US3209967A

US3209967A - Trouser hanger

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Publication number: US3209967A
Application number: US367955A
Authority: US
Inventors: Harold J Hasselback
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1964-05-18
Filing date: 1964-05-18
Publication date: 1965-10-05
Anticipated expiration: 1982-10-05

Description

1965 H. J- HASSELBACK 3,20

TROUSER HANGER Filed May 18, 1964 FIG. 4

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ATTORNEYS United States Patent 3,209,967 TROUSER HANGER Harold J. Hasselback, 11223 Brookshire, Grand Blanc, Mich. Filed May 18, 1964, Ser. No. 367,955 1 Claim. (Cl. 223-96) The present invention relates to garment hangers and more particularly to a novel and improved trouser hanger.

Heretofore, in the display and storage of clothes, particularly mens clothes, the conventional type of well-used hanger does not provide eflicient means for gripping the trousers to prevent slippage with the result that oftentimes the trousers slide and drop off the hanger.

The present invention provides for a simplified and improved garment hanger, particularly adapted for the hanging of trousers and providing a means for frictionally retaining the trousers looped over the support portion of the hanger.

It is another object to provide a novel, simplified and inexpensive trouser hanger formed from wire and which includes a trouser anchoring means assembled therewith or as an integral part thereof.

These and other objects will be seen from the following specification and claim in conjunction with the appended drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the present trouser hanger.

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof.

FIG. 3 is the front elevational view of a modification.

FIG. 4 is an end elevational view thereof.

It will be understood that the above drawing illustrates merely two preferred embodiments of the invention, and that other embodiments are contemplated within the scope of the claim hereafter set forth.

Referring to FIGS. 1, 2, and 3, the present trouser hanger is of a unit construction, generally indicated at 11, and includes upright holder 12 at its upper end terminating in a reverse curved hook extension 13 adapted for positioning over a conventional support rod.

The lower end of holder 12 is curved, as at 14, and terminates in a horizontally disposed hanger mounting bar 15.

The hanger mounting bar terminates in the reverse curved section 16 which in turn terminates in the elongated trouser support bar 17 having a free end 18. The hanger mounting bar is substantially one-half the length of the trouser support bar 17. The elongated trouser anchor bar 19 substantially is of approximately the same length as said support bar, and terminates in a free end 23 which substantially underlies the free end 18 of the trouser support bar, FIG. 3. The other end of the anchor bar 19 is curved upwardly and forms an upright support 20. Support 20 laterally spans end portions of the reversed curved section 16 or correspondingly end portions of said support bar and hanger mounting bar and is fixedly secured thereto as by the welds 21 and 22.

For illustration in use, a pair of trousers fragmentarily shown in phantom lines at 24 is centrally looped over the trouser support bar 17 intermediate its ends and extends downwardly over and to one side of the anchor bar 19.

Anchor bar 19 is closely spaced below support bar 17 and is adapted to resiliently and frictionally engage the looped trousers, as at points 25 for retaining the same upon the hanger against slippage.

The present hanger is constructed of a resilient spring steel or similar material. The trouser support bar 17 is flexible but its flexibility is limited by the support 20 which bar 31 is slightly different.

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spans end portions of support bar 17 and hanger mounting bar 15. Similarly, the securing of the anchor bar 19 by its support 20 to the reversed curved section 16 also limits flexing between the

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17 and 19 to furthermore assure frictional mounting and anchoring of the trousers as shown.

Hanger modification A modified hanger is shown in FIG. 4, including upright holder 26 with reverse curved book 27 at one end. Its other end terminates in curved portion 28 which merges with hanger mounting bar 29 having at one end reversed curved section 30.

The reversed curved section 30 terminates in the support bar 31 in the same manner as trouser support bar 17 of FIG. 2. The opposite end of the support bar 31 is reversed curved at 32 and terminates in the co-planar elongated anchor bar 33 which is closely spaced to the undersurface of the support bar and terminates in free end 34.

One advantage of the modification, FIG. 4, is that it is a unit one-piece construction wherein the spring steel wire or similar wire is formed to the shape shown. This eliminates the separate parts and the welding operation at 21 and 22 associated with the trouser anchor bar 19 of FIG. 2. The trousers are hung in approximately the same manner though the method of assembly upon the support Here again the trousers must be looped over the top support bar 31 and pass over and to one side of the anchor bar 33, and gripped therebetween.

Having described my invention, reference should now be had to the following claim.

I claim:

A trouser hanger comprising a horizontally disposed elongated trouser support bar having a free end; a reverse curved section at its opposite end terminating in an elongated hanger mounting bar co-planar with and extending over substantially one-half of the length of said support bar; an end portion of said hanger mounting bar being upwardly curved and terminating in an upright holder; a reverse curved hook extension at the upper end of said holder; an elongated trouser anchor bar having a free end and underlying and of approximately the same length as said support bar; the relative spacing between said support and anchor bars decreasing towards their free ends; one end of the anchor bar being curved upwardly forming a support laterally spanning end portions of said reversed curved section and secured thereto, the free end and adjacent intermediate portions of said trouser anchor bar being substantially co-planar with said trouser support bar and closely spaced therefrom; said anchor bar adapted to resiliently and frictionally retain a pair of trousers looped over said support bar, the securing of said support being inwardly of end portions of said support bar and hanger mounting bar for limiting flexing between said support and mounting bars and for limiting flexing between said support bar and anchor bar.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 617,130 1/99 Skinner 223-96 641,669 1/00 Benner et al. 223-96 2,685,991 8/54 Goza et a1. 223- FOREIGN PATENTS 524,041 11/5 3 Belgium. 1,169,361 12/58 France.

12,302 5/02 Great Britain.

JORDAN FRANKLIN, Primary Examiner.