US2316523A - Garment hanger - Google Patents

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April 13, 1943.

M. C. MARBLE GARMENT HANGER Filed April 11, 1942 M1 160 ,Lrn C. ivarble,

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Patented Apr. 13, 1943 GARMENT HANGER Malcolm C. Marble, Canton, Pa., assignor to The Belmar Manufacturing Company, Canton, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application April 11, 1942, Serial No. 438,638

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in garment hangers; more especially clamp-type trouser hangers of all-wooden construction.

Among the objects of the invention is the provision of a trouser-hanger of clamp type, which is or can be embodied entirely in wood, thereby avoiding need for use of metals or plastics While obtaining a degree of durability and utility quite comparable to those of metal hangers.

This and other objects are achieved by the provisions of a hanger comprising a pair of wooden clamp bars and springy wooden rods extending upwardly therefrom. The upper portions of the rods are secured in fixed relation to each other, at an inclination such as to allow the bars to spread to the desired degree, and a wooden keeper is provided on the rods, for bringing the jaws together. In one modification the upper parts of the wooden rods are curved to provide a hook; in another, a separate wooden hook is provided to which the rods are secured.

In the accompanying drawing are shown two examples of specific embodiments of hangers within the purview of the invention. In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a View in side elevation of one form of my hanger,

Fig. 2 is an end view of the hanger of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation, of a modified form of hanger and Fig. 4 is a view partly in end elevation, partly in section along line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawing and more especially Figs. 1 and 2, the hanger is shown as including a pair of wooden trouser-clamp bars 9 with felt strips ID, of conventional configuration, to each of which is secured (in bores l l) a curved wooden rod I2, as shown. In clamped position, as shown, the shanks of the rods are substantially parallel, while the upper ends are flattened or beveled at I3, in planes inclined with respect to the rod axes and joined to each other by suitable means such as glue and a wire 'wrapping I4. A double-bored wooden keeper I5 is provided, sliding on the rods. By reason of the bevel at i3, on raising the keeper the rods spread outwardly as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, by their own resiliency, to allow reception of a garment (not shown) between the clamp bars.

In the modification shown in Figs. 3 and 4, straight wooden rods I! are employed, secured in inclined bores IS in the wooden clamp bars 9. The upper ends of the rods are beveled at 29 and are secured as by glue in a tapered bore 2| in a wooden hook member 22, curved at 23 with the high point of the curve lying above the center of gravity of the hanger. A Wooden keeper I5 is provided as in Figs. 1 and 2. In Figs. 3 and 4 the danger is shown in its open position. On moving the keeper down to low position (of. Figs. 1 and 2) "the clamp bars are brought together.

The several parts of the hanger are conveniently held together by glue and can be painted, stained, etc. as desired.

What I claim is:

A garment hanger comprising a pair of wooden transverse garment-clamping bars, springy wooden rods secured in and extending upwardly from the bars and slightly inclined in the direction of one end of the bars", a transversely-extending wooden hook member lying over the center of gravity of the hanger, means for securing the upper ends of the rods in the hook member adjacent one end thereof, in fixed relation to each other such that in the absence of constraint the rods diverge laterally from each other in a plane inclined with respect to the clamping bars, and sliding keeper means on the rods for moving the lower portions of the rods and the clamping bars secured thereto, toward each other.

MALCOLM C. MARBLE,

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