DE102022003118A1 - Clothes hanger - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the invention, a clothes hanger with left and right shoulder support edges and a clothes rail hook between them is characterized in that
- the clothes hanger has a surface made of flexible flat material of essentially constant wall thickness and that
- the surface is foldable or deformable in a U-shaped cross-section between a substantially flat stowage shape and a clothes hanger shape with a U-shaped cross-section and that
- the surface has a first edge contour with a first left and a first right shoulder support edge with a first clothes rail hook in between and a second edge contour with a second left and a second right shoulder support edge with a second clothes rail hook in between, the first and second left shoulder support edges being arranged mirror-symmetrically to one another are and the first and second right shoulder support edges are mirror-symmetrical to each other along the same line of symmetry, so that they can be placed congruently on top of one another, the surface folded or deformed in a U-shape along a straight folding curvature area that extends along the line of symmetry and in this clothes hanger shape by a locking device can be locked together and released again.

Description

The present invention is directed to technically improving a clothes hanger.

Clothes hangers are an extremely widespread and proven tool. In textile shops in particular, it is often a disadvantage that a large number of unused clothes hangers are difficult to store and transport, for example because they get caught or because their shape makes it difficult to grip or be put together into groups that can be stored or transported.

The present invention is based on the object of creating a clothes hanger whose handling and function are improved, particularly with regard to these disadvantages. This task is solved by a clothes hanger with the features of claim 1. Preferred embodiments are specified in the subclaims.

• - Der Kleiderbügel weist eine Fläche aus flexiblem Flachmaterial im Wesentlichen konstanter Wandstärke auf. Dies ist zum Beispiel Thermoplast wie PE, PP insbesondere auch hoher Dichte, insbesondere auch aus Recycling, insbesondere auch mit einer gleichmäßigen Wandstärke, zum Beispiel von 1 mm bis 5 mm, insbesondere 1,5 mm bis 3 mm, besonders bevorzugt 1,5 mm bis 2,5 mm.
• - Die Fläche ist insbesondere aufgrund der Materialeigenschaften des Flachmaterials faltbar oder im Querschnitt U-förmig verformbar zwischen einer im Wesentlichen ebenen Staugestalt (in der sich die dann als Kleiderbügel möglicherweise kaum erkennbare und/oder möglicherweise unbrauchbare Vorrichtung einfach stapeln lässt) und einer im Querschnitt U-förmigen Kleiderbügelgestalt - in der die Faltung oder U-förmige Wölbung für eine geometrische Aussteifung sorgt, nämlich durch das so entstandene Widerstandmoment des wirksamen Querschnitts der Kleiderbügelgestalt.
• - Und die Fläche weist eine erste Randkontur mit einer ersten linken und einer ersten rechten Schulterunterstützungskante auf und mit einem ersten Kleiderstangenhaken dazwischen. Und die Fläche weist eine zweite Randkontur mit einer zweiten linken und einer zweiten rechten Schulterunterstützungskante auf mit einem zweiten Kleiderstangenhaken dazwischen. Die erste und die zweite linke Schulterunterstützungskante sind spiegelsymmetrisch zueinander angeordnet ebenso wie die erste und zweite rechte Schulterunterstützungskante, und zwar entlang derselben Symmetrielinie. So lassen sie sich deckungsgleich aufeinanderlegen (wenn die Fläche gefaltet oder U-förmig verformt ist entlang einem geraden Faltwölbungsbereich, der sich entlang der Symmetrielinie erstreckt) - und in dieser Kleiderbügelgestalt durch eine Verriegelungseinrichtung beieinander arretieren und wieder lösen.

A clothes hanger according to the invention also has a left and right shoulder support edge or contour and a clothes rail hook between them. According to the invention, a clothes hanger is characterized by the following:

• - The clothes hanger has a surface made of flexible flat material of essentially constant wall thickness. This is, for example, thermoplastic such as PE, PP, in particular also of high density, in particular also from recycling, in particular also with a uniform wall thickness, for example from 1 mm to 5 mm, in particular 1.5 mm to 3 mm, particularly preferably 1.5 mm up to 2.5 mm.
• - The surface can be folded, in particular due to the material properties of the flat material, or can be deformed into a U-shape in cross-section between a substantially flat storage shape (in which the device, which may then be barely recognizable and/or possibly unusable as a clothes hanger, can be easily stacked) and one in cross-section U -shaped clothes hanger shape - in which the fold or U-shaped curvature ensures geometric stiffening, namely through the resulting moment of resistance of the effective cross section of the clothes hanger shape.
• - And the surface has a first edge contour with a first left and a first right shoulder support edge and with a first clothes rail hook between them. And the surface has a second edge contour with a second left and a second right shoulder support edge with a second clothes rail hook therebetween. The first and second left shoulder support edges are arranged mirror-symmetrically to one another, as are the first and second right shoulder support edges, along the same line of symmetry. So they can be placed congruently on top of each other (if the surface is folded or deformed in a U-shape along a straight folding curvature area that extends along the line of symmetry) - and locked together in this hanger shape by a locking device and released again.

This creates a clothes hanger that can be hung on a rod, for example, using the first and second hooks and, thanks to the improved moment of resistance (from the fold or curvature), provides a rigid support with little material expenditure - support that is essentially congruent in the shape of the clothes hanger arranged first and second shoulder support edges.

In the clothes hanger shape, the clothes hanger is preferably locked and released again by a cord with a spring clip as a locking device. Also, for example, a push button or another, in particular positive locking device are inventive. The cord is then preferably threaded through passages in the flat material, which are arranged in pairs mirror-symmetrically to one another along the line of symmetry, so that they can be placed congruently on top of one another when the surface is folded along the folding curvature area or deformed into a U-shape. The cord can then be “tightened” as a loop using the spring clip, for example, and holds the pairs of passages together.

If, particularly preferably, a pair of the passages in the flat material is arranged in such a way that the line of symmetry is oriented horizontally, if the clothes hanger in the clothes hanger shape is stored hanging only on the one pair of the passages, the clothes hanger according to the invention can also alternatively be attached to the cord and not only hang on the hook.

The first and second clothes rail hooks particularly preferably have a concave hook contact edge, which (like the shoulder support edges) are arranged mirror-symmetrically to one another along the line of symmetry, so that they can be placed congruently on top of one another (and in this clothes hanger shape can be locked together and released again by the locking device). This means that both hooks engage at the same time when used as intended, for example with a clothes rail.

Particularly preferably, the first and second clothes rail hooks are arranged mirror-symmetrically to one another along the line of symmetry in such a way that they can be placed on top of one another (the surface folded or deformed in a U-shape along the folding curvature area) congruently with the hook shaft of the first clothes rail hook on the one hand and the hook shaft of the second clothes rail hook on the other hand from the hook contact edge. Because the hooks are also contained in the surface, i.e. made from the - flexible - flat material, they can be elastically "bent" a little to the side when hanging on a clothes rail - and then hung up, the weight of the garment is applied to both sides Pass the clothes rail up into the hook contact edges and transfer it there into the clothes rail.

Particularly preferably, the surface has at least one or more recesses in the folding curvature region, which extends along the line of symmetry. On the one hand, these can promote folding or curving in particular only or essentially along these lines.

However, one recess can, for example, extend essentially over the entire length of the folding curvature area, and thus forms a trouser support contour with an elongated, essentially horizontal edge contour in the shape of the clothes hanger, for threading and thus hanging trousers - as with conventional suitably equipped clothes hangers.

Particularly preferably, the recess which extends essentially over the entire length of the folding curvature area has one or two tab edges which extend essentially over the entire length of the folding curvature area and can be folded downwards in the clothes hanger shape as a trouser support contour or can be deformed in an arcuate cross section - and thus in turn causes Due to the improved moment of resistance (from the fold or curvature) with little material expenditure, a rigid support of the tabs which are essentially folded or curved downwards in the clothes hanger shape.

The surface can, for example, also have at least two recesses in the folding curvature area that extends along the line of symmetry - with at least one pair of noses (as spaghetti strap or skirt loop hooks) in the edge contours of the recesses, which extend from the center of the Length of the folding curvature area (approximately or, especially for suspended hanging, even better exactly) are the same distance apart, are arranged on the line of symmetry and point towards or away from each other.

• 1 eine Draufsicht auf eine erste Ausgestaltung eines erfindungsgemäßen Kleiderbügels in Staugestalt,
• 2 eine geschnittene Seitenansicht des erfindungsgemäßen Kleiderbügels in Staugestalt aus 1,
• 3 eine räumliche Ansicht der ersten Ausgestaltung eines erfindungsgemäßen Kleiderbügels gemäß 1 in Kleiderbügelgestalt,
• 4 eine geschnittene Seitenansicht des erfindungsgemäßen Kleiderbügels in Kleiderbügelgestalt gemäß 3,
• 5 die Seitenansicht des erfindungsgemäßen Kleiderbügels in Kleiderbügelgestalt aus 4 um 90° gedreht,
• 6 eine geschnittene Seitenansicht einer zweiten Ausgestaltung eines erfindungsgemäßen Kleiderbügels in Kleiderbügelgestalt und
• 7 die Seitenansicht der zweiten Ausgestaltung eines erfindungsgemäßen Kleiderbügels in Kleiderbügelgestalt aus 6 um 90° gedreht.

Further advantages, refinements and details of the invention are described below in the description of exemplary embodiments with reference to the attached figures. Show it

• 1 a top view of a first embodiment of a clothes hanger according to the invention in stowage shape,
• 2 a sectioned side view of the clothes hanger according to the invention in stowage form 1 ,
• 3 a spatial view of the first embodiment of a clothes hanger according to the invention 1 in coat hanger form,
• 4 a sectional side view of the clothes hanger according to the invention in the shape of a clothes hanger 3 ,
• 5 the side view of the clothes hanger according to the invention in the shape of a clothes hanger 4 turned by 90 degrees,
• 6 a sectioned side view of a second embodiment of a clothes hanger according to the invention in the shape of a clothes hanger and
• 7 the side view of the second embodiment of a clothes hanger according to the invention in the shape of a clothes hanger 6 turned by 90 degrees.

According to the figures, a clothes hanger 2 according to the invention also has a left and right shoulder support edge 4, 6 or contour and a clothes rail hook 8, 10 between them.

• - Der Kleiderbügel 2 weist eine Fläche 12 aus flexiblem Flachmaterial im Wesentlichen konstanter Wandstärke auf.
• - Die Fläche 12 ist insbesondere aufgrund der Materialeigenschaften des Flachmaterials faltbar oder im Querschnitt U-förmig 14 verformbar zwischen einer im Wesentlichen ebenen Staugestalt 16 (in der sich die dann als Kleiderbügel möglicherweise kaum erkennbare und/oder möglicherweise unbrauchbare Vorrichtung einfach stapeln lässt) und einem im Querschnitt U-förmigen Kleiderbügelgestalt 18 - in der die Faltung oder U-förmige Wölbung 14 für eine geometrische Aussteifung sorgt, nämlich durch das so entstandene Widerstandmoment des wirksamen Querschnitts der Kleiderbügelgestalt 18. Und
• - die Fläche 12 weist eine erste Randkontur mit einer ersten linken und einer ersten rechten Schulterunterstützungskante 4 auf und mit einem ersten Kleiderstangenhaken 8 dazwischen. Und die Fläche 12 weist eine zweite Randkontur mit einer zweiten linken und einer zweiten rechten Schulterunterstützungskante 6 auf mit einem zweiten Kleiderstangenhaken 10 dazwischen. Die erste und die zweite linke Schulterunterstützungskante sind spiegelsymmetrisch zueinander angeordnet ebenso wie die erste und zweite rechte Schulterunterstützungskante, und zwar entlang derselben Symmetrielinie 20. So lassen sie sich deckungsgleich aufeinanderlegen (wenn die Fläche entlang einem geraden Faltwölbungsbereich 22 gefaltet oder U-förmig verformt ist, der sich entlang der Symmetrielinie 20 erstreckt) - und in dieser Kleiderbügelgestalt 18 durch eine Verriegelungseinrichtung 24 beieinander arretieren und wieder lösen.

According to the invention, a clothes hanger is characterized by the following:

• - The clothes hanger 2 has a surface 12 made of flexible flat material with a substantially constant wall thickness.
• - The surface 12 can be folded, in particular due to the material properties of the flat material, or can be deformed in a U-shaped cross-section 14 between a substantially flat storage shape 16 (in which the device, which may then be barely recognizable and/or possibly unusable as a clothes hanger, can be easily stacked) and a in cross section U-shaped clothes hanger shape 18 - in which the fold or U-shaped curvature 14 ensures geometric stiffening, namely through the resulting moment of resistance of the effective cross section of the clothes hanger shape 18. And
• - The surface 12 has a first edge contour with a first left and a first right shoulder support edge 4 and with a first clothes rail hook 8 in between schen. And the surface 12 has a second edge contour with a second left and a second right shoulder support edge 6 with a second clothes rail hook 10 in between. The first and second left shoulder support edges are arranged mirror-symmetrically to one another, just like the first and second right shoulder support edges, along the same line of symmetry 20. This means that they can be placed congruently on top of one another (if the surface is folded along a straight fold area 22 or deformed into a U-shape, which extends along the line of symmetry 20) - and lock them together in this clothes hanger shape 18 by a locking device 24 and release them again.

This creates a clothes hanger that can be hung, for example, on a rod (not shown) using the first and second hooks 8, 10 and, thanks to the improved moment of resistance (from the fold or curvature 14), provides a rigid support for the clothes hanger shape with little material expenditure 18 supplies substantially congruently arranged first and second shoulder support edges 4, 6.

In the clothes hanger shape 18, the clothes hanger 2 is locked and releasable by a cord 26 with a spring clip 28 as a locking device. The cord 26 is threaded through passages 30 in the flat material, which are arranged in pairs mirror-symmetrically to one another along the line of symmetry 20, so that they can be placed congruently on top of one another when the surface 12 is folded along the folding curvature area 22 or deformed into a U-shape 14. The cord 26 can then be “pulled” as a loop, for example using the spring clip 28, and holds the paired passages 30 on top of each other.

Because a pair of the passages 30 in the flat material is arranged in such a way that the line of symmetry 20 is oriented horizontally when the clothes hanger 2 in the clothes hanger shape 16 is stored hanging solely on the one pair of the passages 30, the clothes hanger 2 can also alternatively be attached to the cord 26 and not just hang it on hooks 8, 10.

The first and second clothes rail hooks 8, 10 have a first and second concave hook contact edge 34 which (like the shoulder support edges) are arranged mirror-symmetrically to one another along the line of symmetry 20 so that they are folded or deformed in a U-shape along the folding curve area , can be placed congruently on top of each other (and in this hanger shape can be locked together and released again by the locking device). When used as intended, both hooks 8, 10 come into engagement at the same time, for example with a clothes rail (not shown).

Particularly preferably, the first and second clothes rail hooks 8, 10 are arranged mirror-symmetrically to one another along the line of symmetry in such a way that they can be placed on top of one another (the surface folded or deformed in a U-shape along the folding curvature area) congruently with the hook shaft 36 of the first clothes rail hook 8 on the one hand and the Hook shaft 36 of the second clothes rail hook 10 on the other hand from the hook contact edge 34. Because the hooks are also contained in the surface, i.e. are made from the - flexible - flat material, they can be elastically "bent to the side" a little when hanging on a clothes rail - and then hung up, the weight of the garment is transferred past the clothes rail on both sides upwards into the hook contact edges and there into the clothes rail.

Particularly advantageously, the surface 12 has one or more (four shown) recesses 38 in the folding curvature region 22, which extends along the line of symmetry 20. On the one hand, these can promote folding or curving in particular only or essentially along these lines.

The one recess 38 extends essentially over the entire length of the folding curvature area 22 and thus forms, with an elongated, essentially horizontal edge contour 40 in the clothes hanger shape, a trouser support contour for threading and thus hanging trousers (not shown) - as with conventional ones set up accordingly hangers.

Particularly advantageously, the recess 38, which extends essentially over the entire length of the folding curvature area, has two edge tabs 42 which extend essentially over the entire length of the folding curvature area 22 and which can be folded downwards in the clothes hanger shape as a trouser support contour or which can be deformed in an arcuate cross section Allow them to be curved towards each other at the bottom so that their edges come together again and are thus fastened to one another using a cord (threaded through passages 30) and a spring clip. This in turn results in a rigid support for the tabs 42, which are essentially folded or curved downwards in the clothes hanger shape, due to the improved moment of resistance (from the fold or curvature) with little material expenditure.

Alternatively, the surface 12 in the folding curvature area 22, which extends along the symmetry never extends, but for example also at least two recesses 38 (four shown) - with two pairs of noses 44 (as spaghetti strap or skirt loop hooks) in the edge contours of the recesses 38, which extend from the middle of the length of the folding curvature area 22, for oscillated hanging exactly, are equidistant, are arranged on the line of symmetry 20 and point towards or away from each other.

All features, words and descriptions of the embodiments described here with the figures are also individually or in any combination according to the invention in combination with a clothes hanger according to the main claim, as long as there is no functional contradiction to this.

Unless otherwise stated, all directions and orientations throughout this application are intended to mean the orientation of the device for its intended use, as also shown in the figures and named in the list of figures.

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Clothes hanger

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left and right shoulder support edge or contour

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Clothes rail hooks

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Surface made of flexible flat material

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U-shaped deformation

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traffic jam shape

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Clothes hanger shape

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Line of symmetry

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Folding curvature area

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Locking device

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Spring clamp

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passage

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Hook contact edge

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Hook shank

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recess

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Edge contour, especially for trousers

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Edge tab

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Nose

Claims (10)

Clothes hanger (2) with left and right shoulder support edges (4, 6) and a clothes rail hook (8, 10) between them, characterized in that - the clothes hanger (2) has a surface (12) made of flexible flat material of essentially constant wall thickness and that - the surface (12) can be folded or deformed in a U-shaped cross-section between a substantially flat storage shape (16) and a clothes hanger shape (18) with a U-shaped cross-section and that - the surface (12) has a first edge contour with a first left and a first right shoulder support edge (4) with a first clothes rail hook (8) in between and a second edge contour with a second left and a second right shoulder support edge (6) with a second clothes rail hook (10) in between, the first and second left shoulder support edges (4 , 6) are arranged mirror-symmetrically to one another and the first and second right shoulder support edges are mirror-symmetrically to one another along the same line of symmetry (20), so that they, the surface (12) are folded or deformed in a U-shape along a straight folding curvature area (22) which extends along extends along the line of symmetry, can be placed congruently on top of one another and can be locked together and released again in this clothes hanger shape (18) by a locking device (24). Clothes hanger Claim 1 , characterized in that the locking device (24) is a cord (26) with a spring clip (28) or a push button. Clothes hanger Claim 2 , characterized in that the cord (26) is threaded through passages (30) in the flat material, which are arranged in pairs mirror-symmetrically to one another along the line of symmetry (20), so that they are folded or U-shaped along the surface along the folding curvature area (22). deformed into a shape and laid congruently on top of each other. Clothes hanger Claim 3 , characterized in that a pair of the passages (30) is arranged in the surface so that the line of symmetry (20) is oriented horizontally when the clothes hanger (2) in the clothes hanger shape (18) only on the one pair of passages (30 ) is stored hanging. Clothes hanger according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first and second clothes rail hooks (8, 10) have a concave hook contact edge (34), which are arranged mirror-symmetrically to one another along the line of symmetry (20), so that they can be placed congruently on top of one another when the surface (12) is folded or deformed into a U-shape along the folding curvature area (22). Clothes hanger Claim 5 , characterized in that the first and second clothes rail hooks (8, 10) are arranged mirror-symmetrically to one another along the line of symmetry (20) in such a way that they, the surface (12) are folded or deformed in a U-shape along the folding curvature area (22), can be placed congruently with the hook shaft (38) of the first clothes rail hook (8) on the one hand and the hook shaft (38) of the second clothes rail hook (10) on the other hand from the hook contact edge (36). Clothes hanger according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the surface (12) has at least one recess (38) in the folding curve region (22) which extends along the line of symmetry (20). Clothes hanger Claim 7 , characterized in that the one recess (38) extends essentially over the entire length of the folding curvature area (22) with an elongated, essentially horizontal edge contour (40) in the clothes hanger shape (18) as a trouser support contour. Clothes hanger Claim 8 , characterized in that the one recess (38), which extends essentially over the entire length of the folding curve area (22), has one or two extending essentially over the entire length of the folding curve area (22), in the clothes hanger shape (18) as trousers. Support contour has edge tabs (42) that can be folded downwards or can be deformed in an arcuate cross section. Clothes hanger Claim 7 , characterized in that the surface (12) in the folding curvature area (22), which extends along the line of symmetry (20), has at least two recesses (38) with at least one pair of noses (44) as spaghetti strap or skirt loop hooks in the edge contours of the recesses (38), which are equidistant from the middle of the length of the folding curvature region (22), are arranged on the line of symmetry (20) and point towards or away from one another.

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