US1367629A

US1367629A - Garment-hanger

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Publication number: US1367629A
Application number: US285798A
Authority: US
Inventors: Joseph A Shoemaker
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1919-03-28
Filing date: 1919-03-28
Publication date: 1921-02-08
Anticipated expiration: 1938-02-08

Description

J. A. SHOEMAKER.

GARMENT HANGER.-

APPLICATION lflLED MAR. 23. 1919.

1 367,629. Patented Feb. 8, 1921.

anvcnfoz Jisqplzfl. Shoemaker UNITED STATES JOSEPH A. SI-IOEMAKER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

I GARMENT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, 1921.

Application filed March 28, 1919. Serial No. 285,798.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH A. SHon- MAKER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Hangers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, whereby any one skilled in the art may make and use the same.

The invention relates to garment hangers or clothes hangers and is particularly directed to a collapsible folding type of device, which may be adjusted as desired, to support a plurality of objects or garments through intermediate clothes hangers.

It is, in effect, a rack of a collapsible form which may be readily applied to a wall or the like and adjusted to receive any desired number of clothes hangers.

The primary object of the invention is to produce a device having great stability and load-carrying capacity, with a minimum number of parts, and with facilities for readily folding and packing :-the same.

A further object is to provide for adjustability to meet various conditions, so that the device may be applied and adjusted into a position for sustaining maximum loads and with freedom from liability of displacement. It may be suspended from a hook, and is so designed as to support an unusual Weight with a minimum supporting strain on the nail or hook from which the suspension is eifected.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a'view illustrating the hanger and its method of application to a supportin nail or hook.

Fig. 2 illustrates the hangerv folded.

Fig. 3 is a rear end view showing the abutting arms, in dotted outlines, to illustrate the adjustment. j c

Fig. 4 is a detail view of the universal swivel.

Fig. 5 is a detail view of the parts of the clamp device for the telescoping members.

In my issued Patent No. 1,293,958, issued February 11, 1919, Ihave illustrated and described a clothes hanger for similar purposes which involved a tension member and a compression member forming a strut to give rigidity to the structure when in place. In the device of this application, the various elements were non-flexible and the device was accordingly somewhat cumbersome as compared with the invention herein disclosed.

The present invention is an improvement upon said application and embodies a foldlng, collapsible structure in which the tenslon member and the support are flexible, being in fact formed of a flexible chain, cord, or the like, while the compression memher Is made collapsible and adjustable to give any desired adjustment and tension for the tension member in the application of the device to a hook, nail, or the like.

In the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1, denotes the compression member which supports the weight of the garments and 1s 1n turn supported by the flexible ten- S1011 member 2. This tension member is preferably of a flexible form such as a chain or cord and has arranged in it, at a suitable point, a ring or loop 3, by which the whole structure may be suspended from a hook or nail. There is a dependent supporting member 4, of the flexible chain, which terminates preferably in a. clip 5, which is pivoted to one member 6, of the telescopic com pression member 1.

Slidably arranged in the member 6, is a cooperating member -7, which provides for a greater or lesser length of the compression member 1, as desired- At'theouter end of the member 7, is a perforated extension 8, through which the flexible member 2, passes, said flexible member being preferably prov ded at its end with a hook 9, having a bifurcation 10, which will straddle one link of the chain (provideda chain be used as a flexible member) and will abut and hold agalnst the next succeeding link of the chain. This arrangement provides for a ready adjustment between the member 2, and the member 1, when the device is applied to a wall and also serves as a means for holding the parts in place when-they are in knockdown condition, as illustratedin Fig. 2. a

T firmly lock the telescopic members 6, 7, in any desired position of adjustment, a threaded stud 11, projects from the member 7, through a slot 11 formed in the member 6. A winged nut 12,, and washer 18, the latter conforming to the outline of the member 6, serve to bind the parts in any desired adjusted position. 7 c

The rear end of the compression member 6, is slotted on its upper face as at 14, and is provided with filler pieces 15, 16, which serve as a guide and support for the pivot 17.

This pivot serves as a point of attachment for the loop .5, and for a universal pivot block 18.

I This pivot block 18, has a perforated web 19, through which the pivot 17, passes and which in turn rests between the filling pieces 15, 16. At opposite sides of the web 19, are

shoulders

20, 21, which, when the pivot block is in the position of Fig. '1, abut against the end of the member 6. Said member 6, is curved as at 6 to permit the pivot block to be swung up over the top thereof, so that the members carried by the pivot block may be folded into parallel position with the member 6. a

The rear of the block 18, has a face 22, angularly disposed to the

shoulders

20, 21. Extending from said rear face is a pivot 23, threaded to receive a lock-nut and Washer 2 1.

Mounted upon the pivot 23, is a pair of

arms

25, 26, which may be swung into the position illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 to provide a bottomsupport for the hanger, with their lower ends resting against a wall or the like. These

arms

25, 26, are adjustable about the pivot, so that they may be ad justed into any desired position against the wall surface. One of the arms, as at 26, is preferably provided with a stop member 27, which, when the arms are opened as in Fig. 3, abuts against the edge of the other arm 25. The slot 28, permits a close folding of the arms when the parts are in the position of Fig. 2.

It will be quite apparent that the angular face 22, of the block 18, provides for various adjustments of the

arms

25, 26, toward and away from the wall surface which is quite essential to secure the best supporting resuits for the hanger. This angular face also permits bringing the arms into substantially parallel relation with the member 6, when the parts are folded. V 7

Obviously, the various details might be modified to a considerable extent without dcparting from the spirit or intent of the invention, and in place of using tubular mem-. bers for the compression member 1, as illustrated, members of other cross-section might be employed so long as they are telescopically arranged.

It will be observed that by using the flexible tension member 2, as a binder for the 1 various parts when closed, as indicated in 2, said parts will be securely held in place, the clip 9, at the end of the flexible member 2, being hooked into a link to hold the chain closely wrapped about the partsf I The

arms

25, 26, are in effect adjustable, lateral arms formmg a bottom abutment to rest against the wall and having the function of preventing lateral movement of the hanger, their outer or lower ends being always spaced a considerable distance apart so that they will abut against the wall at two points on either side of the main supporting or compression member.

The flexible tension member 2, and the adjustable compression member 1, form in effect a vertical strut, while the

adjustable arms

25, 26, provide a lateral strut.

What 1 claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A folding clothes hanger for supporting a plurality of garment hangers from a hook comprising a horizontally adjustable compression member, a flexible tension member having means of attachment to a hook and providing a support for each e'nd'of the horizontal compression member, said compression and tension members forming a vertical strut, and means appurtenant to the end of the compression member for preventing lateral movement thereof.

2.-A folding clothes hanger for supporting a plurality of garment hangers from a hook comprising a horizontally adjustable compression member, a flexible tension member having means of attachment to a hook and providing a support for each end of the horizontal. compression member, said compression and tension members forming a vertical strut, and adjustable means at the end of the compression member providing an abutment therefor and preventing lateral movement thereof.

3. In a device of the character described, embodying a telescopic compression member, and supporting means therefor, laterally adj'ustable arms pivotally mounted at one end of the telescopic member, whereby said arms may be adjusted to prevent lateral movement of said member and may be folded with reference thereto.

4:. In a device of the character described, a vertical strut, comprising an adjustable telescopic compression member and a flexible and adjustable supporting and tension member, an adjustable abutment at one end of the compression member, having adjustable arms providing a lateral strut to prevent lateral movement ofthe vertical strut.

5. In a device of the character described, a flexible support, and means for attaching the same to a hook or the like and comprising a dependent vertical supporting member for one end of the compression member, and a tension member adjustable with reference to the opposite end of the compression member, and a telescopic adjustable compression member supported at opposite ends by the 6. In a device of the character described, a telescopically adjustable compression member, a flexible member supporting the same and forming therewith a vertical strut, a pivot block pivoted to one end of the tele scopic member, and laterally adjustable arms pivotally arranged upon said pivot block and forming a lateral strut and abutment for the vertical strut.

7 In a device of the character described, a vertical flexible supporting member and a horizontal supporting member, said members forming a vertical strut, a block pivoted in said horizontal member provided With shoulders to engage the end of the h0rizontal member, pivoted arms borne by said block and providing a lateral strut for the horizontal member and an abutment therefor, said arms and block being so disposed as to permit folding of the arms into substantially parallel relation with the horizontal member.

8. In a device of the character described embodying a compression member, and an adjustable means for supporting the same; a pivot block pivoted in the end of the compression member and having a pivot angularly disposed to the plane of the aforesaid pivot of the block, and laterally adjustable arms pivotally arranged upon said pivot to 30 form lateral struts and abutments for the compression member, whereby said arms may be adjusted and swun into substantially parallel relation to t e compression member.

JOSEPH A. SHOEMAKER. Witnesses:

ABRAHAM LIPTON, EDITH J. REMOND.