WO2007054749A1

WO2007054749A1 - Collapsible clothing hanger

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Publication number: WO2007054749A1
Application number: PCT/HR2006/000036
Authority: WO
Inventors: Niksa Dzanko
Original assignee: Niksa Dzanko
Priority date: 2005-11-11
Filing date: 2006-11-06
Publication date: 2007-05-18
Also published as: HRPK20050957B3; HRP20050957A2

Abstract

The collapsible clothing hanger with mobile arms comprises the outer arm (A) and the inner arm (B). The wider part of the outer arm has the mouth (2) that is inserted the head (3) of the arm (B). In the mouth there are openings (4) passing the couplers (C and D) that mutually hinge the two arms. Around the coupler there is wound the spring (E) whose ends keep the hanger open. At the outer surfaces of the two arms there are ribs (11) that prevent the hand from slipping. In the outer arm there is inserted the hook (F) that can be removed and fitted. The collapsible hanger can be closed when both its arms are put together, where the elastic winglets of the arm (B) lock in the recesses of the arm (A). By pressing the elastic winglets, the arms are returned into their initial position. The collapsible clothing hanger is intended firstly for wearing apparel with a narrow neckline only. The collapsible clothing hanger can be produced of various materials, in various colours.

Description

COLLAPSIBLE CLOTHING HANGER

INVENTION DESCRIPTION

1. FIELD OF APPLICATION

The invention relates to the collapsible clothing hanger with mobile arms, where arms, after being collapsed, automatically return to their initial position. In the International Patent Classification, it is classified as Section A - Human necessities; Class A 47 - Domestic articles or appliances; Subclass A 47 G - Household equipment; Group A 47 G 27/00 - Supports, etc. for wearing apparel; Subgroup A 47 G 27/40 - Collapsible hangers.

2. TECHNICAL PROBLEM

There is well known problem about hanging some wearing apparel onto hangers. This is firstly so about T-shirts and sweaters without a larger neckline or buttons. Such apparel can be put onto a stiff hanger in two ways. The first is to insert the hanger arms into the apparel through the bottom, waist, opening and then to pass the hook through the top, neck, opening. The other is to pass the hanger arms one by one through the previously spread neck opening. Both ways are impractical and slow, and because of the small neck opening, a hanger with longer stiff arms is difficult to insert into the shirt and deforms its original shape.

3. STATE OF THE ART

Presently, there are hangers with stiff arms of various shapes and purposes. There are certain simpler collapsible hangers, the arms of which may be collapsed manually, but also have to be manually returned to their initial position. Such hangers are mostly used for travels. 4. DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

The essence of the invention is a collapsible clothing hanger with two mutually hinged arms. The arms are connected with a coupler. Around the coupler body there is wound a spring the ends of which keep the hanger arms open. A simultaneous squeeze of both arms, from the upper side, folds the hanger, as required for passing it through a narrow neck opening of a clothing. If the hanger arms are fully collapsed, to touch each other, the hanger will remain in the collapsed position. For this purpose, on one arm there are elastic winglets that lock into adequate recesses in the opposite arm.

5. ILLUSTRATION DESCRIPTIONS

Figure 1. Open hanger - front view. Figure 2. Open hanger - bottom view. Figure 3. Open hanger - cross section H - H. Figure 4. Open hanger - right-hand side view. Figure 5. Open hanger - cross section G - G. Figure 6. Open hanger - cross section M - M. Figure 7. Open hanger - cross section N - N. Figure 8. Outer arm A - front view. Figure 9. Outer arm - bottom view. Figure 10. Outer arm - top view. Figure 11. Outer arm - right-hand side view. Figure 12. Inner arm B - front view Figure 13. Inner arm - bottom view. Figure 14. Inner arm - top view. Figure 15. Inner arm - left-hand side view. Figure 16. Female coupler C - front view. Figure 17. Female coupler - bottom view. Figure 18. Female coupler - side view.

Figure 19. Male coupler D - front view.

Figure 20. Male coupler - bottom view.

Figure 21. Male coupler - side view.

Figure 22. Hook F - front view.

Figure 23. Hook - side view.

Figure 24. Open hanger - perspective view.

Figure 25. Open hanger - bottom perspective view.

Figure 26. Closed hanger with hook - front view.

Figure 27. Closed hanger without hook - front view.

6. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION EMBODIMENT

The collapsible clothing hanger, as shown in the Figures 1. to 7., comprises: the outer arm A, the inner arm B, the female coupler C, the male coupler D, the spring E, and the hook F.

The outer arm A, Figures 8. to 11., has the semicircularly bent body 1 which at one end forms the open mouth 2, that receives the head 3 of the inner arm B. In the mouth 2 walls there are openings 4, for the body 14 of the female coupler C. In the mouth 2 outer lateral surfaces there are depressions 5 for the head 12 of the male and the female couples, and the small opening 6 for the protrusion 13 of the coupling head, that prevents the coupling from turning. In the upper part of the mouth, there is opening 7 for the hook F, by which the hanger is hung. In the semicircularly bent bodies 1 there are transversal partitions 8, stiffening the arm structure, over which slides one end of the spring E. At the inner lateral walls of the outer arm A, in its back part, there are recesses 9, in which lock the elastic winglets 10 of the inner arm B when the hanger is closed. At the upper side of the body 1 , of both arms, there are ribs 11 preventing the hand from slipping. The inner arm B, Figures 12. to 15., has the semicircularly bent body 1 which at one end forms the head 3. The head width corresponds to opening of the mouth 2 at the outer arm A. Ends of lateral walls of the body 1 , from the head 3 towards the rear part of the arm, are obliquely narrowed so that, when the arms are being closed, this part of the inner arm body enters the outer arm body, lying with its wider part against the edge of the body of the outer arm A. In the head 3 there is the opening 4, to pass body 14 of the female coupler C. In the semicircularly bent bodies 1 there are transversal partitions 8, stiffening the arm structure, over which slides the other end of the spring E. At the rear part of body of the inner arm B, at its inner lateral walls, there are elastic winglets 10 that lock in the recesses 9 in the body of the outer arm A when the hanger is closed.

The female coupler C, Figures 16. to 18., has the head 12 and the hollow body 14 with the slots 15. At the lower side of the head there is the protrusion 13 that enters the opening 6 in the mouth 2, preventing the coupler from turning.

The male coupler D, Figures 19. to 21., has the head 12 and the legs 16 on which there are teeth 17. At the lower side of the head there is the protrusion 13 that prevents the coupler from turning.

The body 14 of the female coupler C is entered by the legs 16 of the male coupler D, locking with the teeth 17 in the grooves 15.

The spring E, Figures 2., 3. and 25., is wound around the body 14 of the female coupling C, spring ends leaning in the bodies of the outer arm A and the inner arm B.

The hook F, Figures 22. and 23., enable hanging of the hanger. The hook is connected in a mobile way to the outer arm A, and, as evident in Figures 26 and 27, is made to enable its fitting and removing. For this purpose, one hook end has the legs 19 with the teeth 20, enabling easier insertion of the hook in and pulling it out of the opening 7 in the outer arm A. Functioning of the collapsible hanger:

The outer arm A and the inner arm B are mutually hinged by the female and the male couplers C and D. The spring E is wound around the body 14 of the female coupler C, so that the spring ends lean inside both arms, keeping thereby the arms in the open position, Figure 1.

When an apparel is to be put on the hanger, the procedure is as follows: by squeezing with one hand simultaneously both hanger arms, over the ribs 11, the spring resistance is overcome and the hanger arms are rotated around the coupler into the closed position, which enables the arms to be easily placed in the apparel through a narrow neck opening. Once placed in the apparel, the hand pressure against the arms is terminated, and the spring returns the arms to their initial, that is, open position, with the apparel on the hanger. The apparel is removed from the hanger in the same way.

If the collapsible hanger is to be closed, the arms A and B are approached to each other so that the elastic winglets 10 of the inner arm lock in the recesses 9 of the outer arm. Such closed hanger is practical for travelling. By pressing the indented surface of the elastic winglets, the outer arm is freed and the hanger is returned by the spring into the open position. Fixing of the arms in the closed position can also be performed in several other known ways.

Characters and numbers in the invention description and the figures mean:

A - outer arm

B - inner arm

C - male coupler

D - female coupler

E - spring

F - hook

1 - arms A and B bodies

2 - arm A mouth

3 - arm B head

4 - opening in the mouth for the coupler body

5 - depression in the coupling head mouth 6 - opening in the mouth for coupling protrusion

7 - opening for hook in the arm A

8 - partitions stiffening the arms

9 - recesses in the arm A locking the elastic winglets 10 - elastic winglets at the arm B

11 - ribs preventing the hand from sliding

12 - coupler C and D heads

13 - protrusion at the coupler C and D heads 14 - coupler C body

15 - teeth grooves in the coupler C body 16 - coupler D legs 17 - coupler D leg teeth 19 - hook F legs 20 - hook F leg teeth

7. INVENTION APPLICATION

The collapsible hanger is a very useful and functional item that can be applied to all sorts of wearing apparels. It is particularly practical for hanging of apparels without buttons but with a narrow neckline only, such as t-shirts, with long or short sleeves, shirts, sweaters, jumpers, etc.

The hanger has a hook that can be easily removed and fitted.

Parts of the collapsible hanger can be made of various materials, variously designed, and of various colours.

Claims

PATENT CLAIMS

1. Collapsible hanger having two mobile arms, coupler, spring, and hanging hook, wh e re in the outer arm (A) has the mouth (2); the inner arm (B) has the head (3) that is inserted in the mouth (2); the hanger has the female coupler (C) and the male coupler (D) that mutually hinge the mouth and the head; the hanger has the spring (E) that is wound around the female coupler body (14), and whose ends keep the arms (A and B) in their open position; in the arm (A) body (1) there are recesses (9); On the arm (B) body 1) there are elastic winglets (10) that enter the recesses (9) when the collapsible hanger is fully closed; in the arm (A) there is the opening (7) for fitting and removing of the hook (F).

2. Collapsible hanger as claimed in Claim 1, wh ere in in the lateral walls of the mouth (2) there are depressions (5) in which enter heads (12) of the couplers (C and D); in the depressions (5) there are openings (6) in which enter protrusions (13) of the coupler heads, preventing the coupler from turning.

3. Collapsible hanger as claimed in Claim 1. , wh ere in on the bodies (1 ) of the arms (A and B) there are ribs preventing the hand from sliding.

4. Collapsible hanger as claimed in Claim 1., wh e re in the female coupler (C) has the hollow body (12) with grooves (14) for connecting to the male coupler (D).

5. Collapsible hanger as claimed in Claim 1., wh e rein the male coupler (D) has the teeth (17) entering the grooves (14) in the female coupler (C) body.

6. Collapsible hanger as claimed in Claim 1., wh e re in the hook (F) has at its one end legs (19) with the teeth (20) for connecting to the arm (A).

7. Collapsible hanger as claimed in the previous Claims, wh e re in simultaneous pressure with one hand on both arms (A and B) brings them from their initial to the closed position, where the elastic winglets of the arm (B) lock in the grooves (9) of the arm (A).

8. Collapsible hanger as claimed in Claim 7., wh e re in the arms (A an B) are opened from the closed position by pressing the indented part of the elastic winglets (10), where the spring returns the arms to their initial position.