US2628748A

US2628748A - Coat hanger extension pad

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Publication number: US2628748A
Application number: US295629A
Authority: US
Inventors: Louis M Stratta
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1952-06-26
Filing date: 1952-06-26
Publication date: 1953-02-17
Anticipated expiration: 1970-02-17

Description

Feb. 17, 1953 s A T 2,628,748

COAT HANGER EXTENSION PAD Filed June 26, 1952 INVENTOR LOUIS M. STRATTA ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 17, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT-owner.

COAT HANGER EXTENSION PAD Louis M. Stratta, Watervliet, N. Y. Application June 26, 1952, Serial No. 295,629

addition, for use with the type of coat hanger,

having a horizontal bar connecting the bottom ends of the side portions.

A further object of this invention is to provide a coat hanger extension pad which may be readily adjusted along the length of the side portion of a coat hanger by merely lifting the end of the extension pad relative to the coat hanger, and, thereby, freeing it for movement along the coat hanger side portion, and then, frictionally locking it to the side portion by merely lowering the pad downwardly thereon. A further object of this invention is to provide a coat hanger extension pad which may be made from wood or from plastic, or other suitable material.

Yet a further object of this invention is to provide a coat hanger extension pad to be used in ticularly desirable in the case of heavy fur coats,

thus, preventing damage to the coats that may follow from being supported on a comparatively thin coat hanger side portion. I

With the foregoing and other objects in view, this invention comprises the combination, construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth, claimed and disclosed in the accompanying drawings, wherein: Fig. l is a side elevation of a coat hanger, to which a pair of the extension pads of this invention have been applied, one of the pads being elevated for adjustment along its supporting side portion.

r Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a coat hanger with the pads in operative position. I

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through one of the pads of this invention. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of one of the pads of this invention. 1 There is shown at l the coat hanger exten: sion pad of this invention, the same being intend ed to be used in combination with a conventional coat hanger l I having the usual supporting hook I2 from which extend downwardly a pair of supporting side portions 14 having parallel side 6 Claims. (01. 22388) walls IS. A horizontal trouser supporting bar I5 is supported between the ends I! of the side portions M in the conventional manner as by be ing countersunk in suitablyprovided sockets on the under surface thereof.

The coat hanger extension pad I!) of this invention is particularly intended for providing a broad base to support a coat shoulder, and is somewhat pear-shaped in elevation, broadening out from its stem end toward the much broader pear-shaped end 2|. In thickness, the pad is fiattest at its pear-shaped end 2|, and thickens in height as it approaches the stem end 28.

A longitudinal channel of substantially inverted U-shape of varying width and depth extends along the bottom surface of the pad H As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, one portion 22 of this channel commences substantially at the wide but thin pear-shaped end 2| of the pad Ill, and increases in depth uniformly to a point 23 which is closer to the stem end 28' than it is to the pearshaped end 2|. Up to this point 23, the channel 22 is uniform in width, and the roof 24 of channel 22 is substantially in a single plane. Between the point 23 and the stem end of the pad I0, the roof 25 of the channel extends at an obtuse angle to the roof portion '24, as will be ap parent from Fig. 3, and the roof portion 25 extends to the top of the pad H], and terminates a distance from the end 2? of pad I 0 substantially equal in thickness to the height of the cross section of a side portion I4 of the clothes hanger -I I.

Also, while the width of the side walls of the channel portion 22 adjacent the roof portion 24 .are substantially equal to the cross sectional width of a side portion M of the clothes hanger Il, the'side walls of the channel adjacent the roof 25 diverge somewhat from each other along the channel portion 25. Also, beyond the roof 25, these divergingjside walls 21 are openat their top. The Width of the channel portion -22 is such that its sidewalls will frictionally engage and lock along the side walls of the side portion M when lowered into engagement therewith, as shown at the left hand end of Fig. l, but the pad I0 may slide freely along the side portion M when channel portion 22 has been disengaged from the side walls, as shown at the right hand end of Fig. 1.

In addition, a locking pin 28, which may consist of a bolt and nut is removably secured through a pair of aligned openings extending laterally through the side walls 21 adjacent their lower corners at the stem end 20.

In operation, the pads III are installed on a conventional coat, hanger by removing the pin 28, inserting the open end of the channel between the side walls 21 over the side portion l4, and replacing the removable pin 28. The pad I is then held in the upper position, as shown at the right hand end of Fig. l, and in this position, it may slide freely along the side portion Hi up or down, being limited in its upward movement by the thickened portion of the coat hanger, and being limited against movement beyond the lower end by the pin 28 abutting against the coat horizontal bar IS. The pad I0 is thus adjusted to its desired position, and then, lowered to cause the channel portion 22 to frictionally engage with the side walls of the coat hanger side portion l4, and. thus, lock the pad Ill in any adjusted position along the side portions M of the coat hanger.

A pad in frictionally locked position is shown at the left hand end of Fig. 1. The pads are use in pairs, and both will desirably be adjusted to the same position. The pads I!) will thus serve as a coat shoulder support, and provide a broad bearing for the coat distributing the 1 weight of the coat over a much larger area of the shoulder portion of the coat, and thus, preventing any tendency to damage the coat, or stretch the coat at the shoulder. The pads may be made of any suitable material, such as, wood, plastic or the like, and the pins 28, may likewise be made of any suitable material, usually of metal, or of plastic.

While the device has been shown and the structure described in detail, it is obvious that this invention is not to be considered as being limited to the exact form disclosed, and that changes in detail and construction may be made therein within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of this invention.

Having thus set forth and disclosed the nature of this invention, what is claimed is:

1. A portable coat shoulder support adapter for adjustably mounting along a side portion of a clothes hanger having parallel side walls, the clothes hanger having two oppositely and angularly extending side portions, said adapter comprising a solid body somewhat pear-shaped in plan, said adapter tapering from its wide end toward its stem end and having an inverted U-shaped channel extending longitudinally along the bottom surface commencing adjacent the wide end and ending at an angle to its upper surface and intersecting said upper surface at a distance from its stem end, said distance being at least equal to the height of the intermediate portion of a side portion of the clothes hanger, the width of said channel throughout said distance being sufficiently greater than the width of the intermediate portion of the side portion of the clothes hanger to permit the clothes hanger to slide freely therealong therethrough, the portion of the channel from said distance to the wide end being somewhat narrower and of a width to frictionally engage the sides of the clothes hanger portion and substantially lock said adapter against movement along the clothes hanger side portion.

2. An adapter as defined in claim 1 wherein the roof of the Wider portion of said channel extends at an obtuse angle to the roof of the narrower portion of said channel.

3. An adapter as defined in claim 2 wherein the two portions of said channel merge gradually into each other.

4. A portable coat shoulder support adapter pad for adjustably mounting along a side portion of a coat hanger having parallel side walls, said adapter pad comprising a solid body somewhat pear-shaped in plan and havingv a channel extending longitudinally thereof in its bottom surface commencing at its wider end and ending at an acute angle to the upper supporting surface of said pad and intersecting said upper surface at a distance from its pear-stem end about equal to the length of the altitude of said coat hanger side portion, the pear stem end of said channel being of a width to slide freely on said coat hanger side portion, the remainder of said channel being of a width to snugly fit and frictionally engage the sides of said coat hanger side portion.

5. A portable coat shoulder support adapter for adjustably mounting along a side portion of a clothes hanger having parallel side walls, the clothes hanger having two oppositely and angularly extending side portions and a horizontal bar supported by the ends of the side portions, said adapter comprising a solid body somewhat pear-shaped in plan, said adapter tapering from its wide end toward its stem end and having an inverted U-shaped channel extending longitudinally along the bottom surface commencingad- J'acent the wide end and ending at an angle to its upper surface and intersecting said upper surface at a distance from its stem end, said distance being at least equal to the height of the intermediate portion of a side portion of the clothes hanger, the width of said channel throughout said distance being suificiently greater than the width of the intermediate portion of the side portion of the clothes hanger to permit the clothes hanger to slide freely therealong therethrough, the portion of the channel from said distance to the wide end being somewhat narrower and of a Width to frictionally engage the sides of the clothes hanger portion and substantially lock said adapter against movement along the clothes hanger side portion, and a pin removably secured across said channel at the lower corner of the stem end below the clothes hanger side portion and above the clothes hanger horizontal bar preventing separation of said adapter from the clothes hanger.

6. An adapter as defined in claim 5 wherein the roof of the wider portion of said channel extends at an obtuse angle to the roof of the narrower portion of said channel, and wherein the two portions of said channel merge gradually into each other.

LOUIS M. STRATTA.

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

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,528,036 Cook Oct. 31, 1950 2,614,736 Sarti Oct. 21, 1952