US2008604A

US2008604A - Garment hanger

Info

Publication number: US2008604A
Application number: US8375A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles L Troutman; Clarence F Troutman
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1935-02-26
Filing date: 1935-02-26
Publication date: 1935-07-16
Anticipated expiration: 1952-07-16

Description

y 1935 c. TROUTMAN ET AL 2,008,604

GARMENT HANGER Filed Feb. 26, 1935 I INVENTORS 44d Charles L. Tr'oufman ClarenceF Trouiman Patented July 16, 1935 PATENT OFFICE GARMENT HANGER Charles L. Troutman and Clarence F. Troutman, Elyria, Ohio Application February 26, 1935, Serial No. 8,375

2 Claims.

This invention relates to garment hangers and has for an object to provide an improved construction which is adapted to clamp a garment mounted on a hanger over an appreciable surface in order to prevent shifting of the garment on the hanger.

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment hanger having an appreciable clamping surface adapted to clamp a garment simultaneously throughout the clamping surface so that frail or easily torn garments may be held without danger of tearing the garment.

An additional object is to provide a garment hanger having upper and lower clamping and supporting bars with a supporting hook and springs acting against the hook on one of the bars to cause the bars to be properly actuated, the clamping bar being notched and the hook being provided with an ofiset portion whereby the thumb and two of the fingers of the person using the device may properly gage and move the clamping bar against the action of the springs.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a side view of a hanger disclosing an embodiment of the invention, certain parts thereof being broken away to better disclose the in- Vention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through Fig. 1, approximately on the line 2--2.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, I indicates a supporting bar and 2 a clamping bar coacting with the supporting bar and preferably made of the same shape and size. These bars may be made of any desired material, as, for instance, wood.

Cushions

3 and 4 are secured to the upper surface of the supporting bar I, near the center, said cushions being held in place by cement or other suitable means and formed from felt or fabric, if preferred. Likewise the clamping bar 2 is provided with

cushioning members

5 and 6 held in place by cement or other suitable means, the cushioning means on bar 2 being on the lower surface, while on bar I they are on the upper surface. The clamping bar 2 is also provided with a notch 1 positioned centrally and adapted to receive the thumbof the person desiring to move the bars I and 2 apart in order to apply a garment thereto.

As shown particularly in Fig. 1, there is provided a hook or suspending member'B which may be made in any desired way, as, for instance, by a bent wire, which not only forms a hook but 'forms shoulders or abutments 9 and I0, having spring guide rods II and I 2 extending through suitable apertures in a bar l3. Springs I4 and I5 surround the rods II and I2, and at one end press against the bar l3 and at the other against the upper surface of the clamping bar 2. The tension of these springs is sufficient to grip rather firmly any garment mounted on the

cushion members

3 and 4. The rods H and I2 extend loosely through apertures I6 and I! formed in the clamping bar and through rather tightly fitted apertures in the supporting bar I. Preferably the lower ends of the rods H and I2 are upset or riveted so as to form slight enlargements whereby they properly support the bar I.

-When the device is in the position shown in Fig. 1 and it is desired to place a garment thereon, preferably the thumb of the person using the hanger is placed in the notch 1 and two of the fingers on abutments 9 and I0, after which the thumb and fingers thus positioned are moved to-- ward each other for compressing the springs I4 and I 5, as indicated in Fig. 2, and this causes the proper opening of the hanger, and, at the same time, leaves both ends free whereby a person may readily mount the ;garment on the hanger and adjust the same before releasing the clamping-bar 2. Upon releasing this bar the garment is properly grasped and clamped, and then the person using the device may place the hook 8 over a stationary hook or other support whereby the garment will hang properly.

We claim:

1. A hanger of the character described, comprising upper and lower arc-shaped bars, said lower bar having on the upper surface a pair of cushions, said cushions extending from the outer ends of the bar to near the center, said upper bar having cushioning members on the under surface extending from the respective outer ends to near the center, a suspending member having a pair of rods secured to said lower bar and loosely extending through the upper bar, and a spring surrounding'each of said rods acting at one end on the suspending member and at the other end on the upper bar, causing the upper bar to resilientlymove toward the lower bar.

2. A garment hanger, including a supporting bar, a clamping bar having a pair of apertures, a suspending member having a pair of rods extending loosely through said apertures with the lower ends secured to said supporting bar, said clamping bar having a notch arranged centrally thereof and indenting the lower surface, said suspending member having shoulders at the upper ends of said rods, and a spring surrounding each of said rods, said springs at one end acting against the shoulders and at the other end against said clamping bar for moving the clamping bar towards the supporting bar, said shoulders and said notch being, adapted to be engaged by two fingers and the thumb ofa person and moved toward each other when the clamping bar is moved away from the supporting bar.

CHARLES L. TROUTMAN. CLARENCE F. TROUTMAN.