US2196965A - Clothes hanger - Google Patents

Description

April 1940; T. J. BRYAN 2,196,965

CLOTHES HANGER Filed March 1'), 1938 Patented Apr. 9, 1940 UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE oLoTHEs HANGER Thomas ,J. Bryan, Buifalo, N. Y., assignor of one-half to George N. Lambros, Buflalo, N. Y.

Application March 17, 1938, Serial No. 196,465

count of the liability of articles which are placed H thereon being held inse'cur'ely and liable to slide off, particularly when the material is of a shining or slippery character, such as silk.' When removing articles from the hangers of the typeheretofore in use the same were also liable to be torn on account of the rigid obstruction encountered to the article when drawing the same from the hanger. Some forms of prior hangers also include a body and a hook projecting from the'body but these memberswere capable of turning relatively to one another and therefore my-became disarranged and also marred the wall or other support on which they were mounted.

It is the object of this invention to provide a hanger for supporting clothes and the like which overcomes the above mentioned objections and which is not only simple and inexpensive in construction but also ornamental and attractive in appearance.

-In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a hanger embodying the preferred form of this invention.

Fig. 2 is a Vertical longitudinal section of the same.

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section thereof taken on line 3-3, Fig. 2. V 35 Fig. 4 is a. rear end elevation of the body of the hanger.

Fig. 5 is a front end elevation showing a modi-' I fication of this invention.

In the following description similar characters 40 of reference indicate like parts in the several figures of the drawing.

Referring to the construction of the hanger shown in Figs. 1 to l, the numeral I0 represents the body of the hanger which is generally of tubular form and has its axis arranged horizontally when in use. This body may be made of any suitable rigid material but, for the sake of econ.- omy, the same is preferably constructed of wood, the peripheral surface of which may be of any desired shape, for example, octagonal in cross section, as shown in Figs. 1, 3 and. 4 inasmuch as this form is ornamental in appearance and lends itself for decorative purposes. If desired, however, the periphery of the body I0 may be cylindrical as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 5. The

outer surface of this body may be finished in the natural wood or the same may be varnished or coated with any color of paint or lacquer in order to harmonize with the support upon which the hanger is mounted or the furniture which is used in the room where the hanger is installed.

At its front end this body is provided with a reduced neck or tenon ll which is preferably of concentric form relative to the axis of the body and at its rear end this body is provided with a recess I2 which surrounds the rear endof the central opening in the body and extends radially therefrom to the peripheral surface of the body v on the underside thereof.

The numeral It represents a retaining head engaging with the front end of the hanger body and provided with a central opening it which receives the neck at the front end of the body and thereby serves to center this head on the body and also hold the same against lateral displacement thereon. structed of resilient material, such as rubber which is ofa porous character, and the same This head is preferably 0011-.

projects laterally beyond the side of peripheral surface of the body so as to form an inwardly or rearwardly facing shoulder between the front. end of the body and this head. In thepreferred construction, this head is constructed in the form of a circular disk, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, but if desired the same may be of oval o-r oblong form and secured to the front end of the hanger body so as to only project upwardly beyond the periphery or outer side of this body as shown at 25 in Fig. 5. I

Upon the rear end of the body is mounted a hook which is preferably constructed of metal so as to form an upright shank I5 and an arm I6. which is connected at its rear end with the lower end of the shank and terminates at its front end in a downwardly turned loop H. The upper end of the shank is engaged with the recess I2 in the rear end of the body while the arm. I6 is spaced from the lower side of the body, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The upper-part ofthe shank is of the same width as the radial part of the recess I2 so that when the shank engages with this recess, the hook will be held against turning relative to the body. The thickness of the shank is also preferably equal to the depth of the recess I 2 so that the rear side of this shank and the rear end of the body are flush, as best shown in Fig. 2. The inner upper part of the shank is provided with an opening I8 which is in line with the central opening in the body.

Thefront side of the resilient head I3 is engaged by a washer [9 which is preferably con- 1 structed of metal in the form of a cup having a counter-sunk seat 20 on its front side.

The hanger is secured to a support 2| by means i of a screw stem 22 of which passes through the head l3, the tubular body I0, and the opening l8 in the shank, while the head 23 at the front end of the screw stem engages with the seat 20 of the retaining washer and the thread 24 at the rear end of the screw stem enters the body 2| upon which the hanger is mounted. Upon tighttheir properly assembled position and enabling the same to reliably support any articles which are placed upon the hanger.

By making the head l3 of the hanger of larger diameter than the tubular body, the rearwardly facing shoulder which is formed between this body and the head operates to prevent articles the same reliably in place.

which are placed upon the tubular body from sliding forwardly 01f the same but instead holds By making the head E3 of rubber any articles which may be thrown over the hanger body and in engagement with the head M will cling to the latter and thereby prevent such articles from slipping off the hanger and dropping to the floor.

Moreover by making this head l3 of resilient material any forward pull against the same when removing a garment or the like from the tubular body will cause this head to be deflected and thereby avoid tearing the garment which is being removed from the hanger, as would be liable to occur if the head l3 were made of rigid or nonyielding material.

The hook of the hanger may be used for supporting various kinds of clothing as well as other articles which are usually associated with clothing such as an umbrella, thereby enabling these articles to be retained in a group so that they are always available when required.

The support 2| upon which the hanger is mounted may be of any available character either stationary or movable, such for example, as the stationary wall of a building or the movable standard of a clothes rack or tree.

As a whole this hanger is comparatively simple in construction and not only capable of being produced economically from materials which can be supplied in stock form but the same is also very efiicient in'operation and neat in appearance.

I claim as my invention:

A hanger for clothes and the like comprising a rigid body provided at its front end with a reduced neck, at its rear end with a recess extending radially from the center of the body to the periphery thereof, and an opening extending axially through said body and its neck from the front end thereof to the inner part of the recess in its rear end, a retaining head engaging the front end of said body and surrounding the neck thereof, a hook having a vertical shank engaging its inner part with said recess and provided on its outer part with an arm projecting forwardly therefrom, a washer engaging the front end of said body body, and a screw having a stem extending lengthwise through said body, neck, head,

washer and shank and having a head at its front end which bears against said washer and a screw thread at its rear end adapted to engage a support r THOMAS J. BRYAN.

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