US2127870A

US2127870A - Garment hanger

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Publication number: US2127870A
Application number: US156410A
Authority: US
Inventors: Clarence E Kennedy
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1937-07-29
Filing date: 1937-07-29
Publication date: 1938-08-23
Anticipated expiration: 1955-08-23

Description

Aug. 23, 1938. c. E. KENNEDY 1 2,127,870

I v GARMENT HANGER Filed July 29, 1937 WOW:

Patented Aug. 23, 1938 UNITED "STATES PATENT OFFICE 6 Claims.

The present invention relates to garment supports, and more particularly to improved means for firmly and securely supporting one or more garmentsona hanger without danger'of wrinkling, creasing, or otherwise marring the same.

An important feature of the invention consists in providing a light, efficient, and inexpensive garment hanger having a horizontally disposed supporting member -or bar provided with means'to prevent garments from slipping off the hanger. Additionally; the supporting member is formed to provide garment protecting means which insures one or-more garments being carried on the hanger'without being wrinkled or creased.

. A further object consists in positioning beneath the hook of the hanger, means which permits the carrying of a loaded hanger without taking 'holdof the garments on the hanger or the hook sothat the hangermay be carried, or connected to, or removed from, a suitable support without soiling or wrinkling the'garments.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description, taken-in conjunction with the accompanying claims and drawing.

Referring to the drawing-in which is shown a preferred embodiment of the invention,

:Figure 1 is a1front elevation of my improved hanger.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken substantially .jonthe line 2-2 of Figure l, and

Figure 3 is an end view of Figure 1.

While the hangermay be made of any suitable material of sufficient strength and rigidity to support the type ofgarment to be carried thereon without deforming any parts of the hanger, I have, for the purpose of illustration, shown it made of a single wire rod which is initially bent to form the hook [0. One end of the hook terminates in the shank I I which is curved at [2. The lower end of the curved portion 12 projects outwardly to form the downwardly inclined arm I3, bent as at 14, to provide the horizontal supporting member or bar 15. The opposite end of the horizontal member [5 is bent upwardly, as at Hi, to form the inclined arm 11 corresponding in length to the arm 13. The arm ll terminates in a curved portion l8, which has its end twisted as at H), about the shank ll. Manifestly, the hanger instead of being formed from a, single length of wire, may be composed of several pieces or of other suitable material.

The curved portions l2 and i8 coact to provide an opened loop 20 positioned beneath the creasing the garment on the hanger, and that the hook It) may be readily attached to, or removed from, a suitable support such as a pole,

nail, or the like.

The horizontal supporting bar i5is preferably bent to provide alternately opening loops or crimped portions 2 I, which may progressively decrease in width from the center-of the bar IE to its ends so as to constitute a supporting surface, which prevents garments carried thereon,

such as trousers and the like, from slipping off the hanger or sliding longitudinally on the bar. Additionally, each of the loops 2! is bent medially and transversely of its width to provide on its upper surface a rounded portion 22 (Figure 3) and outwardly diverging sides or

arms

23 and 24, which progressively increase in length from theends of the rod l5 toward the center thereof. It will be seen that the roundedtop portions 22 of the loops coaot withthe

inclined sides

23 and 24 to constitute a substantially inverted V- shaped supporting surface in cross section, which has its sides of less length at the ends than at the center. The loops 21 are of such length and width that the top 22 coacts withthe

inclined sides

23 and 24 to provide a supporting surface i which, when the garments, such as trousers or the like, are carried thereon, will prevent wrinkling or creasing of the garmentsand'thus obviate the necessity and expense of using separate protectors for each of the garments on the hanger.

I have found that if the loops or crimps 2| are fiat and not sufficiently spaced from one another, they will not effectively prevent creasing or wrinkling of the garments supported thereon. Accordingly by arranging the horizontal bar I5 with rounded or inclined supporting surfaces of the proper length and inclination, means are provided for insuring one or more garments being suspended by the hanger without danger of i the garments being wrinkled or otherwise marred.

It is customary for cleaning and pressing establishments, when delivering garments, to suspend one or more of the garments on a hanger, and when such hangers are in transit or are not properly carried, there is the liability of the garments being wrinkled or falling off of the hanger. By reason of the present invention, a built-in garment protector is provided which will insure one or more garments being firmly carried by the hanger without danger of falling off and without requiring a separate protector for each garment. Further, the particular formation of the supporting rod l5 insures the garments being maintained on the hanger free from being wrinkled or otherwise marred, irrespective of the position of the hanger or of any movement that might be imparted to the hanger. By reason of the opened loop formed between the hook and the inclined supporting arms l3 and I1, means are provided for carrying the hanger without engaging the hook, so that the latter may be free to be attached to, or removed from, its support, without the touching of the garment carried by the supporting arms [3 and H.

It will be noted that the rounded portions 22 of each of the curved loops constitute a substantially horizontally disposed top supporting surface, which, due to the reduced taper of the loop portions from the center of the rod, acts to provide additional reinforcement for the garment where the weight and pressure are the greatest, and also insures the garment being properly carried by the hanger without danger of being wrinkled, creased, or otherwise marred.

It is to be understood that the form of the invention shown and described is merely illustrative of a preferred embodiment, and that such changes may be made as fall within the purview of one skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A hanger of the class described having a substantially horizontally disposed supporting member, said member being provided with alternately opened transversely arranged loop portions bent medially of their width to constitute a rounded top surface and downwardly inclined arms, whereby a garment carried by the supporting member is prevented from falling off or from being wrinkled.

2. A hanger of the class described having a substantially horizontally disposed supporting member, said member being provided with alternately opened transversely arranged loop portions bent medially of their width to constitute a rounded top surface and downwardly inclined arms, the width of said loop portions progressively decreasing from the center of the horizontal member to its ends, whereby a garment carried by the supporting member is prevented from falling oil or from being wrinkled.

3. A one-piece wire hanger of the class described, including spaced inclined arms having a medially disposed hook at their upper ends, said arms being connected at their lower extremities by a substantially horizontally disposed member having alternately opened transversely arranged loop portions bent medially of their width to constitute a rounded top surface and downwardly inclined arms, whereby a garment carried by the supporting member is prevented from falling off or from being wrinkled.

4. A one-piece wire hanger of the class described, including spaced inclined arms having a medially disposed hook at their upper ends, said arms being connected at their lower extremities by a substantially horizontally disposed member having alternately opened transversely arranged loop portions bent medially of their width to constitute a rounded top surface and downwardly inclined arms, the width of the inclined arms progressively decreasing from the center of the supporting member to its ends, whereby a garment carried by the supporting member is prevented from falling off or from being wrinkled.

5. A one-piece wire hanger of the class described, including spaced inclined arms having their upper ends terminating in an opened loop, a hook extending upwardly from said loop, said inclined arms connected at their lower extremities by a horizontal member having alternately opened transversely disposed loop portions bent medially of their width to constitute a rounded top surface and downwardly inclined arms, whereby a garment carried by the supporting member is prevented from falling off or from being wrinkled, said opened loop constituting a handle to permit carrying a loaded hanger without touching the garments thereon or said hook.

6. A one-piece wire hanger of the class described, including spaced inclined arms having their upper ends terminating in an opened loop, a hook extending upwardly from said loop, said inclined arms connected at their lower extremities by a horizontal member having alternately opened transversely disposed loop portions bent medially of their width to constitute a rounded top surface and downwardly inclined arms, the width of the inclined arms progressively decreasing from the center of the supporting member to its ends, whereby a garment carried by the supporting member is prevented from falling off or from being wrinkled, said opened loop constituting a handle to permit carrying a loaded hanger without touching the garments thereon or said hook.

CLARENCE E. KENNEDY.