US1995980A - Clothes hanger support - Google Patents

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March 26, 1935. E. HAYMOND CLOTHES HANGER SUPPORT Original Filedfiept. 5, 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I nvento'r Attorney March 26, 1935. E. HAYMOND CLOTHES HANGER SUPPORT Original Filed Sept. 5, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor firifijayzzza 22d Attorney Patented Mar. 26, 1935 CLOTHES HANGER SUPPORT Earl Haymond, Waldron, Ind.

. Application September 5, 1933', Serial No. 688,201 Renewed August 27, 1934 1 Claim.

, The present invention appertains to garment hanger supports of the foldable type for supporting a plurality of garmenthangers.

The object of the inventionis to provide a foldable garment hanger support'of this nature 4 which is compact and simple in construction, easy 'to manipulate, thoroughly efi'icient' and reliable in use, and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arfully described and claimedi In the drawings: Figure 1 is aside elevation of the support showing the arm in an open position.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section therethrough showingthe arm in closed position. Figure 3 is a horizontal transverse section taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 2 Figure 4 is a vertical section taken. substantially on the line 4-4 of Figure l, and

showing the portion of the arm.

Referring to the drawingsin detail it will be seen that the numeral 5 denotes an oblongchannel body comprising the plate a with right angularly extending coextensive parallel flanges b merging or formed integrally on the longitudinal I edges of the plate; Numeral 6 denotes anfoblong channel arm shorter in length than the I body 5 and comprising a plate c with flanges d extending at right angles from the longitudinal edges thereof in spaced coextensive parallelism. These flanges d are spaced so asto fit snugly between the flanges ,b when in folded position as shown in Figure 2. A pin '7 extending through the flanges b and d swingably mounts the arm on the body sothat it may be swung to the horizontal position shown in Figure l'or to the closed position shown in Figure 2. A chain 8 is engaged on a cross pin 9 between the flanges d of the arm 6 andon' an eye bolt 10 fixed in the plate a of the body 5 intermediate, its ends. This chain limits the downward. swinging ofthe arm and supports its in the horizontal position shown in Figure 1. The body is adapted to be mounted on a suitable support such as a wall" or the like by screws or suitable fasteningelements 11. A plurality of eyes 12 are fixed in the plate 0 to project outwardly therefrom-in an opposite direction to the flanges d and clothes hangers or,

the like 14 areadapted to be engaged therewith as shown in Figures 1 and 4f The upper or free ends ofthe flanges d havetheir edges beveled as shown to advantage in Figure 2 and indicated at 15. A latch structure comprises an elongated plate 16, an intermediate portion thereof adrangement of parts'as will be hereinafter more Figure '5 is'a fragmentary perspective view 1 jacent the upper end" being folded upon itself into a hook like formation as indicated at 17 to engage over the free end of the plate 0 of the arm 6 whenthe arm is folded in the closed position shown in Figure 2 housing the same in the casing like formation thus formed.

This plate 16 is slidable on the plate a, being confined between said plate a and a pair of cross pins 19 extending between the flanges (1 one above and one below the portion 17 thereby limiting the I sliding movement of the latch member. At the bottom end of the plate 16 is an angular extension 20 forming a handle for sliding the latch member. It is thought that the construction, operation, utility and advantages of this invention will now be clearly understood without a more detailed de scription thereof.

The present embodiment of the invention has been described in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since in actual practice it attains the features of. advantageenumerated as desirable in the statement of'the invention and theabove description. I

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the inven- 7 tion as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is: l

' channeled member having its bight portion adapted to be mounted vertically on a vertical support, with its flanges extending outwardly, an

elongated channel-shaped arm, a pivot pin pass- A garment hanger comprisingan elongated ing through the lower ends'of the flanges of said 1 arm and through the lower ends of the flangesv of the supporting member, said arm beingof less width than the width of the supporting member, whereby the flanges of said arm will enter they space between-the flanges of the supporting member when the arm is swung upwardly onits pivot, a flexible member connected with the supporting .member and with the arm for holding the arm I in a horizontal position when swung downwardly,

garment supporting means connected with the bight part of the arm and, an elongatedlatch plate movably mounted in the bottom of the channel of the supporting member and having one end projecting from the lower end ofthe supporting member, said. end having an outwardly extending portion providing ahandle, the upper portion of the plate being-provided with an outwardly extending hook for engaging the free end of the arm, when the arm is swung upwardly into the supporting member.

EARL HAYMOND. I

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