US2383009A

US2383009A - Garment hanger for bags and like receptacles

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Publication number: US2383009A
Application number: US377884A
Authority: US
Inventors: Meyer Siegfried
Original assignee: Meyer Siegfried
Current assignee: Carolina Soy Products Inc
Priority date: 1941-02-07
Filing date: 1941-02-07
Publication date: 1945-08-21
Anticipated expiration: 1962-08-21

Description

Aug. 21, 1945. v

S.YMEYER GARMENT HANGER FOR BAGS AND LIKE; RECEPTACLES Filed Feb. 7. 1941 INVENTOR. Swan/:0 ME YER.

Patented Aug. 21, 1945 GARMENTH-ANGER Fommos nun H "RECEPTAGLES SiegfriedMeyer, maaba air, i Application-February 7, mnys rmlism- 3771884 2 Claims. toilets-Q85) Y "This invention relates to hanger devices and more particularlyto garment hangermeans, es- :pecially for use "in connection with'paper bags "or other receptacles.

'It is an object of the present invention to pro- Vide hanger means adapted to support a garment thereon in foldedconditionand to simultaneously 'brace the upper part of a bag made preferably of flexible or paper material whichbag may "be merit thereof. "Th-eseforms areshown forjthe purpose off-illustrating the invention since the same 'has lbeen found in practice to give satisfactory andj'reliable results, although it is-to be 'understoodthat'the variousrparts-of which the invention consists can'ibe variously arranged and organized'and that the invention is not limited to" the precise arrangement and organization of "-theinstrumentalities-as herein shown and dei i Wt Figs. l'fto -3 show garment hanger devices incorporating "the invention andillustrating vari- ,ous'stages in folding-afgamnent.

"Yet; a further object of the present invention 'i's'to provide a hanger device for use ina paper kg bag or thelike, which device permits the transport of agarment or-garments of a length greater thanthe length of the bag; the dependingportion of said garment or garments beingfoldable about a or rodof said device andIbeing "foldedin position in =said' bag -without being crushed or crumpled.

Still another "object of the present invention is to provide a hanger device for a garment or a plurality of garments which device enables a person to conveniently and easily pack said garments and to carry them in a bag preferably made of paper or similar inexpensive flexible material, a portion of said device forming a hand grip by which said device and garments thereon accommodated in said bag may be carried. by the hand of a person or may be suspended from a suitable support.

It is yet a further object of the present invention to provide hanger means particularly adapt-- ed for use in paper or like bags and which is 40 portions, 6| from which dress 60 depends.

economical, eificient, practical, inexpensive and capable of supporting a garment in compact form.

Yet, another object of the present invention is to connect garment shoulder hanger means with a garment folding member, one or mor garment portions depending from said shoulder hanger means being folded over by said folding member,

which is positioned in a plane different from that of said shoulder hanger means and projects preferably laterally therebeyond. a

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will appear from the following disclosure thereof together With the attached drawing which illustrates certain forms of embodi- "Figfkis a detailed view of-the hand 'grip portionof a, garment hanger device employabl in connectionwith-the invention.

Figfl5 is a detailed sectional view taken along I Referring-now tdthe drawing numeral indicatesa conventional-bag'made of paperor similar-material usedyin the tailoring, cleaning and I dying j trade, and which may have closure means (not .Siholiifl'l) at the'sides 0f the bag 201:0 hold:

"the front and rearwalls together.

"Disposed'within thebagjfl is a hanger device 240. shown as being made of one piece of wire "material and having'a handle or hand grip 24b "projecting-fromwithinsaid bag therewithou't througha-slot (not shown) of bag 20. Hanger 24a has the downwardly directed and diverging garment shoulder supporting parts 6|, which may be joined together by a bar or rod as clearly seen in Fig. 1.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 3, there is disclosed a garment hanger 240. with grip portion 24b. The garment depicted in form of a dress is supported at its shoulders by said garment shoulder hanger device 24a and rests on its inclined folding memberliz isemployed which, in this instance, is of sufficient width that it may be threaded over hanger device 24a (as shown in Fig. l) and moved downwardly in the direction 5 of arrows 63 from a position illustrated in Fig. 1 to, say, a position shown in Fig. 2. It is to be noted that the depending portion 60a of dress restson bar or folding means 62a of member 62. Member 62 is now moved upwardly in the 0 direction of arrows 64 in a side by side position with shoulder hanger 24a to be then supported by separable grip handle 25a which may engage grip position 24b of said of hanger device 24a (Fig. 2) for which purpose grip handle 25a is I and 5) for the reception of the substantially U- shaped upper portion 66 of member 62. Grip handle 25a is further provided with a transverse annular channel or groove 66a in which is received a spring member 61 having its opposed curved ends 66 projecting within slot 65 and in close proximity with one another, so that in inserting portion 66 into hollow handle grip 25a, ends 68 will give, thus permitting passage of said portion 66 which will then be disposed adjacent U-shaped upper portion 24b'of hanger device 24a, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. Thus, dress 60 is maintained in neatly folded condition and may be carried in a bag, as indicated by dot and dash lines of Fig. 3.

It can be seen from the above disclosure that the instrumentalities employed in this invention maintain a garment or a plurality thereof in compact folded condition thereby permitting the use of a relatively short bag 20, as illustrated in Fig. 3, thus taking up a relatively small space therein and further making the garment package unusually simple and easy to'carry. The garment folding means hereinabove referred to together with the garment shoulder hanger means form a kind of stiffening means for the upper part of the preferably flexible bag 20 provided with a slot (not shown), through which the not desire to be limited to such details since changes and modifications in the form, arrangements, proportions and sizes thereof may well be made without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention in its broadest aspect.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is:

1. A device for carrying garments and the like in folded condition comprising garment shoulder hanger means having downwardly directed diverging lateral ends, and substantially rectangular folding means extending beyond the lateral ends of said shoulder hanger means and adapted to be slipped over a garment when suspended from said shoulder hanger means, said folding means comprising a substantially U- shaped yoke and a transversely directed bar 6 below said yoke and engaging the ends of said handle protrudes and which is prevented from crumpling.

It can thus be realiied that there has been achieved, according to this invention, a garment supporting device which comprises a member for engaging the shoulder parts of a garment having a portion depending from said member, said member upper portion, folding means adapted for positioning side by side with said member and engageable with the latter, the depending portion of said garment being adapted to be carried by said folding means when the garment shoulder parts are engaged for support by said member, and separable handle means adapted for engagement by the hand of a person and for receiving said U-shaped upper portion and said folding means in said side by side position with said garment in folded condition.

Although I have described my improvement with considerable detail and with respect to a certain particular form of my invention, I do:

including a substantially U-shaped U-shaped yoke to fold the lower portion of said garment over said bar, said yoke being adapted for positioning side by side with said shoulder hanger means and being engageable with the latter, whereby said lower garment portion placed on said bar may be lifted to the folded position of said garment in which said yoke of said folding means engages said shoulder hanger means, said bar being arranged substantially above the 1ater;a1 ends of said shoulder hanger means when said yoke is in said engagement position, said U-shaped yoke being adapted for abutment against the end wall of a garment bag for protecting said folded garment.

2. A garment supporting device comprising a member for engaging the shoulder parts of a garment having a portion depending from said member, said member including a substantially U-shaped upper portion, folding means adapted for positioning side by side with said member and engageable with the latter, the depending portion of said garment being adapted to be carried by said folding means when the garment shoulder parts are engaged for support by said member, and separable handle means adapted for engagement by the hand of a person and for receiving said U-shaped upper portion and said folding means in said side by side position with said garment in folded condition.

SIEGFRIED MEYER.