US2204875A - Garment hanger - Google Patents

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June 18, 1940. c, L WELLS 2,294,875

GARMENT HANGER Filed Aug. 27, 1938 Patented June 18, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENT HANGER Application August 27,

1938, Serial No. 227,071

In Canada July 8, 1938 4 Claims.

This invention relates to a garment hanger of the class in common use by cleaners and pressers of clothes during storage and during delivery thereof to the customers. This type of hanger 6 is made in the shape of an isosceles triangle, the two shorter sides providing supporting means for a garment such as a coat or dress at the shoulders thereof while the long side constitutes a transverse bar adapted to hold trousers or fiat articles 10 folded thereover, a hook aflixed at the junction of the two shorter sides provides suspending means for the hanger.

This invention has for its main object an improved hanger in which the garment supporting l" surfaces are relatively wide and in which narrow or. sharp edges which may crease the garment or distort its shape are eliminated.

A further object is to provide an article of this class which may be collapsed or folded for 20: purposes of shipping or packing.

Another object resides in the simplicity of its construction and the inexpensiveness of the materials required for its manufacture.

Other more or less important objectives will become apparent in a study of the following specification and of the drawing forming part thereof.

Heretofore generally two types of hangers of this class were in common use; one constructed of woodand the other of wire. The former, being usually of wider proportioned stock, afforded better support for the garment than was the case with the wire hanger which had a tendency to crease the garment and distort its shape, but for the reason that the wooden article was prohibitively expensive the wire hanger had come into almost universal use and the fact that it was relatively unsuited for the purpose was, under the circumstances, insufficient to displace it in point of popularity.

The improved hanger made according to this invention may have all its parts, excepting the suspending hook, stamped out of any firm sheet material. It is preferred, however, to employ either fibre or paper board or cardboard, and as part of the stamping operation crease lines are placed which at once shape and facilitate the assembly thereof. The manner of manufacture is, according to processes, well known to makers of cartons or paper boxes and would present no problems to a person skilled in that art.

Thus it will be seen that the improved hanger is intended to possess all advantages of the wooden commodity with the additional feature of foldability, should thatbe desired, and that it can be produced more economically than the all wire hanger.

One preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout 5 the various views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved hanger;

Figure 2 is an end elevation thereof;

Figure 3 is a similar view to that shown in Figure 1 but in folded or collapsed form;

Figure 4 is a vertical transverse section taken on the line A-A of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a view in perspective;

Figure 6 is a vertical transverse section taken on the line BB of Figure 1; and

Figure 7 is an alternative method of affixing the suspending hook when it is desired to dispense with the feature of foldability in favour of a rigid form.

The improved hanger retains the conventional triangular shape and comprises two oppositely inclined shoulder pieces I and I pivotally secured together at their upper termini by an eyelet 4 through which a suspending hook 5 is passed. These shoulder pieces, as previously suggested, are preferably stamped out of sheet material such as paper board or the like, and are impressed with crease lines to permit imparting thereto longitudinally a channel or inverted U shape, as illustrated in Figure 6 and shown as 2 in Figure 4. This construction has for its object to insure strength and rigidity to the members. In developing the blank to form shoulder supporting members several varying sets of impressed crease lines are scored, firstly as above indicated over the portions designated l and I; secondly transverse lines at a point intermediate therein to permit the lower ends of these pieces designated 2 and 2' in the drawing to be folded inwardly, and thirdly creases on the portions 2 and 2 similar to those firstly described but tending in an opposing direction.

The inwardly folded ends 2 and 2' of the shoulder pieces are adapted to be slidably inserted into the two opposing open ends of a tubular member 3 constituting the'transverse bar of the hanger and therefore also its trousers supporting means. This tubular member is similarly stamped out of sheet material such as paper board or the like, by the process previously described, and it, too, is impressed longitudinally with crease lines to permit opposing edges thereof to be brought together and secured to one another as shown in Figures 2 and 4, where, preferably, an adhesive is employed and the edges are laid flat together. It will be understood, of course, that this bar member may be cylindrical in shape or in section it may present an oval or triangular or square shape, but the construction first described would appear to afford a greater measure of rigidity and therefore remains as a preferred construction; furthermore it will be understood that in place of an adhesive to secure the edges together, these may be stitched or stapled or held together in many other ways.

To assemble the improved hanger the inwardly folded ends of the shoulder pieces are inserted into the open ends of the tubular bar member, the free ends thereof are then brought to an overlapping position and secured together pivotally by means of an eyelet, thereafter the suspending hook, preferably of wire, is passed there- 'through and clamped against disengagement. When assembled in this way it will be seen that the hanger may be folded or collapsed by causing the portions 2 and 2 to move outwardly in relation to the tubular member by the simple expedient of depressing the shoulder supports to occupy a position in a plane relative to the transverse members and to expand or unfold it is merely necessary to tug at the suspending hook in a direction away from the transverse bar, until the shoulder pieces in the region of their juncture with the inwardly folded terminal portions thereof are brought to abutment against the respective ends of the said transverse bar.

Under certain conditions and for certain purposes it may be desirable to eliminate the collapsible or folding feature hereinbefore described and claimed as part of this invention, in favour of a rigid hanger. This may be accomplished either by replacing the eyelet 3 with a rivet or some such device and by immovably clamping the end of the suspending hook into place or by means of the alternative method of construction illustrated in Figure 7 wherein the suspending hook is affixed rigidly to a triangular section of material G and the latter is secured similarly immovably by means of stitches or rivets l to the shoulder pieces l and l.

Having thus fully disclosed a preferred embodiment of this invention, its utility and mode of operation, it must nevertheless be borne in mind that the same is susceptible to be varied and modified in a great many ways without departing from the spirit and scope thereof.

I claim:

1. A foldable garment hanger comprising two oppositely inclined shoulder pieces each having a portion of its lower extremity [olded inwardly, an eyelet having a hook element passed therethrough pivotally connecting the upper ends thereof and a tubular transverse bar having end openings adapted to accommodate movably therein the said inwardly folded ends of the shoulder pieces and provide abutments therefor.

A foldable garment hanger constructed of sheet material comprising two oppositely disposed shoulder pieces; lower terminal extensions of each such shoulder piece hingedly secured thereto by an impressed crease line; a tubular transverse bar adapted to accommodate the said terminal extensions slidably in end openings therein and thereby provide abutments for the said shoulder pieces when the hanger is in expanded position, and an eyelet having a suspension element passed therethrough pivotally connecting the upper termini of the said shoulder pieces.

A foldable garment hanger constructed of sheet material comprising two oppositely dis posed shoulder pieces having impressed crease lines disposed thereon in spaced relation to the longitudinal edges thereof to permit marginal portions to be folded inwardly to impart rigidity thereto; lower terminal extensions of each such shoulder piece hingedly secured thereto by an impressed crease line having similar marginal portions but folded outwardly; a tubular transverse bar adapted to accommodate the said terminal extensions slidably in end openings therein and thereby provide abutments for the said shoulder pieces when the hanger is in expanded position, and an eyelet having a suspension element passed therethrough pivotally connecting the upper termini of the said shoulder pieces.

4. A foldable garment hanger as defined by claim 3 wherein the said terminal extensions of the shoulder pieces are of such linear dimension that the same will not be disengaged from the tubular bar when the hanger is in collapsed form.

C. L. WELLS.

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