US1352382A - Of one-hale to alexander - Google Patents

Description

GARMENT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 4. 191s.

1,352, 382. Patented Sept. 7 1920.

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To all whom t may concern:

,Be ity known lthat I, Devin R. RIDDICK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rawlins, in the county of Carbon and State of Vyoming, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Hangers;

and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to malte and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive, yet an efti` cient and durable garment hanger which will be quickly and easily adjustable for garments of different size, and with this object in view, the invention resides vin the novel features of construction and unique association ofV parts hereinafterl fully deff,`

iiexible garment supporting arms and they spreader rod which extends between said arms.

In the drawings above briefly described, the numeral 1 designates a supporting member from which a pair of resilient arms 2 diverge downwardly, while the numeral. 3 has reference to a spreader rod extending between the ends of said arms 2, connections 4 being provided for so connecting said rod and arms as to permitthe former to be adjusted vertically along the latter to vary the inclination of the arms 2. Y l

Supporting member l is preferably in the form of a vertical plate having its vertical edges turned inwardly to provide beads 5 in which the upper ends of the arms 2 are anchored, said arms being herein shown as formed by the two halves of a single coil of wire, although separate pieces will be used for the two arms. The upper edge of the supporting member or plate l is turned inwardly to form an additional bead 6 hav- Specification of Letters Patenti ing an' peiling 7 iafwich t'hef haar `alla supporting Shook 8 isimounted.V 'Although this construction may be followed if desired,

other details could well be used.

l Patentedlsept. '7,1 1920. i" Applicationled November 4,1918. ",vSerialirNo. k261,*034. f f

ln most cases the spreader rod 3 will be n v formed-of two telescoping sections 9 having any suitablermeans such asa set screw 10 for securing them against relative movement. By loosening the screw or other fastener l0, however, the width ofthe hanger may be varied according to the size of the garment to be supported thereby.

The connections 4 might be of any adequate construction to permit their vertical adjustmenty along the arms 2, buty they are preferably in the formy of metal eyes whose bores 1l slidably receive the arms 2 and by reference to Fig. 5, it will beseen that the metal. edgesat the ends Ofsai'd'bores, bite opposite sides of the coiled wirefarms The resilient action of the wire hasahtendency to move the downwardly extending ends of :the arms 2 outwardly' in alinement with the inclined portions of said arms, and this actioncants the arms in the eyes 4 so as to causej the latter to effectively grip` the former;

--For alarge garment, the rod 3 is shifted to'the lower extremities of the arms 2 and is extended in length.y Forvsmaller articles tended into engagement with the waist band.

If desired, however, the skirt or trousers may lbefolded and passed over the rod 3, although this is in most cases undesirable since it tends to crease the yclothing where the fold takes place.

From thefforegoing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, yit will be seen that I have provided an extremely simple and inexpensive device, yet one which' will be highly eflicient and in every way desirable. Since excellent results are obtained from vthe details shown and described, they may well be followed, but within the scope Y Y l. In a garment hanger, a support provided with a suspending device, a horizontal, longitudinally eXtensible and Yretractable spreader below said support and provided Vwith guides at its ends, and a pair of selfstraightening spring arms diverging downwardly from said support, thelower ends of said spring armsV being 'sprung downwardly and inserted under tension through :said guides without destroying their selfstraightening qualities, whereby a constant outward stress is exerted on said lower ends of the arms to yieldably hold them against sliding through said guides.

2. In a garment hanger, a support, a pair of resilient arms Vdiverging Adownwardly 20 from said support and formed or' coiled wire, a spreader rod extending between the ends of said arms, and eyes at the ends Aof said rod through which said arms pass slidably, said eyes normally gripping the convolutions of the wire to prevent slippage.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

DAVID R. RIDDICK.

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