US2569152A - Garment hanger collar support - Google Patents

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Sept. 25, 1951 c. R. COLLINS GARMENT HANGER COLLAR SUPPORT Filed May 16, 1949 Bummer,

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COR/N/VE R COLL Patented Sept. 25, 1951 PATENT OFFICE The present invention relates to a garment hanger device adapted to properly support a garment upon a hanger; and specifically at the collar portion thereof.

An object of the invention is the provision of a garment hanger collar support which may be easily secured to the usual type of garment hangers, which is in'eiipensiv in :cost of manu facture, and capable "of producing superior results.

In department stores, it isthe general practice to provide in certain departments shirt waists of various materials which maybe delicate and white in color: Such shirt waists are as a rule positioned on hangers and when exhibited to the trade may be mussed and soiled, due to the fact that the collars are not suitably protected, nor held in a proper hanging position. The present device overcomes the difficulties aforesaid in that it will aid in maintaining the collar of the shirt waist unsoiled and in a proper hanging position.

Where necessary, the device of the invention may of itself be covered with a tissue paper, and such other protective covering as is feasible may be dropped over the shirt waist while it is on the hanger.

While the invention is adaptable for shirt waists, as before mentioned, still the invention may be utilized with hangers of any form for the purpose of holding coats in proper position so that the neck portion is supported.

I obtain the objects as above stated for my invention in the manner hereinafter described, and wherein In the drawing;

Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation of a coat supported on a hanger, the improved device of the invention being secured to the hanger.

Figure 2 is an enlarged front elevation of the improved garment hanger device shown applied to a coat hanger, the coat hanger being shown in fragment;

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Figure 2; and

Figure 4 is a plan view of the improved garment hanger device of the invention shown in open position and prior to securing the same to a coat hanger.

In the practice of the invention, I have shown in Figures 1 and 2 the usual inexpensive type of coat hanger which includes a wooden bar I of curved form which is adapted to support the shoulders of a garment in the manner shown in Figure 1. As a rule, the wooden bar is provided with a central hook 2. Coat hangers of this 3 Claims. (01. 223-92) character do not-form fit the shoulders-of the coat, nor support the coat collar. As a result, the coat collar wrinkles, as do likewise the shoulders. However, when a shirt waist is supported on such a hanger, the collar portion of the waist is unsupported, contacts the shank of the hook 2, and may become soiled, or if not soiled, may be mussed. I

The present device of the invention is adapted to cooperate with the wooden bar I and the hook 2 and elevates the collar so that it assumes a naturalform or drape when the garment is upon the hanger. The device of the invention is shown in flat-blank form in Figure 4 andis designated as an entirety as 3. This blank is substantially of isosceles trapezoidal form and is preferably fabricated from flexible transparent material, such as a plastic of some character.

As shown, the blank has two leg portions '4 and 5 divergently related with respect to the shortest length base 6. The base 'I is centrally concave at 8 while the edges outward in either direction from said concavity are convex as shown at 9 and Iil. The longest base I and the legs l and 5 join with wings I I and I2, each wing provided with a lateral tab, as shown at I3 and HI. The blank is slit at I5 to provide a tongue I6. This tongue is positioned substantially midway between the legs. The tongue is provided with a slot I! which is substantially parallel t the base 6. Spaced pairs of slits are provided in the blank at I8, I9, 2!] and 2I, each slit being at an acute angle to base 6. To prevent tearing of any of the slits I5 and It to 2|, inclusive, slots 22 are positioned at ends of the slits.

The operation, uses and advantages of the invention just described are as follows:

It is intended that the garment hanger collar supports should be supplied to the trade in flat blank form, as shown in Figure 4. In other words, these devices are furnished in boxes in stacked form. When it becomes necessary to use one of the blanks, the blank is positioned on one side of the bar I and the tongue I5 is pushed outwardly so as to permit the hook 2 to be passed through the slit II. The blank is curvedly bent over the bar I in the manner shown in Figures 2 and 3 with the wings passed through the pairs of slots I8 to 2 I, inclusive.

Thus, describing the operation for one wing, the operation for the other wing being identical, wing I2 is bent over the top of the hanger bar I and passed through slit I8, under the portion 23 of the blank, lying between the slits I8 and I9, and through slit I9 to position the lateral tab IQ on the inner surface of the blank, as shown in Figure 2. The lateral tab will prevent the wing from withdrawing through the slits unless the operator moves the wing towards the opposite extremities of the slits to permit the lateral tab to escape therethrough. In bending the flexible blank over the hanger bar, it is evident that the wing will move at an angle to the slits in the manner shown in Figure 2. This provides a smooth curved portion 24 for engagement with the collar of the coat 25 which elevates the collar at this zone. The tongue 16 in its cooperation with the hook serves to hold the blank against excessive lateral shifting on bar I, while the blank is supported in the bar at the zones 26 and 21 where the legs 4 and 5 curvedly bend over and engage the hanger bar.

By forming the blank from material which, while bendable or flexible, is still rigid enough to support a garment, there is no likelihood of the blank collapsing under the weight of the garment. It is evident that if a force were applied to the hanger device at any zone between points 26 or 21 and the concavity 8 after the blank has been bent around the hanger to assume the position shown in Figure 2, then such a force would tend to move the wings II or I2 outwardly. However, such movement is prevented as the wings are held within their respective pairs of slits and the tabs prevent escape of the wings from the slits. Hence, any stress imposed upon the device of the invention is resisted. For this reason, the device may support garments of considerable weight without appreciable deformation.

I claim:

1. A garment hanger collar support including a blank of flexible material in the form of an isosceles trapezoid having two non-parallel sides and top and bottom bases of difierent lengths, Wings forming extensions of the sides of said blank, said wings provided with inwardly directed lateral tabs, and said blank formed with spaced pairs of slits positioned adjacent the base of lesser length, through which slits said wings may be passed.

2. A garment hanger collar support including a blank of flexible material in the form of an isosceles trapezoid having top and bottom bases of different lengths and two non-parallel sides subtending equal angles with the two bases, wings forming extensions of the sides of said blank, said wings provided with inwardly directed lateral tabs, said blank formed with spaced pairs of slits positioned adjacent the base of lesser length through which slits said wings may be passed, and an enlarged tongue formed in said blank substantially intermediate the sides and the bases, the said tongue provided with a slot extending substantially parallel with the base of lesser length.

3. A garment hanger device including a blank of flexible material in the form of an isosceles trapezoid having top and bottom bases of different lengths and two non-parallel sides equally divergently related with respect to the bottom base, wings forming extensions of the sides of said blank, said wings provided with inwardly directed lateral tabs, said blank formed with spaced pairs of slits positioned adjacent the base of lesser length through which slits said wings may be passed, and the base of greatest length having a central concavity and two convex portions extending between the wings and said concavity.

CORINNE R. COLLINS.

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

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,151,013 Coney Mar. 21, 1939 2,332,594 OGureck Oct. 26, 1943

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