US2743855A - Garment hanger - Google Patents

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May 1, 1956 J G. HocHFELDl-:R

GARMENT HANGER Filed Feb. 17, 1955 R O T N E V m J fune MIM fx1/fv' BY WWF@ United States Patent O GARMENT HANGER J Gene Hochfelder, Merrick, N. Y., assiguor to Bogene Incorporated, Lebanon, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application February 17, 1955, Serial No. 488,788

1 Claim. (Cl. 223-85) The present invention relates to garment hangers and more particularly to a hanger for garments such as crinoline skirts and the like. Y v

Crinoline skirts when hung will assume a normally expanded position and will flare out in all direction. Thus, when such skirts are hung in closets, they take up an unusually large area and restrict the use of the closet to a few garments. When a crinoline skirt is hung in a closet near the door, a portion of the skirt may become caught in the door when it is closed and be damaged.

The present invention overcomes the above problems by providing an improved space-saving hanger for a garment such as a crinoline skirt which also protects the skirt from damage.

An object of the invention is to provide a garment hanger of the class described which can be inexpensively manufactured.

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment hanger which will minimize the space required for hanging crinoline skirts or other flaring-type garments.

Other and further objects of the invention will be obvious upon an understanding of the illustrative embodiment about to be described, or will be indicated in the appended claim, and various advantages not referred to herein will occur to one skilled in the art upon employment of the invention in practice.

A preferred embodiment of the invention has been chosen for purposes of illustration and description and is shown in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a preferred embodiment of the hanger retaining a crinoline skirt;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view along the line II--ll of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view along the line lll-III of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of a crinoline skirt in its normal shape.

A typical billowing skirt or petticoat 7 such as a crinoline pettcoat is shown in Fig. 4. These garments are made of resilient relatively-stiff shape-retaining material so that they liare outwardly from the relatively small waist 8a to the larger hem 8. The flaring or billowing shape shown is held by the resilient material when the garment is stored on an ordinary skirt hanger and consequently a large storage space is required.

The garment hanger of the present invention which provides a compact storage means will now be more fully described with reference to Figs. 1 through 3.

The garment hanger 2 comprises a sheathlike tube or bag 3 preferably having its smaller end 6 closed and its larger end 4 open to admit the rolled or compressed garment 7. The hanger 2 is preferably made of a ilexible sheet material so that it will assume the cross section of the rolled or compressed garment 7 when the garment 7 is inserted in the hanger 2. The hanger 2 may be made from any iiexible material, such as paperor nylon,

but it is preferred that it be made from vinyl to give it ilexibility, durability, and strength.

The hanger 2 may be formed in any manner which may be desired. Preferably it is formed from two side walls' 10 joined together by an edging 16 along three edges to leave the end 4 open. The side walls 10 may be joined together in any desired or conventional manner, as by a sewing operation. The reinforcing edging 18 is attached to the hanger 2 as a coeXtension thereof to strengthen the open end 4. The reinforcing edging 18 may be a strip sewn together at its end edges 19 to form a cylinder and, if desired, may be colored or provided with a design, such as the quilting 20, to enhance the appearance of the hanger 2. The reinforcing edging 18 thus forms a cuff surrounding the open end 4 of the bag comprising the body of the hanger, and provides additional stiffness to this end portion of the bag even though the edging be made of the same kind of material as the bag body.

The open end 4 of hanger 2 is wider than the closed end 6, thereby giving the hanger a generally tapered contour. This tapering facilitates the insertion of the skirt 7 into the open end 4 and permits the crinoline skirt to exert a uniform pressure against the inner edges of the hanger 2 throughout its whole length, since the rolled or compressed skirt has a generally conical or tapered shape.

Loops 22 and 24 are atlixed to the hanger Zito permit the hanger to be hung in a clothes closet. The loops 22 and 24 are shown as mounted on the edging 16 and 18, respectively, for ease in construction. The loop 24 is located at the open end 4 of hanger 2 to permit the hanger 2 to be hung in an upright position, and the loop 22 is located at the closed end 6 to allow the garment hanger 2 to be hung in an inverted or upside-down position.

The hanger 2 is shorter in length than the crinoline skirt 7 so that when the skirt 7 is in its inserted position, the hem 8 will extend beyond the open end 4 to facilitate removal of the skirt 7. lt will be appreciated that an inherent advantage of the culi formed by the reinforcing edging 18 is that the hanger provided with such a cuff can be readily adjusted to receive skirts considerably shorter than those for which the hanger may have been intended, because the cuiic is easily pushed back or turned back to insure protrusion of the hem portion of the contained skirt. Thus, a hanger appropriately sized for womens skirts can be very readily used with misses, junior misses and even childrens size skirts by pushing back or turning back the cuff portion.

When a garment is to be stored, it is first rolled or otherwise compressed into the compact position shown in Figs. 1 to 3. Thereafter, the crinoline skirt 7 is inserted into the hanger 2 by thrusting the waistline 8a through the open end 4 until the waistline 8a abuts, or lies adjacent to, the closed end 6. The crinoline skirt 7 is then released to permit its body 9 to expand outwardly slightly to bear against the inner surface of the hanger 2, which will assume the rounded shape of the skirt as shown in Figs. l to 3. The pressure exerted by the body 9 of skirt 7 on the hanger Z will be sufficient to retain the skirt 7 therein when the hanger is hung by the hook 22 in inverted position. However, the pressure applied by the body 9 on the hanger is not so great as to prevent removal of the crinoline skirt from the tube 3 when desired. Since the crinoline skirt 7 is wider at its hem 8 than at its waist 8a, it will bear relatively uniformly against the tapered hanger throughout its length.

The hanger 2 may then be hung in a closet by either the loop 22 or the loop 24. The skirt 7 hung in the hanger will only require a relatively small space, so that the closet can be used to its full capacity and so that Patented May l, 1956"` thezefwill benodangenof the skirt beingcaught -in-the closetdoor and damaged. When the hanger 2 is hung on loop22,"the hanger Will'be in inverted position 'Witlrthe open end 4 facing the oor. The pressure exerted by the body 9 of crinoline skirt 7 on the inner surface of the'liangerZ Will prevent 'the skirt7`from"'falling vout of the open end 4.

fFWhen 'the crinoline skirtl 7 is to beused, it iswithdrawn from, the tbe by grasping 'the skirt'7 and pulling it out of 'the' hanger 2. To facilitate grasping of'fthe skirt'7, 'the hanger .2 ispreferably madeshorter than the crinoline skirt^7 so that'the hem8 will protrude through the open endl and'be in a position to' be grasped bythe user Whenthe crinoline skirt 7 is .to'be taken out ofthe hanger.

Aftellffhe Skirt '7 is taken out of the hanger, the' hanger" 2 will lieat to permit it to be folded and stored.

It Will be observed '.from jthe foregoing description .that the y'invention provides an inexpensive hanger for ,a crinoline skirt or other billowing jgarment which takes I up liftlle space, minimizes the space required`for hanging'.

the garment, and protects it from damage.

It win be .understood that 'the inventionis not to be limited to the details of construction and operation described above and shown in the accompanying drawings exceptas"appears"hereafter inthe claim, and that the claim is intended to include equivalents of the elements 'mentioned'in them `as well as 'those elements themselves.

Having thus described my invention, l claim:

A hanger for a crinoline skirt which has been rolled into an elongated generally frusto-conical shape comprising an elongated tubular bag made of flexible sheet material and of substantially frusto-c'onical shape having its wider end open and being-seamed continuously across its opposite end and along atleast one side, a hook-receiving loopsecuredstoy onesofsaid ends, said bag being Vadapted to #befdrawn \over the"rolledskirt, the crosssection yof said bag adjacent the closed end corresponding generally vato the' cross sectioniof the upper portionv ofthe rolled skirt, and a relatively stiff cuil secured around said open end whereby the bag tends -to grip the rolled skirt and hold it in place after insertion therein.

References Cited in the le of this patent t UNITED: STATES PATENTS 1,271,784 Simpson Iuly9, 1'918 2,5813'675 'LcFebvre Jan. 8, 1952

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