US1705203A - Garment hanger - Google Patents

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March 12, 1929. w. PATTESON GARMENT HANGER Filed July l, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet abr-01m ma:

March l2, 1929.

"w, PATTERSON GARMENT HANGER Filed July l, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Mar. l2, 1929.

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WILLIAMV PATTERSON, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

1 GARMENT HANGER. y

Application filed JlulyI 1,

This invention has reference to garment hangers or clothes racks of the character described and illustrated in my U. S. Letters Patent #1,587,676, issued June 8, 1926,'and

provides certain novel and useful improvevice as well as a more practical and economic construction. v

In general, the invention provides an ornamental bedroom clothestree or hanger of sim` ple, sturdy, metal construction adaptedto give a lasting dependable service and which can be folded up into a. compact form when not in use. Additional advantagesv may be apparent froml the following detailed description of the invention, and from the annexed drawings showing one of'the many possible embodiments wherein:

Figure lis a perspective view of a section of a bedroom door with the devicel attached thereto. Y

Figure 2 is a horizontal section of the device as viewed from thetop, .with thepart-s enclosed in the casing. y

Figure 3 is a longitudinal 4sect-ion of the device as viewed from they front, with the parts enclosed in the casing..` y Y I Figure 4 is a longitudinal section of the'device as viewed from the side, the parts being enclosed in the casnof.

Figure 5 is a sidb view of the hanger in operative position, the parts being shown insection. 1 y y l Figure 6 isa top viewof the hanger in operative position, thecasing being shown in section.

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Figure-7 is a sectional view taken along line 7-`7of Figure 5. y

Figures 8, 9, and 10, are detail views.`

In' the drawings, 1 designates aV section of a bedroom door to the innersurface of which is attached the casing 2 ofthe hanger. .Fitting snugly within the casingand pivoting on pin 3 at its lower end is a support bar 4 having at its free end a hook 5 which serves asa support for a suit-hanger and also as a finger grip yfor swinging the support bar into and out of the casing. A carrier'bar 46 is supported by the support bar 4 and carries a plurality of article-holding elements, suchl as the hanger. arms 7. 1n the present embodiment,

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the carrier bar consists of apfmetallic tubular member having longitudinally spaced openings 8 on opposite sides and a vertical pivot pin 9 adjacent theouter end` of each openinfr. ,Each pivot pin 'has a hanger arm 7 loose mounted thereon to swing freely through the i adjacent opening 8, the latter being prefer'- ably shaped in conformity with the shape of the hanger arm. v Support bar lis also of hollow, metallic, construction and is adapted to house thev carrier bar, the opposite sides of the support bar being kprovided with openings or cut-,outs 10 toallow foi-the outward and inward swinging movement of the khanger arms.

The carrier bar is arrangedto slide wit-hin the supportbar and is so coupled tothe casing 2 as to be automatically shifted alternately back and forth as the support bar is raised and lowered. This shifting movement is effected sin'iultaneously with theraising and lowering of the support bar by means of a U-shaped coupling 11, shown in detail-in Fig." 10. On cach side of its base, the coupling has a trun- `iiio'n 12 and the arms of the coupling are also provided near their outer extremities with r trunnions 13. Bearing openings 14 are located'in the sides of the carrier bar and-near the inner end of the latter to receive the trunnions 12 and the casing has its back wall provided with outstanding ears or lugs 15l having bearing openings to receive the trunnions I 13, the arms of the coupling being seconstructed as to be capable ofbeing flexed inwardly toward eachother tov facilitate the placing of the tiunnions 13 in the openings. in the lugs.

The hanger arms are. arranged in pairs .of oppositely disposed units and an actuating mechanism is provided for moving the arms into operative position as the support bar is withdrawn from the casing. mechanism comprises a. long and narrow fiat bar or strip 16 of metal extending within the support bar for almost the entire length thereof, as shown inFig. 5, and passingvthrougli the tubular carrier 6 and between the units of each pair of hanger arms. *This operating bar. 16 is free to slidey and has affixed-thereto in rlhe actuating longitudinally spaced relation a plurality of hanger arm actuating members. Each actuating member comprises pair of -spring 'lingers 17-17f connected at one'end bythe portion 18 which is rivetedwor otherwise fastened to the underside of theflat operating bar 16. The :fingers 17e-17 estetici. longitudw nally of. opposite sides of har 16 with their flat sides presented to the edges of the bar and they are flexed to spring outwardly from the bar with their outer ends pressing against the inner surfaces of opposite hanger arms, as

eversuch openings are brought into align-` ment by the shifting of the carrier bar.

When the support bar l is enclosed in the casing, the partsare positioned as shownin Figs. 3 and 4i observed, has been shifted forwardly within the supportbar to the extreme limit permitted by the coupling 1l so that the openings 8 and 10 are relatively offset, with the hanger arms lying within openings 8 and retained therein against the Voutward pressure of the spring fingers 17-17 by the overlying portionsor abutments 19 of the side walls of the support bar. lThe operating bar 16, which in the horizontal position of the support'bar abuts with the casing as shown in Fig. 5, is likewise p shifted forwardly in the vertical position of the support bai",Y being carried along with the carrier bar :by reason of the friction grip of the spring arms lZ-li on the folded-in hanger arms. The extent of the forward shifting movementof the operating bar 16 is in dicatedby the spacing between the lower end 2O of the bar and the bottom of the casing,as'seen in'liigsg?) and 4L. t will loe. observed, also, that the support bar is cut away at 21 to avoid interference` with the pivotedcoupling 11. As the support bar is swung outwardly and downwardly ofthe casing, the carrier bar is gradually shifted Ytowardtheinneror pivoted end of the support `bar by reason of the coupling 11 until a point is reached where the openinos 8 and 10 are so nearly aligned as to, permit the hanger arms to be moved outwardly thereof, under pressure of the springfingers 17-17, so that the ends 22 are swung clear of the edges 23 of opening 10. This action occurs before the support bar has reached the limit of its :downward travel and as the carrier bar continues to be shifted inwardly, the end 2O of bar 16 abats with the back wall of the casing. This prevents further inward movement ofthe bar .16 and, hence, as the pivot pins 9 of the hanger arms move inwardly with the carrier bar and closer to the curved ends 24 of the 'spring lingers, the hanger arms are caused to stand out from the sides of the support bar, at right angles thereto and up against the rearedges 25 of the openings 10 which edges serve as abutments for limiting the backward swing of the hanger arms.

To fold up the device when the same is not in use', the support bar is simply swung up into the case, the carrier bar shifting auto'- The carrier bar 6,'it will be matically to the outer end of the support bar during the upward movement ofthe latter and causing the hanger arms to swing into openings Sas they are moved past the edges 25 of openings 10. rlheoperating bar 16 does not move with the carrier bar until the hanger arms have been drawn inwardly enough to compress vspring hngers 17-17 and to be i'irmly engaged by said lingers in a frictional grip suliicientto cause the bar 1G to` move as a unit with the carrier bar. The movements of the-parts are so timedthat this shifting of the operatingbar 16.r occurs shortly after the initial movement of the carrier bar. .The support-bar is retained within the casing by a spring latch consisting of a spring tongue 26 struck up from the hack wall of the casing and frictionally engaging the outer end '27 of the supportbar. ,j Y

From the foregoing it .will be noted that the use of coiled or helical springs are avoided and that a smooth and moderate movement `of the parts is `obtained which lessons the strain and wear on the device and renders the same more dependable'and lasting.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is:

l. A garment hanger comprisingfa support, hanger arms pivotally'mounted thereon, said arms being arrangedin pairs of oppositely disposed units, a bar' extending lengthwise of the said fsupport and between the units ofeach pairof hanger arms, 'and a plurality of arm-actuating members carried by said bar in relatively spaced relation,each of said arm-actuating members comprising a pairnof spring iingers'fiexed to spring outwardly of respectively opposite sides of the bar for engagingthe said hanger arms, said support being'slidable'with-respect to said bar to effect operative engagement of the spring fingers with'said hanger arms.

2. A garment hanger comprising a supporting casing, a support bar having one end pivoted to the casing, acarrier bar slidable in said support bar and carrying a plurality of pivotally mounted article-holding elements, said support bar-having side openings to allow for the outward and VVinward swinging movement'of the said article-holdingelements, means connecting the said carrier bar lll() Vto be thereby swung outwardly to an opera" tive positio y 3. A garment hanger comprising longitudinally disposed relatively movable meinbers, an article-holding element pivotally supported on one member and normally extending longitudinally thereof, and an actuating element slidably encasedV byi the same member and disposedadjacent said articleholding element for movement longitudinally thereof during relative movement of the members, said actuating element serving to swing the article-holding element outwardly of, itsV supporting member as it approaches the pivot ofthe article-holding element.

1. In a garment hanger, a pair of longitudinally disposed relatively movable members, an article-holding element pivotally supported on one member and extending longitudinally thereof, and a spring-tensioned element slidably encased by the same member and pressing outwardly againstthe article-holding element, said spring-tensioned element being adapted to swing the article-holding element outwardly of its supporting member as the pivot of the ,article-holding element is shifted towards the spring-tensioned element during the relative movement of the two members.

5. In a garment hanger, a pair of longitudinally disposed relatively slidable menibers, an article-holding element pivotally supported on one member and extending longitudinally thereof, a spring-tensioned .element slidably encased by the same member and pressing outwardly against the articleliolding element, said spring-tensioned element being adapted to swing the article-holding element outwardly of its supporting member as the pivot ofthe article-holding element bei', an actuating member betweeny the said y article-holding elements having spring arms pressing outwardly against the inner sides of the article-holding elements for exerting pressure on the latter, and means for shifting fthe actuating 'member relatively to the article-v holding elements for causing the latter to swing outwardly ofthe support as their pivots v approach the spring arms of the said actuating member.

7. A garment hanger comprising a `supv porting member, hanger arms pivot-ally mounted thereon, and arranged in pairsof opposit'ely disposed units, and an'actuating mechanism including a bar extending lengtln wise of the supporting member and between the unitsof each pair of hanger arms` and havingv thereon a plurality of diverging spring lingers, said bar being free to slide with respect to the supporting .member to permit the spring lingers to be brought into operating engagement with the hanger arms by sliding movement of the supporting memberwith respect to said bar and meansfor effecting such slidingY movement of the supporting member.

lIn testimony whereof, I affix signature.l

WILLIAM PATTERSON.

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