US2107873A

US2107873A - Garment hanger

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Publication number: US2107873A
Application number: US74612A
Authority: US
Inventors: Okun Edward
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1936-04-16
Filing date: 1936-04-16
Publication date: 1938-02-08
Anticipated expiration: 1955-02-08

Description

Feb. s, 1938. EOKUN 2,107,873

GARMENT HANGER Filed April 16. 1936 Jim 29 INVENTOR.

EDWARD OKUN ATTORNEYS tral pivot member of the members Ill and I l.

I Patented Feb. 8, 1938 UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,107,873 GARMENT HANGER Edward Okun, New York, N. Y.

Application April 16,

3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements ingarment hangers and more particularly to improvements in collapsible garment hangers.

"A particular object of this invention is the provision of an improved collapsible garment hanger preferably made of metal which is foldable into a small compass when collapsed and which will be of superior efficiency for holding garments when in the operative position.

Further objects of the invention will be, apparent from the specification and drawing in Which:

' Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved hanger in partly extended position.

Fig. 2 is a perspective'view of my improved .hanger in fully extended and operative position.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of myhanger in folded or collapsed position.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view along the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view along the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

. it} and l denote the central links of a folding or lazy-tongs 'constructionwhich comprises the body of the hanger. l2, l3, l4 and I5 denote links of said construction which are pivoted to each other and to the members it! and H at l6, l6, l1 and l1, l8 and l8. 19 indicates the cen- 20 designates a rigid extension of the link l3; 2| a similar extension of the link IS. The extensions 2!] and 2| each end in a dish-like element 22 of substantially oval contour, 22 representing the base of said dish-like element which has superimposed thereon a soft textilematerial 23 which is enclosedby the rim or flange 24.

I have illustrated in this embodiment a particular shape of extension 20 or 2|, but I may 22 without departing from the spirit of my invention.

- The purpose of the layer 23 of textile material made of velvet, plushor the like, or other material provided with a nap; is to serve as a frictional device to impede the falling-01f of garments which are suspended upon the hanger. Fig. 5 shows the construction of each of the pivot members.

-25 indicates the head of the pivot member. 26 is the base of the pivot member, which is enlarged in order to turnably connect the adjacent parts, suflicient play being allowed so that said parts can turn freely,

The shanks of pivot members 16 and I6 pass through lugs 21 which hold the end-links 28 of 1936, Serial No. 74,612

a chain 29 which can be used for hanging ties, belts, scarfs and the like. The pivot member I9 is provided with an upper extension 30 having a pivot pin 32 to receive the hook 3| by which the hanger may be suspended. The hook 3| is mounted so that it is movable in any desired direction since the extensions 30 can be moved around a vertical axis, and the hook 3| can be turned around a horizontal axis.

It should be noted that in operative position the shank 35 of the hook 3| is at right angles to the plane of the links H), H, l2, l3, l4, and. I5, so that the pressure of the garment suspended from the hanger is directed parallel to the shank 35 and does not tend to collapse the lazy-tongs construction, so that the links of said construction will remain in any desired position.

I am aware of the fact that garment hangers have previously been constructed on a series of levers and links designated as lazy-tongs, but in such construction the weight of the garment has tended in all cases to force the lazy-tongs into the maximum extended position, whereas, by the arrangement herein indicated, the lazy-tongs may be kept at any position desired according to the size of the garment suspended on the hanger.

I preferably employ a gauge of metal for the manufacture of the links so that the hanger will be sufficiently springy to conform to the shape of the garment, and my improved hanger in its operative position will conform to the contour of the ordinary garment hanger.

As shown in Fig. 3, the links H] and H are of equal length, and said length is equal to the length of link l5 and its extension Zl, including the dished member thereof, and is equal to the length of link 13 including the extension 29 and the dished member thereof. The ends of the parts of the collapsed device are closely adjacent each other and the hook lies flat against the collapsed body of the device. The length of the hook is substantially equal to one-half the length of member ID or member ll.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is:--

1. A lazy-tongs hanger comprising a pair of arms of equal length, a pivot member turnably connecting said arms to each other at their central points so that the outer ends of said arms are arranged in pairs, the outer ends of each pair long link being substantially equal to the length of an arm, the short link being pivotally connected to the long link at the central point of the long link, the extensions of the long links beyond the short links constituting the end-portions of the hanger and a hook turn ably connected to said pivot member and turnable in a direction perpendicular to the direction of turning movement of said arms.

2. A lazy-tongs hanger comprising a pair of arms of equal length, a pivot member turnably connecting said arms to each other at their central points so that the outer ends of said arms are arranged in pairs, the outer ends of each pair being movable relative to each other, the outer ends of each pair having apair of links pivotally connected thereto, each pair of links comprising a short link and a long link, the length of the long link being substantially equal to the length V of an arm, the short link being pivotally connected to the long link at the central point of the long link, and a hook turnably connected to said pivot member and turnable in a direction perpendicular to the direction of turning movement of said arms, the ends of said long links which project beyond the short links constitute ing the end-portions of the hanger and having cup-shaped depressions having fabric members held therein.

3. A lazy-tongs hanger comprising a pair of arms of equal length, a pivot member connecting constituting the end-portions of the hanger, said arms having supporting means connected thereto. 20

EDWARD OKUN.