US2517211A - Pants and skirt hanger - Google Patents

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Aug. 1, 1950 A. R. JONES PANTS AND SKIRT HANGER Filed March 11, 1947 Fig.

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AUSTIN R. JONES A'TTCI R N EYE Patented Aug. 1, 1950 UNITED iiii t i NT Otl 'iCiE.

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in garment hangers, and more particularly to the provision of a device which is adapted to support pants, skirts, and other garments in a satisfactory manner.

The usual garment hanger is not capable of supporting pants or skirts in a manner which will keep the garments in proper shape. This is especially noted with pants which have no cuffs, and with skirts. Hangers heretofore provided have resorted to twisted wires and clamping means to hold garments.

It is, therefore, an object of this invention to provide a garment hanger which involves no twisted wires or exposed parts to mar a closet wall or clothing therein, and does not require clothing to be held therein by buttons or wedging.

It is a further object to provide a garment hanger which holds the garments in a horizontal and not an inclined plane, and adjustable to the size of the garment.

A further object is to provide a garment hanger which has no swivelling action, and eliminates the necessity of using two hands to remove a hanger from a closet rod or rack.

The above and other objects are attained by the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a device embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a view of a name plate adapted to be used on the hanger.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, the garment hanger is shown to comprise a single rod l which is bent intermediate its length to form a hook 2 with no twisting of the rod.

The ends of the rod are looped at 3 and bent back upon themselves as shown at l, the ends of which are curled to form smooth garment receiving surfaces 5.

At the mid-point of the hanger, and embracing the hook 2 is a name plate 6. The rod I and name plate 6 are preferably made of aluminum, to produce lightness in weight.

The hanger can be, obviously, made at a low cost, as it requires only a single rod bent into the shape desired. The hanger can be adjusted for garments of different sizes, and there is no swiveling or twisting of Wires necessary. The hanger has full circle loops to enable greater ad- ;iustability and the return portions from the loops do not touch the portions extending from the loops. The hanger is capable of supporting skirts below the waist line and pants below the cuffs. The plate 8 produces a streamlined eiiect and provides a place upon which can be printed nai es and numbers when many hangers are used to hold similar garments in restaurants, shops, cafes, and the like.

The above description is to be considered as illustrative and not limitative of the invention of which modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope as set forth in the appended claim.

The invention having been described, what is claimed is:

A garment hanger, comprising a single rod looped intermediate its length to provide a hook formed of two parallel portions of the rod, with the portions of the hook at the end thereof being disposed at right angles to the hook in opposite directions in the same plane, the ends of these portions being looped and then bent upon themselves to lie adjacent that part of the portions extending between the loops and the hook, the ends of the portions bent back having loops at their extremities and a plate attached to the lower end of the hook portions and the oppositely directed portions to retain these portions in fixed relation to each other and to permit the printing or inscribing of names or numbers on the plate.

AUSTIN R. JONES.

REFERENCE S CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 638,916 Wright Dec. 17, 1901 2,261,819 Zeuthen Nov. 4;, 1941

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