprising a pintle and two frames pivotally mounted thereon, each of said frames terminating in an enlarged outer portion forming an abrupt shoulder at the junction of said portion with the main part of the frame, a clamp slidably mounted on the frame, and a spring on the frame acting with a constant expansive tendency upon the clamp and adapted to hold said clamp against said shoulder, said spring being yieldable to allow the clamp to be moved to different points on the frame.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AUGUST E. BLUHM. Witnesses LENA M. ASH,

ALICE M. JoHANNs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing'the Commissioner of l'atents, Washington, -D. C.