US1847056A - Garment hanger - Google Patents

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E. FRENKLER GARMENT HANGER Feb. 23, 1932.

Filed March 14, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l Feb. 23, 1932. E. FRENKLER 1,847,056

GARMENT HANGER Filed March 14. 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR Patented Feb. 23, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE EMIL FRENKIQER, 0F ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB, BY KESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, OF ONE-HALF TO I. SPOONHOL'IZ, OF DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS GARMENT HANGER Application flied larch 14, 1931. Serial No. 522,565.

The present invention relates to garment hangers generally, and more particularly to hangers of this class which are especially suited to supporting a coat and trousers.

One object of the invention is to rovide a garment hanger comprising separab e main and auxiliary members which may be completely manufactured independently of each other and then readily assembled by the user, or another, without the use of special tools.

Another object is to so design the composite hanger that the main member may be a complete hanger in itself, and the auxiliary member may be positioned or removed as desired.

Another object is to provide main and auxiliary members such that the twomay be assembled or disassembled merely by distorting the main member, which is made sufficiently resilient for the purpose, so as to reduce its length to enable it to be entered at its ends into, or withdrawn from; retaining loops on the auxiliary member.

Another object is to so construct the auxiliary member that it may be used with a main member of well known and standard design, thus providing the new composite hanger merely by making the auxiliary member and putting it in place on the well known main member.

Another object is to provide a simple and inexpensive structure which will carry a coat and trousers in good form, and will hold the trousers in proper position to keep the creases therein.

Another object is to provide a hanger structure of the kind mentioned wherein all the parts, if desired, may be made of wire.

Another object is to provide a hanger wherein the auxiliary member need not be resilient but may be rigid throughout, the resiliency for assembly bging provided by resilient portions of the main member. In such case the rigid member need not be made of wire, but may be composed of wood or other material provided with the necessary loops for receiving the ends of the main member.

With these objects in View, the invention finds embodiment in a hanger having wire arms united at shoulder points to a transverse member preferably also of wire, and preferably also integral with said arms, in combination with an auxiliary member having loops at its ends for receiving the ends of the main member. The transverse member of the main hanger and the auxiliary member 00- o erate to engage trousers, or the like, carried by the hanger. In amembling the parts, the main member is distorted so as to reduce its length and bring its ends toward each other far enough to enable them to be slipped into the loops of the auxiliary member.

These and other objects, features and advantages of the invention will be more fully understood upon reference to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, while the scope of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In said drawings, Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the main member of the composite hanger structure, constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the auxiliary member forming part of the composite hanger; Fig. 3 is an elevation of one end of'the auxiliary member, a portion of the same being shown in section taken on a plane indicated by the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is an elevation of the two members of the composite hanger occupying a position wherein the main memher is contracted so as to reduce its length sufficiently to pass its ends into the loops of the auxiliary member; Fig. 5 is an elevation of a modified auxiliary member, having an offset portion which enables the more ready placing of trousers, or the like, in position upon the hanger; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a modified structure wherein the ends of the main member are bent outward to give support to coat shoulders and wherein the auxiliary member is provided with modified loops which will enable the more ready assembling of this composite hanger; Fig. 7

of Fig. 1 is employed with a modified auxiliary member ilg. 9 is an elevational V ew of parts of this anger, the section being taken on a plane indicated by the line 9 9 5 of Fig. 8; and Fig. 10 is a perspective view of one end of amodified auxiliary member showing the use of wire terminals and an mtermedlate wooden shank. Throughout these views like characters refer to like parts.

In said drawings, A designates the main member of the composite hanger, and B the auxiliary member. In the modifications, A desi ates a main member similar to the 'memai er A, but having its ends bent and its plane through its ends, and B designates an auxiliary member similar to the member B,

but having a central depressed portion, B,

an auxiliary member similar to the member B but having its end loops modified so as to enable assembly upon the main member A, B designates a further modification wherein the auxiliary member has its end loops'somewhat differently disposed, and B, a composite auxiliary member partly composed of wood and partly of wire.

The main member A is preferably comosed of wire throughout. In the instance illustrated, a single piece of wire is bent up to form the entire member. As clearly shown, the ends of the wire are twisted at 10 to form a complete loop, and one of the wires is extended and bent so as to form the hook 11 by which the hanger may be suspended on a support. The loop formed out of the wire comprises the inclined garment supporting arms 12, 13, the lower straight member 14, and the outer rounded ends 15, 16. Where a coat is hung upon the member A, the ends 15 and 16 extend into the shoulders, and the horizontal member 14 serves to carry the trousers, or other garment placed upon the hanger. The member A is of well known construction and, as before indicated, serves as the main element of the composite hanger which I have devised.

The auxiliary member B is also preferably made of wire and includes an elongated portion 17, inclined end portions 18, 19, and end loops 20, 21. The end loops preferably lie in planes at right angles to the axis of the portion 17. These loops provide openings of suflicient size and properly positioned to receive theends 15, 16, of the member A. The way in which the end 16 fits into the loop 21 is clearly shown in Fig. 4. Because of the distance between the ends 15, 16 being greater than the distance between the loops 20, 21, itbecomes necessary in assembling the two members to distort the main member A so as to bring the ends 15, 16 near enough together to pass them into the loops 20, 21, as shown in Fig. 4. There, the end 16 rests in the loop 21, and the end 15 is drawn 85 inward far enough to enable it to be slipped center somewhat offset with reference to a" into the opening of the loop 20. All of this will be clear from a consideration of Fig. 4. In order to bring the member A back to normal, it will be necessary to draw downward upon the transverse member 14 so as to brin it into its horizontal position. This will cause the end 15 to pass into the loop 20. Then both ends 15, 16 will remain in their loops 20, 21 until the member A is again distorted for removal of the auxiliary member B.

As before indicated, the auxiliary member B is the same in construction as the auxiliary member B, except that the horizontal portions 22 have an intervening ofiset portion 23. The outer ends of the portions 22 have inclinations 18, 19 and end loops 20, 21, the same as the auxiliarymember B. When the parts are assembled, the portions 22 lie ad: jacent to the member 14 of the main hanger, and the offset 23 allows the hand to be passed more readily between the main and auxiliary members, and thus allows trousers, or a like garment, to'be brought more easily into posi tion between the members 14 and 22, to clamp them and thus hold them suspended when the hanger is in use.

The main hanger'member A is made out of the member A. It has the same twisted portion 10 and hook 11. The inclined portions 24, 25 may be, if desired, bent into a different plane from the corresponding portions of the member A. When this is done, the intervening member 26 is also slightly bent, as indicated in Fig. 6. Such a bending of the portions 24, 25, 26, throws the ends 27, 28 slightly forward of the positions they would occupy, if the members 24, 25, 26 were all in the same plane, as in the case of the member A. To make the forwardly extending ends 27,28, the ends 15, 16 of member A are bent outward, as clearly indicated in Fig. 6. These ends 27, 28 are desirable, in some instances, to more perfectly hold the shoulders of the coat placed upon the hanger.

The auxiliary member B has horizontal portions 29 and an intervening offset portion 30. Its ends are like the ends of the member B, but the loops 31, 32 do not provide openings which are so fully enclosed. The portions which compose these loops 31, 32 are cut oil so as to provide short hooks 33, 34. This change is made for the purpose of enabling the parts to be assembled with a less distortion than would be necessary were the loops the same as the loops 20, 21. The bent ends 27. 28 on the member A prevent the latters being distorted to the same extent as the member A. However, the short hooks 33, 34 permit the parts to be properly assembled upon a reasonable drawing upward on the transverse member 26 of the hanger A.

The auxiliary member B is the same as the auxiliary member B, except for the end loops 35, 36. Here, the intervening portion 37 is adapted to lie close to the intervening portion 14 of the main member A throughout its length, due to the fact that there areno inclined portions like the portions 18, 19 of the auxiliary member B. In this instance, as before, the loops 35, 36 are positioned in planes substantially parallel to each other and at right angles to the axis of the intervening portion 37. The parts A and B are assembled in the same manner as the parts A and B previously described.

In some instances, it may be desirable to use a composite structure for the auxiliary member, such as the member B. The latter includes a central rod or piece 38 of wood or like material, and at its ends are loops, such as the loop 39, formed of wire, the same as the loops 35, 36. The wire 40 upon which the loop 39 is formed, obviously would extend but a short distance into the end of the member 38, as clearly indicated in Fig. 10.

It will be apparent that in carrying out my invention, still other alterations and modifications may be made without departing 5 from the spirit and scope of the invention. I-

therefore do not wish to be limited to the particular forms illustrated and described, but aim to cover by the terms of the appended claims all those alterations and modifications which rightly come within the purview of my invention.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by a patent of the United States is:

1. A garment hanger comprising a pair loops at its ends, said loops being a distance apart less than the length of said main memher and being adapted to fit over the angular end portions of said main member when the latter is distorted to bring its endportions near enough together to enter the loops of said auxiliary member.

' EMIL FRENKLER.

of garment supporting arms and an intervening supporting member extending between said arms, and a clamping member cooperating with said intervening supporting member to hold trousers or the like thereon, said clamping member having angularly disposed loops at its ends for slipping over the ends of said arms when said ends are drawn toward each other, the distance between said loops being less than the normal distance between said ends.

2. A garment hanger comprising a resilient main hanger having supporting arms and an intervening supporting member, said arms and member being resilient and easily moved toward each other to draw in the ends. of said main hanger, and an auxiliary memberhavan intervening supporting member, said arms 1 C0 and member being composed of a single piece of wire, which attachment comprises an elongated member having transversely disposed loops at its ends capable of being slipped over the ends of said hanger when the latter is distorted to bring its ends inward to a

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