US1349022A - Folding suit-hanger - Google Patents

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L. W. TOWNSEND. FOLDINGSUIT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.12, 1920.

1,349,022, at nt dAug. 10,1920.

I N VENTOR. Wow W; 75w-s5-n LAYTON WATTON TOWNSEND, OF HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

FOLDING SUIT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1920.

Application filed February 12, 1920. Serial No. 358,281.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAYTON TVATTON TOWNSEND, of the city of Hamilton, in the county of lVentworth, Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Suit-Hangers, of which the following is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in folding suit hangers and the object of the invention is to devise a hanger of this type which can be folded into very small space for shipping or packing and which will be very cheap to make; a further object is to make a hanger of such form that it can be shipped in the knock down position and can be easily and quickly assembled for use without any tools.

My invention consists of a horizontal member, and two inclined members pivotally mounted on the horizontal member near the ends thereof and a supporting hook passing through engaging orifices in the free ends of the inclined members, all as more particularly described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 shows my hanger in the assembled form.

F ig. 2 shows the hanger partially folded.

Fig. 3 is a top view of the hanger in the folded form.

Fig. 4: is a side view thereof.

Fig. 5 is a front view of the supporting hook; and Fig. 6 is a side view thereof.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different views.

1 is the horizontal member. 2 and 8 are the inclined side members. 4 and 5 are nails or rivets pivotally connecting the members 2 and 3 to the member 1. 6 and 7 are orifices extending through the members 2 and 8 near their upper ends and adapted to register with each other. 8 is the supporting hook which has the upper hook portion 9 and the lower hook portion 10 disposed at right angles to each other.

My hanger is constructed as follows:

hen constructed in the factory the inclined members 2 and 3 are pivotally mounted to the'member 1 by means of the nails or rivets 4 and 5, and the orifices 6 and 7 are made in the members 2 and 3. The

lower hook portion 10 is left open as shown in Fig. 6, and the hanger is shipped in the folded position as shown in Figs. 3 and-4 with the hook detached. All that is necessary in assembling the hangers for use is to pass the hook portion 10 through the orifices 6 and 7 which secures the hanger in the open position. lVhen open the hanger is in triangular form with the apex uppermost. The hook portion 10 can be closed in by the thumb after being inserted in position so that it cannot become disengaged.

It will be noted that all the arms of my hanger are of simple straight pieces of wood and are not in anyway shaped. The two side arms 2 and 3 are identical in form and are made from a rough block by simply drilling the end holes then cutting on a multiple saw. The horizontal member 1 is similarly made.

No planing is necessary as the rough sawed pieces are simply smoothed in a tumbler device.

The chief advantages of my hanger reside in the very small space which it occupies when being shipped or stored and with the simplicity and cheapness of construction. It is particularly suitable for what are called giveaway hangers which are so extensively used as an advertising means for tailors, dress-makers, etc. Any desired advertising matter may be printed on the flat sides of the members.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have oevised a very simple and useful suit hanger.

hat I claim as my invention is:

A folding suit hanger comprising three straight members, two of said members being of equal length and shorter than the third member, the shorter members being pivotally connected at one end to the third member adjacent its ends and on opposite sides thereof, a hook member pivotally connecting the free ends of the shorter members, and the three members being adapted to fold in parallelism with each other upon removal of the hook for a purpose specified.

LAYTON WATTON TOWNSEND. lVitnesses:

JOHN G. HAYWARD, GERTRUDE NICHOLSON.

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