US1563735A

US1563735A - Coat-hanger attachment

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Publication number: US1563735A
Application number: US655434A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles A Fetters
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1923-08-03
Filing date: 1923-08-03
Publication date: 1925-12-01
Anticipated expiration: 1942-12-01

Description

Dec. 1l 1925. -4 1,563,735

c. A. FETTERs COAT, HANGER ATTACHMENT Filefd Aug. 1925 Patented Dec. l, 1925.

CHARLES A. FETTERS, 0F WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OFCOLMBIA.

COAT-HANGER ATTACHMENT.A

Application led August 3, 1923. Serial No. 655,434.

lTo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that CHARLES A. Fn'rrnns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District 'of Columbia, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coat-Hanger Attachments, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to coat hanger attachments and has for its object to provide a supporting hook, which may be easily and quickly attached to the shank of a supporting hook of a coat hanger whereby additional articles, for instance hats, underskirts and the like may be supported on the coat hanger, at the same time the coat is supported thereon. i

A further Aobject isto form the hook from a single piece of wire bentv to form spaced eyesV adapted to engage the shank of the hook of the coat hanger, which eyes are carried by the spring arms, which may be forced to ether for positioning the eyes adjacent eac other, thereby allowing the device to be-easily and quickly passed over the coat hanger hook and onto the shank thereof. The eyes bind on the shank of the hook when a weight is suspended therefrom, and the hook may be positioned in the same plane as the supporting hookI of the hanger, thereby allowing the hangers to be shipped in a compact package without interference from the additional hook.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combinationv and arrangement of arts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the rawing, described and claimed, it being understood that chan es in the precise embodiment of the inventlon mav be made within the scope of what is clalmed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a con# ventional form of coat hanger, showing the garmenthook attached thereto.

Figure 2 is aside elevation of a coat hanger showing the garment hook applied tothe shank thereof. p

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the body o f the coat han r, and 2 a supporting hook carried there y,

which hook 1s attached to the body 1 by means of the shank hook 3. It has been found that it is often necessary to hang other garments on a coat hanger, for instance, a hat, an underskirt or a wrap, which has been impossible, especially in the case of a hat. To obviate this disadvantage the garment hook 4 is rovided, which hook is formed from a sing e piece of wire bent upmay be hung, such for instance as a skirt.

The arms 8 and 10 are slight-ly spaced apart thereby allowing a gripping action by the eye 9 on 4the shank 3, thereby preventing easy displacement 'of the garment hook,`

when in position on the shank 3. One of the .arms 7 is provided with an upwardly and inwardly extending spring arm 12, which arm terminates in an oye 13 in which the shank '3 is disposed at a point spaced from theeye 9, consequently the garment hook 4 is rigidly supporte-d when garments are supported thereon. Under the weight of the garments the eye 13 binds on the shank 3 and rigidly braces the garment hook. When the device is being placed .on the hook 2 and shank 3, the arms 12 and 8 are s rung towards each other, thereby positioning the

eyes

9 and 13 close together and consequently the hook 2 and shank 3 may be easily passed through the eye, even around bends as'shown at 14:` at the upper end of the shank, ltherefore the ,device may be easily applied to coat Shanks of 'various shapes. When it is desired to store the hangers, for instance for purposes of shipment, or when not in use,

the hook may oe moved upwardliy)7 on the shank 3 to a position where it can moved into the same lane as the body 1 ofthe coat hanger, there 'ore it will be seen that it will not take up any additional room and at the lsame time allow the .hangers to be easily stacked or formed into compact packages and the frictional engagement of the eye 9 and the eye 13 on the shank 3 will maintain the garment hook in any position to vwhich it may be moved.

hanger hook From the above it will be seen that a gar ment hook is provided, for -coat hangers,

The combination with a coat hanger hook,

a vertically disposed shank carried by said hook, of a garment hook carried by said shank, said garment hook being formed from a single piece of spring wire bent upon itself to form an upwardly extending hook and inwardly diverging arms, parallel horizontally disposed eyes carried by said diverging horizontal arms and in which the shank is disposed and frictionally held, the lower eye terminating in an 'outwardly extending arm, and a hook carried by the out- 'wardly extending arm below the first mentioned garment supportin hook.

In testimony whereof I ereunto affix my 25 signature.

CHARLES A. ra'rrrras.