US2241697A

US2241697A - Garment guard for hangers

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Publication number: US2241697A
Application number: US265705A
Authority: US
Inventors: Berke Aaron
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1939-04-03
Filing date: 1939-04-03
Publication date: 1941-05-13
Anticipated expiration: 1958-05-13

Description

May 13, 1941-.-

A BERKE GARMENT GUARD FOR HANGERS Filed April 3, 1939 INVENTOR flare/7 B ark e ATTORNEY Patented May 13, 1941 UNITED STATES 1 PATENT OFFICE (2,241,697 v GARMENT GUARD FOR HANGERS Aaron Berke, New York, N. Y. Application April 3, 1939, Serial No, 265,70

9 Claims. (Cl. 2 23-98) The present invention relates to garment guards for use in connection with hangers such, forv instance, as the combination coat and trousers hanger generally used in the shops of tailors,

cleaners, dyers, and others, and on which de-;

livery of garments is often made.

Hangers of the character mentioned are commonly in the form of a wire triangle suspended by a hook, the shank of the hook protruding vertically upward from the apex of the triangle.

The sloping reaches of the triangle may serve as a support for a coat or skirt, and the cross reach as a bar over which trousers or other articles may be hung.

As compared with Wooden-hangers, the wire! they naturally fall into more or less permanent use by the householder; and moreover may have carried the garment for some length of time in the shop before delivery was made. Further compared with the wooden and other hangers, they have the disadvantage that they often stain delicate fabrics, and that they present such a narrow supporting surface, or edge, to the gar- 'ment that the latter by reason of its own weight acquires disfiguring creases along lines where it contacts with the wire, when left suspended thereon for any considerable time.

Heretofore, cardboard tubes and shields have been variously positioned on the wire hanger to prevent contact of the garment with the hanger at certain parts of the latter, and to provide broader bearing surfaces thereon for the garments. They have usually been disconnected units, and have failed to provide a full form protection for the garment, or to protect all parts thereof. Many have been inconvenient to keep in stock, or troublesome in the application thereof to the hanger.

An object of the invention is a one-piece, preferably fiat, blank of cardboard or like material, such as may be kept in stock in considerable quantity without sacrifice of desirable space in the shop of a tailor or cleaner, and which has crease lines and cuts so demarked thereon as enable it to be folded onto the hanger and locked thereto against displacement, all in a single operation or movement which is as simple of accomplishment as the placement of a coat on the hanger.

A further object ofthe invention is a blank, and garment guard formed therefrom, such as to provide acne-piece cape over all parts of the inclined reaches of the hanger and over the shoulder points thereof, and which while .adapted tov besupportedby. the hanger from end to end thereof, may be. broadly arched thereover in such manner as to provide a broad, unshifting, and form support for a coat or other garment thereon.

A further object of the invention is a one-piece blank, or garment guard formed therefrom, such :as to provide a broad garment carrying surface arched over, supported by, anddepending as an apron around the cross reach of the hanger. and locked. to the upper part of the hanger against displacement thereon.

A.further object of the invention is a one-piece blank, or garment guard formed therefrom, such as to provide, in combination, the above mentioned cape and apron features, covering all gar-- ment supporting reaches of the hanger.

Other objects and features of the invention will more fully appear upon reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan View of the blank from which the combined cape and apron guard is formed.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the guard formed from the blank of Fig. 1, in set and locked position on the hanger.

Fig. 3 is a view in cross section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view taken in cross section through the upper central part of Fig. 2, to show in detail the manner in which the guard .is locked to the hanger.

- Fig. 5 is a front view of the parts shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 6is an enlarged detail front view of a section of the. blankv showing a modified means for locking the guard to the hanger.

Fig. 7 is a plan View of a blank from which the cape guard for the inclined reaches of. the hanger maybe formed, but which has no provision for guarding a garment at the cross reach of a hanger.

Referring to the drawing, the blank Ill in Fig. l is shown as substantially rectangular in form. Converging inward and upward from the sides thereof are two zones II and IQ of crease lines It. A plurality of such crease lines i3, in parallel, in each zone affords a broadly curved garment supporting face for the garment along these zones when the blank is bent over the inclined reaches l4 and I5 0f the hanger. For registry with the hanger reaches l4 and I5, the angle of inclination of the crease zones H and I2 is preferably the same as the angular dip of the hanger reaches.

Extending across the lower part of the blank, parallel to and at some distance from the bottom edge II thereof, is a third zone I8 of crease lines l9. Above and at some distance from the crease zone I8 is a slit. 2|] in the blank. This slit is preferably arc-shaped to approach the crease zone I8 at or near the ends thereof. When, therefore, the blank is so set to the hanger that the crease zone I8 registers centrally with the lower or cross reach 2I of the hanger, the flap 22, formed by slit 2!], may be turned into Fig. 3 position, around and down behind such cross reach 2i. The plurality of crease lines I9 provide for a broadly arched garment guarding surface over the hanger bar 2|. 7

Centrally of the upper edge 23 of the blank, see Fig. 1, is an aperture 24. Connecting the sides of the blank, over aperture 24, is a narrow, straplike part 25 of the blank. This strap is connected to the body of the blank along fold lines 26 and 21. It is also creased vertically and centrally thereof along a fold line 28. It is further provided with detent ears 29. In the body of the blank, below the aperture 24, and in central alignment therewith and with the fold line 28 in the strap piece, is a vertical slit 3B. The ends of slit 30 terminate at oppositely arranged V shaped slots 3i. The ends of the slits 3|, at each side of the slit 35, are connected by crease lines 32, thus defining, with the slit 30, a pair of ears 33 adapted to swing apart on the crease lines 32, for a purpose presently to appear.

The garment carrying reaches I4, I and2I of the triangular Wire hanger carry the usual hook 34 on hook shank 35. In applying the guard to the hanger, the back face of the blank I0 is turned to the hanger. The hook 34 and its shank 35 are'passed through the aperture 24 in the 7 blank. The operator, with the hanger and the back face of the blank turned toward him, first brings the inclined reaches of the hanger into registry with the crease zones II and I2 of the blank. He then bends the

wing portions

36 and 31 of the blank toward him, around the crease zones II and I2. When the bending has carried the wings over the hanger, the operator simply pinches the wings into engagement with the back face of that part of the blank which remains in front of the hanger. He does this with his thumbs against the wing portions, and with his forefingers bent over the hanger reaches I4 and I5, and pressed against the front face of the blank.

This bending of the

wing parts

36 and 31 causes the strap part 25 to fold on its vertical crease line 28, and on its lines of connection 26 and 21; so that, as the strap swings with the wing parts, it folds into double-ply formation, with an edge at its vertical fold line 28 as its leading edge. After the strap has thus swung a sufficient distance, it passes around, under the hanger reaches I4 and I5, and forward, in such double-ply formation, through the slit 3!] in the blank. As its leading edge comes to the slit 30, the ears 33 yield on their fold lines 32 to permit passage of the strap through the front of the blank, until the detent ears 29 on the strap clear the front face of the blank, whereupon these detents automatically snap into. interlockment with the front face of the blank, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and lock the guard to the hanger.

The strap piece need be touched at no time during this operation. The mere pinching operation just described causes the edge of the strap, at its fold line 28, automatically to align itself with the slit 3!], and to maintain that alignment until the locking is effected.

At the completion of the foregoing operation, the guard is so locked to the hanger that the crease zone I8 of the blank is in registry with the cross reach 2I of the hanger. To apply the guard to this cross reach, it is only necessary to push the flap 22, formed by the slit 20, backward, and to bend it down to Fig. 3 position.

In Fig. 7 is shown a style of blank adapted to be formed into a guard for use on wooden and other hangers which have no lower cross reach, or on the triangular wire hanger where no use of the lower cross reach thereof is desired; as where the hanger is to be used only for carrying coats, skirts and other articles on the inclined reaches thereof.

The blank of Fig. '7 is a one piece blank having two centrally connected wing elements 38 and 39. Crease line zones II and I2, respectively, extend longitudinally thereof at the proper angle for registration with the inclined reaches I4 and I5 of the hanger. These are of the same charactor as shown in Fig. 1, and permit each of the wings 38 and 39 to be bent and arched broadly over one of the reaches of the hanger. Fig. 7 shows a strap piece 25 foldable in the same manner as above described in connection with Fig. l, for interlockment at a slit 30 with the face of the blank to lock the guard to the hanger.

In Fig. 6 there is shown a slight modification of the locking elements. The strap piece 25, with its

fold lines

28 and 29, is substantially as shown in Fig. 1. Instead, however, of the aperture 24, there is a tab 40, formed by an arc-shaped slit 4| and a fold line 42. This tab may be pushed out slightly to permit passage of the hook 34 and hook shank 35 through the blank. As the strap piece swings with

the'wings elements

36 and 31, in the above described locking operation, the tab 40 remains upright.

It will be noted from Fig. 1 that the blank is of such shape and so cut as to represent a maximum of economy of stock. There is no wastage. The outside face of the blank may be a smooth or calendered surface which will not readily become dirty. It may be colored or decorated in any desired manner. The front surface above the slit 2!! may carry any desired advertisement or legend. Regardless of smoothness of the finish of the guard, the broad arching and creasing of the fold zones will prevent undesirable slipping of garments thereon. The broad arching of the folds gives a more or less full-form effect to the guard which assists in maintaining the garment in desired shape.

It will be apparent that within the scope of the invention the blanks, as to the several features thereof, may be variously shaped and designed.

I claim:

1. As an article of manufacturaa unitary blank of cardboard or the like, having crease lines along which to be folded into a garment guard for the common wire garment hanger, certain of such crease lines converging inward and upward from the sides of the blank for registration with the inclined reaches of the hanger so that the blank may be folded as a cape thereover, and a strap element hingeably connected at its opposite ends to the blank body with a passage between the same and the blank body for the hook-shank of the hanger whereby to hold the blank to the hanger-hook, and having a cross fold-line intermediate its ends so that when the blank is folded to cape formation the strapmay fold on the lines of its hinge connectionsto. the blank body, and on said cross f'oldfline, into double ply condition around one of the inclined reaches of the hanger, and in such condition be forced through an aperture in the body of the blank; to lock the blank in cape formation on the hanger.

2. As an article of manufacture, a unitary blank of'cardbo'ard or the like, having crease lines along which to be folded into a garment guard for the common wire garment hanger, certain of such crease lines converging inward and upward from the sides of the blank for registration with the inclined reaches of the hanger, so that the blank may be folded as a cape thereover, and a strap element hingeably connected at its opposite ends to the blank body with a passage between the same and the blank body for the hook-shank of the hanger, whereby to hold the blank to the hanger-hook, and having a cross fold-line intermediate its ends so that when the blank is folded to cape formation the strap may fold on the lines of its hinge connections to the blank body and on said cross fold line, into double ply condition around one of the inclined reaches of the hanger,

and in such condition be forced through an aperture in the body of the blank, to lock the blank in cape formation on the hanger; the strap being detented for interlockment with the body of the blank on such passage of the folded strap through the blank body.

3. As an article of manufacture, a unitary blank of cardboard or the like, having crease lines along which to be folded into a garment guard for the common wire garment hanger, certain of such crease lines converging inward and upward from the sides of the blank for registration with the inclined reaches of the hanger, so that the blank may be folded as a cape thereover, and a strap element hingably connected at its opposite ends to the blank body with a passage between the same and the blank body for the hook-shank of the hanger, whereby to hold the blank to the hanger hook, and having a cross fold-line intermediate its ends so that when the blank is folded to cape formation the strap may fold on the lines of its hinge connections to the blank body, and on the cross fold line, into double ply condition around I one of the inclined reaches of the hanger, and

in such condition be forced through an aperture in the body of the blank, to lock the blank in cape formation on the hanger; said aperture being defined by a vertical slit terminating at its opposite ends in cross slits to form a pair of cars which swing apart under pressure of the folded strap to permit passage of the latter through the blank body.

4. A garment guard of cardboard or the like for the common triangular wire garment hanger, comprising a portion having oppositely sloping crease lines for registry with the inclined reaches of the hanger and on which crease lines the guard is folded into cape formation, a strap between which and the body of the guard the hanger hook and hook-shank may be passed, folded into double ply for passage under one of the inclined reaches of the hanger and through an aperture in the back of the cape, and means for interlocking said folded part of the strap with the back of the cape.

5. A garment guard of cardboard or the like, for a garment hanger having inclined shoulder reaches, comprising front and back parts connected along converging inclined fold lines which are registerable with the shoulder reaches of the hanger for support, of the guard as a cape on the hanger, the back part comprising two wing portions, one for each shoulder, and a part integral with and connecting said wings, said wing connecting part being foldable under the hanger reaches into holding engagement with the front part to serve as a means for locking the front and back parts in cape formation on the hanger and as a means for preventing downward displacement of the hanger with respect to the guard.

6. A garment guard of cardboard or the like, for a garment hanger having inclined shoulder reaches, comprising front and back parts connected along converging inclined fold lines which are registerable with the shoulder reaches of the hanger for support of the guard as a cape on the hanger, and a part integral with one of said front and back parts and which is bent therefrom under said shoulder part of the hanger to the other of said parts, as a support for the hanger, and which connects with the other of said front and back guard parts to hold such connected parts in cape formation such other of said parts having provision for the interlockment thereof with said hanger-supporting part for releasably holding the latter in hanger-supporting position.

7. For use in connection with a garment hanger of the type in which there is a centrally located supporting hook and right and left hand shoulder reaches converging upwardly to the shank of the hook, a garment guard consisting of a sheet of cardboard or the like having fold lines adapted to be registered with the shoulder reaches of the hanger and foldable on said lines into cape formation over the hanger, thereby to have a front part and a back part, and means for holding the guard in cape formation to the hanger, comprising a detent member bendable out of one of said front and back parts; under the hook shank, to the other of said front and back parts, said detent member, when in such holding position on the hanger being an abutment or seat for the hanger at the juncture of the shoulder reaches thereof to prevent the hanger from dropping in the guard when the latter is lifted and said part to which the detent projects having provision for the interlockment thereof with the detent for releasably holding the detent in hanger-supporting position.

8. For use in connection with a garment hanger of the type in which there is a centrally located supporting hook and right and left hand shoulder reaches converging upwardly to the shank of the hook, a garment guard consisting of a sheet of cardboard or the like having fold lines adapted to be registered with the shoulder reaches of the hanger and foldable on said lines into cape formation over the hanger, thereby to have a front part and a back part, and means for holding the guard in cape formation to the hanger, comprising a detent member which is an integral part of said sheet and which is bendable out of one of said front and back parts, under the hook shank, to the other of said front and back parts, said detent member, when so attached, being an abutment or seat for the hanger at the juncture of the shoulder reaches thereof to prevent the hanger from dropping in the guard when the latter is lifted and said part to which the detent projects having provision for the interlockment thereof with the detent for releasably holding the detent in hanger-supporting position.

. 9. As an article of manufacture, a unitary blank of cardboard on the like, having crease lines along which to be folded into a garment guard for the common wire garment hanger, certain of said crease lines converging inward and upward from the sides of the blank for registration with the inclined reaches of the hanger and demarking a front part of the guard from a back part thereof so that the blank may be folded as a cape over the hanger, the back part comprising right and left pieces relatively movable for application of the guard to the hanger, and a strap element permanently and flexibly connecting one to the other said relatively movable pieces; said blank having a passage between the strap and the blank body for the hook-shank of the hanger, and means on-such front part of the guard for engagement with the strap to hold the guard in its folded condition.

AARON BERKE.