US1877550A

US1877550A - Garment hanger

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Publication number: US1877550A
Application number: US584051A
Authority: US
Inventors: Henry L Boe
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1931-12-31
Filing date: 1931-12-31
Publication date: 1932-09-13
Anticipated expiration: 1949-09-13

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Sept. 13, 1932. H, p BOE 1,877,550

GARMENT HANGER Filed Dec. 3l, 1951 HENRY L. 50E. 5) H15 Ha/f/VEXS.

Patented Sept. 13, 19.32

UNITE STATES AP.ii-fielen*r HENRY L. BOE, 40F MITlV'EAl01DI,S.,l MINNESOTA GARMENT HANGER Applicationld December 31, 1931. Serial No. 584,051.

This invention relates to garment hangers.

At the present time, dresses and other garments are commonly stored Yand displayed in department stores Lby hanging the dresses @and other garments on ordinary loow'ftype garment hangers. These ordi-nary bow type garment Yhangers serve quite well for the purpose of hanging mens suits, overcoats and the like,but they are not found-satisfactory -for many types of womens dresses, such -as evening gowns, 4low necked vdresses and the like. Evening gowns and low necked `dresses readily slip olf such ordinary bow'type gar- Inent hangers, particularly during the constant handling of Vsuch articles of clothing -b'y clerks instores. Such delicate dresses are often soiled and sometimes ruined due to the fact that they slip from such hangers onto i the liioor. Although hvarious types of gar- "onient 'hangers Vhave been devised, including arms which clamp such dresses and -other garments against 'a bow, most of these Varm Ytype hangers have been `provedto :be unsuc- N cessful for use in department stores, .either @5 :becausethe clerks will not-taketime-and pains enough to position the garmentcorrectly on the hangers, or because ofthe expense of such hangers. l

*It is theobject of this invention, there- 8 fore, to provide a novel land improved'garment lhanger particularly adapted for use in hanging womens evening'gownsfand low necked dresses, which hanger is cheap and simple in construction and can be operated with a'minimum amount of eii'ort on the part of the user of the same to clamp the article of clothing` in place and prevent the same from slipping o the hanger. Y l

vTo this end,vgenerally stated, the invention consists in the novel vparts and 4novel combinations of parts hereinafter defined in the claims fanddescribed in the following speciication, made inconnection with the accom- 55 panying drawing, wherein like reference characters refer to the same orsimilar parts throughout the various views, and Ain which, Fig. l isia'view in side elevation illustrating "an vembodiment of the present invention, thelmovablepartsbeing shown yin one position in full lines and ina second position in dotted lines F ig. 2 isa section taken on the lineQ-*Q of F ig. l as indicated by the arrows 'and Fig. 3 is asectio-n taken on the lineS- of Fig. l as indicated 'by the arrows.

In accordance with the invention, there is provided a bow 4, which is shown in vthe present embodiment illustrated, as Vbeingv formed from wood, although if desired this bow may be formed from metal such as wire. Applied to the central Aportion of the bow 4 and-upstanding therefronn'is a hookj b y means of which the bow may be suspended from a horizontal rod or bar, or the like. Apair of spring arms -6 shown in the present embodiment Aas beingformed from wire,

are used in connection with the v bow 4. TheseA springs arms 6 :have upturned ends 6a vsunk within boresin the lower side of the bow 4in outwardly spaced relation-from the center of the bow and the spring arms are -furthersecured to the bow as by V-means of staples 7 which embrace outwardly eX- tending portions Gb'of the arms -6 joining lthe -upturned ends 6a.. The staples 7 are driven "into the lower-surface of the bowf4. The .outwardly extending portions 6b of the 4arms join portions coiled Yto form coiled Asprings "60, The coiled spring portions join lower portions 6d which lproject normally in substantially horizontal relation below -the 'bow 4. 'The lower portions 6d extend toward the oppositeends'of the bow respectively from the ends adjacent which the coiledspring'portions 6c of the `arms of which lower portions 56d form a part are disposed and, as-viewed in Fig., 1,the -two portions A'6d cross each other belowthe central ,portion of the 'bow 4. Joining thelow er portions "6d are upwardly extending intermediate portions 6e which project upwardly to -po-ints'above-the upper surface of the bow 4.v Each lintermediate portion 6e -is laterally 'offset in va direction toward the Vcoiled spring portion 6c of lthe spring arm 6 of which it -fforms a A`part, Ato form a' jog forynose "The lupper part of Vthe fintermediateportion -l6e of feach arm i-s Vinturned over the bow 4 and yjoins an upper spring tension, by reason of the coiledV spring portions 60 and also by reason of the lower portions 6d which, in reality, form bar springs, to swing downwardly and retain the clamping portions 6g in clamping relation against the upper surface ofthe bow 4. The intermediate portions 6e are at all times under spring tension, due to the resiliency ot the material Yforming the arms, to press tightly against the staples or keep ers 8 as the spring arms 6 are raised upwardly from their lower position shown in full lines Fig. 1 to their upper position shown in dotted lines Fig. l. As a result, when the arms 6 are raised upwardly from their lower positions to such a point that the jogsor noses 67 are carried above the keepers 8, the intermediate portions 6e will swing toward the ends of the bow 4 to which the arms, of which the intermediate portions 66 form a part, are attached and the noses 6]: will engage with the keepers 8 to prevent the return of the arms 6 to their lower position, as shown in dotted lines Fig. 1.

To place a dress or other article of clothing on the hanger, the operator will grasp the bow 4 about the central portion thereot` with the fingers of one hand and will place the thumb of the same hand below the lower portions 6d of the spring arms 6 at the point where these portions cross each other. The thumb will then be raised toward the hook 5 to swing the spring arms 6 upwardly from the full line position shown in Fig. l to the dotted line position there shown, or until the noses (if engage the keepers 8 to hold the clamping portions 6g in spaced relation above the upper surface of the bow 4. It requires but one hand of the operator to thus set the hanger, so that the dress or other garment may be held in the other hand of the operator while the hanger is being set. When the hanger is thus positioned, the dress or other garment may be inserted in place on the bow 4 with the shoulder straps or shoulder portions of the dress or garment depending rom the bow. The operator may now press downwardly on the loop portions 6k of the spring arms whereupon the intermediate portions 66 will be swung outwardly toward the respective ends of the 'bow to 65 cause the release of the `noses 6f fromuthe keepers 8, whereupon the coiled springs 60 and the lower portions 6d, due to their spring tension, will cause the spring arms to swing downwardly to the full line position shown in Fig. l thereby causing the clamping portions 6g to clamp against the portions ot the garment overlying the upper surface of the bow 4. The garment will then be held so that it will be impossible for the same to slip ott the bow 4. When itis desired to remove the garment i'rom the hanger, the spring arms 6 will, of course, be swung upwardly as before described and this movement will set the hanger inV position to receive the garment when it is next hung on the hanger.

lt will be seen that an extremely simple @andVv efficient hanger is provided. The same movement imparted `to the spring arms 6 to release a garment Jfrom' the hanger, sets the hanger for reception ot the garment again and there is thus small likelihood that the garment will be placed on the bow of the hanger without moving the clamping portions 6g to their clamping position. Although it is desirable to form the coiled; spring portions 60 in the spring arms, it is not necessary that these portions be provided inasmuch as the natural resiliency of the material forming the spring arms can be relied upon to place the spring arms under the proper tension for the successful operation of the hanger. It is, of course, also possible to vary the configuration of the spring arms considerablyto accomplish the desired results. Different types of keepers than the-3100 keepers 8 may be used if desired.

It will, of course, be understood that various changes may be made in the form, details, arrangement and proportions of the various parts without departure from the scope of the 105 present invention.

What is claimed is 1. A garment hanger comprising a bow, a ,pair of spring arms attached to said bow respectively in outwardly spaced relation l1@ from the center of the bow, said spring arms having lower inwardly extending portions below the bow, intermediate upwardly extending portions and upper portions extending outwardly respectively toward the ends of said bow above the same, the intermediate portions oi said spring arms forming odset noses, the upper portions of said arms normally being urged by the spring tension of said armsY into clamping relation with the i upper surface of said bow and means carried by said bow with which said noses will engage under spring tension to ret-ain the upper portions of said arms in upwardly spaced relation from said Vbow as the lower portions E of said arms areswung upwardly.

2. A garment hanger comprising a bow, a pair of spring arms applied to the underside of said bow at opposite sides of the center thereof respectively and extending first inwardly, then upwardly and then outwardly toward the respective ends of the bow, the outwardly extending portions of said arms overlying the upper side of the said bow and being urged by the spring tension of said arms into engagement with the upper surface of said bow, said arms intermediate their lower and upper portions having noses and means carried by said bow with which said noses are adapted to engage by spring tension as the arms are swung upwardly, whereby the nose portions will be caught by said means to retain the upper portions of said arms in spaced relation above the upper surface of said bow.

3. A garment hanger comprising a bow, a pair of spring arms connected to said bow at opposite sides of the center thereof, said spring arms crossing each other below said bow and projecting upwardly to points above said bow and then extending outwardly over said bow to points remote from the points where they are attached to said bow, each of said spring arms intermediate their crossing portions and their outwardly extending portions having offset noses and means with which said noses are adapted to be engaged as said arms are swung upwardly to hold the upper portions of said arms spaced above said bow.

4. A garment hanger comprising a bow, a pair of spring arms applied to said bow in outwardly spaced relation respectively from the center thereof, said spring arms having lower portions extending inwardly and crossing each other, intermediate portions joining said lower portions and extending upwardly above the upper side of said bow and upper portions extending outwardly from said intermediate portions and normally held by the tension of said spring arms in Contact with the upper surface of said bow, said intermediate portions having offset noses therein and keeper means carried by said bow and with which the noses of said spring arms are adapted to engage as said arms are swung upwardly to thereby retain said upper portions in spaced relation raised above the upper surface of said bow.

5. A garment hanger comprising a bow, a pair of spring arms applied to said bow outwardly from the central portion thereof at opposite sides thereof respectively, said spring arms being turned on themselves to form coiled springs and projecting below said bow to form lower portions crossing each other, said spring arms from said lower portions extending upwardly to form intermediate portions which project above said jbow and said spring arms having upper portions extending respectively outwardly toward the ends of said bow and over the upper surface of said bow from said intermediate portions, said spring arms being under spring tension to normally retain the upper portions of said arms against the upper surface of said bow and the intermediate portions of said arms having jogs therein forming noses, said noses normally ex'- tending below said bow and members applied to said bow with which said noses are adapted to engage as said spring arms are swung upwardly to retain the arms in upwardly swung position with the upper portions of said arms spaced above the upper surface o f said bow, said noses being detachable from said means by swinging the intermediate portions of said arms outwardly toward the ends of the bow.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature.

HENRY L. BOE.