US2920766A

US2920766A - Garment hanger retainer

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Publication number: US2920766A
Application number: US668697A
Authority: US
Inventors: Ivan Geryoldine
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1957-06-28
Filing date: 1957-06-28
Publication date: 1960-01-12
Anticipated expiration: 1977-01-12

Description

Jan. 12, 1960 e" IVAN I GARMENT HANGER RETAINER Filed June 28, 1957 INVENTOR G'e ryazdz'ne [van United States Patent GARMENT HANGER RETAINER Geryoldine Ivan, Hot Springs National Park, Ark.

Application June 28, 1957, Serial No. 668,697

6 Claims. (Cl. 211-123) I ment for a clothes hanger supporting rod or pole which will maintain the hangers in spaced apart relation to one another so that the garments supported thereby will not be crowded together and wrinkled and so that garments can be selected readily and the availability of spare hangers' will be readily apparent.

Further objects of the invention are to provide an attachment by means of which the garment hangers and the garments supported thereby will not have to be slid back and forth along a pole or rod to locate a desired garment, and by means of which garments may be readily maintained in a desired orderly arrangement.

Still another object of the invention is to provide an attachment which may be readily mounted detachably or permanently upon rods or poles of various cross sectional sizes and lengths and which are formed of various materials, and which may be utilized in clothes closets, on garment racks and in connection with other garment storage facilities.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter become more fully apparent from the following description of the drawing, illustrating a presently preferred embodiment thereof, and wherein:

. Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan view of the body portion of the attachment;

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary top plan view showing the attachment applied to a clothes hanger supporting rod or pole, and

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view, taken substantially along a plane as indicated by the line 33 of Figure 2.

Referring more specifically to the drawing, the garment hanger retainer is designated generally 5 and includes a body member, designated generally 6, in the form of an elongated strip, as best seen in Figure 1.

The body member 6 is preferably formed from a strip of sheet metal and is adapted to be of a width substantially greater than the diameter or maximum cross sectional dimension of a clothes hanger supporting rod or pole 7, with which said body member 6 is adapted to be utilized, said relative dimensions being preferably of approximately those as shown in Figures 2 and 3. The strip or body member 6 along one longitudinal edge 8 thereof is provided with a series of longitudinally spaced notches 9 which open outwardly of the edge 8 and each of which is elongated in a direction crosswise of the strip 6 and is of a length substantially less than one-half the width of the strip 6. Said strip or body member 6 adjacent to but spaced from the other longitudinal edge 10 thereof, is provided with a series of longitudinally spaced openings 11, which openings are disposed in transverse alignment with the notches 9.

The strip 6 is also provided at longitudinally spaced points with pairs of slots 12, the longitudinal axes of which are disposed lengthwise of the strip 6. The individual slots 12 of each pair of slots are spaced apart a distance less than the spacing between the notches 9 and openings 11. The body member or strip 6 at longitudinally spaced points is additionally provided with small openings 13, which are spaced equal distances from the longitudinal edges 8 and 10.

The garment hanger retainer 5 also includes a plurality of yoke shaped rods 14 having threaded ends 15 which are adapted to be engaged by nuts 16. The body member 6 is positioned against the underside of the rod or pole 7 and longitudinally thereof and with the medial portion of the strip 6 bearing against the pole 7, as seen in Figure 3. The yoke shaped rods 14 engage over the pole 7 and the threaded ends 15 thereof extend downwardly through the slots 12. The nuts 16 are applied to the threaded ends 15 below the strip 6 and are tightened against the underside of said strip to cause the strip to be bowed crosswise, as seen in Figure 3. The spacing be tween the slots 12 is preferably approximately equal to the diameter or maximum cross sectional dimension of the pole or rod 7. The strip or body member 6 is positioned so that the longitudinal edge 8 thereof faces forwardly or outwardly of the closet or storage space in which the pole 7 is mounted.

From the foregoing it will be readily apparent that the shank 17 of the wire hook 18 of a garment hanger 19 can be positioned in one of the notches 9 as the hook 18 is positioned over the rod 7, after which the garment hanger can be displaced downwardly so that the bill 20 of the hook 18 will extend downwardly through the opening 11 which is located in transverse alignment with said notch 9. When the hook 18 is thus resting on the rod 7, a portion of the inner end of the hook which merges with the shank 17 will engage in said notch 9 to retain the garment hanger 19 against sliding or turning movement relative to the rod or pole 7. I

It will be apparent that a garment hanger hook 18 may thus engage each notch 9 and its aligned opening 11 for maintaining the garment hangers 19 and the garments, not shown, supported thereby, in spaced apart parallel relation to one another and crosswise of the pole 7. The spaces between the notches 9 and between the openings 11 is such that garments supported by the hangers 19 will be held spaced from one another when the hanger books 18 are engaged with the notches 9 and openings 11, as seen in Figure 2.

It will be readily apparent that the hanger retainer 5 may be utilized with hanger supporting rods or poles 7 of different cross sectional sizes and shapes and formed of different materials. If the pole 7 is formed of wood, screw fastenings, not shown, may be inserted upwardly through the openings 13 and anchored in the pole 7 for supporting the body member 6 in lieu of the rods 14 and nuts 16, or in combination therewith. The body member 6 may be made in various lengths for use with poles of different lengths and the number of slots 12 and openings 13 will of course vary depending upon the length of the A an elongated strip snppqrted by the 'rod and having a medial portion bearing against the underside of the rod, means securing the strip to the rod, said strip having notches opening outwardly of one longitudinal edge thereof and a longitudinal row of openings disposed adjacent the other longitudinal edge thereof and with the individual openings in transverse alignment with said notches, said openings being adapted to be engaged by the bills of clothes hanger hooks supported by said rod and said notches being engaged by other portions of said hooks for maintaining the clothes hangers in spaced apart relation to one another and transversely of said rod and strip.

2. A garment hanger retainer as in claim 1, said notches being elongated in a direction transversely of said strip and being spaced from said openings a distance such that the hook portion, engaging the notch, will be located adjacent the inner end of the notch when the bill of the hook is in engagement with the opening.

3. Agarment hanger retainer as in claim 1, said strip being formed of sheet metal and being provided with longitudinally spaced pairs of slots, the individual slots of each pair being transversely spaced relative to one another, said means comprising yoke shaped rods engaging over said hanger supporting rod and having threaded ends extending through said transversely spaced slots, and nuts engaging said threaded ends and bearing against the. underside of the strip for retaining the strip against the underside of the hanger supporting rod. 7 l

4. A garment hanger retainer comprising, in combination with an elongated garment hanger supporting rod, an elongated strip supported by the rod and having a medial portion bearing against the underside of said rod, said 4 strip being disposed. longitudinally of the rod and being of a width substantially greater than the maximum cross sectional dimension of the rod, means securing said strip to the rod, and said strip having laterally spaced cutouts through which spaced portions of garment hanger hooks are adapted to extend when the hooks are engaging over and supported by the rod for retaining the hooks and garment hangers thereof in spaced apart substantially parallel relation to one another and crosswise of said strip.

5. A garment hanger retainer as in claim 4, certain of said cutouts comprising notches opening outwardly of a longitudinal edge of the strip and each adapted to be engaged by a portion of the garment hanger hook disposed remote from the bill portion thereof.

6. A garment hanger retainer as in claim 4, said means comprising supporting elements engaging over the rod and extending through and adjustably secured to the strip for detachably clamping the strip to the underside of the rod, said strip being formed of sheet metal and being bowed transversely from end-to-end thereof to provide a concave upper side.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,256,849 Vaudreuil Feb. 19, 1918 2,438,324 Pfefter Mar. 23, 1948 2,442,099 Shoemaker May 25, 1948 2,580,231 Lamm Dec. 25, 1951 2,604,999 Sutton July 29, 1952 2,658,627 Magnuson Nov. 10, 1953 2.805.780 Brennan Sent. 10, 1957