US2373000A - Garment hanger - Google Patents

Description

April 3, 1945 I LA. YOUNG 2,373,000

GARMENT HANGER F iled Aug. 28, 1943 IN VEN TOR.

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Patented Apr. 3, 1945 GARMENT HANGER Leonard A. Young, Detroit, Mich, assignor to Bowen Products Corporation, Ecorse, Mich a corporation of Michigan Application August 28, 1943, Serial No. 500,342

Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in garment hangers.

The main objects of this invention are:

First, to provide a garment hanger which may be fabricated entirely of fibrous material or fibrous stock and at the same time one which is strong and rigid.

Second, to provide an improved garment hanger which may be shipped in the knockdown or collapsed form and readily set up and assembled for use. I

Third, to provide a garmenthanger having these advantages which is attractive in appearance and economical to produce.

Further objects relating to details and econo-- mies of construction will appear from the description to follow. The invention is defined in the claims. A structure embodying the features of the invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a garment hanger embodying the features of the invention.

Figs. 2 and 3 are enlarged fragmentary views illustrating steps in assembling the hook member with the hanger arms.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary section taken on line !l4 of Fig. 3 illustrating further details of the structure.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated, the yoke arms 5, l and the strut 2 connecting their lower ends are formed integrally of multiply paper tube. This tube is flattened at spaced points, as 3, 3, to facilitate bending and also to provide flattened curved portions to effectively support the garment. The hanger arms 1 are provided with horizontally flattened terminal portions 4 having slots 5 therein.

The suspending hook 6 is preferably formed of fiat fibrous stock, such as fiber board or fairly heavy cardboard or container stock of suitable strength, and its shank l terminates in a cross arm 8 which terminates in an upwardly and inwardly directed, downwardly tapered lug 9. The end of the lug 9 is directed toward the shank I of the hook and is spaced therefrom to provide a slot-like opening Hi.

In assembling the hook with the arms I the lug 9 is successively passed through the slots 5 in the flattened arm terminals and when completely assembled one flattened terminal engages in the seat H and the other in the seat 12, the cross arm constituting a link connecting the hanger arms. The lug 9 at its widened portion is of such width that it requires some force and ,some compression of the stock of the arms at the ends of the slots to permit the engagement of the armstherew-ith, and that is also true of the arm whichis widened at the central portion thereof, so that the arms cannot be disengaged without considerable effort and the hook does not become displaced in handling. It will be noted that the plane of the fiat material of the hook member in the elongated openings '5 is parallel to the length of the openings. This assists in preventing swinging of the hanger arms I about a vertical axis relative to the suspending hook B. It will also be noted upon reference to Figs. 2 and 3 that the recesses H and 12 are of a substantial depth and that the upper and flower walls thereof are so spaced as to snugly engage over the upper and lower surfaces of the terminal portions d as shown in Fig. 1. This assists in preventing swinging of the hanger arms in a vertical plane relative to the suspending hook.

My improved hangers may be effectively produced without the use of metal, and they are strong and rigid and attractive in appearance. However, comparatively little stock would be-required if the hooks were to be formed of metal or plastic or other material.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A garment hanger comprising a cross bar and upwardly converging hanger arms formed integrally of a paper tube, the ends of the hanger arms having horizontally flattened portions with elongated openings therein, and a suspending hook member of fibrous material having an arm at its lower end terminating in an upwardly directed lug adapted to be successively inserted through said openings in said flattened terminal portions of said hanger arms, said lug being tapered downwardly, its outer end being of a width exceeding the length of the openings in said terminal portions of said hanger arms, said hook member arm having a central portion also exceeding in width the length of the said openings in said terminal portions of said hanger arms, the material of said terminal portions being yieldable to permit the passing of the lug of said hook member arm through said openings and the positioning of said hanger arms on said hook member arm with the hook member constituting a connecting link for said hanger arms.

and having flattened portions with openings therein elongated in the direction of the length of the hanger arms, and a suspending hook member of flat material having an arm at its lower end terminating in an upwardly directed lug adapted to be successively inserted through said openings in said flattened terminal portions of said hanger arms, said hook member arm constituting a connecting link for said hanger arms, the plane of the flat material of the hook member in said elongated openings being parallel to the length of said openings to prevent swinging of the hanger arms about a vertical axis relative to said hook member. V

3. A garment hanger comprising upwardly converging hanger arms having adjacent terminal portions with openings therein, each of said terminal portions lying substantially in the direction of its arm, and a suspending hook having an arm at, its lower end terminating in an upwardly directed lug adapted to be successively inserted through said openings in said terminal portions of said hanger arms, said hook member arm constituting a connecting link for said hanger arms, said lower end and said lug being substantially spaced from each other to permit each of said terminal portions to lie substantially in the direction of its hanger arm.

4. A garment hanger comprising upwardly converging hanger arms'having adjacent terminal portions with elongated openings therein, and a suspending hook having anarm at its lower end terminating in an upwardly directed lug adapted to be successively inserted through said openings in said terminal portions of said hanger arms, said lug being tapered upwardly, its outer end being of a width exceeding the length of' the openings in said terminal portion of said changer arm, said hook member arm having a central portion also exceeding in width the length of the said openings in said terminal portions of said hanger arms, the material of said terminal portions being yieldable to permit the passing of the lug of said hook member arm through said openings and the positioning of said hanger arms on said hanger member arm with the hook member constituting a connecting link for said hanger arms.

5. A garment hanger comprising upwardly converging hanger arms having adjacent terminal portions with openings therein, and a suspending hook having a shank portion and an arm projecting laterally from said shank portion, said arm terminating in an upwardly projecting lug adapted to be inserted successively through said openings in said terminal portions, said shank portion and said lug being disposed relative to said laterally projecting arm to provide opposing recesses extending substantially in the direction of said converging hanger arms to receive said terminal portions, said recesses being of substantial depth and closely engaging over the upper and lower surfaces of said terminal portions whereby to assist in preventing swinging of said hanger arms in a vertical plane relative to said hook member.

LEONARD A. YOUNG.

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