US2391923A - Garment hanger - Google Patents

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, Jan 1, 1946.

H. c. RUEN ETAL GARMENT HANGER F iled May 27. 1943 may/ 7 Enventors v Hen/"y Qliuen Harry .Jzmmans i I attorney Patented Jan. 1, 194-6 "UNIT so STATES .P?

GARMENT HANGER Henry 'C. Ruen, Detroit, Mic'h., and -H'arry Si-iiimons, o1eve1anu, Ohio,

assignors =to Cleaners Hanger Company, Detroit, Mich, a

corporation of Michigan Application May 27, 1943, sea-amt. is'sfiiz 2 Claims.

This invention relates to garment hangers and particularly garment hangers of substantially a triangular form.

It has been very largely the practice to make triangular garment hangers entirely of wire. It is desirable, however, to form the lower or strut member of such a hanger of wood or other inexpensive, non-metallic material to economize on use of wire and to afiord a relatively wide seat to trousers or the like hung on such member, and various hangers have been so designed.

An object of the invention is to provide improved means for connecting a non-metallic strut to the divergent wire arms of a triangular hanger, achieving a high degree of rigidity and permanency, and fully lending itself to quantity production.

Another object is to so space the ends of such a strut inwardly from diverged lower portions of the arms as to safeguard any garment hung on the arms from material engagement with the ends of the strut.

Another object is to bend the lower end portions of the wire arms toward each other to carry the strut, disposing the latter beneath said bent end portions, and forming said end portions with down-turned extensions passing through the strut.

Another object is to so clinch said downturned extensions beneath the strut as to very positively prevent escape of the strut and eliminate any cutting or tearing effect of the wire extremities.

These and various other objects are attained by the construction hereinafter described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of the improved hanger.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of an end portion of the hanger, particularly showing the connection between the strut member and an arm of the hanger.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of said conneccircular arcs to form hanger ends 3 and are then bent toward each other to form supports 4 for a strut 5. The ends of the latter engage beneath the supports 4 which are downwardly bent as indicated at 6 to pass through the strut. The downturned portions are of sufficient length to permit clinching them as indicated at 'l beneath the strut; and clinching being efiected preferably by bending the end portions of the wire outwardly or toward the strut ends, Also adequate force is applied in clinching to embed the ends of the wires in the bottom face of the strut, so that no damage may be done by said ends.

It is important to note that the strut is proportioned to space its ends a material distance inwardly from the hanger ends 3 so that a dress carried on the arms may not be torn, in being removed, by catching on the strut ends. The strut is preferably formed of wood with rounded edges, its width being adequate to provide a seat having no tendency to crease a garment folded over the strut.

In assembling the described hanger, the downturned wire portions 6 are forced through the strut while said portions are fully parallel, as indicated in dash lines in Fig. 1. -By suitable mechanism (not shown) said end portions may be punched through the strut without necessity of drilling the latter, thus materially simplifying assembly, and also assuring a very tight fit of the portions 6 in the strut. Clinching of both wire extremities may be effected in a single operation, and in such operation, the inturned supports 4 are of importance since they may be engaged, as by members 8 of a machine to resist the heavy force imposed by the clinching operation.

The economy of wire resulting from using a strut of the described character is of considerable importance in view of the large quantity demand for garment hangers. Another considerable economy lies in fact that there is no necessity of applying cardboard or paper trousers guards to hangers having wide non-metallic struts. In present practice, dry cleaners usually apply such guards, considerable time and labor being thus expended.

The modification of the invention shown in Figs. 4 and 5 is satisfied by the description already given as regards wire arms 2a having downwardly curved ends 3a formed with inturned supports 4a for a strut 5a. The latter is perforated to receive a downwardly bent portion 6a of each support 4a, and portions So have sufficient length to permit clinching them terminally so that the strut cannot possibly escape. As is indicated at 1a, the wire is clinched by bending the same transversely of the strut, the latter being recessed at 8a and each clinched end portion being upwardly curved so as to shield its end within the corresponding recess 8a.

In punching the portions 6 or 60. of the wire through the strut, it is preferred to grip the latter between a pair of jaws imposing pressure on the sides of the strut, so as to prevent its splitting.

What we claim is:

1. A garment hanger comprising a pair of downwardly divergent wire arms, a supporting hook engaging said arms at their juncture, and a, strut interconnecting the lower end portions of the arms, said end portions being bent toward each other above the strut extremities and being further bent downwardly and extended through the strut and being further bent transversely of the strut beneath the latter, and being terminally upturned, the strut being laterally recessed to receive and shield the ends of the wire.

2. A garment hanger comprising a, pair of joined downwardly divergent wire arms, a supportin hook at the juncture of said arms, a strut interconnecting the arms at their lower ends and spaced materially inwardly from said ends, and extensions from the arms serving as supports for the strut, said extension projecting inwardly above and in close proximity to the strut, then passing downwardly through the strut, and having extremities clinched beneath and terminally embedded in the strut, the strut being gripped between the inwardly projecting portions and clinched extremities of said extensions.

HENRY C. RUEN. HARRY M. SIMMONS.

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