US2434242A

US2434242A - Space miser clothes rack

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Publication number: US2434242A
Application number: US584171A
Authority: US
Inventors: Bernard P Hermes
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1945-03-22
Filing date: 1945-03-22
Publication date: 1948-01-13
Anticipated expiration: 1965-01-13

Description

Jan., 13, 194s. y B, P 'HERMES 2,434,242

SPACE MISER CLOTHES RACK Filed March 22, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN VEN TOR.

Jan, 13, B. P, HERMES y 2,434,242

SPACE MISER CLOTHES RACK Filed March 22, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN VEN TOR.

E' @my ATTE! R N EYS Patented Jan. 13, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT YGFFICE SPACE'MISER CLOTHES RACK Bernard P. Hermes, Los Gatos, Calif.

Application March 22, 1945,A Serial No. 584,171

Claims. (C1. 2'11-99) My present invention, in its broad aspect, has todo with collapsible garment racks for use with coat hangers of all types, and the like, and it is especially indicated for use where conservation of space is essential, as in aeroplane cabins, railway cars, automobiles, boats, and the like. More particularly, it is my purpose to provide a rack which is pivoted to be moved completely out of the way and to conceal all hooks and the like for suspending garment hangers and the like, but which when extended, will offer facilities for hanging the maximum number of garments. Furthermore, my garment rack may be set into, or attached to, or used with curved surfaces or formations, such as automobile tops, curved cabin contours, such as are found in aeroplanes and boats, and the like, and in addition, my device is so formed that the rack will be presented at a proper angle irrespective of the angle of attachment of the support. In addition to the above objects, my device is exceedingly simple in construction, sturdy, practical, and eicient in operation and may be manufactured and sold at relatively small cost.

Other and equally important objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent from the following description and drawings, and it is pointed out that changes in size, form, shape, materials, and construction and arrangement of parts may be made and are within the purview of my broad inventive concept, and the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings wherein I have illustrated a preferred form of my invention:

Figure 1 is a front elevation, with the rack extended for use;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 2 2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a top plan view;

Figure 4 is a transverse section on the line 4-4 of- Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Figure 2;

VFigure 6 is a section, partly fragmentary, of my rack folded into its support;

Figure 7` is a detail of my yieldable pivot pin;

Figure 8 is a side View, partly broken away, showing the type of supporting block used tovpresent the rack at a proper angle when the support is attached to an angled base;

Figure 9 is a detail of a top latch, and

Figure l0 is a side View, partly broken away, of a form designed for use with curved surfaces, `such as automobile tops and the likel and shows the type of supporting block used to present the rack' ata proper angle.

In the drawings wherein like characters of reierence are used to Kdesignate like or similar parts:

The numeral I designates my rack support, which is formed with similarly constructed

support sections

2 and 3. These sections are joined together along a center line 4 by end screwsV 5. The assembled rack support is of lelongated rectangular formation with beveled side and end edges topresent a pleasing appearance. The sections areV so formed that the support has'a central depression or cavity 'I- extending from the solid ends 8 lengthwise thereof, and open at the front S. The ends of the cavity are rounded as at 9a vand the sides formed with parallel, opposed key slots IB and at the front of the bottom end wall of the cavity 'I is a recess I l Formed in thethin back wall of the support are countersunk openings I2 to receive suitable mounting screws or the like to attach the support to a wall or other base, and at a point spaced from the bottom of the cavity is a stop lug I3 which is attached to the back by a screw I4.

The rack, generally designated by l5, has 'a body Iconforming in general contour to the shape of the open front 9, but not as thick as the front so that the rack body, when folded into the support, as shown in Figure 6, forms a front wall for the support, back of which is a chamber Il. The rack body may be suitably decorated to present a pleasing appearance. The rear end of' theV body I6 is transversely slotted at IS, and the web I9 remaining at the rear end has a threaded bore 20. In front of the slot I8 is attached kby a screw 2I an L-shaped block 22'. Mounted in the bore 2B is a threadedsleeve 23, through which extends a pin V24 formed midway the ends and at right angles to the bar 25 which extends transversely of the slot I8, and of the rack body I6 and out from the sides as at 25 to iit into the key slots I0 of the support, whereby to pivotally mount the rack on the support. A plurality of spaced apart screw hooks Z'Iv are attached to the rack body for coat hangers and the like. A spring 23 about the pin 24 bears against the bar 25 and sleeve 2! to normally urge the bar against the head of the slot I8, as shown in Figure '7. l

In operation, the support is attached to the base by a pair of screws passing through the openings in the back. The body I6 of the rack I5 is folded into the cavity of the support with the bar 25 and block 22 uppermost, as shown in Figure 6, and with the hooks 21 turned inwardly and concealed in the compartment I1. The end of the body seats in the recess I I so that the body is flush with the outer surface of the support and out of the way. To use the rack, the bottom end of the rack body I6 is pulled out and the bar 25 moved down the slot. The body is pulled out against the pressure of spring 28 to pass the stop I3 and lie beneath the stop, as shown in Figure 2, with the block 22 resting in the recess II to position the rack body in a horizontal position with the hooks 21 extending downwardly, as shown in Figure 2, to receive coat hangers and the like.

As shown in Figure 8, the block 22 has an angular butt 29 to present the rack body I6 at an angle to the support and the stop I3. The construction is especially desirable when the support is attached to an angular base 30 so that the rack body is maintained in a horizontal position. An end latch 3! may be provided which consists in a slide latch plate 32 and a button 32u maintained in a recess 32h in the end of the rack body, as shown in Figure 9. Where the base is curved, as at 33 in Figure 10, the sup-port is curved at 34 and also the rack body, as at 35, and the block 22 has an angular butt 36 and engages the recess I I after the manner shown, with the end of the rack engaging the base of the stop I3.

From the foregoing it is believed that the operation and advantages of my invention will be apparent, but it is again emphasized that interpretation of the scope of my invention should only be conclusive when made in the light of the subjoined claims.

I claim:

1. A garment rack comprising a support formed with a longitudinal cavity opening at the front of the support, and key slots formed in the side walls of the cavity, an elongated rack having a body pivotally and slidably mounted in the support, a pivot bar having resilient mounting means carried by the rack body tting in the key slots, said body being foldable from a position at an angle to the support with one face directed downwardly, to a position with said face directed into the cavity and the other face of the body flush with the support, hanger hooks on the first face of the rack body, a stop mounted on the lower end of the support to engage the end of the rack body, and a block on the bo-dy engaging the lower end of the cavity, and holding said body at an angle to the support.

2. The invention as defined in claim 1, wherein the pivot bar mounting means comprises a pin extending at right angles thereto, a spring on the pin, the bar being mounted in a slot in the body and pressed to one end of the slot by the spring, and centered by the pin with the ends of the bar extending out from the sides of the body to engage in the key slots.

3. The invention as dened in claim 1, wherein the cavity in the support is of a depth to form a Compartment for the hooks when the body is folded into the support, and the outside surface of the body flush with the outside surface of the support.

4. The invention as dei-ined in claim 1, wherein the stop comprises a sleeve secured within the cavity by a screw, and is disposed adjacent one end of the support, and wherein the support is formed with a recess at the lower end of the cav- `ity adapted for engagement with the block on the 4 body in one position, and with the end of the rack body in another position.

5. The invention as dened in claim 1, wherein the support is formed with two symmetrical sections meeting on a longitudinal middle line to form a cavity with an open front.

6. The invention as dened in claim 1, wherein the block has an angularly formed butt portion disposed to position the rack body at a predetermined angle to the support when the block is in engagement with the lower end of the cavity.

'7. The invention as defined in claim 1, wherein the rack body has an end latch on the end opposite the pivot bar including a slide plate and knob for operation thereof disposed to engage a slot in the body.

8. The invention as defined in claim l, wherein the support key slots, and the rack body are curved.

9. The invention as dened in claim 1, wherein the rack body is slidably and pivotally supported in the key slots by a T-shaped pivot bar, opposing ends of the T-bar engaging the key slots with the stern of the T-bar supporting the resilient mounting means.

10. A collapable garment hanger rack comprising an elongated rectangular-shaped support having a cavity therein and having an opening in the front with opposed parallel slots at the sides of the opening, said support having a lug in the cavity spaced from the lower end of the opening in the front, and a rack body having hooks on the under surface thereof with bar ends extending laterally from the sides of the rack body, spaced from the inner end thereof and engaging the said opposed parallel slots 0f the support, said rack body adapted to nest in the opening in the front of the support, lling said opening, said rack body having a block on the under surface positioned to rest in the lower end of the opening in the front of the support to coact with the lug in the cavity and the laterally disposed bar ends to sustain the rack body in a horizontally disposed position, and said rack body adapted to be titled and slid upward until the inner end passes the lug wherein the inner end is free to be slid upward with the outer end folded downwardly to fill the opening in the front of the support with the hooks and block on the under surface of the rack body in the cavity of the support.

BERNARD P. HERMES.

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