US1929284A - Garment hanger - Google Patents

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Oct. 3, 1933. R, E MlSBACH 1,929,284

GARMENT HANGER Filed July 29, 1932 erZE/Yzlsak,

@ATTORNEY INVENTOR las Patented Oct. 3, 1933 u, The Yinvention relates to` ajgarment hanger and more especiallyto that typeof hanger designed forzthe carriage of,Y knitted garments, such for example as bathing suits..

e he Vinvention is the-p of .vision o'fua hanger ,fof this character whereinithe constructionk Vthereof is such 'as to 1support, when hung thereon knitted garments to prevent the samevrorn gettingkout of shape and also to avoid the stretching thereoi` which renders the garment Vunsightly when worn, the-hanger being of novel iorin and of wire-like formation.-

A furthen object ofthe Ainvention. is/the pro- The primary object of :t

vision of a hanger of this characterv wherein the frame thereof is of a'construotio'n so as to avoid the possibility ofthe workingoirof a garment therefrom' when hung upon the same'and such garment when supported thereby will not `become unshapely but will retain its original conformation.

A still further object of theinvention is the provision of a hanger of this character which is' extremely `simple in construction; light of weight yet possessingthe required strength and durability, thoroughly reliable and eicientin its purpose and inexpensive to manufacture.

VWith these and other objects in View, theinvention consists in the features of construction, combinationV and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described in detail, il,- i

lustrated in the accompanying drawing, which' discloses the preferred embodiment o f .theinven-V tion, and `pointed out in the claim appended.

In the accompanying drawingr- Figurev 1 isan elevation of a hanger constructed. in accordance with the invention Yshowing by hereunto dotted lines a bathingsuit suspended therefrom-j or hung thereon. e Y,

Figure 2 is a similar Yview showing modification. A

Figure 3 is a similarview showing` another modification. Figure 4 is a similar modification. ,I Y i y Figures 5 to 10 inclusive are fragmentary cle-- tail views of modied formsfor the of the frame of the hanger.

Figure 11 isa View similar to Figure "lshowing a stillfurther modification.

View showingV a further Similar ,reference characters indicate corre-` sponding parts throughoutY the several lviews Vin the drawing;A Y Referring to the drawing in detail, particularly Y Figure 1, the garment hanger comprisesa frame.

aslight y .i A* i vIrl-Figure -3 Lof the drawingthere is shown an lower portion A, thefsalmfe beingformed from a single'length'of resilient wire"v having the required .'rigidityfandr this wire isbent onv itself "intermediate gthe `ends thereof :to providespaced sing-lefceils 'lO- with the substantially straight, upper Aandi l'cwfe'rstretches 11. and 12 .respectively therebetween, thefstretches 12 being disposed-'angularly with respe'cttothe strethesllleto constitutea springy frame, the :ends 13 and 1 4V vof-said wirefbei'ng twisted together to close the frame andone end, lpreferably hook 15 so that the said hanger can be attached to a support for suspensionthereby.' Y

The portions `16 of the wirebetween the twisted ends and the r`coils 1G neXtthereto constitute shoulder strap rests for a-garment B exampled as a bathing suit.V Y n e e,

It willfbe apparent that the frame of the hanger can be contracted by reasonof the coils 10 be tween the stretches A 11 and 12,50 that such hanger the garment for thehanging `of the same there-3,v on and whenlcarried bysaid hangerthe garment will be sustainedfin its original shape, the hanger; being especially adaptableforisupporting knitted j garments; whether aV bathing -suitlr or 4undergar'f- 1l ments of the knittedkind. `-The garment when `vsuspended or hung from the frame will'be'prevvented from accidentally dropping-therefrom as the shoulder straps or portions of such garment the same bythe coils 10 next to'these portions.

In Figure 2 of the drawing-,there is shown aj slight modification of `hanger wherein the upper Y stretches 17 lof the Aframeare inwardly'bent lby the formation of: b ights lrtherein so thattheV V65V the end llisrbenton itselffto provide aniopen 75` Acan be readily'and conveniently introduced into 85,'v f v willvbe Ycarriedbyrthe shoulder portions 16 ofthe?v hanger yand willlbe prevented from Workingoff of upper portion ofthe frame is somewhatcontractf v ed adapting thehanger to .varying shaped garother modification of the invention wherein the vwire forming theframe of the hanger hasv provided therein the bends 19 and ZO'respectively, l Y L 100 Y stretches 21' and 22 respectivelynof the rframe and suchbendsfare the yielding portionsoftheframe. 3 Y Alin Figure 4 of thedrawing'there isshown a fur` ther modiiication `oi the invention wherein the` Y fupper .portion` 23 of' the vframe'isv considerably: smaller than the lower portion Zaand these'fpor-' i* these' being situated in the "upper and lower tions being` constituted with''an intermediate coil with lowercross'ed separated ends 26 having hookV 25therebetween,jtheilower portion being formed vjA f i terminals*37Y so that thevlowerportion 24 sus i ceptible 'of contraction and expansion, the frame constituted by thesegportions23 and r24 being preferably made from two lengthsof resilient wire with a twisted juncture28 and a hook 29 at the upper'end'of said frame. 'n Y In Figures tol1 0 of the drawing there is shown a variety of deviations of bend. or bight formavtion for the lower portions ofv the frame ofthe "hanger and in Figure 5 there is provided' a'single coil 30, While in Figure 6 there Ais a'n" inverted or substantially V bend 31 and in Figuree'i the coil 32 is somewhat spread, whilein Figure 8 there is `a V bend 33. In'Fgure 9 there is providedfan open loop 34 and in Figure 10' there is provided ,e a closed loop 35. Thesevariations of bendsv or bights are to be provided selectively inthe Alower portion or lovver extremity of the lframe :of the..

hanger to permit yielding qualities thereto. n

vIn Figure `11v of the drawing the frame -36 f the hanger carries at one side va keeper member 3 7 while the other side carries a spring latch' 38, the

'latter engageable in the keeper and'is formed with an ear 39 for selective engagement `With any one of a series of holes 40 in said keeperfand in this `mannerthe frame ofthe hanger can be spread or contractedand latcl'iedl in such ,condi-` Itis'preferable to have Vthe frame ofv the hanger y provided with notches '41 these serving to receive n sof' Y lio and accommodate the'shoulder straps of a womans garment, each notch,being preferably bent from the Wire length constituting the frame of said hanger'and such bend is of U formation. In

thisrmanner by the shoulder straps engaging the hanger just referred to the garmentwill be retained thereon lwhen being handled or displayedv as should be clearlyobvious. u v

Itis tobe understood of course. that the frame 'of the hanger may be made frommetal,l such as a wire length althought should be understood that the hanger may-be made from any other suitable material and of any size to accommodate -varied sized garments. f l Y `the bends in the framebeing springy for exing action of said'framea keeper` member tted 'at Vone'side of the frame, and a spring latch carried at the other side of Ythefrarne and selectively engageablefin thekeeper forY sustainingithe 'frame spread orfcontrac't'ed'.

- l .RAYBERT E. MIsBACH. l

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