US905498A - Combination coat and trousers hanger. - Google Patents

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J. F. CLAUSSEN. COMBINATION GOAT AND TROUSERS HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 3, 1908 Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

JOHN F. CLAUSSEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GQIWINATIQN 00.5.1 AND TROUiq-ERS HALIBTGER.

Application filed February To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jenn F. CLAUSSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of lllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combine-titan Coat and Trousers Hangers, of which the following is a specification. Y

My invention relates to garment hangers and particularly to a combination coat and trousers hanger. In devices ofthis character the trousers hanger arranged. beneath the arched arm which'forms the coat hanger and in a horizontal position. This is more Y arch over the instep.

or less unsatisfactory inasmuch as the trousers hanger 1s too close beneath the coat hanger, due to the slight curvature of the latter, to permit proper positioning of the trousers therein, especially the ends or bottomof the trousers are cut at an angle to The object of my invention is to provide a combined coat and trousers hanger, in which the latter shall be properly positioned to hold the trousers in correct shape and that Without. arranging it at a great distance below the coat hanger.

A further object ofniy invention is to provide a device as mentioned equipped with a suspending member which may be folded down when not in use to occupy less space.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

My invention'will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a partbf this specification and in which,

Figure l is a perspective View of a combinetl coat and trousers hanger embodying my invention in its preferred form, F 1g. 2

is a side elevation thereof, and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of'one end of the coat hanger, the trouser-s hanger portion being removed.

The coat hanger comprises the arched arm or member, 1 which may be of any ordinary or preferred form, and which may be made of any suitable material. However, I prefer to construct the same asa plain arched Wooden arms as illustrated in the drawing.

'2 indicates the suspending hook formed of wire and arranged in a plane {parallel with or coinciding with one side 0 the arm, 1. Theend of the hook, 2 is bent. at right an. les and extends through the, arm," 1 as ans ongoing a pivot upon which thehook may Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

3, 1908. Serial No rus es.

and at an angle to the horizontal to conform to the arch of the trousers, that 1s, to. the

cutto arch over the instep.

4: and 5 indicate the parallel clamping arms. These ureformed of a Single piece of wire bent back upon itself at G and are provided with means for attaching the same to the arm, 1. To this end, the arm, 4 is extended beyond the end of the arm, 5 and is formed with a loop or hook portion, 4, by which it is secured to the end of the coat. hanger. In practice, I prefer to turn the end of the arm upwardly as at 7, the bend, 7 being adjacent to the end of the arm, 1, to bring the parallel members, 8 and 9 of the hook or.1oop at substantially right angles to the grain of the wood "of which the arm. 1 is formed. The portions, 8 and 9 of the hook and pref erably the cross or connecting portion, 10 thereof are arranged in'grooves, 11 formed in the ,arm, 1 near one end thereof. By arranging the grooves, 11 and the members, 8 and 9 at substantially right angles to the grain of the wood, there is less likelihood of splitting the ends of the arm, 1.

If preferred the trousers hanger portion may be formed of stout, well tempered wire, in which case the trousers will be clamped between the arms solely by the resiliency of said arms. However, I prefer to construct the device of a much lighter wire than would I be required for a device'as above mentioned,.

f both for economy of material and the'greater 1 ease with which the same may be manufactured. In order to properly clamp the trousers the end of the arm, 5 is formed with !a hook, 12 which may be readily hooked over the adjacent portion of the arm, 4 securely clamping the trousers between the arms.

porting the opposite end of the hanger from the hook, 4' This may be of any preferred form but I find that shown in the drawings both simple and eliicient. As shown therein it comprises a single strand orlink secured in the trousers are clamped between a pair of resilient wire arms. This portion of the dcvlce is arranged beneath the coat hanger angle at which the bottoms of the legs are as at 14 to the portion, 6 of the hanger and having its opposite end bent and extended through the hanger, l as at 15.

Having described my invention What 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a device of the class described, a coat hanger comprising an arched arm equipped with means for suspending the same, in combination with a trousers hanger comprising a pair of parallel resilient clamping arms arranged beneath said coat hanger and at an angle to the horizontal, one of said arms being extended and formed into a hook for securing the same to the coat hanger, said coat hanger being formed of Wood and said I hook portion being bent upwardly at substantially right angles to the grain of the Wood of which the coat hanger is formed,

JOHN F. CLAUSSEN. Witnesses Farmers E. SHEEHY,

Howl-urn S. AUSTIN.

there being grooves formed in said Wooden

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