US2374329A - Garment hanger - Google Patents

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GARMENT HANGER Filed Oct. 9, 1943 IN VENTOR.

JAMES CONEY BY Q ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. 24, 1945 UNITED STATE i ATENT OFFICE GARMENT HANGER James D. Coney, Chicago, Ill.

Application October 9, 1943, Serial No. 505,623

'4 Claims.

This invention relates to garment hangers and more particularly to the combination wire frame and paper tube strut type, although certain features thereof may be employed with equal advantage in connection with other types of garment hangers or for other purposes.

It contemplates more especially an improved garment hanger that embodies a combination wire frame and paper tube strut which can be readily assembled by the user to provide an improved hanger construction that is capable of sustaining heavy garments without the usual tendency of the'wire hanger portion becoming separated from the paper tube strut.

One object of the present invention is to simplify and improve the construction of garment hanger embodying a combination wire frame and paper tube strut.

Another object is to provide an open wire garment frame for ready attachment to a paper tube strut without placing either element under tension, deformation or strain.

Still another object is to provide a garment hanger of the type mentioned having wire arms terminating in specially shaped extremities to provide ready engagement with a paper tube strut without requiring either of the elements to be under tension, deformation or other strain in effecting the assembly thereof.

A further object is to provide an improved garment hanger constructed partially from non metallic material to afford complete garment hanger utility.

A still further object i to provide a garment hanger of the type mentioned having wire arms terminating in enclosed loops to provide ready engagement with a paper tube strut without requiring either of the elements to be under tension, deformation or other strain in retaining the assembly thereof.

Still a further object is to provide a garment hanger of the type mentioned having wire arms terminating in looped extremities complemental to engaging notches in the paper tube strut to enable their assembly withoutplacing either element under tension, deformation or other strain.

Other objects and advantages will appear from the following description of an illustrated embodiment of the present invention.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front View in elevation of a garment h'anger embodying features of the present invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged end view in elevation of the garment hanger shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view in elevation .of an end portion of the wire arm together with the complemental portion of the paper tube strut showing the assembled construction and relation of the garment hanger elements.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view inplemental features enabling assembly with the wire frame portion.

. The structure selected for illustration is not intended to serve as a limitation upon the scope or teachings of the invention, but is merely illustrative thereof. There may be considerable variations and adaptations of all or part-of the teachings depending. upon the dictates of commercial practice.

The present embodiment comprises a wire or frame In of light gauge wire construction providing a double strand twisted shank II which terminates in a hook l2 of standard or suitable shape and construction. The shank ll extends downwardly in garment supporting arms I3 and 14 that diverge to provide the final angular configuration conforming to the suitable support of a garment such as a coat.

The diverging arms l3-M of the frame It extend outwardly to merge in rounded ends 15 and I6 that are inwardly curved to present downwardly inclined and converging extensions ll. Each of the inwardly converging extensions I! terminate in downwardly extending enclosed loops I8 and I9 comprising a part of the frame arms l3--l 4, respectively.

The downwardly extending frame loops Ill-l9 have their terminal ends 20 extending upwardly and outwardly at an inclined angle to present opposing engaging edges 2| and 22 substantially in horizontal alignment to frictionally fit into horizontal slots 23 provided in thebottom of a paper tube strut 24,

The paper tube strut 24 is preferably though not essentially convoluted from jute or other suitable materials to provide rigid tubular cylindrical bar supported between the curved ends l5--l6 of the frame as will appear more fully hereinafter,

The length of the paper tube strut 24 is somewhat greater than the distance between the curved frame ends I -46, since slots 25 are provided in the top portion of the paper tube strut 24 to communicate with both open ends 26 and 21 thereof to permit free registry with the curved ends l5-l6 of the wire frame [0. This precludes the rotation of the paper tube strut 24 relative to the frame arms [3-44 and provides for the insertion of the downward converging frame arm extensions I! so that the looped extremities |8l9 thereon will enter and protrude through the bottom slots 23 that are spaced from the ends 2621 of the tube a distance corresponding with the spacing 'of the wire frame loops [8-49.

The looped frame extremities l8-l9 are shaped and sized so that contact with the tube slots23 is effected along a horizontal line to establish 'contact therewith as at 2l22, thereby preventing lateral movement of the wire arms l3-l4 in either direction and maintaining the initial shape and diverging angularity thereof irrespective of the garment load thereon.

It-should be observed that this arrangement and method of assembly involves no tension, deformation or strain on either the wire frame It], its arms l3-|4, or its ends l5-l6 or on the paper tube strut 24 as these elements are initially shaped, stamped and constructedto be perfectly complemental to each other so that they can be shipped knocked-down to save transportation space and thereafter readily assembled by the user without entailing any appreciable time, effort or inconvenience.

Any stresses or strains imparted to the garment frame in by virtue of the garment load will not affect the assembled relation of the garment supporting elements. The assembled relation of the component elements is maintained owing to the fact that the inwardly curved frame arm ends I5--IB register with the paper tu be strut slots 25 to prevent relative turning therebetween. Any tendency for inward or outward displacement of the frame arms l3l4 relative to the tubular strut 24 is precluded by the looped extremities l8-l9 which protrude in and through the bottom slots 23 of the strut 24 so that there is a horizontal line of contact between the extremities of the slot 23 and the extreme edges 2|-22 of the looped extremities |8|9. This effects a dependable interengagement between the frame ends l5l6, on one handfand the looped frame extremities I8I9, on the other hand, with the slots 25-23, respectively, in the tubular strut 24, thereby retaining the wire frame ID and the tubular paper strut 24 in assembled relation without tension, deformation or strain on either or both other than the garment load thereon.

In order to support garments such as womens skirts from the frame In without doubling such garments over the tubular strut 24, any suitable fastener such as safety pins 28 extend through the loops l8l9 for engagement with the waistband of the skirt or other garment to effect the suspended support thereof. With these fasteners, such garments as skirts can be supported without folding or other undesirable creasing. This also permits the paper tubular strut 24 to be inserted between the frame ends I 5-4 6 and their downwardly inclined and converging extension I! so that the enclosed looped extremities l8l9 5 can be lodged in the bottom tube slots 23 to effect assemble these without any particular equipment or previous experience or utilization of force which would permanently impair the paper tube 24.

While Ihave illustrated and described a preferred embodiment of this invention, it must be understood that the invention is capable of considerable variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of theappended claims.

I claim:

1. In a garment hanger, a supporting hook and a frame of wire having downwardly diverging arms, inwardly curved arm ends on said frame, curved terminals on said arm ends defining strut connecting members, and an open end tubular strut having complemental connecting means therein proximate to the open ends thereof, said inwardly curved arm ends extending for their normal spread axially through the open ends of said tubular strut with said curved terminals fitted into said complemental connecting means from within said tubular strut to preclude their separation when said frame ends extend for their normal spread through the open ends of said tubular strut.

2. In a garment hanger, a supporting hook and a frame of wire having downwardly diverging arms, inwardly curved arms ends on said frame,

' curved loop terminals on said arm ends defining tube connecting members, and an open end tubub lar strut'having complemental connecting means therein proximate to the open ends thereof, said inwardly curved arm ends extending for their normal spread axially through the open ends of said tubular strut with said curved loop terminals fitted into said complemental connecting means from within said tubular strut to project therethrough as hanger loops and preclude separation between said frame and strut when said frame ends extend for their normal spread through the open ends of said tubular strut.

3. In a garment hanger, a supporting hook and a frame of wire having downwardly diverging arms, inwardly curved arm ends on said frame, curved loop terminals on said arm ends defining tube connecting members, and an open end tubular strut having complemental slots therein proximate to the open ends-thereof, said inwardly curved arm ends extending for their normal spread axially through the open ends of said.

tubular strut with said curved loop terminals fitted into said complemental slots from within said tubular strut to project therethrough as hanger loops and preclude separation between said frame and strut when said frame ends extend for their normal spread through the open ends of said tubular strut.

4. In a garment hanger, a supporting hook and a frame of wire having downwardly diverging arms, inwardly curved arm ends on said frame, enclosed curved loop terminals on said arm ends defining tube connecting members, and an open end tubular strut having complemental slots therein proximate to the open ends thereof, said tubular strut having end communicating notches therein to reduce the length of the tubular strut therebetween to correspond with the normal spacing of said inwardly curved arm ends that register therewith, said inwardly curved arm ends extending for their normal spread axially through the open ends of said tubular strut with said enclosed curved loop terminals fitted into said complemental slots from within said tubular strut to project therethrough as hanger loops and preclude separation between said frame and strut when said frame ends extend for their normal spread through the open ends of said tubular strut.

JAMES D. CONEY.

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