US3645427A - Clothes hanger - Google Patents

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US3645427A
US3645427A US875651A US3645427DA US3645427A US 3645427 A US3645427 A US 3645427A US 875651 A US875651 A US 875651A US 3645427D A US3645427D A US 3645427DA US 3645427 A US3645427 A US 3645427A
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Adriaan Dekker
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G25/00—Household implements used in connection with wearing apparel; Dress, hat or umbrella holders
    • A47G25/14—Clothing hangers, e.g. suit hangers
    • A47G25/24—Clothing hangers, e.g. suit hangers made of wire

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  • This invention relates to clothes hangers for hanging articles of clothing and especially for hanging trousers, skirts and the like.
  • the clothes hanger according to the invention is of the kind formed from a single length of wire bent back upon itself so as to form two arms extending substantially parallel to each other, one of said arms having attached to its center a supporting hook and one of said arms having at its free end a catch in which the free end oi the other of said arm engages, in the manner of a safety pin, to latch the free ends of said two arms together to retain them in close parallel relationship.
  • the two arms of the hanger are unlatched from each other and a pair of trousers, skirt or the like is hung over one of said arms, the two arms then being again latched together so that the trousers, skirt or the like is held between the two arms.
  • one or other of said arms is so shaped that where the two arms are latched together, with a garment held therebetween, said garment is firmly clamped or gripped between said arms.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide an improved clothes hanger of this kind whereby several hangers with garments hang thereon can be hung on a supporting rail or the like in close proximity to each other without the hanger hook or a part thereof pressing against the garment hung on an adjacent hanger and thereby creasing or otherwise damaging said garment.
  • the invention consists of a clothes hanger of the kind described wherein the arm having a hook attached at its center is provided with a bend on each side of the point of attachment of said hook whereby said arm is provided with a central portion offset in the direction of the other arm of the hanger thereby forming a recess in which said hook is attached to said arm.
  • MG. 2 is a side elevation of a clothes hanger according to the invention.
  • the clothes hanger comprises a single length of strong resilient wire bent back upon itself to form two arms l, in, and It, 12a lying side by side in substantially parallel relationship.
  • One arm 2 Ila has fixed to its center, for erarnple by welding, a hook '7, 7:1 for suspending the hanger from a rail or the like and at its free end is provided with a catch it, do into which the free end of arm i, la is adapted to engage, in the manner of a safety pin, to latch the two arms ii, to and 2, 2n together in parallel relationship as indicated in full lines in lFlG. l.
  • the arm l in is straight but according to the invention the arm 2, 2a to which the book 7, 7c is attached is provided on each side of the point of attachment of hook '7, "701 at points equidistant therefrom bends as indicated at ti.
  • the arm 2 is bent towards the arm l as indicated at 3 and d whereby the central portion of arm It is offset in the direction of a m ll thereby forming a recess i in which the hook l is atta to said arm.
  • the depth ol said recess is equal to or greater than the diameter of the wire from which the hook "i is made so that when several hangers according to the invention, with garmerits hung thereon, are suspended by the hook "i', in from a rail or the like in close proximity to each other, as shown in H6. l, the hooks 7 do not press against the garment, indicated at it) in chain dotted line, hung on an adjacent hanger and therefore do not crease or otherwise damage the garment.
  • the arm 11 When the clothes hanger is used, for example to han pair of trousers or a shirt, the arm 11 is uniatched from. tlt c. ch on arm 2 to the position shown at l in dotted lines and t trousers or shirt is hung over said arm which is the r latched to arm .76.
  • the trousers or ski i will clamped or gripped between the central ollset portion or 2 and arm ll while the spacing between the two arms on opposite sides of said offset portion will leave ample room for accommodating for example folded-in portions or a skirt.
  • a clothes hanger comprising a single length of re ient wire bent upon itself to form two arms extending snbst ially parallel to each other, said arms each having a terminal end, means for latching and unlatching said ends relative to each other, at least one of said arms having attached to its center a hook for suspending said hanger, the other of said at sing adapted to suspendingly support a garment, the improvement comprising said one arm having a bend on each side of point of attachment of said hook forming an offset portion in a plane between the planes of said one and another arms thereby forming a recess for said hook whereby when two such hangers are hung closely adjacent each other the hook on one hanger will not come into contact with a garment hang on an adjacent hanger, said other arm being substantially stl ht and having a central portion, said offset portion being oilset by an amount to be engaged by the central portion of. .aid other arm when the arms are latched, whereby to how the arms such that the ends of said
  • a clothes hanger according to claim l wherein said bends are formed equidistant from the point of attachment oi said hook.
  • a clothes hanger according to claim 11 wherein the portions of the two arms on opposite sides of said central olifsct portion are spaced from each other when said two arms are latched together.

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3746223A (en) * 1971-04-28 1973-07-17 Batts John T Inc Molded garment hanger with clamping trouser bar
US5022570A (en) * 1990-01-02 1991-06-11 Watford Roger L Collapsible garment hanger with corrugated tubing
GB2401038B (en) * 2002-02-15 2006-05-17 Stanley Frederick Gouldson Improved pinch grip hangers

Citations (6)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US541293A (en) * 1895-06-18 Trousers-hanger
US1112775A (en) * 1913-02-07 1914-10-06 William Jefferson Crutcher Rug-holder.
US2135846A (en) * 1937-03-06 1938-11-08 Roberti William Garment hanger
US2490201A (en) * 1945-12-08 1949-12-06 John P Brown Garment hanger
US2609130A (en) * 1948-10-01 1952-09-02 Burnell William Albert Skirt hanger
FR1385234A (fr) * 1964-03-12 1965-01-08 Tomado Nv Cintre porte-vêtements

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US541293A (en) * 1895-06-18 Trousers-hanger
US1112775A (en) * 1913-02-07 1914-10-06 William Jefferson Crutcher Rug-holder.
US2135846A (en) * 1937-03-06 1938-11-08 Roberti William Garment hanger
US2490201A (en) * 1945-12-08 1949-12-06 John P Brown Garment hanger
US2609130A (en) * 1948-10-01 1952-09-02 Burnell William Albert Skirt hanger
FR1385234A (fr) * 1964-03-12 1965-01-08 Tomado Nv Cintre porte-vêtements

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3746223A (en) * 1971-04-28 1973-07-17 Batts John T Inc Molded garment hanger with clamping trouser bar
US5022570A (en) * 1990-01-02 1991-06-11 Watford Roger L Collapsible garment hanger with corrugated tubing
GB2401038B (en) * 2002-02-15 2006-05-17 Stanley Frederick Gouldson Improved pinch grip hangers
GB2420699A (en) * 2002-02-15 2006-06-07 Stanley Frederick Gouldson Nestable pinch grip hanger
GB2420699B (en) * 2002-02-15 2006-10-25 Stanley Frederick Gouldson Improved pinch grip hangers

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