US2547436A

US2547436A - Garment hanger

Info

Publication number: US2547436A
Application number: US69209A
Authority: US
Inventors: Margaret M Brock
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1949-01-04
Filing date: 1949-01-04
Publication date: 1951-04-03
Anticipated expiration: 1968-04-03

Description

A ril 3, 1951' M. M. BROK 29 79 3 GARMENT HANGER Filed Jan. 4, 1949 INVENTORQ lilagarei firodf/ Patented Apr. 3, 1951 UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE This invention relates to garment hangers, and particularly to an article of this character which is telescopically collapsible or capable of being materially reduced in' size to thereby permit of the same being adjustable to accommodate garments of various sizes, and also to render it extremely portable and of small size and capable of being carried or contained in small space, thus rendering it convenient for travelling.

An object of the invention is to provide a garment hanger of the above character which may be made of wire and thus be made economically and inexpensively by readily-available machinery.

More particularly, the invention contemplates the provision of a garment hanger having a frame wholly composed of wire and having a central portion hung from a suspension hook and receiving end portions which are slidably adjustable toward one another on the central portion to thereby either reduce the overall size of the hanger or else extend it to full or to intermediate size as required.

The invention further contemplates the provision of other features of construction to be hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the claim appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, wherein an illustrative embodiment of the invention is disclosed, Fig. l is a front elevation of a garment hanger constructed according to the invention and in its extended, or fully open position; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the garment hanger in its collapsed or telescoped position; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 4 is a view of one of the end members of the hanger; Fig. 5 is a View of the central supporting member, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the end members. 7

The. hanger includes a triangular wire frame which is composed of four, main parts, namely, the central supporting member I, the

end members

2 and 3, and the suspension hook i. All of the parts of the hanger are preferably composed of relatively stifi wire'which may be bent to the desired shapes by known wire-forming machinery. The central support I consists of asingle piece of wire and is formed with the two legs 4 and. 5 extending divergently from the centrally located loop 6 which receives a loop formed on the lower end of the suspension hook I. At the free end of each of the legs '4 and 5 is formed a guide loop or eye 8.

The

end members

2 and 3 are both alike in con- 1 Claim. (Cl. 223-89) struction and a description of one of them will sufiice for both. Each of said end members consists of a bent length of wire which may be de scribed as being roughly U-shape, having a lower longer leg I l and an upper shorter leg 9. At the end of the leg 9 is formed a laterally-bent guide loop or eye I0 and at the end of the long leg H is formed a laterally-bent guide loop or eye I 2.

In the assembled position of the parts of the hanger, it will be observed that each of the short legs 9 on the

end members

2 and 3, extends and is guided through one of the loops or eyes 8 on the

legs

4 and 5 of the central member I. These

legs

4 and 5 extend respectively through the loops or eyes I0 provided on the legs 9 of the

end members

2 and 3. The long leg ll of one of the end members extends through the guide loop I2 on the long leg of the companion end member, as clearly seen in Figs. 1 and 2.

The open or extended position of the hanger is shown in Fig. 1, wherein it will be seen that the hanger, when so extended, is of the normal shape and size of the conventional wire coat hanger. When it is desired to reduce the size of the hanger or to collapse or telescope it compactly for packing it in a hand bag. or otherwise transporting it, the

end members

2 and 3 are pushed inwardly or toward one another to either the limit of such movement or to any extent desired to reduce thehanger to the size required. When pressure is imposed on the

end members

2 and 3, they will slide along the

legs

4 and 5 of the central member, and the guide loops l2 will also slide on the legs II which they respectively embrace, thus permitting the

end members

2 and 3 to move inwardly or toward one another to the limit of such movement, if desired. The hanger in its fully telescoped or collapsed condition is shown in Fig. 2 wherein it will be noted that the same has beenvery materially reduced in size and may thus be readily accommodated in a hand bag or in any other small space.

The parts of the hanger are, as previously stated, composed of springy wire and are preferably arranged to slide rather stifily relatively to one another so that they will remain in any set position. This will enable the hanger to be partially collapsed, when desired, to enable it to accommodate small garments such as childrens garments. When the hanger is in its fully telescoped condition, as seen in Fig, 2, it may be further reduced in size, if desired, by folding the suspension hook I downwardly, and by springing the parts slightly, causing the hook l to engage about the legs II. This will flex the legs ll slightly and .thus prevent inadvertent sliding movement of the parts of the wire frame relatively to one another and serve to hold the hanger in its collapsed or telescoped condition.

The construction of the hanger is such that its parts may be easily fabricated at small cost; it is sturdy and convenient to use and when telescoped or collapsed can be very conveniently carried in luggage, in the pocket, or in the glove compartment of an automobile, thus providing the advantages of having a garment hanger present without utilizing space normally required for a hanger of conventional construction.

Having described one embodiment of the invention, it is obvious that the same is not to be restricted thereto, but is broad enough to cover all structures coming within the scope of the annexed claim.

What I claim is:

A garment hanger having a central wire piece, aid pi ce a ing s ex ending i e ee tl from its nte sai p e e being fo d wi h a central loop. each le be n f rme at ts d wit an. y a pa r of U-. p.ed wire e d m m r each of said 61 6. members having a, relatively .110.113 16g slidable through one of the eyes, each short ee, t r i ating, an ye t ugh which one of the legs of the central wire piece is slidable, each of the end members having a long leg, said long legs overlapping and forming an adjustable cross bar for the hanger, said long legs terminating in eyes by means of which said long legs slidably embrace one another, and a suspension hook swingably attached to the loop of the central piece, said hook being of a length to enable it to be swung to a position to engage about the adjustable cross bar when the hanger is collapsed and apply tension thereon to prevent the sliding movement of the legs which form said bar.

MARGARET M. BROCK.

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

UNITED STATES PATENTS Numbe Na D 3? 599,244 Larsen Feb. 15, 1898 958,366 Clausen May 17 1910 1,377,837 Kaufer May 10, 1921 2,360,119 Gallagher Oct. 10, 1944 2,531,293 Paulsen Nov. 21, 1950