US2646890A - Garment hanger - Google Patents

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Patented July 28 2v 1953 Y v"UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Y` 't y V.2,646,890

GrARMEN '1` HANGER Charles H. Kraft, Kansas City, Mo.`

Application September 11, 1950, Serial No. 184,241

This invention relates to improvements in garment hangers and has particular reference to an adjustable garment hanger operable whereby the garment may be supported at different vertical levels. Y

The principal object of this invention is the provision of a spring actuated garment hanger adapted to be arranged in spaced apart parallel relation to support garments in parallel relation in their raised position.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of a garment hanger having spring actuating means whereby the garment hangers may be selectively moved to and from the hangn ing position.

Other objects are simplicity and economy of construction, ease and eiii-ciency of operation, and adpatability for supporting the various types and sizes of garments.

With these objects in view as well as other objects which will appear during the course of the specification, reference will be had to the drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a series of garment hangers mounted in a cabinet.

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view taken on section line II-II of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevational view of one of the garment hangers with the hanger shown in the raised position.

Fig. 4 is a sectional View taken on line IV-IV f Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line line V-V of Fig. 2.

Throughout the several views like reference characters refer to similar parts and the numeral I0 designates a clothes cabinet having a shelf I2 and suitable closure members I4.

The garment hangers I6 are rigidly secured to the under side of the forward edge of the shelf I2 by means of screws I8. This garment hanger comprises an inverted U-shaped frame 20 having depending legs 22 and 24. These legs lare spaced -apart a sucient distance to receive the sheave wheel 26 therebetween, which is mountedV for rotation on a transverse pin 28 mounted in legs 22 and 24. Pin 28 has a head 2'I land is provided at its other end with a cotter key 29 by means of which it is secured against longitudinal movement.

One side of sheave wheel 26 is open as at 30, and is adapted to receive a helical spring 32 therein. One end portion 34 of spring 32 is anchored in the side wall 36 of sheave wheel 26, and the other end portion 38 of spring 32 ex- 2 Claims. (C1. 211-117) tends through the yopen side 30 of the sheave wheel and is anchored in the leg 22 of member 26. This leg 22 is of suicient size to completely cover the open side of sheave 26.

A garment hanger of any of the various types indicated as 48 is supported by a exible member such as chain 42 which is wrapped around sheave wheel 26 and secured thereto by means of any suitable means. The direction of Winding of spring 32 and of the flexible members is such that when the garment hanger is drawn away from the sheave wheel spring 32v will be wound, thus energizing it suiciently to drive the sheave wheel in the reverse direction to rewind the exible member. Integral with or secured to leg 22 is an inclined table 46 having a depending leg 48 which serves as a guide to maintain the hanger in desired general direction as the hanger head 50 is positioned between legs 22 and 48 as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. An opening 52 is formed through table 46 to receive chain 42 therethrough. Table 46 is notched downwardly from opening 52 at 54 to present a recess to receive the reduced portion '56 of chain 42, whereby the enlarged portion 58 of the chain will engage the table to prevent longitudinal movement thereof, thereby making it possible to support garments heavier than spring 32 would normally carry. A transverse not-ch formed in table 46 outwardly from the end of opening 52 is so positioned that when the operator pulls the garment and hanger outwardly to unwind the chain from pulley 26 he may easily force the portion 56 of the chain into the notch to secure the chain against longitudinal movement. When it is desired to again return the hanger to the raised position, this chain is moved from notch 6l) and the spring rewinds it on the sheave to move the hanger into the raised position.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 it will be noted that the garment hangers 46 are held in substantially parallel relation transversely of shelf I2 and can be pulled out to a convenient position for placing the coat thereon or for removing the coat. When so positioned the garments require a minimum amount of space, thus providing a maximum capacity for a given size closet.

It will also be noted that when the garment is to be placed on or removed from the hanger the hanger is moved from its normal garment hanging position, thus making the operations easy any convenient at a position removed from the other garments whereby they will not interfere with or disarrange each other.

A further advantage of this garment hanger is that all parts are interconnected so that parts cannot be displaced or lost, especially when they are used in schools by small children.

What I claim as new is:

1. A garment hanger comprising a frame, a sheave rotatably mounted in said frame, a spring member mounted to constantly -urge said sheave to rotate in one direction, 1a flexible member secured to and wound about said sheave, and carrying a coat hanger at its free end, an inclined table carried by said frame and having an opening formed therein to receive said flexible member therethrough, notches formed in said tabl'e from the edges of said opening to receive and secure said flexible member against longitudinal movement, and depending members carrie-d by said frame to engage and limit rotation of said coat hanger about said flexible member.

2. A garment hanger assembly comprising a plurality of reels carried rotatably by a support in closely spaced coaxial relation, a exble member wound on each o'f said `reels, a substantially planar garment hanger attached to the free end of each of said ilexible members, spring means urging each of said reels rotatably whereby the associated flexible member is wound on said reel to raise said hanger, and a pair of guide members `carried by said support adjacent each of said iiexible members and extending downwardly from said support suiciently to overlap opposite Sides of the `associated hanger when said hanger is in its raised position, Iwhere-by rotation of said hanger about said flexible member is limited.

CHARLES H. KRAFT.

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