US2540508A - Collapsible garment and hat hanger - Google Patents

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Feb- 6, H. c. COLLAPSIBLE GARMENT AND HAT HANGER Filed June 7, 1949 Patented Feb. 6, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COLLAPSIBLE GARMENT AND HAT HANGER,

Henry C. Brown, New York, N. Y. Application June 7, 1949, Serial No. 97,6l7

.This invention relates to garment and hat hangers and more especially to hangers of the collapsible type, which may be folded, up so as to occupy a minimum space. Hangers of this type are in great demand with the traveling public, as when collapsed, they occupy but small space,,rendering them extremely convenient of transportation. M

It is the object of this invention to produce a hanger of the type described which shall be extremely simple in construction, economical of production, which, when not in use, maybe folded up so as to occupy a minimum of space, and which will be durable and eflicient in operation.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of a hanger of this type which is well adaptedfor being made of plastic material, preferably of transparent plastic material, so that it will be of a pleasant outer appearance and will match the various other articles of a modern travel outfit, such as brushes, combs, and the like which frequently are made partially or entirely of transparent plastic material.

With the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as the descriptionproceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred forms of the invention have been shown.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a p'referred embodiment of my invention as it appears when it is collapsed;

Fig. 2 is a, vertical cross-sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and, v

Fig. 3 is a reduced front elevation of the expanded hanger.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views. 1

In the drawing the numerals l and 2 denote a pair of plates between which is interposed a flat center piece 3 that is substantially of the shape of an inverted T. The parts I, 2 and 3 are secured to each other by means of screws 4 or by any other suitable means. The upper and the lateral portions of the plates I and 2 protrude beyond the upper and the lateral edges of the part 3, except that the horizontal fiiot portion of the part 3 is of the same width he plates I and 2. The upper center portions of the plates I and 2 Claims. (01. 223-85) 2, above the upper end of the part 3, are reinforced and rest against each other and are pro-- vided with registering vertical channels which; are semi-circular in cross-sections. The lower end portion of said channels is wider than their main portion, and a disk '5 is rotatable therein.

The vertical shaft portion of a'hook 6 is extended through the narrower main portion of said channels and is secured to the disk 5. Thus the hook 6 is held safely between the plates I and 2 and can be rotated relative to the parts I, 2

and 3.

Laterally beyond the center piece 3 protruding sections of the plates I and 2 form substantially vertical grooves with the'part '3, and screws I, or pins, or the like are crosswise extended through the. lower-portions of said grooves II. Arms 8 are' pivotally attached to the plates I and 2 by means of the screws 1, and can be inserted completely into the grooves 8' when they are in an upright position (Fig. 1). When the arms'B are moved from the vertical position to'a horizontal position (Fig. 3), their movement is limited by the horizontal widened foot portion of the centerpiece 3, so that they will remain in the position shown in Fig. 3.

An upwardly diverging bar 9 is partially inserted into registering upright slots II) in the parts I and 3, and is tiltably secured to the part 3 by means of a cross pin II. The lower portion of the bar 9 is wedge-shaped (Fig. 2), so that it will rest against the plate 2 after the bar 9 has been moved about thirty degrees from its vertical position. In the vertical position, which 7 position the bar 9 constitutes a hook for suspending therefrom a hat or the like.

The upper end portions of the arms 8 preferably are provided with inclined notches I2, so that a skirt or a ladys under garment or the like may be suspended from the arms 8 as is indicated in Fig. 3.

Since certain changes may be made in the above article and different embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which as a matter of language might be said to fall therebetween.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a fiat upright center member having the 10 tweensaid back and front plates a'dja-cent the vertical center section of saidcentermember and being pivotally secured to thelower portion -0f saidwplates, an upwardly diverginglongitudinal bar being 'tiltably arranged in the registering slots of saidfront plate and said center-member and beingpivotally secured to the latter, and -a hook having a vertical shaft being rotatablysecured to "the upper portions of said plates and having its-lower shaft portion'interposed between said plates above said center member.

2. A collapsible garment hanger and hat hook comprising an upright "center piece which consists 'of'a fiat center member having theshape of an inverted -T andbeingprovided With'an upright slot extending from its'middle'into itslow- -'er portion, of'a: back plate secured to 'one side of said center memberibeing'of thesame-width as the foot section of the center member, and of a front plate of the same shape as said back plate and registering therewith and being secured to the other side of said center member and having a slot which registers with the slot in the center member, said plates forming vertical grooves with the center section of said center member and the upper center sections of said plates protruding beyond the upper extremity of said center member :and being reinforced so that they 1 rest against each other and having in the adjacent sides of their reinforced sections registering vertical channels, an arm being tiltable in each one of "those vertical grooves which are formed by said plates and said center member and being pivotal- "ly-securedtothe lower portion of said plates, an

upwardly ;,diverging longitudinal bar being tiltably arranged in the registering slots of said front plateand said center member and being pivotally attached to the center member, the lower portion of: each of said registering vertical-channels in the reinforced :upper sections of saidxplatesbelng 'wider than the upperchannel portion, a hookzhaving a vertical shaftnportion which is'extended into said registering channels, andna: disk monnected'to the lower end of said vertical ho'ok shaft beingcontained in the lower po'r'tions of said channels.

HENRY CFBROWN.

*REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record'inthe file of jthispatent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS 'Name "Date Barron "J an. 19, 1926 Number

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