US2488860A - Coat hanger - Google Patents

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Nov. 22, 1949 M. GENTILE ET AL 2,488,860

COAT HANGER Filed March 18, 1946 INVENTORS MA HINU GEN TILE PAS LE J RUMANELLU ATT'URN Y Patented Nov. 22 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Romanello, San Jose, Calif.

Application March 18, 1946, Serial N0. 655,044

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in coat hangers and has particular reference to a moth ball containing coat hanger.

The principal object of the invention is the production of a hanger on which can be suspended coats, dresses, pants and other garments, and to embed in the arms of the hanger moth ball containing casings or cartridges from which the vapors or fumes of the moth balls emit to thus protect the garments from the injurious effects of moths, larvae, and other insects.

An additional object of the invention is the production of a hanger of the character described that is simple in construction, economical to manufacture, and highly serviceable and efficient in use.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation of a coat: hanger disclosing to advantage the moth ball holding containers positioned in the arms of the hanger, I

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the hanger,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of one of the moth ball containers disclosed as positioned within an opening or bore formed in an arm of the hanger, and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged front view of the container removed from the bore of the arm of the hanger.

In the accompanying drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown the preferred embodiment of our invention, the numeral 5 designates, as a whole, a coat hanger equipped with a conventional hook 6 by which the hanger is suspended, while the numeral 1 indicates the cross bar thereof. The arms of the hanger that receive the containers of our invention, are indicated by the numerals 8 and 9.

It will be noted that an opening or bore I is formed in each arm adjacent the lower extremity thereof. It is in this bore that a moth ball holding container is frictionally held.

Each container embodies in its construction a male and a female sleeve, l2 and II, respectively, each sleeve being provided with an internal shoulder or flange l3, against which a circular piece of wire mesh M, abuts. In practice the sections of mesh or screen can be spot welded, soldered or otherwise secured prior to the assembly of the sleeves of the container, and the insertion of the latter into the bores Hi. It will be noted that a single moth ball I is positioned in the container between the opposing screens and can be either inserted as a solid or whole ball or can be broken into fragmentary form. By virtue of this arrangement of what may be termed a moth ball holding cartridge, it will be obvious that the fumes from the moth ball, passing through the screens,

will readily permeate the atmosphere and will be most effective in driving the moths from the garments that are suspended from the hanger. As disclosed to advantage in Fig. 3, it will be observed that the inner end portion of the sleeve H is recessed and the outer cylindrical surface of the sleeve 12 reduced and is capable of extending in the said recess, whereby the length of the device is adjustable and adapted to fit different thickness of garment hangers and be flush with the outer side surfaces of the hanger.

The coat hanger can be sold to the trade with the cartridges already positioned in the bores formed in the arms H3 or optionally the cartridges can be purchased as separate units and by the simple expediency of boring openings in the arms of standard hangers, the cartridges or containers can be easily and quickly inserted for use by the owner of the hanger.

It is to be understood that the form of our invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described our invention, we claim:

In combination with a garment hanger having a circular opening transversely extending therethrough, of a device for retaining moth balls comprising a cylindrical casing slidably mounted in said opening of the garment hanger and frictionally retained therein, the said casing being formed of two oppositely disposed cylindrical sleeves, having the same inner and outer diameters, an inwardly extending flange portion formed on the outer extremity of each of said sleeves, a circular piece of wire mesh mounted in each sleeve and positioned against the inner surface of each of said flange portions for retaining the moth ball in the casing and enabling the fumes different thicknesses of garment hangers and be flush with the outer surfaces thereof. MARINO GENTILE. PASQUALE J. ROMANELLO.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,168,741 Potter Jan. 18, 1916 2,354,099 Bess July 18, 1944 2,398,873 Ward Apr. 23, 1946

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