US2570075A - Retainer for clothes hangers - Google Patents

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US2570075A
US2570075A US36970A US3697048A US2570075A US 2570075 A US2570075 A US 2570075A US 36970 A US36970 A US 36970A US 3697048 A US3697048 A US 3697048A US 2570075 A US2570075 A US 2570075A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G25/00—Household implements used in connection with wearing apparel; Dress, hat or umbrella holders
    • A47G25/14—Clothing hangers, e.g. suit hangers
    • A47G25/28—Hangers characterised by their shape
    • A47G25/32—Hangers characterised by their shape involving details of the hook
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T292/00—Closure fasteners
    • Y10T292/42—Rigid engaging means
    • Y10T292/432—Sliding catch
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T292/00—Closure fasteners
    • Y10T292/68—Keepers
    • Y10T292/696—With movable dog, catch or striker

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  • This invention relates to retainers for clothes hangers and more particularly to retainers therefor attached to the interior of luggage such as travelling bags; wardrobe and other trunks and trays fitted thereto.
  • An object of the present invention is to' provide a simple latch or retainer secured centrally to a side or end wall of a trunk, bag, or tray therefor, that will permit the supporting member or hook on a clothes hanger to be introduced therein and a latch member moved to a position looking the supporting member therein while permitting adjusting movement ofthe' hanger.
  • the retainer is in the form of a small casing within which is mounted a movable latch, slidable within the casing between positions permitting introduction of the supporting member for a clothes hanger to a position partially closing an opening or slot in the casing and locking the supporting member therein.
  • Fig. 1 is a complete plan view of the conventional luggage tray provided with the present clothes hanger retainer
  • Fig. 2 is a side view of the tray shown in Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 3 is a detached front view of the retainer forming the present invention, the view being shown in elevation;
  • Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the retainer shown in section and showing its mounting and attachment within a luggage tray;
  • Figs. 5 and 6 are front and side views respectively of a clothes hanger adapted for general use and for application to the retainer shown in Figs. 1 to 4, and
  • Fig. 7 is a detail of the upper end of a clothes hanger adapted for the present invention.
  • the invention may include the followingprincipal parts: First, a casing having a T-shaped slot formed centrally therein, and having attaching means for mounting the casing in fixed positionwithin a luggage tray or other piece of luggage;isecond, a slidable member mounted on the inner surface and movable to open and partially close the slot in the casing; third, a knob or other part attached to the slidable member and movable over the outer side of the casing so that the slidable member may be moved by manually operating theknob; and fourth, clothes hangers adapted to have their supporting members insertable within the slot in the casing and. retained against removal by movement of the slidable member to a locking position.
  • a tray lll ad-apted to fit within a traveling bag or trunk (not shown).
  • This tray II) is provided with clothes retaining and folding bars l2 and H hinged as shown to the side walls of the tray.
  • I hese-bars l2 and M are shown in closed position in full' lines in Figs. 1 and 2.
  • a fabric curtain l6 that may be placed over the clothes and racks when the tray 10 is filled and ready'to be placed within a trunk or other form of luggage.
  • a, casing l8 Centrally of the upper end wall of the tray [0 as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 is a, casing l8 having a central slot 20 formed therein in the form of a T.
  • the slot 20 will admit the upper end of a supporter or hook 24 for a clothes hanger 26, this end of the supporter 24 being shown in detail in Fig. 7.
  • the supporter 24 may be moved to the narrow portion of the slot 20 and with all hangers 24 in place slidable member 28 may be moved downward by means of the knob 30 to its position closing the wider portion 22 of the slot 20. In this position of the slidable member 28 the hangers 26 are retained against removal.
  • the slidable member 28 is formed from a thin sheet of metal such as steel and is guided in slots formed within the casing member l8.
  • the knob 30 is provided on the outside of the casing l8 and attached to the slidable member 28 by prongs or other means on the knob extending through the guid- 3 ing slots formed in the casing l8.
  • the slidable member 28 also is provided with an opening of T form, a portion being wide enough to fully uncover the wider part '22 of the slot 20 in the casing I8. In one position of the slidable member 28 the complete opening 20 including portion 22 in the casing 18 is open so that hangers 26 may be inserted.
  • tray or other piece of luggage ID the rear wall able. member, said slots having wide and narrow portions; and said slots, with the slidable member in one position, having their wide portions aligned and inanother position having the wide of the casing I8 may have bent over portions 32 on opposite sides so that screws 34 extending through the wall of the tray may enter threaded openings in these bent over portions;
  • the hangers. 2B usable with this casing I8' have their supporting extensions 24 formed with a neck portion 36 intermediate their length so that after passing the supporter 24 through the wider portion of the slot '22 the hanger 26 and its supporter 24 will be retained with the neck portion 36 of the supporter 24 within the lower and narrower portion ofthe slot 20.
  • the hangers'ZB also may be adaptable f0 general use and for that purpose the conventional hook 38 may be provided onthe hanger 26. As shown in Fig. 7 at 40 one side of the outer end of the supporter 24 is cut away so that the hook 38 maybe moved out of the way when its hanger 26 is to be placed within a tray I0.
  • the fabric cover It may have an attaching member l1 formedwith a neck portion similar to the, supporter'24.
  • the attaching member I! may be positioned within the casingl8 and locked therein similarly to thehangers 26. 'In this position of the member I! thefabric cover It is held in place over the hangers1216 and over the rods l2 and I 4 to retain. and protect the clothing within the tray I0.I
  • FIG. 5 and 6' An alternative form of hanger is shown in Figs. 5 and 6'.
  • the body portion may be-flat and made of wood, pressed fiberboard or sheet portions out of alignment, and a knob on said slidable'member having projections extending through narrow elongated slots in said casing member, whereby" said slidable member may be moved by movement of said knob, the length of movement being limited by said slots.
  • a retainer for clothes hangers comprising a casing attached to a piece of luggage and having' a' slidable" member therein, co-operating slots formed exactlyi'd casing and slidable member, said slots having wide and narrow portions and said slots, with the: slidable member in one position, having their wide portions aligned and in another position having the wide portions out of alignment, and aknob secured to said slidable member and having extensions passing through narrow slots in said casing and attached to said slidable memberwhereby: said slidable member will be attached to said knob and guided relatlve to said casing.

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Oct. 2, 1951 L. H. SCHWARZ RETAINER FOR CLOTHES HANGERS Filed July 5, 1948 I INVENTOR leazzardflflrlwdrz ATTRNEY Patented Oct. 2, 1951 UNITED" STATE .1mm FOR CLOTHES HANGERS Leonard H. vSchwarz, Hartford, Conn., assignor I to J. Ha Sessions & Son, Bristol, Conn., a corporation of Connecticut 1 Application July 3, 1943, Serial No; 36,970
This invention relates to retainers for clothes hangers and more particularly to retainers therefor attached to the interior of luggage such as travelling bags; wardrobe and other trunks and trays fitted thereto.
An object of the present invention is to' provide a simple latch or retainer secured centrally to a side or end wall of a trunk, bag, or tray therefor, that will permit the supporting member or hook on a clothes hanger to be introduced therein and a latch member moved to a position looking the supporting member therein while permitting adjusting movement ofthe' hanger.
A feature of importance of the invention is that the retainer is in the form of a small casing within which is mounted a movable latch, slidable within the casing between positions permitting introduction of the supporting member for a clothes hanger to a position partially closing an opening or slot in the casing and locking the supporting member therein. 1
With the above and other objects and features in view the invention may include the features of construction and operation'set forth in the following specification and illustrated inthe accompanying drawing. 1 I
In the accompanying drawing annexed hereto and forming a part of this specificationl have shown the invention embodied in a conventional form of luggage tray for a traveling bag or trunk but it will be understood that the invention can be otherwise embodied and that the drawing is not to be construed as defining or limiting the scope of the invention, the claims appended to this specification being relied upon for that purpose.
In the drawing:
Fig. 1 is a complete plan view of the conventional luggage tray provided with the present clothes hanger retainer;
Fig. 2 is a side view of the tray shown in Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is a detached front view of the retainer forming the present invention, the view being shown in elevation;
Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the retainer shown in section and showing its mounting and attachment within a luggage tray;
Figs. 5 and 6 are front and side views respectively of a clothes hanger adapted for general use and for application to the retainer shown in Figs. 1 to 4, and
Fig. 7 is a detail of the upper end of a clothes hanger adapted for the present invention.
In the above mentioned drawings there has been shown but one embodiment of the invention 2 Claims. (01. era-30v) which is now deemed preferable, but it is to be understood that changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.
Briefly, and in its preferred aspect, the invention may include the followingprincipal parts: First, a casing having a T-shaped slot formed centrally therein, and having attaching means for mounting the casing in fixed positionwithin a luggage tray or other piece of luggage;isecond, a slidable member mounted on the inner surface and movable to open and partially close the slot in the casing; third, a knob or other part attached to the slidable member and movable over the outer side of the casing so that the slidable member may be moved by manually operating theknob; and fourth, clothes hangers adapted to have their supporting members insertable within the slot in the casing and. retained against removal by movement of the slidable member to a locking position.
Referring more in detail to the figures of the drawing it will beseen that there has been shown a tray lll ad-apted to fit within a traveling bag or trunk (not shown). This tray II) is provided with clothes retaining and folding bars l2 and H hinged as shown to the side walls of the tray. I hese-bars l2 and M are shown in closed position in full' lines in Figs. 1 and 2. There also is provided a fabric curtain l6 that may be placed over the clothes and racks when the tray 10 is filled and ready'to be placed within a trunk or other form of luggage.
Centrally of the upper end wall of the tray [0 as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 is a, casing l8 having a central slot 20 formed therein in the form of a T. At its widest part 22 the slot 20 will admit the upper end of a supporter or hook 24 for a clothes hanger 26, this end of the supporter 24 being shown in detail in Fig. 7. After insertion the supporter 24 may be moved to the narrow portion of the slot 20 and with all hangers 24 in place slidable member 28 may be moved downward by means of the knob 30 to its position closing the wider portion 22 of the slot 20. In this position of the slidable member 28 the hangers 26 are retained against removal.
The slidable member 28 is formed from a thin sheet of metal such as steel and is guided in slots formed within the casing member l8. To actuate the slidable member the knob 30 is provided on the outside of the casing l8 and attached to the slidable member 28 by prongs or other means on the knob extending through the guid- 3 ing slots formed in the casing l8. The slidable member 28 also is provided with an opening of T form, a portion being wide enough to fully uncover the wider part '22 of the slot 20 in the casing I8. In one position of the slidable member 28 the complete opening 20 including portion 22 in the casing 18 is open so that hangers 26 may be inserted. In the other or lower position of the slidable member 28 the wider portion of its slot is below the wider portion 22 of the slot 20 in the casing l8 so that only the upper narrow portion of the slot in the slidable member 28 is exposed. In this position the hangers 26 are for said slidable member formed in said casing,
' co-operating slots formed in said casing and slideffectively locked against removal by the neck portion of their supporters 24*passing through the narrow portion of the slot 20.
To fasten the casing H3 in position withm a;
tray or other piece of luggage ID the rear wall able. member, said slots having wide and narrow portions; and said slots, with the slidable member in one position, having their wide portions aligned and inanother position having the wide of the casing I8 may have bent over portions 32 on opposite sides so that screws 34 extending through the wall of the tray may enter threaded openings in these bent over portions;
The hangers. 2B usable with this casing I8' have their supporting extensions 24 formed with a neck portion 36 intermediate their length so that after passing the supporter 24 through the wider portion of the slot '22 the hanger 26 and its supporter 24 will be retained with the neck portion 36 of the supporter 24 within the lower and narrower portion ofthe slot 20.
The hangers'ZB also may be adaptable f0 general use and for that purpose the conventional hook 38 may be provided onthe hanger 26. As shown in Fig. 7 at 40 one side of the outer end of the supporter 24 is cut away so that the hook 38 maybe moved out of the way when its hanger 26 is to be placed within a tray I0. I
Also as shown in Figs. 1 and4, the fabric cover It may have an attaching member l1 formedwith a neck portion similar to the, supporter'24. By this means the attaching member I! may be positioned within the casingl8 and locked therein similarly to thehangers 26. 'In this position of the member I! thefabric cover It is held in place over the hangers1216 and over the rods l2 and I 4 to retain. and protect the clothing within the tray I0.I
An alternative form of hanger is shown in Figs. 5 and 6'. The body portion may be-flat and made of wood, pressed fiberboard or sheet portions out of alignment, and a knob on said slidable'member having projections extending through narrow elongated slots in said casing member, whereby" said slidable member may be moved by movement of said knob, the length of movement being limited by said slots. 2. A retainer for clothes hangers comprising a casing attached to a piece of luggage and having' a' slidable" member therein, co-operating slots formed insai'd casing and slidable member, said slots having wide and narrow portions and said slots, with the: slidable member in one position, having their wide portions aligned and in another position having the wide portions out of alignment, and aknob secured to said slidable member and having extensions passing through narrow slots in said casing and attached to said slidable memberwhereby: said slidable member will be attached to said knob and guided relatlve to said casing.
' LEONARD H. SCHWARZ.
, REFERENCES ,CITED- The following references are of' record in the fileof this "patent? V UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date- 1,221,584 Patrick Apr. 3,1917 2,128,001 Kotchavar et a1 Aug, 23, 1938 2,343,763 Fridolph' Mar. 7, 1944 2,487,896 Rousso Nov. 15,1949
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US2893523A (en) * 1956-10-01 1959-07-07 Abercrombie & Fitch Company Travelling bag construction
US3035673A (en) * 1958-10-02 1962-05-22 Jules O Schenkler Hanger mounting assembly for articles of luggage
DE102012010915A1 (en) * 2012-06-04 2013-12-05 Bernhard Vetter Storage device i.e. cuboid case, for use as trip accessory for storing e.g. men's shirt for transportation during business trip, has folding device formed in storage device and comprising pivotable element designed as lattice and frame

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US2128001A (en) * 1937-07-31 1938-08-23 Ira E Kotchavar Lid fastening means for boxes
US2343763A (en) * 1936-08-20 1944-03-07 Fridolph Annette Traveling case
US2487896A (en) * 1945-03-26 1949-11-15 Rousso Jacques Towel rack

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US2343763A (en) * 1936-08-20 1944-03-07 Fridolph Annette Traveling case
US2128001A (en) * 1937-07-31 1938-08-23 Ira E Kotchavar Lid fastening means for boxes
US2487896A (en) * 1945-03-26 1949-11-15 Rousso Jacques Towel rack

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US2893523A (en) * 1956-10-01 1959-07-07 Abercrombie & Fitch Company Travelling bag construction
US3035673A (en) * 1958-10-02 1962-05-22 Jules O Schenkler Hanger mounting assembly for articles of luggage
DE102012010915A1 (en) * 2012-06-04 2013-12-05 Bernhard Vetter Storage device i.e. cuboid case, for use as trip accessory for storing e.g. men's shirt for transportation during business trip, has folding device formed in storage device and comprising pivotable element designed as lattice and frame

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