US1458552A - Garment hanger - Google Patents

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June 12, 1923. 1,458,552

' P. E. SHEE 5 GARMENT HANGER Filed March 31, 1 922 Patented June 12, 1923.

one starts PARKE E. SHEE, or nnncasrnn, PENNSYLVANIA; ASSIGNOR (irons- ALF r0 EDWARD I. NQBLE, OF LANCASTER,

PENNSYLVANIA. I

GARMENT HANGER.

Application filed March 31, 1922. Serial N0. 548,407.

T 0 all whom-2'2 may concern: Be it known that PARKE E. SHEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, has invented new and useful Improvements in Garment Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

The present development relates to garment hangers, and is intended for use with garments of various sorts, although it is herein shown and described in with trousers.

It has for its object to provide a readily constructed hanger which will serve not connection only to support the garment, but, also will impose upon 1t a transverse stretching 210- tion, which, in the case of trousers, as well as, other garments, when: this vis desirable, will keep them, when they are supported by it, in stretched condition so as tomaintain them nnwrinkled and preserve a straight neat appearance. The construction is such that a garment is positively gripped, and the parts of the hanger do not enter between the layers or plies of the garment'to distend it, but the layers will be held always in close position and their smooth unwrinkled condition preserved.

In the drawings herewith, I have shown one embodiment of my invention, and in said drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of a garment hanger constructed in accordance with my invention, a portion of a pair of trousers being shown engaged by the hanger.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view between the gripping members of the clasp.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 1 is a detail view to show the spring abutments adjacent the loop of the hanger bar.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the clasp in engagement with the garment taken on the line 5-5, Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings by numbers, like numbers indicating like parts in the several views, 10 denotes the body or bar member of the hanger, formed of a single piece of material centrally bent and having its portions on opposite sidesof the bend crossing and extending in opposite directions to form a closed integral loop 11. The

bar 10 will be made of wire or rodof proper gauge and temper to carry the load. At each end of the bar are slidingly similar members having the gripping jaws '13 and riveted together,

provided which tends members into the closed full lines in Fig. 3.

it'will' be seen from Figs. 1 and 2 that the bar passes through the rivet members 14 and the spring 15 so that the clasps 12have a ireesliding movement on the bar 10, the end 16 of thebar being upset in anysuit able manner so as to from slipping off the bar.

, Theclasps 12 have'free sliding movement position shown in on the bar 10, as will be apparent from.

Fig; 1, so that theymay be adjusted from the extreme positions shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 nearer the central 10015 11, and provide adjustment for different widths of garments. It will be noted that the rivets afford bearings for the clasps 12 during the pivotal movement of the jaw members, and additionally, function as bushings which permit free sliding. movement of the clips along the bars. I

The clasps 12 are normally urged to their extreme positions on the bar 10 by means of the springs 17 which are of sufficient length and resiliency to give considerable endwise thrust to the claspsl12, and, when they are engaged with a garment, as shown in Fig.1, exert a suflicient pull on the garment to maintain it in properly stretched condition. At their inner ends. the springs 17 take their bearings against abutmentslS, which abutments, as shown in Fig. 4, are preferably formed by slipping small sleeves over the ends of the rod before they are upset at 16 into close relation to the loop, and, if desired, securing them by soldering or other suitable manner. abutments for the springs 17 so as to prevent the springs from working into and about the loops 11, which would reduce to 'a very considerable extenttheir tension and the usefulness of the device.

The clasps or clips 12 will be made of proper size, and their springs 15 of suflicient strength so that the grip and sustain the load and exert the oreferablyby the hollow rivet members 1 1, a spring ltibei'ng normally to urge the prevent the clasps 12 These sleeves form jaws 13 will positively mounted the clips'or'clasps 12, made of two i transverse stretching pull upon the garment under the action of the springs 17 without by gripping the inner plies of the legs of the trousers at the extreme edges so as to exert a proper stretching action, and yet leave no marks or indentations frornthe jaws 13 on the exterior surface of the garment.

In order that the garment may be suspended on a hanger pole or other type, there isconnected with the loop 11 the hook 19 having a loop-engaging eye; a shank mem her, and the large open hook. portion, so that it will take readily over the hanger pole of a clothes cabinet or closet.

It will be observed that the construction issu-ch as to provide a hanger which will effectively support and stretch the clothes, and that such hanger is of very narrow width, so that a large number ofhangers maybe used upon a single support, and a maximum number of garments hung. As appears from Fig. 3, the width of the top of the clasps 12 is the maximum width of the hanger, all of the other parts lying entirely withinthe transverse area of the clasps 12. Furthermore, the device may be very readily and. cheaply constructed and assembled because of its simplicity, and derangement or breakage of theparts are unlikely.

I claim:

1. A garment hanger comprising an intehook loosely engaging said loop, clasps each formed of a pair of spring aws, rivets holding together said jaws and serving as bearings therefor, said'bar passing. through the rivets, springs on said bar tendin to move the clasps outwardly toward the ends of the bar, the bar having upset ends to limit the movement of the clasps and abutment means on said baradjacent said loop for the inner ends of said spring. r

2. A garment hanger comprising an integral bar member, a supporting hook loosely connected to said bar centrally thereof, spring clasps slidably mounted on the baron opposite sides of said hook. each clasp comprising a pair of jaws, rivets holding together said jaws and serving as bearings therefor, said bar passingthrough the rivets whereby the latter serve as bushingsto facilitate the sliding movement of the clasps, and springs urging said clasps toward the ends of .saidbar, the bar having upset ends.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

PARKE E. SHEE.

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