US2160127A - Garment hanger - Google Patents

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y 1939- J. D. CONEY GARMENT HANGER Filed April 8, 1937 BY 6M1 wig 3 ATTORNEYg Patented May 3%, 1939 STATES ATENT OFFICE GARMENT HANGER Application April 8, 1937, Serial No. 135,747

18 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in garment hangers.

The main objects of this invention are:

First, to provide a garment hanger of two- 5 part construction-i. e., a wire yoke and tubular supporting arms carried thereby characterized by improved provisions for retaining the parts in assembled or operative position.

Second, to provide a hanger of the type described which is capable of being supplied in the form of separate elements and readily and quickly assem led by unskilled persons.

Third, to provide a hanger of simple construction which is exceedingly strong and resistant t l5 destruction.

Fourth, to provide a hanger of the type described having a permanent element and a pair of replaceable elements cooperating therewith which may be removed and replaced any number of times if they become soiled.

This invention relates to garment hangers of the type wherein a yoke element of wire construction is bent to form loop-like yoke arms adapted to telescopingly receive a pair of downwardly diverging arms of tubular fibrous material. My invention is concerned with the provision of a novel hanger of this type which also embodies improved means whereby removal of the aforesaid tubular arms is resisted.

Objects relating to details and economies of the invention will appear from the description to follow. The invention is defined and pointed out in the claims.

Preferred embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in

which:

Fig. l is a View in elevation of a hanger em bodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view partialiy in vertical section illustrating details of the invention and the manner of assembling the same.

Fig. 3 is an elevational view partially broken away and in section to illustrate a modified form 46 of the invention.

Reference numeral 1 indicates a yoke of wire stock bent to provide a pair of integrally connected yoke arms 2 diverging downwardly and in the form of elongated loops. At the top of 50 the yoke, the wire is twisted to form a shank 3 which shank terminates in a hook 4.

On the aforesaid looped yoke arms I telescope a pair of formed garment supporting arms 5 of tubular fibrous material, such as a convolutely 65 Wound paper tube, the said arms being formed at their ends 6 with a downwardly curved lip to conform to the shape of a garment supported thereon. The tubular arms 5 are of an inner diameter less than the distance between the upper and lower faces of the loop arms 2 where- 5 by the tubular arms 5 are distended when telescoped on the yoke, as indicated at 1, the loop arms being compressed somewhat to exert an expansive force on the tubular arms. Likewise, a 1 segment is cut from the tubular arm as indicated 10 at 9 to accommodate the shank 3 when the two tubular members are assembled as illustrated in Fig. 1.

For the purpose of securely fastening the tubular arms 5 'on the loops 2, I form the same with a plurality of notches 8 on the arms 2, which notches provide barbs 8!, the said barbs being adapted to embed themselves in the inner wall of the arms and to thus prevent the ready removal of the tubular arms from the loops. Accordingly, it will be apparent that my new twopiece hanger is of relatively permanent construction and effectively resists displacement under ordinary conditions. If it is desired to replace the tubular arms 5, they may be stripped from the yoke if sufficient effort is exerted and a new set of arms substituted therefor.

In Fig. 3, I disclose a modified application of my invention wherein the arms 5 are integrally connected to form a transverse strut ID, the said arms being flattened at their extremities II. to facilitate the bending thereof. The barbs 81 are not shown in Fig. 3 but may be supplied if desired to further strengthen the structure. However, the integral strut adequately restrains the arms 5 from outward movement relative to the yoke.

I have illustrated and described my invention in practical embodiments thereof. I have not illustrated or described my invention in other embodiments as it is believed this disclosure will enable those skilled in the art to embody or adapt my invention as may be desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a garment hanger, a one-piece wire element bent to provide a hook, a twisted shank therefor, and a pair of elongated loops diverging downwardly from said shank, and tubular arm members of fibrous material telescoped on said loops, the diameter of said members being such that they are distended by said loops.

2. In a garment hanger, a wire element comprising a pair of elongated loops diverging downwardly, and tubular arm members of fibrous material telescoped on said loops, the diameter of said members being such that they are distended by said loops.

3. In a garment hanger, a yoke comprising a pair of integrally connected wire loops, and a tubular arm member telescoped on each loop, the internal diameter of said members being such that they are distended by said loops, whereby the members are held on said loops.

l. In a garment hanger, a wire yoke member bent to provide a pair of loops, a twisted shank, and a hook, said loops diverging downwardly, and a garment support carried by said yoke, comprising a hollow tubular member of fibrous material, the ends thereof being telescoped on said loops, the internal diameter of said tubular member being such that the ends are distended by said loops, the intermediate portion of said tubular member being connected to said arms by flattened bent corners and constituting a transverse garment supporting strut.

5. In a garment hanger, a wire yoke member bent to provide a pair of loops, said loops diverging downwardly and having pointed barbs formed on the surface. thereof, and a garment support carried by said yoke, comprising hollow tubular arms telescoped on said loops, the internal diameter of said tubular arms being such that they are distended by said loops and the barbs embedded therein.

6. A garment hanger element comprising a wire yoke member bent to form a pair of diverging arms in the form of elongated loops, a hook, and a shank connecting the arms to the hook, said loops being provided with projections extending from the surface thereof.

'7. In a garment hanger, a Wire yoke member bent to provide an elongated loop, said loop having the surface thereof roughened, and a garment supporting member carried by said yoke, comprising a tubular member of fibrous material telescoped on said loop, the internal diameter of said tubular member being such that it is distended by said loop and gripped by said roughened surface.

8. A garment hanger comprising a length of wire forming a shank, a hook at one end of the shank, and a pair of opposite projections at the other end of the shank, terminating in return bends curved in the plane established by the shank and projections, and a pair of adjacent, substantially rigid, tubular garment supports telescoped over said projections, the adjacent ends of such supports having their lateral walls permanently deformed toward each other to snugly conform to the projections and thereby resist rotation of the supports on the projections.

9. A garment hanger comprising a shank, a hook at one end of the shank, a resilient lateral projection at the other end of the shank, returnbent at its end remote from the shank to form portions spaced lengthwise of the shank, and a tubular garment support telescoped over said projection and stressing said spaced portions toward each other.

10. A garment hanger comprising a length of tubing bent to substantially the form of an iso.,- celes triangle and having ends adjoined at the apex of such triangle, and a wire member forming a support for the tubing and comprising a shank, a hook surmounting the shank, and a pair of U-shaped members inserted in the adjoined ends of the tubing.

11. A garment hanger comprising a wire yoke having relatively short arms and provided with a shank and a suspending hook, and hanger arms telescoped upon said yoke arms with the ends of said hanger arms lying adjacent the shank, the internal diameter of the hanger arms being such that the hanger arms are somewhat distended when engaged on the yoke arms.

12. A garment hanger comprising a wire yoke having opposed loop-like arms comprising spaced strands and provided with a suspending hook, and tubular hanger arms of fibrous material telescoped on said yoke arms to embrace the strands thereof, the internal diameter of the hanger arms being such that they are distended and clutched by the strands of the yoke arms.

13. A garment hanger comprising a wire yoke having opposed loop-like arms comprising spaced strands and provided with a suspending hook, and tubular hanger arms of fibrous material telescoped on said yoke arms to embrace the strands thereof.

14. A garment hanger comprising an integral yoke and suspending hook formed of wire folded to provide a pair of downwardly diverging looplike arms comprising spaced strands, the arms of the wire being brought together and joined to provide a shank, one end of the wire projecting beyond the other and conformed to provide a hook, and hanger arms telescoped on the yoke arms to embrace the strands thereof.

15. A garment hanger comprising a wire element bent to provide diverging loops providing constituting garment supports, a shank and a hook, the effective width of said arms equalling diameter of said strands, and tubular arms elescopingly engaging said loops, the internal iameter of said tubular arms being such that he ubular arms are expanded and frictionally gr'pped on said loops.

16. A garment hang-er comprising a wire yoke having integral oppositely disposed relatively short wire arms and a suspending hook, and tubular hanger arms of fibrous material telescoped on said yoke arms and distended thereby, the outer ends of said hanger arms being flattened downwardly curved.

J]. A garment support comprising a pair of downwardly diverging tubular hanger arms having adjacent ends and extending oppositely from said ends and a support for the tubular hanger arms having oppositely projecting spring portions inserted in said adjacent ends and compressed by such insertion and resisting separation from the tubular hanger arms by their expansive efiort.

garment hanger comprising a pair of downwardly diverging tubular hanger arms having adjacent ends, and a support for such hanger having oppositely projecting U-shaped spring wire portions inserted in the ends of the tubular hanger arms and compressed by such insertion and resisting detachment from the tubular hanger arms by their expansive efiort.

JAMES D. CONEY.

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