US723193A - Hat-hook. - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES r ATENT OFFICE.

HARRY R. BERNARD, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO AXEL GUTSCH, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

HAT-HOOK.

sPEciFIcATAIoN fomingpm `of Letters Patent No. 723,193,01atea March `17, 19013.

Application led May 14, 1902.

To all whom t may concern: Be it known that I, HARRY R. BERNARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the `county of San Francisco and State of-California, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Hat- Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved hanger 1o for hats, garments, and other articles, and is especially adapted for use upon seats in theaters and public auditoriums where public convenience or municipal ordinances require removal of hats and there is a consequent I5 need of a proper support therefor and for other articles of dress.

The object of4 my invention is to provide a device of this character which shall be as small as possible and yet give asuflicientcazo pacity or open at a sufficient angle from the back of the chair or the like towhich it is attached as tofurnish a sufficient length of support for the hat or garment.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device which will project as little as possible from the back of thechair and which will be free from sharp or angular projecting parts liable to catch in the dresses of persons passing.

3o My invention therefore resides in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts for the above ends hereinafter fully specified, and particularly pointed out in the claims. V,

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of the hanger closed. Fig. 2 isa similar View showing the same open. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the device closed. Fig-,4 is a similar view of the device 4o open,and Figs. and 6 are transverse sections.

Referring to the drawings, l represents the base of the hanger, which is of sheet metal, having its sidesturned up, as shown at 2, so

' that the upper edges thereof are flush with the top of the hanger-arm 3 when the latter is closed. Said base has also formed out of the same piece of sheet metal the sides i of the casing for the lower or rear portion of the hanger and the top 5 for said casing, which 5o top 5 is bent up and curved around to conform to the curved edges of the sides of the Serial No. 107,284. (No model.)

casing and lies snugly and evenly between said edges. This leaves the upper or front portion of the casing open, and in said open front is received the tail 6 of the hanger, 55 which is also bent or curved to conform to the front edges of the sides of the casing, so that when the han ger-arm is closed the upper surface of said tail lies iiush with the edges of the casing. Said arm is formed out of asin- 6o gle piece of sheet metal bent into shape, as shown, and has a straight portion 3, received Within the upturned edges of the base, a tail 6, upon which pressure is applied to open the hanger, and small perforated ears.7,which lie within the sides of the casing. The sides of the casing are also perforated, as shown at 8, and through said perforations and ears is passeda pivot-pin 9, by means of which the hanger-arm is pivoted in the casing. In or- 7o der to normally close said hanger, there is provided a spring 10, which is formed of a piece of spring metal ben-t around the pivotpin, one end thereof lying upon the base and the other end extending upward at an angle, engaging the under side of the tail of the hanger-arm and pressing said tail upward.

. In order to secure the device to the back of a seat or other support, the base has formed therein, near its upper end, a screw-hole 11, 8o

through which a screw may be 'screwed into the back of a support. This will be suiiicient to secure the device in place, and in order to prevent it shifting to one side or the other prongs 12 are punched and bent down from 85 the base, which prongs extend downward into the Wood upon which the device is secured.

An important feature of my invention consists in arranging the pivot of the arm close to the base, extending the arm proper from 9o said pivot so that it lies along its Whole length in contact with said base, and extending the tail of the arm upward at a considerable angle from said base. This provides` two important advantages. First, it gives a very large opening or capacity for the hanger in proportion to its size. This opening or capacity is determined by the angle through which the tail has to travel from the normal position in which the hanger is closed to the' roo limiting position of its opening, which limit-' ing. position is determined by contact with the end of said tail with the base. It will readily be seen that by arranging the pivot close to the base and extending the tail upward at an angle said tail will move through a large angle before being arrested by the base. The arm will therefore move through a correspondingly-large angle, thus giving a large capacity for the size of the hanger. This permits the armuto be made comparatively short and yet to furnish sufficient supf port for a hat or other garment.

A further advantage attendant upon this construction is that very little of the device projects to any considerable extent from the back of the seat or other surfaces upon which it is supported. When the hanger is closed, the arm projects from said surface only by the thickness of the metal of the arm and of the base, which is inconsiderable. The only part that projects to any considerable extent is the casing at the lower end of the hanger, which casing is comparatively small in extent aud being formed with rounded or curved sides avoids danger of catching the dress of a passer by.

A further vadvantage attendant upon this construction is that the device can be made at a very low cost, since the two principal parts are stamped out of sheet metal and no soldering is required to secure any of the parts together.

claim- 1. A device of the character described comprising a suitable sheet-metal base provided with means for attaching the same to a chairback or other support and having its sides turned up belOWthe pivot to form a casing for the tail of the .hanger-arm, the edges of said casing being curved, a sheet metal hanger-arm pivoted close to the base and having the arm proper extending from said pivot in close contact with said base and the tail of the arm extending from said pivot outward from the base at a considerable angle therewith and curved to conform to the curved edges of the casing, and a spring for normally closing said hanger, substantially as described.

2. A device of the character described,co1n prising a sheet-metal base having its sides turned up above the pivot to form a guide for the hanger-arm, and below the pivot to form a casing for the tail of the arm, the edges of said casing being curved, a sheet-metal arm pivoted close to the base and having the arm proper extending from said pivot in close contact with said base, and the tail of the arm extending from said pivot at a considerable angle with said base and curved to conform to the curved edges of the casing and to lie flush therewith when the hanger is closed, and a spring for normally closing said hanger, substantially as described.

3. A device of the character described,com prising a sheet-metal base having its sides turned up above the pivot to form a guide for the hanger-arm, and below the pivot to form a casing for the tail of the arm, the edges of said casing being curved, a sheet-metal arm pivoted close to the base and having the arm proper extending from said pivot in close contact with said bas'e, and the tail of the arm extending from said pivot at a considerable angle with said base and curved to conform to the curved edges of the casing and to lie iiush therewith when the hanger is closed, said arm having perforated ears and said casing sides having apertures, a pivot-pin through said ears and apertures anda spring formed of a piece of spring metal, bent around the pivot-pin, one side lying upon said base and the other side extending upward below the tail of the arm, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence cf two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY R. BERNARD.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS M. WRIGHT, BEssIE GORFINKEL.

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