US2577567A - Garment hanger - Google Patents

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Dec. 4-, 1951 E, CARLTON 2,577,567

' GARMENT HANGER Filed Aug. 2, 1947 v INVEN TOR. EARL E EARLTUN Patented Dec. 4, 1951 GARMEN'I, HANGER r 7 Earl E. Carlton, San Francisco, Calif. 77 I Application August 2,1947, Serial No. :765,733

1 Claim. (c1. 223 865 i This invention relates to improvements in garment hangers and has particular reference to a hanger that is designed for supporting a coat and a pair of trousers.

An object of the present invention is to construct a combined coat and pants hanger in such a manner that it will permit the trousers to be suspended from and supported on the hanger.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a suit hanger which includes a frame portion for the coat and a removable pants hanger, so-called, as to permit the trousers to be disposed over the hanger and suspended there from by the belt straps or other portion of the trousers.

An additional object of the present invention is the provision of a combined coat and pants hanger in which the pants can be hung in such a manner that the fabric of the garment will not be pulled out of shape but will be retained in natural form.

A further object of the invention is the production of a garment hanger that is provided with means for retaining therein moth repellent containers.

A further object of the invention is the production of a hanger of the character described that is simple in construction, economical to manufacture, strong, durable and highly efficient and serviceable in use.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description. In the accompanying drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration, is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention,

Fig. 1 is a detailed side elevation of a garment hanger constructed in accordance with my invention,

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the coat hanger element, with the pants hanger detached therefrom and disclosing to advantage the means and types of containers for repelling moths,

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the pants hanger per se, and

Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section through one of the arms of the hanger, the view being taken on line l--4 of Fig. 1.

Many types of hangers have been employed for retaining coats and likewise the pants thereon. In the use of a pants hanger in which this particular garment is retained in an inverted position, namely, with the cuffs of the pants portion in or associated with the coat hanger, there invariably results the falling of articles from the pockets of the trousers when the same are suspended. To overcome this annoyance and inconvenience and to likewise provide a pants hanger that will provide the proper conformation ,for the waist portion of the trousers, I propose to retain the pants on the hanger in the normal wearing position of this article of apparel, and furthermore to detachably engage the pants hanger from the coat hanger so that the two devices may be used independently of each other.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 5 indicates generally a coat hanger which is formed of a single elongated wooden bar having a pair of downwardly and outwardly divergent arms 6 and l. A supporting hook 8 is secured to the medial portion 9 of the coat hanger for engagement with a suitable support, such as a rod in a closet. It will be noted that said hook penetrates the medial portion 9 and terminates at its lower extremity in an eye 10, the purpose of which will be later described.

It is to be observed that the arms 6 and I are hollowed out or recessed as at H and i2 to thus provide compartments for the reception therein of perforated elongated moth repellent containers l3 and M, respectively. The means for detachably securing the containers in the compartments comprise spring clips [5 that are riveted or otherwise secured as at IE to the arms 6 and 7.

While the coat hanger 5 may be made entirely out of wood, I have found it most advantageous to construct the pants hanger portion of metal. This pants hanger is indicated, as a whole, by the numeral i1 and embodies in its construction a central narrow medial portion l8 that has vertically mounted thereon a supporting hook l9 that detachably engages the eye Iii of the hook 8. Thus, the two hanger portions can be used simultaneously or employed as units for the desired garment hanging purposes. Pairs of spaced divergent arms 20 and 2! extend laterally from the medial portion I8 of the pants hanger and terminate in upwardly bent extensions 22 that engage the belt straps or other sections of the waist portion of the trousers, as desired.

From the foregoing description considered in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be obvious that I have devised a most unique garment hanger that will readily accommodate a coat and trousers or can be independently utilized to support the pants, and which device will readily accomplish all the objects of the invention.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as the preferred example of the same and that various changes relative to the shape, size, material and arrangements 0! parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: A garment hanger of the character described comprising a central portion and a pair of diverging arms extending laterally therefrom, each of said arms having an opening provided in the bottom surface thereof, an elongated perforated moth repellant container provided in each of the openings, and means for detachably retaining each container in its respective opening, said means comprising a pair of spaced spring clips partially encompassing each of said containers ll in each of the openings, said clips being fixedly mounted in each of said arms.

EARL E. CARLTON.

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

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,966,373 Balochi July 10, 1934 2,158,539 Grotte et al May 16, 1939 2,238,528 Knudsen Apr. 15, 1941 10 2,391,661 Watkins et a1 Dec. 25, 1945 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 290,579 Great Britain Aug. 2, 1928

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