US2271941A

US2271941A - Garment hanger

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Publication number: US2271941A
Application number: US389600A
Authority: US
Inventors: Kemmitt Selma Emelia
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1941-04-21
Filing date: 1941-04-21
Publication date: 1942-02-03
Anticipated expiration: 1959-02-03

Description

Feb. 3, 1942. s. KEMMITT 2,271,941

GARMENT HANGER Filed April 21, 1941 7&2 ,3 J INVENTOR fks maiimi a k mnfin, iendal oaiir. nitpiisaii njnia i fzi, 1941,.Sria1 No. 389,600

' f it-Claims; -o1..2 11 11s)-;

The primary object-ofthis invention is t -pro vide' a garment hanger adjustable into several positions and for independently holding a mul+ tiplicity of garments orfo'ther articles, regardless of purpose. v t

An object of the invention thus, is to provide a garment hanger which mayas readily be employed as a drying rack for clothes or other articles as it may for storage of garments of every description. 3

A further object of the invention is to provide a compactly foldable garment hanger upon which the garments or other articles placed thereon may be separately and spaciously held, or separately and closely held thereon as is desired.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a garment hanger which may be used independently of its component intermediate segments as a standard coat hanger, and so utilized, function as a garment shaping medium, by holding the garment, coat or skirt, for example,.to form, and whereby to prevent wrinkling of the same.

A further object of the herein invention is theprovision of a garment hanger having a hook engaging means of substantially swivel effect, and whereby garments or the like may readily be placed on or removed from the hanger while the latter remains in engagement with the closet hook or rod from which it is hung, the hanger,

invention has a. parameter pla e bars i-rods "Hi "equally spaced across an spat welded'or o'thefvi'se ecured nn ipr specnv ends to two thus to all intents and purposes converting the closet into a modern wardrobe closet.

And a further object of theherein invention is the provision of a garment hanger, light in weight, neatly and compactly arranged, easily carried about, and, attached to a trunk, readily closed position, its garment holder bars being shown 'on successive horizontal planes, and

Figure 3 is an end view as seen from the right of Fig. 2, and with the suspension hook of the hanger swiveled at right angles to its position as shown in Fig. 2.

Similar numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views. Thus, the

v l 2, the other the-teas it and sitin together with said teas as supports for garments or other articles M which may be hung over the rods Ill or sides l3 or suspended from them as'by clips I5, if pre-' ferred.

Each of the sides II has a loop l6 formed and protruding therefrom outwardly the centers of which function as trunnions for suspending the frame l2 from an inverted U-shaped hanger I! having a loop l8 at the end of each of its'bifurcations connected to one of the loops l6. Each side II is also provided with a loop 19 similar to and protruding-in'the same manner as the loops [6, but nearer to one of the sides 13.

The loops l9 are provided as eyelets for the purpose of each receiving the free endof one of a pair of right angled hooks .20 when'the garment holder .is opened to the position shown in Fi 1.

The other end of the hooks2ll' are provided I each with the respective sideloops Hi. I

A loop 24 is provided and formed integral withthe hanger bar I! midway of its length between the legs 23 and protrudes horizontally to provide a swivel connection witha loop 25 formed on the lower end or shank of a hook 26 which is provided and shaped to be hooked over a supporting means (not shown) such as .the conventional crosserod' in a clothes closetor for hanging engagement with the conventional closet clothes hook.

When viewing and comparing Figures 2 and 3,

it will be noted that the loop connection 25 of.

the hook 26 has been swiveled about the loop 24 i and illustrating the possibility of suspending the garment hanger in more than one position, either with the width or length of the garment hanger facing .the front, or diagonally sideways, and

making possible the swinging of the hanger about for the placement or removal of articles thereon, as desired. v

Figures 1 and 2 also indicate how the hanger may be folded to provide a conventional coat or skirt hanger, as well as for other garments, and,

at the same time, permitting, if desired, articles to be hung from the rods ID or the sides l3.

When garments or other articles are hung or attached to the hanger as it is viewed in Fig. 1, the hanger may, if desired, be folded to the position shown in Figures 2 and 3, and thus suspended either in a closet or a trunk, it readily converts either into the conventional wardrobe closet or trunk.

It should be obvious that the invention may readily be produced from material the market affords and at no great cost. Moreover, its manufacture may @1150 beaccomplished at little expense and with very little equipment.

I am aware that changes in construction of the invention may from time to time readily suggest themselves, but within the scope herein disclosed. Hence, I do not limit my invention to the exact description of structure set forth, but What I do claim is:

1. In a garment hanger a rectilinear wire frame having joined side and end bars, a plurality of spaced parallel cross rods secured at their ends to said end bars and affording with theside bars a plurality of supports for garments, outwardly extending loops formed on said end bars at points approximately centrally of the ends thereof, an inverted U-shaped hanger having the free ends of its legs pivoted to said loops so that said frame may swing between said legs, loops formed intermediate the ends of said legs, hooks pivoted to said last named loops, and loops formed on said end bars at points spaced inwardly from certain ends thereof adapted to receive said hooks to hold the frame and U-shaped hanger in right angular relation.

2. In a garment hanger, a frame having side bars and end bars connected thereto, a plurality of spaced parallel cross rods connected at their ends with said end bars and being parallel with said side bars, an inverted U-shaped hanger pivotally connected at its free ends to said end bars, means carried by said hanger for hooking it to a support, means also carried by said hanger for connection with the end bars to releasably hold said bars and rods in a horizontal position for supporting garments, said hanger hooking means supporting said U-shaped hanger and said frame being disposed in swivel engagement with said hanger and whereby said frame is revolvingly secured in suspended relation with the supporting means for hanging said garment hanger.

SELMA EMELIA KEMNIITT.