US2231128A

US2231128A - Garment hanger

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Publication number: US2231128A
Application number: US316451A
Authority: US
Inventors: Krantz Gustave
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1940-01-30
Filing date: 1940-01-30
Publication date: 1941-02-11
Anticipated expiration: 1958-02-11

Description

Feb. 11, 11. G. KRANTZ GARMENT HANGER Filed Jan. 30, 1940 Patented Feb.. 1 1, 1e41 2,231,128

PATENT OFFICE Y o. HANGER Gustave Krants, Milwaukee, Wis. Application January so, 1940, Serial No. 318,451 1 Claim. (or. 211-106) This invention relates to brackets and sup- The aforesaid bracket is provided with a horiports and more particularly to. a combined gar- -zontally disposed bearing 8 formed thereon by ment hanger and shelf support. stamping the material outwardly, said bearing One of the objects of this invention resides being provided to receive a horizontally disposed UNITED s1" in the provision of a hanger adapted to be relug 9 formed on the upper end of a substantially 5 movably'disposed on a door, window or the like L-shaped rod [0 the lowermost member ll of without the use of fastening elements or tools. which preferably extends outwardly on a hori- Another object of this invention resides in zontal plane to accommodate a plurality of garthe particular manner inwhich the rod is supment hangers (not shown) and, where a shelf 0 ported on the bracket. indicated at II in Figure 4 is to be supported 10' A further object of this invention resides in from a window, door or the like, two or more of the particular manner of securing the rod to the hangers are arranged in alignment on the the bracket so as to prevent dislodgement theresupport therefor. of from its bearing. a In order to prevent accidental dislodgement A still further object of this invention resides of the lug 9 from the bearing 8 and maintain the in the provision of hanger adapted to beused rod in rigid suspended relation on'the bracket a in multiple to form a shelf support. boss I! is stamped outwardly on'the bracket with these and other objects in view this inso as to engage an offset rtion l4 formed on"' vention resides in the certain novel features or the rod beyond'the lug l thereof.

construction and arrangement of elements to be The bracket 0 has its inner surface prefer- 20 hereinafter more particularly set forth in the ,ably covered with a felt or other similar pad I! speciflcatlom illustrated in the accompanying to prevent scratching or marring the support for drawing and pointed out in the appended claim the same. and, while this disclosure depictsmypresent con- In Figure 5 is shown a portion of the rod 6 ception of theinvention, the right is reserved to having its lowermost portion ll corrugated as 25 resort to such changes in construction and arindicated at il.

rangement of elements as come within the scope With this invention fully set forth it is'maniof the claim. I fest that a hanger is provided which can be In the accompanying drawing forming a part readily adapted for use as a garment hanger of this application: or shelf support and through the simplicity of 30 Figure 1 is an edge view of a door or the like construction thereof it can be vmanufactured showing the hanger supported thereon. cheaply and readily in operative posi- Figure 2 is a front view thereof. tion without the. use of tools or fastening ele- Flgure 3 is a vertical sectional view of the ments. bracket per se taken approximately on line 3-4 What I claim and to protect by letters 35 of Figure 2. Patent is:

Figure 4 is a front view showing two hangers A hanger consisting of a hook-shaped bracket, used to supp rt a shelf. I a horizontal bearing formed-on the outer surface F 8 5 l8 B Side View 01 8 P n 0! the of the bracket, a substantially L-ehaped rod 40 showing its lowermost portion corrugated. having its upper end oiiset. a horizontally 11 40 In he Present embodiment 01 invention posed lug formed on the offset end of the rod the numeral 5 designates, in general, a hanger seated in the bearing, an outwardly extending which consists of a bracket I formed from sheet boss formed on the bracket and the metal or other suitable material bent to form on'set portion of the rod and a pad on the inner a bill 1 adapted to engage the upper edge of surface of the bracket. 4

a door. window or other similar ledge to remov- GUSTAVE KRAN'I'J. ably support the same.