US834868A

US834868A - Clothes-hanger.

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Publication number: US834868A
Application number: US24175905A
Authority: US
Inventors: Alfred J Butler
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1905-01-19
Filing date: 1905-01-19
Publication date: 1906-10-30
Anticipated expiration: 1923-10-30

Description

PATENTED OCT. 30, 71906.

I A.YJ. BUTLER.

CLOTHES HANGER. APP LIGATIOX FILED JAILIQ. 1905.

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V UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. ALFRED J, BUTLER, OF BOSTON, MAssAoHusETTs. I

CLOTHES-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

rammed Oct. 30, 1906.

Application filed January 19, 1905. Serial No. 241,759.

tion being to provide a device which may be readily attached to the walls of a closet and be made in compact form and adapted to support coats and trousers; and, further, the ob ect of the invention is to provide a device of the character described in which the different parts are adapted to be detached one from the other and packed in a compact space for the purpose of shipping or so that they may be carriedconveniently in a trunk or valise. I

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the followlng specification and articularly pointed out in the claims thereof? Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved clotheshanger. Fig. 2 is a section, partly in elevation, taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1 looking toward the left in said figure. Fig. 3 is a detail plan view of one of the coat-holders. I

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings, 5 is a plate adapted to be fastened by screws 6 to the wall of a closet or to any vertical stationary support.

7 and 8 are hooks fast to said plate and projecting forwardly therefrom, each. of said hooks'being provided with a vertical projec- Coat-holders 1O 10 are detachably fastened to the hooks 7 and 8, said coat-holders each consisting of a block 11, provided with a vertical recess 12 in its under side, adapted to receive said vertical projection 9. Said coat-holder further consists of a wire 13, bent to form a support for a coat, having rounded end portions 14 14 and fastened to the upper side of the block 11 by ears 15, integral with said block and bent around said wire, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, whereby said wire is firmly fastened to said block, said wire and block forming as a whole a coatholder which may be detachably fastened to either of the hooks 7 or 8 and preferably constructed to swivel thereon in a horizontal plane. v i

In addition to the coat-holders hereinbefor supporting trousers is provided upon the lower end of the plate 5, consisting of two lugs 16 16, which project forwardly from said late and are each provided in the upper and ower side thereof with notches 17 extending transversely thereacross. The support for the trousers consists of two wires 18 19, slidably connected one to the other by means of eyes 20 and 21 at opposite ends, respectively, of said

wires

18 and 19. The

wires

18 and 19 fore described a device particularly adapted are preferably provided at their free ends I with hooks 22 and 23, respectively. The portion of the

wires

18 and 19 located between the eyes 20 and 21 are arranged to en age the notches 17 in the lugs 16. It will be seen that the

wires

18 and 19 extend transversely across the plate 5 upon opposite sides thereof, so that a garment may be hung u on either side of the plate 5, and also that t e length between the free ends of the wires may be increased or diminished by sliding said wires one upon the other, and, further, that said wires may be moved toward the right or left without sliding upon each other by simply sliding said wires in the notches 17.

It will still further be noted that the

wires

18 and 19 may be detached from the lugs 16 by springing the portions of the wires between the eyes 20 and 21 apart or away from each other until said wires may be disengaged from the notches 17, in which they rest, so that said wires may be easily detached from the lugs 16 if it is desired to pack the device for shipment.

In carrying my device into practical operation coats and vests may be hu'n upon each of the coat-holders 1O 10 and pre erably trousers hung upon the

horizontal wires

18 and 19 either by folding the trousers over the

wires

18 and 19 or by hanging them upon the hooks 22 and 23.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire by Letters Patent to secure, is

1. A clothes-hanger comprising a plate adapted to be fastened to a stationary support, two lugs projecting forwardly from said plate and provided in the top and bottom thereof with notches extending transversely thereacross, and two wires slidably connected one to the other engaging between their connectingpoints the notches in said lugs, said wires projecting laterally beyond said plate upon the opposite sides thereof and adapted to support a garment placed thereon.

one to the other engaging between their conheating-points the notches in said lugs, said wires projecting laterally beyond said plate 10 upon opposite sides thereof and provided with hooks at their free ends adapted to sup port a garment placed thereon.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ALFRED J. BUTLER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES S. GooniNe, ANNIE J. DAILEY.