US2635794A

US2635794A - Clothes hanger

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Publication number: US2635794A
Application number: US115751A
Authority: US
Inventors: Lisko Julian
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1949-09-14
Filing date: 1949-09-14
Publication date: 1953-04-21
Anticipated expiration: 1970-04-21

Description

April 21, 1953 J, sKo 2,635,794

CLOTHES HANGER Filed Sept. 14, 1949 VI/ I 7 INVENTOR. Jame/v ins/go Patented Apr. 21, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE a l CLOTHES HANGER Julian Lisko, Warren, Ohio Application September 14, 1949, Serial No. 115,751

My invention relates to clothes hangers and the principal object of my invention is to provide new and improved clothes hangers.

Prior clothes hangers have been largely made either of wood or of wire. The wooden clothes hangers are expensive and do not provide the flexibility of wire clothes hangers although from a standpoint of a suitable support for clothing the wooden clothes hangers are superior to wire hangers. On the other hand, although the wire clothes hangers are relatively inexpensive to manufacture and provide suitable flexibility, such hangers are not very desirable since the relatively thin wire forms a crease in a garment which is left to hang over the transverse bar of the hanger for any length of time.

It is the practice of individuals, tailors, cleaners and the like to drape a pair of trousers over the transverse bar and drape the coat over the diverging arms so as to save space and effect economy in clothes support. In case of a wire hanger, if the trousers are left draped over the transverse bar for any length of time, a crease will form transversely of the trouser legs, and this is decidedly objectionable since it requires subsequent pressing.

My invention provides a clothes hanger having a transverse bar over which trousers or other garments may be draped for any length of time without formation of the objectionable crease. Further, my hanger combines the desirable features of the wooden and wire hangers without including any objectionable features of either. Also, my invention makes it possible for an individual who has a considerable quantity of wire hangers on hand to easily alter such hangers for use in my improved construction.

In the drawing accompanying this specification and forming a part of this application, there is shown, for purposes of illustration, an embodiment which my invention may assume, and in this drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a clothes hanger illustrating an embodiment of my invention, and fragmentarily showing a pair of trousers draped over the transverse bar,

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary end view of the embodiment shown in Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view corresponding generally to the line 3-3 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is an enlarged transverse sectional view corresponding generally to the line 4-4 of Figure 1,

Figure 5 is a broken perspective view of a bar forming part of my invention, and

1 Claim. (01. 22388) 2 Figure 6 is a small scale view illustrating manner in which a conventional wire hanger may be altered for use in the construction of my invention.

Generally, my invention, provides a clothes hanger comprising support means for clothing and means adapted to be hung from a support, having releasable connection with the support means.

More specifically, and with particular reference to the embodiment herein shown to disclose my invention, the support means comprises a bar it and the means adapted to be hung from a support comprises a coat hanger II.

The coat hanger H is herein shown as somewhat similar to a conventional wire hanger, and accordingly is formed with a hook portion I2 adapted to engage a support (not shown). Arms 13 extend from the hook portion 12 in relative diverging relationship, each arm l3 having a retroverted portion [4 terminating in a. spindle [5.

Figure 6 shows a manner in which a hanger ll may be easily formed from a conventional wire hanger, and referring to this figure it will be noted that the transverse bar is cut away as shown by dotted lines It) to thus provide the spindles IS.

The support means Ill, as herein shown, comprises a bar I! formed of any suitable material (wood being shown in the embodiment disclosed) and being preferably round in cross-section and of a cross-sectional size considerably greater than the cross-sectional size of the wire forming the hanger ll, so as to avoid the possibility of forming a crease in clothing (such as trousers) which may be draped thereover.

In the present embodiment, the bar I! has a recess 18 extending inwardly from each end, each recess l8 being of a cross-sectional size to freely receive a spindle l5. The bar ll also has a slot [9 at each end, and as herein disclosed, the recesses 18 are preferably located axially of the bar I! and the slots l9 intersect at least a portion of a respective recess and thus extend diametrically of the bar. Each of the slots [9 is of a width to freely receive at least a part of the retroverted portion [4 of the hanger H.

The bar H is preferably of sufficient length so that the arms l3 must be sprung apart a certain amount in order to fit the spindles l5 within respective recesses I8, the resiliency of the arms causing them to assume positions wherein the spindles l5 are firmly but releasably retained within respective recesses and wherein at least a part of the retroverted portions II are seated within respective slots I9 to hold the bar I! against rotation on the spindles l5. To disassemble the hanger, for storage or transportation purposes, it is merely necessary to spring apart the arms l3 so as to remove the spindles l5 from the recesses 18.

In view of the foregoing, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that I have accomplished at least the principal object ofnmy inventionfand it also will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the embodiment herein described may be variously changed and modified, without departing from the spirit of the invention, and that the invention is capable of uses and has advantages not herein specifically W described; hence it will beappreciated thatthe herein disclosed embodiment is illustrative only, and that my invention is not limited thereto.

I claim:

In combination: a coat hanger formed of wire and'comprising. ahook portion and a pair of arms diverging from said hook portion, each arm terminating in a retroverted portion providing an inwardly directedspindle; and-altar of greater cross-sectional size than the cross-section of the wire forming said coat hanger, said bar having a recess extending inwardly from each end and of a size to snugly receive a respective spindle, and said bar also having a transverse slot at each end intersecting a respective recess, each slot extending entirely cross-wise of the respective end of said bar and being of substantially uniform width and depth throughout its cross-wise; extent to snugly receive a respective retrovert'ed portion, said bar being of a length so that said arms must be sprung apart to provide for entrance of said spindles in the respective recesses, and said retroverted portion of each arm 'fitting within a respective slot for holding said bar'against rotation on said spindles.

JULIAN LISKO.

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