US1448139A - Garment hanger - Google Patents

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Mar. 13, 1923.

W. A. McGlNNlS.

GARMENT HANGER.

FILED MAY I9, 1921.

Patented Mar. 13, 1923.

ILLIAM A. ivrcernivis, on DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

GARMENT Y HANGER.

- Application filed May 19, 1921. Serial, 170.470,?86.

1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NrLLIA A. MGGIN- Ms, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in'the county of lVayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment Hangers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had present a neat and attractive appearance 1 and be comparatively light in weight. the metal entering into the construction of the v hanger permitting, of rounded smooth-surfaces being imparted to the movable members of the hanger so that garment suspended from the foldable member will not be torn or injured.

A further object of my invention is to provide novel pivotal connections for foldable hanger members, said pivotal connections permitting of the ends of the foldable members being readily shaped so that a rivet, pivot pin or the like may be easily installed to articulate the movable members.

The above and other objects may be attained by the construction shown in the drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a front elevation of the metallic garment hanger, partly broken away and partly in section;

F ig. 2 is a plan of the garment hanger;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken on the line III-J11 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross sectional view taken on the line IV-IV of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a portion of the garment hanger partly folded;

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of a modified form of garment hanger;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a portion of the garment hanger shown in Fig. 6, with the 'oldable members collapsed;

Fig. 8 is a perspective View of a pivotal 3 connection that may beestablished between foldable members; v

Fig. 9 is a' perspective view of one of'the members shownin'Figs;

the line X X of Fig. 6, and n Fig. ll is a-eross:'sectional view taken "on the line XL-XI of Fig. 1 a

Considering Figs. 1 to 51inclusive and F ig." 10 is across sectional View taken on Fig. 11, the garment hanger comprises sheet,

metal inverted channel shaped members l and 2 having outer rounded and closed ends The member 9. is of greater length, than the member 1 so that the 'inner end'of the member 2 may overlie the inner end of the member 1, and the inner end of thememlber' walls will be flush withthe wallsfof the 2 isrounded and closed, as at 4 so that its I of the garment hanger when in' an"extended operative position.

The side walls of the memberadiacent the inner end thereof, are provided with inset parallel apertured lugs 5 and the' side walls ofthe member l are adapted toext'end 1 on to the lugs '5 sothat theside walls of't'he member 1 may be connected to the lugs'5by a transverse rivet or pin 6, as best shown in Fig. 8. member 2 may be apertured, as at 7 to One or both of the walls of the receive the inner end of a hook Sfby which the garment hanger may be suspended from a suitable support.

Pivotally mounted in the outer inclosed ends of the members 1 and 2 by transversely disposed rivets or pins 9, are the outer ends of inverted channel shaped spreader arms 10 and 11, the spreader arm 10 havlng its inner end offset and extending to the inner end of the spreader arm 11, so that said arms maybe pivotally connected by a transverse rivet or pin 12. The inner ends of the spreader arms 10 and 11 have pressed out matched interengaging portions 13 which will hold the spreader arms 10 and 11 in longitudinal alinement and prevent accidental collapse of said spreader arms when the members 1' and 2 are extended. 1

With the members land 2 ho1lo wthe spreader arms 10 and 11 can recede into said a members and be enclosed thereby when said members are folded into parallelism, at which time the hook 8 may be swung on to said members so that the garment hanger.

can be conveniently packed in a valise. I-

Had

attach considerable importance to this simple form of hanger as the parts thereof can be readily stamped from sheet metal and bent to form.

In Figs. 6, 7 and 10a more expensive construction is disclosed wherein the foldable members 14 and 15 have the same type of spreader arms, but the pivotal connections betweeen the members 14; and 15 is some what more elaborate. In the first place, the inner end of the member 14; is enlarged so as to form a head 16 when contacting with the inner end of the member 15, and the ends of said members are inturned so as to provide end walls 17 and 18 which will abut when the members 14 and 15 are extended. As shown in Fig. 7, the side walls of the short member 15 are bentinwardly and then outwardly to afford parallel apertured lugs 19 and extending bet-ween said lugs are the inwardly bent contacting apertured lugs 20 of the head 16, the lugs 19 and 20 being pivotally connected by a rivet 21 or somewhat similar pivotal means.

Instead of the short member 15 being provided with the apertured lugs 19, said member may have its end wall inbent to provide a central transverse trough or member 22 into which the lugs 20 of the head 16 may eX- tend and be held by a transverse rivet 23. This pivotal connection is shown in Fig. 8 and in some instances the corners of the short member 15 may be cut away, as at 24, so that a short rivet may be employed for retaining the lugs 20 within the trough 22.

With suitable dies and formers the various pieces of the garment hanger can be easily produced, dipped or otherwise finished to present a neat appearance, and then assembled as an article that may be advantageously used by travelers and those reuiring a foldable garment hanger.

What I claim is 1. A garment hanger comprising a long: hollow member, a shorthollow member, said long member having inturned walls provid ing an end wall and outstanding apertured contacting lugs, said short hollow member having inturned wallsproviding end walls, one disposed at an angle to the other, one of said angular end walls adapted to abut the end wall of the long member, outstanding apertured parallel lugs carried by the other angular end wall of said short member and between which parallel lugs extend the lugs of the long member, means pivotally connecting the lugs together, spreader arms connecting the outer ends of said members and adapted to be enclosed by said members, and a hook carried by one of said members.

2. A garment hanger as called for in claim 1, wherein the parallel apertured lugs of the short member have straight edges in the plane of the angular end wall of the short member and straight edges in the plane of the longitudinal straight edges of said short member.

WILLIAM A. MCGINNIS.

Witnesses:

ANNA M. DORR, KARL H. BUTLER.

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