US3306465A - Wardrobe hanger bar with cap locking means - Google Patents

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US3306465A
US3306465A US455075A US45507565A US3306465A US 3306465 A US3306465 A US 3306465A US 455075 A US455075 A US 455075A US 45507565 A US45507565 A US 45507565A US 3306465 A US3306465 A US 3306465A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B61/00—Wardrobes
    • A47B61/003—Details of garment-holders
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/18—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for wearing apparel, headwear or footwear
    • B65D85/185—Containers for shipping garments on hangers

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  • This invention relates generally to an improved wardrobe hanger bar construction, whereby the hanger bar includes a locking cap which may be quickly and readily assembled with the main body portion of the hanger bar so wire coat hangers carried thereon may be locked against inadvertent movement or displacement and against disengagement of the wire hangers from the hanger bar by such movement.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a combination hanger bar and locking cap of economical construction.
  • FIG. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a wardrobe carton and a partially exploded hanger bar incorporating the invention with several wire hangers thereupon;
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged bottom plan view of the hanger bar of FIG. 1 in the closed or locking position with the hangers shown in section.
  • FIG. 3 is a vertical end view, partly in section, of the hanger bar taken along the line IIIIII in FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 4 is a side view of the hanger bar in position upon a cardboard wardrobe carton or container, partly in section and with parts broken away to show interior parts;
  • FIG. 5 is a fragmentary side view, partly in section, taken along the line VV of FIG. 3 with parts shown in moved position.
  • FIG. 1 a typical corrugated cardboard wardrobe car-ton having two oppositely positioned pairs of side walls 11, 11', 12 and 12', is shown. Between one pair of the side walls 12, 12' is suspended a novel wardrobe hanger bar generally indicated as 14 for receiving a number of hangers 16.
  • the wardrobe 10 is provided with a conventional longitudinal opening, and with a bottom construction and further with a cover, normally in the form of an open-bottom cardboard box of slightly greater side wall dimensions than the side walls 11, 11, 12, 12 of the wardrobe 10.
  • the hanger bar 14 comprises a lower main body member 18 which forms a cross bar support for carrying plural coat hangers and a cap locking means or upper member sometimes referred to herein as a locking cap 20.
  • the lower member 18 comprises two inverted J-shaped (in side view) support end supports 22 and 24, formed with hook portions which are positioned on and over the side walls 12, 12'.
  • the planar longer members of the inverted J cross-section end supports 22 24, lie adjacent the inner surface of the wardrobe carton 10 and has a hanger bearing main bar 28 aflixed between them.
  • Each of the end supports 22, 24, respectively, lie atop an upper horizontal edge 12e' of the side walls 12, 12'.
  • a shorter depending leg 23 of the inverted J-shaped end supports bears against and along the outside surface of the walls 12, 12', and a longer leg 21 depends vertically against and along the inside surface.
  • the bar 28 is of a generally inverted U-shape (in end view) having two depending side walls 28b and 28c and an upper wall or surface 28a formed by a bight portion.
  • the bar 28 is provided with two spaced apertures 30, 32 on its upper surface 28a.
  • the upper or locking member 20 is also of generally inverted U-shaped cross-section, thereby to be somewhat complementary in shape to the main bar 28 and extends a substantial portion of its longitudinal extent but less than the total length of the bar 28.
  • the locking cap 20 has an upper surface 20a and two depending side walls 20b and 200.
  • the side walls 201; and 200 depend, relative to side walls 28b, 28c, only a short distance.
  • the member 20 is provided with twospaced depending tongues 34 and 36, whichare struck out from the upper surface 202 and extend. downward between and beyond the walls 20b and 20c.
  • These tongues 34 and 36 are preferably formed by cutting or stamping them out of the material of upper surface wall 20a.
  • the U-shaped locking element 20 has onl a slightly larger separation between its depending side walls 20b and 20c than between the side walls 28b, 28c and the apertures 30 and 32 are of generally tear-shaped configuration and point towards the respective ends of the bar member 28, thereby to form a self centering locator means in cooperation with the tongues 34 and 36.
  • the depending tongue elements 34 and 36 offset angularly between the open position (FIG. 1) and the moved or closed position (FIG. 2) wherein the lower segment of the tongues 34, 36 lies in a plane approximately parallel to that of the upper surfaces 28a and 20a of the elements 28 and 20, below and adjacent to the bottom of the surface 20a between the depending side walls 20b and 200 of the bar 20.
  • the tongues 34, 36 pass through the apertures 30, 32 of the upper surface 20a of the bar 20 and may be offset outward thereby to underlie surface 28a toward the nearer end support 22 andthe nearer end of the bar28.
  • the tongues 34, 36 are also preferably generally tear-shaped with the narrow end affixed to wall 20a and the widest portion remote therefrom.
  • FIG. 3 the mating and interplay between the bar member 28 and the locking cap member 2t) with the hooked portion 16a of a conventional wire hanger 16 is illustrated.
  • the hook 16a rides over the outer surface of the U-shaped bar 28 with the cap member 20 above it and the hanger bar 28.
  • the tongue 36 is shown in its closed or locking position, wherein it passes through the aperture 32 from the member 20 to the underside of the bar 28 and extends in a plane approximately parallel to the upper surface 20a of the member 20, underneath the bar 28.
  • the bottom edges 20d and 20s of the depending side walls 20b and 290 of the U-shaped locking member 20 are in contact with the hook portion 16a at the points 160a and 1601) near the bends or junctions 228g, 2811 between the side walls 28c, 28b and the top wall 2811. Along these lines the book 16a is supported by the bar 28.
  • cap 20 and the bar 28 insures that there is no give-space between the hanger 16 and the hanger bar assembly 14 in which the hanger 16 may deform. Further, the frictional contact between the hanger 16 and the bar assembly 14 prevents sliding of the hanger 16 along the bar 14.
  • the bar member 28 is preferably afiixed to the J- shaped end supports 22 by means of two tab extensions 28d and 28e of the side .walls 28b, 28c, and a depending tab extension 28 from the top wall 28a, all of which are formed to lie in a vertical plane at right angles to their respective walls.
  • the tabs 28d, 28e, 28f are folded inwardly from the side walls 28a, 28b, 28c to enter into pocket-like raised portions 22d, 22c, 22], respectively, of the supporting element 22 through the slits 22d, 22e, 22;.
  • the element 22 is further constructed with restraining ridges 44d, 44e, 44) respectively positioned adjacent the outer surfaces of the walls 28a, 28b, 28c which, together with the tab arrangement serve to secure the U-shaped bar 28 to the boards 22.
  • restraining ridges 44d, 44e, 44 respectively positioned adjacent the outer surfaces of the walls 28a, 28b, 28c which, together with the tab arrangement serve to secure the U-shaped bar 28 to the boards 22.
  • the hanger bar 14 is in its unlocked state, without hangers 16 and with the inverted 'U-shaped locking member 20 resting down and around the inverted U-shaped bar 28 with the respective upper and side walls 20a, 20b, 20c of the locking member 20 adjacent the respective outer, upper and side walls 28a, 28b, 280 of the bar 28.
  • the tongues 34 and 36, depending from the member 20, pass through the tearshaped apertures 30, 32 and between the legs 28a, 28b of the bar 28. This arrangement may be used for transporting the hanger bar structure 14 to the point of first use.
  • FIG. 5 the cooperation between the tongue 36 and the aperture 32 in the locking configuration of the hanger bar 14- is best depicted.
  • the tongue 36 is bent at an acute angle to the vertical along a section 36a until it makes contact with the narrowing vertical cross dimension of the tearshaped aperture 32. At this point of contact, the tongue 36 bends to the vertical and preferably rests against the under surface of the wall 28a to hold the locking cap member 20 and the hangers 16 from vertical motion.
  • the other tongue and aperture pair assume a similar configuration. Since both tongues 34 and 36 move outwardly against the decreasing horizontal, width dimensions of the tear-shaped apertures and 32, respectively, the locking member 20 is securely restrained from horizontal or sliding movement along the bar 28.
  • the locking member 20 is removed by raising it directly above the bar 14 until the tongues 34, 36 clear the apertures 30, 32 (FIG. 1). After so raising, the member 20 is placed aside and clothing bearing hangers such as 16 are placed on the bar 28 in the conventional manner. When the desired number of hangers have been so placed, the locking member 20 is returned to a position over the bar 28 with the tongues 34, 36 aligned with and directed toward the apertures 30, 32. The locking member 20 is then lowered allowing the tongues 34, 36 to enter the apertures 30, 32 and released to allow the side walls 20b, 20c of the locking member 20 to rest upon the supported portions a, 160b of the hanger hook 16a (FIG. 3).
  • the member 26 rests upon the hanger hook 16a at a portion at which there is normally no space between the bar 28 and the hanger hook 16a, it is unnecessary in most cases to exert any force upon the locking element 20 to bring it into, close contact with the hangers 16 and the bar 14.
  • the tongues 34, 36 are depressed outward toward the end support boards 24, 22 (FIG. 5).
  • either of the tongues 34, 36 may be bent first, or they may be bent together.
  • the locking member is secured from motion laterally relative to the bar 28 along the axis of the bar 28. This prevents scoring and weakening or breaking of the hanger hook 16a at the supported areas 160a, 16Gb by lateral movement of the locking member 20.
  • the presence of the locking member 20 also prevents deforming of the hanger hook 16a during transport by placing a counterforce downward against the hook 16a at the portions 160a, 1601).
  • the hanger bar locking member 20 need only be removed by reversing the above process.
  • a hanger bar structure for use with a portable moving wardrobe carton and for bearing a plurality of garment hangers therein, comprising:
  • an inverted U-shaped main bar having an upper wall and depending side walls for receiving and supporting hangers and having means at opposite ends for mounting the bar on a carton; an inverted U-shaped locking member having an upper wall substantially the same width as said bar upper wall and depending side walls lying in approximately the same plane as said bar side walls, said member lying along and over said bar; and
  • a hanger bar structure as defined in claim 1 and further characterized by said means at opposite ends for mounting the bar on a carton comprising two inverted I-shaped end supports oppositely disposed and adapted for lying against the inner surface of the carton.
  • said member side walls having a bearing surface formed to the hangers at approximately the points of contact of a hanger and said bar.

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US455075A US3306465A (en) 1965-05-12 1965-05-12 Wardrobe hanger bar with cap locking means
DEB87098A DE1291870B (de) 1965-05-12 1966-05-12 Kleiderbuegeltragvorrichtung fuer transportable Behaelter
GB21091/66A GB1109957A (en) 1965-05-12 1966-05-12 Improvements in or relating to wardrobe hanger bars
NL676700304A NL140402B (nl) 1965-05-12 1967-01-09 Draagbalkconstructie voor kleerhangers.
FR91047A FR1509325A (fr) 1965-05-12 1967-01-13 Barre de suspension perfectionnée pour penderie

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US3458051A (en) * 1967-03-15 1969-07-29 Zeman Mfg Co Hanger bar construction
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US3610423A (en) * 1969-10-24 1971-10-05 Bond Stores Inc Garment display rack
US3613898A (en) * 1970-01-14 1971-10-19 Francis P Brennan Cap locking means for wardrobe hanger bar
US4266705A (en) * 1978-06-06 1981-05-12 Wheeler Raymond R Carrier for garment hangers
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US3403787A (en) * 1966-04-05 1968-10-01 James L. Browning Hanger bar
US3421614A (en) * 1967-01-12 1969-01-14 Walton B Crane Container for hanger-supported clothing
US3458051A (en) * 1967-03-15 1969-07-29 Zeman Mfg Co Hanger bar construction
US3519139A (en) * 1968-03-22 1970-07-07 Francis P Brennan Wardrobe hanger bar
US3610423A (en) * 1969-10-24 1971-10-05 Bond Stores Inc Garment display rack
US3613898A (en) * 1970-01-14 1971-10-19 Francis P Brennan Cap locking means for wardrobe hanger bar
US4266705A (en) * 1978-06-06 1981-05-12 Wheeler Raymond R Carrier for garment hangers
US4753355A (en) * 1986-05-02 1988-06-28 Interstore Transfer Specialists, Inc. Hanger storage assembly
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US6948628B1 (en) * 2003-07-17 2005-09-27 Donald Peter Sahlem Clothes hanger retaining device
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