CA2211311C - Clothes hanger - Google Patents
Clothes hangerInfo
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- CA2211311C CA2211311C CA 2211311 CA2211311A CA2211311C CA 2211311 C CA2211311 C CA 2211311C CA 2211311 CA2211311 CA 2211311 CA 2211311 A CA2211311 A CA 2211311A CA 2211311 C CA2211311 C CA 2211311C
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- hanger
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Classifications
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
- A47G25/00—Household implements used in connection with wearing apparel; Dress, hat or umbrella holders
- A47G25/14—Clothing hangers, e.g. suit hangers
- A47G25/48—Hangers with clamps or the like, e.g. for trousers or skirts
- A47G25/487—Hangers with clamps or the like, e.g. for trousers or skirts for clamping the trousers or skirts against the trouser-supporting bar or between trouser-supporting bars
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Abstract
A clothes hanger has a pair of parallel hanger bars with opposed faces, a springinterconnecting the hanger bars and resiliently urging the bars towards one another for gripping engagement with an article of clothing between the opposed faces and a hook extending upwardly from the spring for use in suspending the hanger.
The spring has a pair of legs extending downwardly from the spring, transversely of the hanger in opposite directions and into engagement with the hanger bars, whereby the hanger bars can be separated from one another against the action of the spring by manually pressing the legs towards one another.
Finger guard attachments extend around and along the legs for facilitating the pressing together of the legs by a user's fingers, the finger guard attachments each comprising bead-like members threaded onto a respective one of the legs into juxtaposition with one another.
The spring has a pair of legs extending downwardly from the spring, transversely of the hanger in opposite directions and into engagement with the hanger bars, whereby the hanger bars can be separated from one another against the action of the spring by manually pressing the legs towards one another.
Finger guard attachments extend around and along the legs for facilitating the pressing together of the legs by a user's fingers, the finger guard attachments each comprising bead-like members threaded onto a respective one of the legs into juxtaposition with one another.
Description
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The present invention relates to clothes hangers and, more particularly, to the type of clothes hangers which have a pair of hanger bars urged towards one another by a spring for gripping engagement with an article of clothing between the hanger bars.
One such clothes hanger is disclosed in French Patent Application No. 2,222,982 in the name of Albert Alby, in which there is illustrated and described a clothes hanger with a spring having a pair of legs extending downwardly into engagement with the hanger bars. The arrangement is such that the hanger bars can be separated from one another, to release the article of clothing, by m~nll~lly pressing the legs towards one another against the action of the spring.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel and improved clothes hanger of the above-described type inwhich the user's fingers, when pressed against the legs ofthe spring, are protected from discomfort and/or injury.
According to the present invention, the legs of the spring are provided with finger guard attachments extending around and along the legs for facilitating the pressing together of the legs by a user's fingers.
The finger guard attachments preferably are in the form of a plurality of bead-like members arranged adjacent one another along each of the legs.
The present invention will be more readily apparent from the following description of an embodiment thereofwhen taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:-Figure 1 shows a plan view of a hanger embodying the present invention;
Figure 2 shows a view in side elevation of the hanger of Figure l;
Figure 3 shows a view in end elevation of the hanger of Figure l;
Figure 4 shows an underneath plan view of the hanger of Figure l;
Figure 5 shows a view in perspective of the hanger of Figure 1 in use;
Figure 6 shows a view in perspective of the hanger of Figure 1 in an opened or released condition; and Figure 7 shows a view in end elevation of the hanger of Figure 1 in its opened or released condition.
As illustrated in the drawings, a hanger indicated generally by reference numeral 10 comprises a pair of hanger bars indicated generally by reference numerals 12. Each hanger bar 12 comprises an outer bar-shaped member 14 provided, at its inner side, with a lining 16, and the two hanger bars 12 have mutually opposed faces 18. Each hanger bar 12 has an arcuate intermediate portion 20 between a pair of slightly tapered end portions 22, as shown in Figure 6.
The hanger bars 12 are resiliently urged towards one another by the action of a coil spring indicated generally by reference numeral 24. The coil spring 24 is provided with two legs 26 which extend downwardly from the spring 24, and have end portions 28 which extend transversely of the hanger 10, in opposite directions, into engagement with the bar-shaped members 14. The coil spring 24 is provided with a hook 30, by means of which the hanger 10 can be suspended in conventional manner from another hook, a bar or some other support (not shown).
The spring 24 and its legs 26 are, in the present embodiment, made of stainless steel, but may alternatively be of any other suitable material, and the legs 26 are each provided with a finger guard attachment indicated generally by reference numeral 32. Each of the finger guard hments 32 comprises a plurality of bead-like members 34, which are threaded onto the legs 26 into juxtaposition with one another, as shown, for example, in Figure 3. These finger guard ~ chments 32 form enlargements on the legs 26 and facilitate engagement and pressing together of the legs 26, by the fingers of a user, and thus counter-act discomfort and/or injury of the user's fingers by the pressure of the user's fingers on the legs 26. This is of advantage, in particular, for elderly, incapacitated, young or otherwise weak users.
Figure 5 shows the hanger 10 in use and, more particularly, shows the hook 30 in suspending engagement with a line 36. Also, Figure 5 shows a broken-away portion of an article of clothing 38 being gripped between the opposed faces 18 ofthe hanger bars 12 by the action of the coil spring 24 urging the opposed faces 18 of the hanger bars 12 towards one another.
This article of clothing 38 may, for example, be the ends of a pair of pants or a skirt, as will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art.
Figures 6 and 7 show the hanger bars 12 pressed away from one another against the action of the coil spring 24, by pressing the legs 26 towards one another.
The finger guard attachments 32 may be made of any suitable material but, in the present embodiment, are made of durable, solid, rigid plastic material. The finger guard attachments 32 may, alternatively, be made of wood, metal, foam, leather or resin, for example.
As will be apparent to those skilled in the art, various modifications may be made in the above-described embodiment of the present invention within the scope of the appended claims.
The present invention relates to clothes hangers and, more particularly, to the type of clothes hangers which have a pair of hanger bars urged towards one another by a spring for gripping engagement with an article of clothing between the hanger bars.
One such clothes hanger is disclosed in French Patent Application No. 2,222,982 in the name of Albert Alby, in which there is illustrated and described a clothes hanger with a spring having a pair of legs extending downwardly into engagement with the hanger bars. The arrangement is such that the hanger bars can be separated from one another, to release the article of clothing, by m~nll~lly pressing the legs towards one another against the action of the spring.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel and improved clothes hanger of the above-described type inwhich the user's fingers, when pressed against the legs ofthe spring, are protected from discomfort and/or injury.
According to the present invention, the legs of the spring are provided with finger guard attachments extending around and along the legs for facilitating the pressing together of the legs by a user's fingers.
The finger guard attachments preferably are in the form of a plurality of bead-like members arranged adjacent one another along each of the legs.
The present invention will be more readily apparent from the following description of an embodiment thereofwhen taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:-Figure 1 shows a plan view of a hanger embodying the present invention;
Figure 2 shows a view in side elevation of the hanger of Figure l;
Figure 3 shows a view in end elevation of the hanger of Figure l;
Figure 4 shows an underneath plan view of the hanger of Figure l;
Figure 5 shows a view in perspective of the hanger of Figure 1 in use;
Figure 6 shows a view in perspective of the hanger of Figure 1 in an opened or released condition; and Figure 7 shows a view in end elevation of the hanger of Figure 1 in its opened or released condition.
As illustrated in the drawings, a hanger indicated generally by reference numeral 10 comprises a pair of hanger bars indicated generally by reference numerals 12. Each hanger bar 12 comprises an outer bar-shaped member 14 provided, at its inner side, with a lining 16, and the two hanger bars 12 have mutually opposed faces 18. Each hanger bar 12 has an arcuate intermediate portion 20 between a pair of slightly tapered end portions 22, as shown in Figure 6.
The hanger bars 12 are resiliently urged towards one another by the action of a coil spring indicated generally by reference numeral 24. The coil spring 24 is provided with two legs 26 which extend downwardly from the spring 24, and have end portions 28 which extend transversely of the hanger 10, in opposite directions, into engagement with the bar-shaped members 14. The coil spring 24 is provided with a hook 30, by means of which the hanger 10 can be suspended in conventional manner from another hook, a bar or some other support (not shown).
The spring 24 and its legs 26 are, in the present embodiment, made of stainless steel, but may alternatively be of any other suitable material, and the legs 26 are each provided with a finger guard attachment indicated generally by reference numeral 32. Each of the finger guard hments 32 comprises a plurality of bead-like members 34, which are threaded onto the legs 26 into juxtaposition with one another, as shown, for example, in Figure 3. These finger guard ~ chments 32 form enlargements on the legs 26 and facilitate engagement and pressing together of the legs 26, by the fingers of a user, and thus counter-act discomfort and/or injury of the user's fingers by the pressure of the user's fingers on the legs 26. This is of advantage, in particular, for elderly, incapacitated, young or otherwise weak users.
Figure 5 shows the hanger 10 in use and, more particularly, shows the hook 30 in suspending engagement with a line 36. Also, Figure 5 shows a broken-away portion of an article of clothing 38 being gripped between the opposed faces 18 ofthe hanger bars 12 by the action of the coil spring 24 urging the opposed faces 18 of the hanger bars 12 towards one another.
This article of clothing 38 may, for example, be the ends of a pair of pants or a skirt, as will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art.
Figures 6 and 7 show the hanger bars 12 pressed away from one another against the action of the coil spring 24, by pressing the legs 26 towards one another.
The finger guard attachments 32 may be made of any suitable material but, in the present embodiment, are made of durable, solid, rigid plastic material. The finger guard attachments 32 may, alternatively, be made of wood, metal, foam, leather or resin, for example.
As will be apparent to those skilled in the art, various modifications may be made in the above-described embodiment of the present invention within the scope of the appended claims.
Claims (2)
1. A clothes hanger, comprising a pair of parallel hanger bars having opposed faces;
a spring interconnecting said hanger bars and resiliently urging said bars towards one another for gripping engagement with an article of clothing between said opposedfaces;
a hook extending upwardly from said spring for use in suspending said hanger;
said spring having a pair of legs extending downwardly from said spring, transversely of said hanger in opposite directions and into engagement with saidhanger bars, whereby said hanger bars can be separated from one another against the action of said spring by manually pressing said legs towards one another; and finger guard attachments extending around and along said legs for facilitating the pressing together of said legs by a user's fingers.
a spring interconnecting said hanger bars and resiliently urging said bars towards one another for gripping engagement with an article of clothing between said opposedfaces;
a hook extending upwardly from said spring for use in suspending said hanger;
said spring having a pair of legs extending downwardly from said spring, transversely of said hanger in opposite directions and into engagement with saidhanger bars, whereby said hanger bars can be separated from one another against the action of said spring by manually pressing said legs towards one another; and finger guard attachments extending around and along said legs for facilitating the pressing together of said legs by a user's fingers.
2. A clothes hanger as claimed in claim 1, wherein said finger guard attachments each comprise a plurality of bead-like members threaded onto a respective one of said legs into juxtaposition with one another.
Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| CA 2211311 CA2211311C (en) | 1997-08-22 | 1997-08-22 | Clothes hanger |
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| CA 2211311 CA2211311C (en) | 1997-08-22 | 1997-08-22 | Clothes hanger |
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| CA2211311A1 CA2211311A1 (en) | 1997-11-14 |
| CA2211311C true CA2211311C (en) | 1998-11-17 |
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| CA 2211311 Expired - Fee Related CA2211311C (en) | 1997-08-22 | 1997-08-22 | Clothes hanger |
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