US2092121A

US2092121A - Garment hanging device

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Publication number: US2092121A
Application number: US111539A
Authority: US
Inventors: Margaret D Johnson
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1936-11-18
Filing date: 1936-11-18
Publication date: 1937-09-07
Anticipated expiration: 1954-09-07

Description

-Sept. I 1937. D JOHNSON 2,092,121

GARMENT HANGING DEVICE Original Filed July 12, 1954 IN VENTOR.

d ATTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 7, 1937' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 734,866,- July 12, 1934. vember18, 1936, Serial This application No- No. 111,539

This application is a refile for abandoned application No. 734,866, filed July 12, 1934.

This invention relates to a garment hanging device. I

When suspending clothes hangers on a clothes line the natural tendency of the hanger is to slide towards the center of the-line due to the central portion of the line being 'on a lower planethan the ends. The result is that the center of the line is crowded together with hangers while the ends thereof cannot be utilized. It is therefore the object of the invention to provide a garment hanging'device having flexible leaves for gripping the line and thus preventing any sliding movement.

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment hanging device adapted to be suspended from a clothes line and so arranged that the suspended weighted cam means bearing on the device will cause the free ends thereof to flex and grip the line.

Other objects of the invention will appearas the disclosure progresses. The drawing is intended to merely indicate a possible embodiment I of the invention. It is obvious that the actual needs of manufacture may necessitate certain mechanical changes. It is therefore not intended to limit the invention to the embodiment illustratedbut rather to define such limits in the appended claims. For a more general understanding of the invention attention is called to the drawing in which Figure 1 is a front view of the clothes hanger support constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a side view thereof and Figure 3 is a modified form of the device.

Referring to the drawing in detail, numeral i designates the clothes line, 2 the clothes hanger and3 the garment hanging device which is the subject of this invention. The device is preferably made from one piece of strap material and comprises a curved top 4, a restricted neck portion 5 and flexible-leaves 6 and 1 disposed at an angle to each other. Numeral 8 designates a hole in each of the leaves through which passes the hook 9 of the clothes hanger.

When the hanger carries its usual load of clothes the weighted cam means 9 will have a tendency to bring the bottom ends of the leaves 6 and I together and thereby firmly grip the clothes line and prevent any side slipping. of the device on the line. The weighted cam means consists of the book 9 for bringing the bottom ends of the leaves 6 and 1 together, the clothes hanger! and the clothes (not shown) carried by the said hanger. Also the ends of the leaves can be manually pressed together and the curved hook plus the weight of the clothes will prevent the leaves from moving apart by themselves or until the weight is lifted.

In Figure 3 is shown a modified form of the device in which numeral 1 ll designates the curved top, H the restricted neck portion and I2 the flexible outwardly converging leaves. The lower portion l3 of the leaves are thinner than the upper portion l4 so as to make them more flexible. Also the portions l3 flare outwardly at a greater angle than the portions l4. With this arrangement the support can be used on both relatively thick and thin clothes lines. For instance, the space l5 can accommodate relatively heavy lines while the space 16 can accommodate relatively light lines.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a novel, simple and inexpensive device to support clothes hangers and keep them in flxed position on a clothes line. The weight of the clothes will wedge the line between the leaves and prevent any side movement of the support thus making it possible to utilize the entire length of the clothes line and especially the ends thereof.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a garment hanging device of the class described, a single piece of strap iron comprising a curved top, a restricted neck portion at the lower end of the said'curved top, flexible leaves diverging outwardly from said restricted neck portion adapted to grip a clothes line, said leaves being straight throughout their entire length and provided with holes at their lower ends, said holes being in alignment with each other, and weighted cam means passing through said holes and adapted to urge said flexible leaves together.

2. In a garment hanging device of the class described, a single piece of strap iron comprising a curved top, a restricted neck portion at the lower end of the said curved top, flexible leaves diverging outwardly from said restricted neck portion and adapted to grip a clothes line, said leaves being thicker at their upper portions than at their lower portions, the thinner portions converging at a greater angle than the thicker portions, the lower ends of said leaves provided with holes, said holes being in alignment with each other, and weighted cam means passing through said holes and adapted to urge said flexible leaves together.

3. In r garment hanging device of the class described, a single piece of strap iron comprising a. curved top," a'restricted neck portion at the vided with holes, said holes being in alignment with each other, and weighted cam means pming through said holes and adapted to urge said flexible leaves together.

4. In a garment hanging device oi the class eescribeda single piece' of strap iron comprising a. curved-top, a restricted neck portion atthe lower and of the said curved top; the inner sides oi said restricted neckportion being in contact with eachbther, flexible-cleaves diverging out-a wardl'y from said restricted neck portion and adapted to grip a clothes line, said leaves provided with holes at theirlower ends, said holes being in alignment with each other, and weighted cam means passing through said holes and n adapted to urge said flexible leaves together.

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