US3119497A

US3119497A - Garment rack

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Publication number: US3119497A
Application number: US167605A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edward M Levy
Original assignee: Reflector Hardware Corp
Current assignee: Reflector Hardware Corp
Priority date: 1962-01-22
Filing date: 1962-01-22
Publication date: 1964-01-28
Anticipated expiration: 1981-01-28

Description

Jan. 28, 1964 LEVY 3,119,497

GARMENT RACK Filed Jan. 22, 1962 FIGJ 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

EDWARD M. LEVY BY w w WW W ATTYS.

E. M. LEVY 3,119,497

GARMENT RACK 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Jan. 28, 1964 Filed Jan. 22, 1962 INVENTOR.

EDWARD M. LEVY 74 I .f I ill. I if Jan. 28, 1964 E. M. LEVY 3,119,497

GARMENT RACK Filed Jan. 22, 1962 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR.

EDWARD M. LEVY BY ATTYS.

Jah.-28, 1964 E. M. LEVY 3,119,497

GARMENT RACK Filed Jan. 22, 1962 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 FIG-.14 I30 FIG. I5

I30 I53 I34 FIGJQ INVENTOR.

EDWARD M. LEVY BY @M $6 way/ 1 v W ATTYS.

Jan. 28, 1964 E. M. LEVY 7 GARMENT RACK Filed Jan. 22, 1962 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 F I 6. 20 I70 M INVENTOR.

EDWARD M. LEVY ATTYS.

United States Patent ""ce 3,119,497 GANT RAQIK Edward M. Levy, Evanston, Ill, assignor to Reflector Hardware Corporation, Mielrose Park, ill, a corporation of lliinois Filed .lan. 22, M62, gar. No. 167,605 6 (Claims. (Q. Z11178) This invention relates to a garment rack or the like which is adapted for use in a modular rack assembly.

Garments and the like are commonly hung on racks of various types for displaying or storing the merchandise. Such racks may be permanently installed or they may be constructed as portable or semi-portable units. The prior permanent racks are lacking in mobility and adaptability and rearrangement involve-s substantial labor and expense. The prior portable and semi-portable units frequently are relatively expensive, and moreover, their rearrangement may be inconvenient or undesirable. Various tools must be employed for erecting and disassembling the prior racks, and skilled labor is required for these operations. The racks when not in use also occupy valuable merchandising or storage space.

An important object of the present invention is to provide a garment rack or the like which is adapted for use in a modular rack assembly, wherein as many or as few rack sections are employed as may be desired.

Another important object is to provide a garment pack which is readily assembled in any appropriate location to provide any garment capacity, and which is just as readily disassembled and relocated or rearranged. A particular object is to provide a rack which requires no tools for performing such operations, and the operations may be performed by unskilled personnel.

An additional object is to provide a comp-act and collapsibl garment rack which conserves mechandising and storage space.

A further object is to provide a garment rack which is economical in construction and in use, and which is con structed of interchangeable parts.

An additional object is to provide a modular garment rack assembly from which parts may be omitted to provide additional economy while still performing its intended functions.

These and other objects, advantages and functions of the invention will be apparent on reference to the specification and to the attached drawings illustrating preferred embodiments of the invention, in which like parts are identified by like reference symbols in each of the views, and in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the new garment rack illustrating the rack in use;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view on a reduced scale of a modular rack assembly employing the rack of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an end elevational view of an upstanding support in the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view thereof and of the ends of adjoining parts;

FlG. 5 is an enlarged side elevational view of one of two like ends of a brace or stringer in the embodiment of FIG. 1, and illustrating an adjoining support in fragmentary cross section;

PEG. 6 is a top plan view of the end of the brace of FIG. 5

FIG. 7 is an end elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a broken side elevational view of one of two like ends of a hangrail in the embodiment of FIG. 1, and illustrating an adjoining support in fragmentary cross section;

FEG. 9 is a top plan view of the end of the hangrail of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is an end elevational view thereof;

3,llg,@c Patented Jan. 28, lfifid FIG. 11 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the garment rack;

FIG. 12 is an end elevational view thereof, with alternate positions of the parts shown in phantom;

FIG. 13 is a broken side elevational view of a support in the embodiment of FIG. 11, partly broken away and in section to illustrate the connections to adjoining parts, shown in phantom;

FIG. 14 is a side elevational view of one of two like ends of a brace or stringer in the embodiment of FIG. 11;

FIG. 15 is an end elevational view thereof;

FIG. 16 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a broken side elevational view of one of two like ends of a hangrail in the embodiment of FIG. 11;

FIG. 18 is an end elevational view thereof;

FIG. 19 is a disassembled perspective view illustrating the parts at one end of the hangrail, with components of one part shown in phantom;

FIG. 20 is a side elevational view of one of two like ends of another embodiment of a hangrail;

FIG. 21 is a top plan view of the end of the hangrail of FIG. 20;

FIG. 22 is an end elevational view thereof; and

FIG. 23 is a cross-sectional view of the hangrail of FIGS. 20-22, illustrating the preferred disposition thereof when mounted on a support such as illustrated in FIG. 3.

The garment rack of the present invention includes a pair of spaced apart upstanding supports, a brace for interconnecting the supports, and hangrails mountable on the supports to extend between them. The supports are provided with means for detachably mounting additional hangrails on them to extend outwardly therefrom, for forming additional rack sections with additional supports. in preferred embodiments of the invention, the braces and the hangrails are detachably mounted on the supports for readily assembling and disassembling the racks, and for compactly storing the components. Most advantageously, the braces interconnect the supports and the hangrails are mounted thereon by interengageable hook and slot means.

Referring to FIGS. 1-10 of the drawings, one embodiment of the new garment rack is generally indicated by the number lit. It is adapted for use in a modular rack assembly as generally indicated by the number 12, which contains one or more of the racks 10 as sections or units thereof. The modular rack 12 may also include sections similar to the rack i-l but having parts omitted therefrom to provide additional advantages, as subsequently described.

The rack ill includes an identical pair of spaced apart upstanding supports 14, each constructed of two square

tubular bar members

16 and 18. As illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4, central

vertical sections

17 and 19 of the bar members are joined together by two vertically spaced nut and bolt members 2i) extending therethrough. The bar members are separated by washers or spacers 22 on the connecting bolts. Each of the

bar members

16 and 18 is bent to provide respective support legs 24. and 26 and support arms 28 and 3d. The bar members are arranged so that the legs and arms of the support diverge. Foot members 32 of conventional construction are pivotally mounted on the ends of the legs 24 and 2d, and they are in con-tact with the floor or base when the garment rack 19 is assembled. The ends of the arms 28 and 3b are closed by decorative plugs 33.

A pair of supports 14 is detachably interconnected by a horizontal square tubular bar member brace 34, shown in detail in FIGS. 5 to 7. The brace includes a bar 36 and depending parallel connecting and reinforcing plates 33 and 4-4 brazed, welded or otherwise secured on opposite sides of the bar at each of its opposite ends. Upper and lower downturned hooks 42 and 44 are integral with the plates and extend longitudinally therefrom. A bent lock piece or tongue is slidably mounted on each connecting plate to move in an end recess 41-7 therein (FIGS. and 6), by a rivet 48 connected to the plate and extending through a slot 511} in the lock piece. A laterally extending thumb 52. is integral with the inn-er end of the lock piece Each end of the brace 34 is thus provided with two spaced apart parallel vertical rows of hooks 42 and it, and lock pieces to between the hooks in each row.

The

hooks

42 and 44 and the lock pieces :6 of the braces 34 are detachably engageable with slot means provided in the respective supports 14 in each pair. Referring particularly to FIGS. 3 and 5, the central portions 1'7 and 19 of the

bar members

16 and 18 are provided with vertical rows of slots 54-, 56 and 5S, and the rows are in spaced parallel relation. Each of the opposite sides of each bar member is provided with the same arrangement of slots, so that either end of each brace 34 is detachably engageable in the slots on either side of the support 14-. The upper and lower books 42 and 44- are received within the upper and lower slots 54 and 53, and the depending portions of the hooks engage the inner surfaces of the tubular bar members below the slots. The lock pieces are moved into the intermediate slots 56 by grasping and pressing on the thumb flange 52. When two supports 14 are interconnected in this manner, as seen in FIGS. 1 and 2, the supports abut on the outer edges of the connecting plates 33 and 49, and the supports are firmly held in upstanding spaced panallel positions.

The garment rack includes a pair of spaced parallel circular tubular hangrails or bar members 61 shown in detail in FIGS. 8-10. Each hangrail includes a bar 62 and a connecting and reinforcing plate 64 at each of the opposite ends thereof. Each end of the bar 62 is provided with a longitudinal slot 66-, and the connecting plate 64 extends therethrough and abuts on the opposite side of the bar. The plate and bar are brazed or welded together as illustrated, and the plate extends below the bar. Three

downturned hooks

66, 7t and 72. are integral with the connecting plate 64 and extend longitudinally therefrom, in a row of spaced hooks.

The hooks 68, 7t and '72 at each end of a hangrail 6t) are detachably engageable with slot means on one of the

support arms

28 and 36 of each support 14. Referring to FIGS. 3 and 8 in particular, the respective hooks are received in slots '74, 76 and 73 which are arranged in spaced relation in a row extending in the axial direction adjacent the extremity of an arm 23 or 311. The depending portions of the hooks engage the inner surfaces of the arms adjacent the slots. Like rows of slots are provided on the opposite sides of each of the

arms

28 and 30 for mounting a hangrail on either side of each arm. In this manner, as seen in FIG. 1, two hangr-ails 60 are mounted respectively on the corresponding arms 23, 28 and 3t), 31) of two supports 14, and extending thercbetween. Suitable garments 81} are supported from the hangrails by means of hangers 82 or the like. Two rows of garments are hung. on opposite sides of the brace The rack 16 and component parts thereof are uniquely adapted for assembling the continuous modular garment rack illustrated in FIG. 2. Commencing with the rack 10 of FIG. 1, a pair of additional hangrails 66a is mounted at either or both ends of the pack, with the

hooks

68, 70 and '72 received in the

slots

74, 76 and 78 on the outer sides of the arms 28 and 313. An additional support 140 is connected to the outer ends of the pair of hangrails 60a. When two rack sections are assembled, an additional brace 34a, shown in phantom, preferably is connected to the support 14 at one end of the first section and to the additional support 14a, to provide a rigid assembly. The

books

42 and 44 and the lock piece 46 at one end of the additional brace 34a are received in the

slots

54, 56 and 5% on the outer side of the first section support. The hooks and lock piece at the other end of to reduce the requirements for parts and labor.

d the additional brace are received in the like slots on the inner side of the additional support 14a. In this mannor, a con-tinuous rack double the length of the rack 16 is erected, and but three supports 14 are required instead of the four which would be necessary in two separate units.

Similarly, additional sections may be added to the modular rack by assembling additional supports, hangrails and braces, as indicated by the letters b, c and d for the respective additional sections. It is a feature of the invention that when three or more sections are assembled, one or more braces 34 may be omitted, while preferably interconnecting at least the terminal pairs of supports 14,

For example, in a three-section assembly, the brace 34a may be omitted from the central section. The same brace may be omitted from an assembly of four sections. When five sections are assembled, the

braces

34a and 34c may be omitted. It is also possible to omit one or more of the hangrails oil when desirable. The ability to remove some of the braces and hangrails is also useful in hanging or displaying articles of unique size or shape.

The modular rack may be extended as far as desired, and one or more of the sections are detachable to reduce the size of the rack. The detachable or knockdown construction enables complete disassembly of the rack into its component parts, which then are readily transported, compactly stored, and just as readily rcassembled.

FIGS. 11-19 illustrate another embodiment of the invention which includes additional refinements, and which is especially characterized by a collapsible construction of the supports. FIG. 11 is a view of the garment rack 1115) similar to the View of the rack 10 in FIG. 1. It may form one section of a modular rack in the same manner as illustrated in FIG. 2 for the rack 11 Referring to FIGS. 12 and 13, the rack 1139 includes a pair of upstanding supports 1%. Each support includes a continuous square tubular bar member 1Q4 and a discontinuous bar member 106 which together form an X-shaped support. The continuous bar member includes an arm 168 and a leg 110 which are integral with each other. The discontinuous bar member includes an arm 112 and a leg 114 which respectively abut on opposite sides of the continuous bar member. As in the first embodiment, foot members 32 are connected to the legs, and plugs 33 close the outer ends of the arms.

The bar members 104 and 196 are joined together at their intersection by

plates

116 and 118 on opposite sides thereof. The plates are rigidly connected to the continuous bar member 194 by a diagonal row of spaced apart bolts 12%, 122 and 124. The arm 112 and the leg 114 of the discontinuous bar member 1% are pivotally connected to the plates, respectively by diagonally opposed

bolts

126 and 128. The plates are connected together by a spacer channel 129 between the

legs

110 and 114. By this construction, the pivotal arm 112 may be moved towards the fixed arm 103 to collapse the arms together, and the pivotal leg 114 may be moved towards the fixed leg 11% to collapse the legs together, as illus trated in phantom in FIG. 12, thereby providing additional storage convenience and reducing the storage space requirements.

A pair of the supports 102 is detachably interconnected by a brace 13%, shown in detail in FIGS. 14-16. The braces are similar to the braces 34 of the first embodiment, shown in FIGS. 5-7. In the second embodiment, the braces 13% include pairs of connecting

plates

132 and 133 secured as by brazing or welding on the opposite sides of a square tubular bar 134 at opposite ends thereof.

Hooks

136, 138, and 146 are integral with each of the plates, project outwardly therefrom, and are spaced apart in a row. Referring also to FIGS. 11-13, the pair of

plates

132 and 133 at each end of the brace are received in

respective slots

142, 144 and 146 in each of two spaced parallel rows, in either of the support 3

plates

116 and 118. The opposite end of the brace 130 is connected to a second support 192 in like manner. Additional braces 13% may be connected to the opposite or

outer plates

116 or 118 for assembling additional rack sections.

Referring to FIGS. 11 and 17-19, a pair of hangrails 159 is mounted on the arms 113-3 and 112 of a pair of supports 1132. The hangrail is similar to the hangrail 68 illustrated in FIGS. 810, and the hangrails are similarly mounted. The hangrail 158 includes a circular tubular bar 152 and mounting means at each end thereof. Each end of the bar is provided with a slot 154 extending in the axial direction, and the slot receives a connecting plate 156 therein. The plate abuts on the opposite inner surface of the bar. Three spaced

downturned hooks

157, 159 and 161 are integral With the plate and extend outwardly therefrom.

A pair of end closures 158 for the hangrail bar 152 is provided at each end, and they are secured on the connecting plates 156 as shown in full lines in FIG. 19. The closures are shown detached in phantom lines. They include semi-circular cover portions 169 and integral flanges 162 extending perpendicularly to the cover portions. The flanges of the closures are welded or brazed to the connecting plate 156 on opposite sides and at the top edge thereof. The assembly is inserted in the bar 152 from the end, with the plate 156 received in the bar slot 154, for securing the mounting means to the bar.

Referring to FIGS. 12 and 13, rows of

slots

154, 166 and 168 are provided on opposite sides of each of the

arms

108 and 112 adjacent the outer extremities thereof. The

books

157, 159 and 1&1 at each end of the hangrail 150 are received in the slots of one row for engagement with the corresponding arm. Two hangrails 150 are mounted respectively on the arms 188, 15 8 and 112, 112 of a pair of supports 182. As in the fast embodiment, additional hangrails may be mounted on the opposite or outer sides of the arms for assembling additional sections with additional supports 1132. Also as in the preceding embodiment, the requirements for additional braces 130 depend upon the number of rack sections erected.

The embodiment of FIGS. 11-19 incorporates the functional advantages of the preceding embodiment. The supports 182 have the additional advantage of being collapsible. Their construction also provides increased rigidity and attractiveness. The parts of the hangrails 150 may be disassembled readily, and their construction enhances the appearance of the garment rack.

FIGS. -23 illustrate another preferred construction U of a hangrail 170 which may be employed in place of the hangrails 60 and 150 in the respective garment racks 1t) and 100. The hangrail 170 includes a square tubular bar 172 and a connecting and reinforcing plate 174 secured to each end thereof as by welding or brazing. The connecting plate includes a body 176 and an integral flange 178 at a right angle to the body. The flange is secured to one side of the bar 172 so that the body depends from the center of the bar at a right angle to the side. Three spaced

hooks

180, 182 and 184 are integral with and extend outwardly from the outer edge of the body 176, in a row. Pairs of oppositely struck out

portions

186 and 188 are provided along the outer edge of the body, between the hooks, for additional rigidity in mounting.

The hangrail 170 is mounted for maximum structural stability with one of the diagonals of the square bar 172, such as represented by the line A, disposed vertically. This mounting is illustrated in FIG. 23, wherein the hangrail is attached to one of the arms 30 of the support 14. The latter is shown fragmentarily in this view, the com plete support being shown in FIG. 3. When the hangrail hooks 180, 182 and 184 are received in the

arm slots

74, 76 and 78 (FIG. 3), the body 176 is in a plane with the axis of the arm 30. The support 14 is constructed so that when the rack is erected, the arm 30 (and the arm 28 seen 6 in FIG. 3) is at an angle B of 45 to the vertical. The diagonal A then extends vertically.

The supports 14 and 102 of the respective racks may be constructed for various desired heights and hangrail spacings. The modular construction embodying the supports provides very versatile and adaptable garment racks or the like. The racks are characterized by their ease of assembly and disassembly and consequent savings in time and labor, their strength and rigidity, and their convenience in use and in storage.

It will be apparent that various changes and modifications may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts within the spirit and scope of the invention. It is intended that such changes and modifications be included within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A garment rack or the like comprising: a plurality of aligned, interchangeable, identical, upright support units, each of said support units including a pair of upwardly extending diverging arms having front and rear faces thereon, a pair of legs, and means including intermediate stnlcture joining said arms to said legs, said intermediate structure of each of said support units having front and rear faces thereon corresponding to said front and rear faces of said arms of that support unit, the rear faces of said arms and said intermediate structure of one said support unit being respectively disposed directly opposite the rear faces of said arms and intermediate structure of the next adjacent support unit; a row of aligned, elongated slots in the respective front and rear faces of each of said arms of each of said support units; a row of elongated, aligned brace slots in the respective front and rear faces of said intermediate structure of each of said support units; a longitudinally extending brace extending between said intermediate structures of an adjacent pair of said support units; hooks on the opposite ends of said brace, said hooks at one end of said brace being removably received in said brace slots in the rear face of said intermediate structure of one of said support units of said pair and said hooks at the other end of said brace being removably received in said brace slots in the front face of said intermediate structure of the other support unit of said pair; and hangrails having hooks on opposite ends thereof respectively received in said slots in said opposed faces of said arms of each of said support units, said braces serving to maintain said support units in upright position and said hangrails serving to rigidity said garment rack and provide rails upon which garments may be hung, said garment rack being adapted for quick and easy assembly and disassembly.

2. The combination set forth in claim 1, wherein one of said arms and one of said legs of each of said support units are pivotally mounted on said intermediate structure thereof, whereby said support units may be folded to a collapsed condition to conserve space when said garment rack is in a disassembled state.

3. The combination set forth in claim 2, wherein one of said arms only on one side of each of said support units, and one leg only on the other side thereof, are pivotally mounted on said intermediate structure and the remaining leg and arm are rigidly secured to said intermediate structure.

4. The combination set forth in claim 3, wherein a lower end of said pivoted arm abuts a lower end portion of said rigid arm, and an upper end of said pivoted leg abuts an upper end portion of said rigid leg, to maintain said pivoted arm and leg in fixed position in each of said support units when said support units are in their erected condition.

5. A garment rack or the like comprising: a plurality of aligned, interchangeable, identical, upright support units, each of said support units including a pair of upwardly extending diverging arms having front and rear faces thereon, a pair of legs, and means including intermediate structure joining said arms to said legs, said intermediate structure of each of said support units having front and rear faces thereon corresponding to said front and rear faces of said arms of that support unit, the rear faces of said arms and said intermediate structure of one said support unit being respectively disposed directly opposite the rear faces of said arms and intermediate structure of the next adjacent support unit; a row of aligned, elongated slots in the respective front and rear faces of each of said arms of each of said support units; a row of elongated, aligned brace slots in the respective front and rear faces of said intermediate structure of each of said support units; a locking slot in each of the front and rear faces of said intermediate structure of each of said support units, each said locking slot being disposed between a pair of said brace slots and being in alignment therewith; a longitudinally extending brace extending between said intermediate structures of an adjacent pair of said support units; hooks on the opposite ends of said brace, said hooks at one end of said brace being removably received in said brace slots in the rear face of said intermediate structure of one of said support units of said pair and said hooks at the other endof said brace being removably received in said brace slots in the front face of said intermediate structure of the other support unit of said pair; a longitudinally slidable lock member on each end of said brace, said'locking members being slidable into said locking slots to lock said brace to said pair of support units when said hooks have been received in said brace slots; and hangrails having hooks on opposite ends thereof respectively received in said slots in said opposed faces of said arms of each of said support units, said braces serving to maintain said support units in upright position and said hangrails serving to rigidify said garment rack and provide rails upon which garments may be hung, said garment rack being adapted for quick and easy assembly and disassembly.

6. A garment rack or the like comprising: a plurality of aligned, interchangeable, identical, upright support units, each of said support units including a pair of up- Wardly extending diverging arms having front andrear faces thereon, a pair of legs, and means including intermediate structure joining said arms to said legs, saidintermediate structure of each of said support units having front and rear faces thereon corresponding to said front and rear faces of said arms of that support unit, the rear faces of said arms and said intermediate structure of one said support unit being respectively disposed directly opposite the rear faces of said arms and intermediate structure of the next adjacent support unit; a row of aligned, elongated slots in the respective front and rear faces of each of said arms of each of said support units; two parallel laterally spaced apart rows of aligned, elongated brace slots in the respective front and rear faces of said intermediate structure of each of said support units; a longitudinally extending brace extending between said intermediate structures of an adjacent pair of said support units; two sets of laterally spaced apart hooks on each of the opposite ends of said brace, said hooks at one end of said brace being removably received in said rows of brace slots in the rear face of said intermediate structure of one of said support units of said pair and said hooks at the other end of said brace being removably received in said rows of brace slots in the front face of said intermediate structure of the other support unit of said pair; and hangrails having hooks on opposite ends thereof respectively received in said slots in said opposed faces of said arms of each of said support units, said braces serving to maintain said support units in upright position and said hangrails serving to rigidity said garment rack and provide rails upon which garments may be hung, said garment rack being adapted for quick and easy assembly and disassembly.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS D. 164,426 Kelleher Sept. 4, 1951 909,489 Watkins Jan. 12, 1909 2,002,128 Reidenbaugh May 21, 1935 2,264,264 Ferguson Nov. 25, 1941 2,557,262 Cordes June 19, 195 2,642,249 Samuels June 16, 1953 2,772,846 Skar Dec. 4, 1956 2,895,619 Frazier July 21, 1959 2,997,269 Urbain Aug. 22, 1961 FOREIGN PATENTS 469,870 Great Britain of 1937

Claims

1. A GARMENT RACK OF THE LIKE COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF ALIGNED, INTERCHANGEABLE, IDENTICAL, UPRIGHT SUPPORT UNITS, EACH OF SAID SUPPORT UNITS INCLUDING A PAIR OF UPWARDLY EXTENDING DIVERGING ARMS HAVING FRONT AND REAR FACES THEREON, A PAIR OF LEGS, AND MEANS INCLUDING INTERMEDIATE STRUCTURE JOINING SAID ARMS TO SAID LEGS, SAID INTERMEDIATE STRUCTURE OF EACH OF SAID SUPPORT UNITS HAVING FRONT AND REAR FACES THEREON CORRESPONDING TO SAID FRONT AND REAR FACES OF SAID ARMS OF THAT SUPPORT UNIT, THE REAR FACES OF SAID ARMS AND SAID INTERMEDIATE STRUCTURE OF ONE SAID SUPPORT UNIT BEING RESPECTIVELY DISPOSED DIRECTLY OPPOSITE THE REAR FACES OF SAID ARMS AND INTERMEDIATE STRUCTURE OF THE NEXT ADJACENT SUPPORT UNIT; A ROW OF ALIGNED, ELONGATED SLOTS IN THE RESPECTIVE FRONT AND REAR FACES OF EACH OF SAID ARMS OF EACH OF SAID SUPPORT UNITS; A ROW OF ELONGATED, ALIGNED BRACE SLOTS IN THE RESPECTIVE FRONT AND REAR FACES OF SAID INTERMEDIATE STRUCTURE OF EACH OF SAID SUPPORT UNITS; A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING BRACE EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID INTERMEDIATE STRUCTURES OF AN ADJACENT PAIR OF SAID SUPPORT UNITS; HOOKS ON THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID BRACE, SAID HOOKS AT ONE END OF SAID BRACE BEING REMOVABLY RECEIVED IN SAID BRACE SLOTS IN THE REAR FACE OF SAID INTERMEDIATE STRUCTURE OF ONE OF SAID SUPPORT UNITS OF SAID PAIR AND SAID HOOKS AT THE OTHER END OF SAID BRACE BEING REMOVABLY RECEIVED IN SAID BRACE SLOTS IN THE FRONT FACE OF SAID INTERMEDIATE STRUCTURE OF THE OTHER SUPPORT UNIT OF SAID PAIR; AND HANGRAILS HAVING HOOKS ON OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF RESPECTIVELY RECEIVED IN SAID SLOTS IN SAID OPPOSED FACES OF SAID ARMS OF EACH OF SAID SUPPORT UNITS, SAID BRACES SERVING TO MAINTAIN SAID SUPPORT UNITS IN UPRIGHT POSITION AND SAID HANGRAILS SERVING TO RIGIDIFY SAID GARMENT RACK AND PROVIDE RAILS UPON WHICH GARMENTS MAY BE HUNG, SAID GARMENT RACK BEING ADAPTED FOR QUICK AND EASY ASSEMBLY AND DISSEMBLY.