US2364860A

US2364860A - Clothes support

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Publication number: US2364860A
Application number: US460471A
Authority: US
Inventors: Burt E Lloyd
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1942-10-02
Filing date: 1942-10-02
Publication date: 1944-12-12
Anticipated expiration: 1961-12-12

Description

Dec. 12, 1944. B, E, LLOYD 2,364,860

CLOTHES SUPPORT Filed Oct. 2, 1942 INVENTOR 8% RT E. LLOYDv 1 ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 12, .1944 I UNITED STATES "PATENT F Burt jlLloya, Milford, Pa.

Application October The present inventionrelates to improvements in clothes supports adapted to hold a plurality of articles of apparel and more particularly to clothes hangers particularly adapted to support clothing including a plurality of trousers.

An important object of the invention is to provide a novel and advantageous clothes hanger of the general character specified.

Another object is to provide a novel formof clothes hanger on which a plurality of trousers 1 may besupported independently.

Another object is to provide a novel form of clothes hanger adapted not only to support a plurality of trousers independently and in compact arrangement but also at least one coat.

Another object is to provide a clothes hanger adapted for use in travelling and having individually movable trousers supports and means for locking said supports in position for convenience in travelling.

Another object of the invention is to provide a clothing hanger in which trousers are supported by independently movable normally parallel supports at different levels and offset laterally in succession from bottom to top to avoid excessive piling up of trousers on lower supports.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel and advantageous form of clothing support of the so-called valet type.

Other objects, features and advantages will appear upon consideration of the following description and of the'drawing in which:

I Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating one embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. l with trousers carried by the hanger as indicated in dot-and-dash lines;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view in elevation showing the manner of supporting one end of a supporting member for trousers; and

Fig. 4 is a view of. the structure of viewed from the right.

In Figs. 1,2, 3 and 4, there is illustrated one embodiment of the invention in which there is a frame comprising upright sides I0 and II connected by upper and lower members I2 and I3 respectively which may be in the form of round rods with tapered ends entering corresponding openings in said sides I0 and II, thus providing wedging connections. Obviously, this arrangement provides a frame which is easily assembled or knocked down. The sides I0 and Il may take different shapes but as illustrated increase Fig 3 as in depth from bottom to top and the rod mem 2, 1942, Serial No. 469,471

1 Claim. (Cl. 211-123) hers I 2 and I3 enter said sides near the rear edges thereof.

'Trousersupports in th form o'f rods H are supported by the sides IQ and I I adjacent to their front edges. .Preferablythe supporting means for these rods comprise recesses I5. atthe front edges and inner faces of the sides I0 and I L These re cesses I5 are spaced at'convenieht intervals from top to bottom .of thefront edgesof said sides I0 and I I and have entrances at said front edges. From said entrances the recesses I5 are inclined downwardly and rearwardly so that when the ends of a rod are inserted in the corresponding recessesthe rod will drop to position with its ends in the lower parts of said recesses I5. The recesses I5 are open at the inner faces of said sides I0 and II but do not extend to the outer faces of said sides and the rods are thus limited in longitudinal movement to prevent the ends from moving out of the recesses at the innerfaces of the sides.

As illustrated in Fig. 2, the supports or rods I4 may be used to support trousers I51) and due to the inclined forward edges of the sides It! and l I there is less displacement of the trousers by sup-- ports or rods at lower levels or by trousers on said rods at lower levels. If the clothes support withv trousers carried therebyis to be moved to another position or packed for moving, the rods I4 may be locked in the recesses by members I6 and I1 pivotally mounted at the tops of sides l0 and II respectively so that they can beswung over the entrances of said recesses l5. As illustrated the members or bars I6 and I! may be pivoted on screws threaded into the sides It! and I I and may be provided at their lower ends with slots I8 and I9 to receive screws in the lower parts of the sides I0 and II so that the lower ends of the bars I6 and I1 may be held against outward pressure.

The clothes support may be secured to a Wall in any suitable manner or may be supported against the wall in any other suitable manner. Preferably there is secured to thetop of the support a coat hanger 20 which may comprise a thin curved'strip 2| with a hook 22 pivotally mounted in the central part thereof, the end portions of said member 2| being attached to the sides I 0 and ll'in' a suitable manner as by'screws. The clothes support as a whole may be attached to a wall by screws passing through openings 23 in the member 2| and threaded into a wall, door or other suitable support. It will be seen that the bar 2| of the coat hanger serves not only to support the other part of the clothes supportbut also to hold the sides In and II together at the sides l0 and II. tached to a wall, door or other support by screws iof sides l0 and II.

stead of securing the clothes hanger to a wall or door by screws or other fastening devices it jresting against the wall.

coat hanger is available for use.

top of the frame; If desired'the lower ends of the sides It] and H may be held against spreading by means of a bar 24 similar to bars l6 and I! connected by screws to the lower ends of the The sides Ill and II may be atpassing through openings 25 in the lower ends It will be evident that inmay be supported by placing the hook 22 on a suitable object such as a nail or hook projecting from a wall, the lower part of the frame then When the hook is used in this manner, the As illustrated in Fig. 1, the sides l0 and may be provided at their tops with recesses 24a to hold an extra member I4 or one which is not in use.

Although the structure described is provide with solid sides I0 and I I, it is obvious that these sides might be made in the form of open work frames having suitable sockets with inner surfaces corresponding to those of recesses 15. It is also evident that the structure of the clothes support might be varied further as to the means of supporting the rods, the important require ment being that the rods or trousers supports l4 will tend to remain in position against movement away from the sides It! and II and will be limited as to longitudinal. movement.

It should be understood that various changes may be made and that certain features may be used without others, without departing from the true scope and spirit of the invention.

What I claim is: v v

A clothes Support of the class specified, comprising upright sides, means rigidly connecting the sides in spaced relation, independently-movable normally-horizontal trousers supports extending between said upright sides, means for supporting said trouserssupports on said sides swinging movement substantially in the plane of the front edge of the side to and from a position over the entrances of said sockets where it acts to hold the rod ends in their sockets.

BURT E. LLOYD.