US2170686A - Garment hanger - Google Patents

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Aug. 22, 1939. c. A. lsAAcsoN GARMENT HANGER Filed July 7, 1938 Patented Aug. 22, 1939 PATENT oF eE:

GARMENT HANGER Y I U Carl A. Isaacson, St. Paul, Minn.

- Application July "1, 1938, Serial No. 217,902

8 Claims.

My invention provides an extremely simple and highly efficient garment hanger especially designed for the hangingof ladies skirts, but

also capable for use in the hanging of other garments such as mens trousers.

A device of this kind should be of simple construction and low cost and longitudinally adjustable and eflicient; and these objects are accomplished in my improved hanger.

The hanger involves as its chief elements a pair of overlapping, endwise adjustable hanger bars, a hangerguide of novel construction and elastic or resilient bands that independently connect the bars to the hanger guide and keep the latter centered in respect to the projected ends of the bars.

A commercial form of the device is illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein like characters indicate'like parts throughout the several views. 1

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective showing the improved hanger with the bars extended;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the hanger showing the bars of the hanger adjusted for short width garments;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view showing only the intermediate portion of the garment hanger;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective showing one end of the garment hanger;

Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a section taken onthe line 6-6 of Fig. 2; and

85 Fig. '7 is a fragmentary view showing one of the hanger bars provided at its outer end with a depending hanger clamp.

The two bars ii] and II of the hanger are of like structure made of any suitable material, but preferably of wood and of thin and quite light structure. These bars at their ends are out or formed to provide outstanding gripping lugs or projections Illa and Ha respectively.

The hanger guide is of a structure that will guide the barsv Ii! and I! for endwise sliding movements, but permit edgewise vertical rocking movements of the one in respect to the other for an important purpose that will presently appear. This hanger guide is conveniently and cheaply made from a single piece of stiif wire l2 bent to form a hanger hook Ila, guide loops I2b and I20, and an intermediate loop connecting portion I2d, which latter makes a spiral loop around the two guide loops I21) and I20 and serves to close the tops of said loops so that the (Cl. 223- j 7 bars I0 and H will be held for endwise movements-but capable of suliicient rocking movements to permit the two bars to be slightly crossed as shown in Fig. 2. 1

'- 'Theresilient means for extending the two'bars :5 one in respect to the other may take various forms, but for cheapness and efiiciency are elastic cords l3 and i l. The elastic cord 03 is anchored at one end to the extended end of the bar it and at its other end to the hanger guide; while the elastic cord i4 is anchored at its outer end to the bar II and at its inner end to the hanger guide. In the preferred manner of applying these elastic cords, the said cords are knotted as shown at [3a and Ida, and are halfway wrapped around the notched portions of the bars and from thence are drawn double and anchored to the said hanger'guide. Preferably, and as shown, the elastic cord [3 is anchored to the guide loop 420, while the cord I4 is anchored to the loop i227.

Obviously the two elastic cords pull equally upon-the ends of the bars and keep the guide centered in respect to the ends of the bars regardless of the extent of extension of the hanger. As already indicated, Fig. 1 shows the hanger extended to alimit and adapted for application to a wide waisted garment. Fig. 2 shows the bars rocked into angular positions as far as permitted by the guide loops i2?) and so that a narrow garment such as shown at B in Fig. 2 can be hung 39 on the ends of the bars. This'adjustment in Fig. 2 shows-the supporting of a garment that is much narrower than the length of either one of the bars, this adjustment being permitted by the limited edgewise rocking movements of the slidable bars.

Obviously the garment hanger described is capable of a large range of adjustment for garments of different width. Of course, the hanger can be made in various difierent sizes, but the arrangement illustrated greatly increases the range of utility of the garment hanger of any manufactured size.

In the drawing I have shown a flexible loop or cord l5 which is preferably not elastic, which is attached to one end of one of the bars and engageable over the projected end of the other bar. as shown in Fig. 4, to hold the hanger normally contracted against the tension of the elastic cords or elements 13 and I 4.

The garment hanger described is especially designed for the hanging of ladies skirts and the like. When the device is to be used as a hanger for mens trousers, one of the bars may be provided at its extended end with a clamp or depending hanger bracket l6, as shown in Fig. 7. This bracket l6, as shown, is pivoted to the bar II] at I1, and provided with a stop flange 18 that engages the bottom of the bar ID to limit the backward swinging movement of the bracket. When the bracket is not in use, it may be turned outward and upward into the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. '7.

The hook |2a of the hanger guide is shown as in the plane of the bars l0 and II, but it may be readily bent and turned outward at an angle of to the said plane, if desired.

It will be noted that the elastic or resilient bands or elements I 4 not only independently connect the two bars to the hanger guide butthey extend along the opposite sides of the guide, in overlapping arrangement, and are anchored to the loops I27) and I20 in such way that the said elastic bands limit the extending or projecting movements of the bars. Obviously the bands or elements M will tend to project the bars until they come into contact with the adjacent guide loops whereupon they stop the further projection of the bars.

All of the elements of the hanger are capable of being produced at low cost so that the complete hanger may be manufactured at a small cost and profitably sold at a low price.

What I claim is:

1. A garment hanger comprising a hanger guide, a pair of overlapping bars slidably mounted in said guide, and elastic devices independently connecting said bars to said guide and exerting yielding strain tending to project said bars and to hold said guide centered in respect thereto, and which guide is made from a wire bent to form spaced guide loops and a hanger hook, said guide loops being deeper than said bars and permitting angular movements of the bars so that the hanger will support a garment of less width than the length of one of said bars.

2. A garment hanger comprising a hanger guide made from a single piece of wire bent to form spaced guide loops, and a hanger hook, elastic devices independently connected to the outer ends of said bars at opposite sides of the hanger and at their inner ends connected to the guide loops that are farthest from their outer ends, said elastic devices exerting yielding strain tending to project the bars and to hold said guide centered in respect thereto, said guide loops being deeper than said bars and permitting angular movements of the two bars so that the hanger may engage and support a garment that is narrower than the length of one of said bars.

3. A garment hanger comprising a hanger guide, a pair of overlapping bars slidable through said guide and independent elastic elements attached to the normally inner ends of said bars and independently anchored to said guide.

4. A garment hanger comprising a hanger guide, a pair of overlapping bars slidable through said guide, andindependent elastic elements attached to the normally inner ends of said bars and extended along opposite outer sides of said guide, in overlapping arrangement, and anchored at their outer ends to opposite ends of said guide.

5. A garment hanger comprising a hanger guide, a pair of overlapping bars slidable through said guide, and independent elastic elements attached to the normally inner ends of said bars and extended along opposite outer sides of said guide, in overlapping arrangement, and anchored at their outer ends to opposite ends of said guide, said guide having spaced guide loops that are deeper than said bars, and permitting angular movements of the bars so that the hanger will support a garment of less width than the length of one of said bars.

6. The structure defined in claim 5 in which said guide is formed from a piece of wire bent to form the body and loops thereof and having an extended portion forming a hanger hook.

7. A garment hanger comprising a hanger guide, a pair of overlapping bars mounted in said guide for endwise sliding movements to vary the operating length of the hanger, said hanger having guide ways that permit angular movements of the bars so that the hanger may engage and support a garment that is narrower than the length of one of said bars.

8. A garment hanger comprising a hanger guide, a pair of overlapping bars mounted in said guide for endwise sliding movements to vary the operating length of the hanger, said hanger having guide ways that permit angular movements of the bars so that the hanger may engage and support a garment that is narrower than the length of one of said bars, and elastic elements attached to the normally inner ends of said bars and independently anchored to said guide.

his CARL A. X ISAACSON.

mark Witness:

E. J. ISAACSON.

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