US2620101A - Garment hanger with trousers support - Google Patents

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Dec. 2, 1952 s, D'AIRO 2,620,101

GARMENT HANGER WITH TROUSERS SUPPORT Filed Oct. 2, 1950 SALVATORE. Dkl R0 INVENTOR BH M MKW HTT'XsQ Patented Dec. 2, 1952 GARMENT HANGER WITH TROUSERS SUPPORT Salvatore DAiro, Bronx, N. Y.

Application October 2, 1950, Serial No. 188,000

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in garment hangers and has reference particularly to a novel arrangement to be combined with a coat hanger for the purpose of suspending a pair of trousers or skirt by its waist portion.

It is usual to hang a pair of men's trousers from the bottoms or cuffs of their leg portions or to drape the leg portions over a rod whereby the garment hangs over and depends from both sides of the rod, which is either a separate unit or is a brace disposed between the arms of the normal coat hanger. Both arrangements have many disadvantages, namely, the trousers always hang with the pockets being directed downwards allowing the contents of the pockets to easily drop to the floor; secondly, the cuffs of the trousers often fail to remain in the grip of the holder and are found to have fallen to the floor where they remain in a crumpled condition until the mishap is discovered.

With the foregoing disadvantages clearly in mind, as well as others familiar to users, it is the object of the present invention to construct a garment hanger which will accommodate a coat in the usual fashion and at the same time support a pair of trousers or womans dress by engaging the belt loops about its waist portion to hold the garment suspended while retaining the leg creases or pleats in the desired condition.

I accomplish this object and others which will appear from the description, by means of certain novel arrangements and combinations of parts, hereinafter fully described in the specifications, clearly set forth in the appended claims, and illustratively exemplified in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a garment hanger showing a garment supported thereon;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of one of the fittings used to engage the belt loop of a pair of trousers or other garment;

Figure 3 is a substantially transverse sectional view of the fitting taken on lines 3-3 of Figure 2; and

Figure 4 is a bottom view of the hanger and fitting showing the hook in a section taken along lines 4-4 of Figure 3.

Referring to the drawings in detail, It denotes the lateral arms of a garment hanger, said arms projecting outwardly in opposite directions from a slightly enlarged center head portion H. This construction is common in coat hangers made of wood or plastics, in which the head portion [I carries a hook l2 projecting upwardly from the top and center of the head. The supporting arms are preferably inclined downwardly from the head ll towards their outer free ends.

To the under side of each arm 10 adjacent each free end thereof, a metal fitting A is attached, the fitting comprising a flat metal strip l4 bent into a stirrup shaped bracket, the mid portion I5 being straight and offset from the end portions I6 and provided with a longitudinal slot ll running substantially its full length as illustrated particularly in Figure 4. The end portions l6 are adapted to rest flush against the under surface oi the arm [0 and are provided with holes to accommodate screws I 8 driven into the arm [0, whereby the bracket is held firmly to the latter.

Slidably mounted in the bracket i4 is a depending hook is which consists of a straight shank 20 greater in diameter than the slot l1 and provided short of its straight upper end with opposite transverse grooves 2| into which the side walls of the slot I! are loosely engaged to permit movement of the hook along the bracket, but prevents rotary movement in the latter. The shank 20 of the hook is inserted in the slot I! by springing slightly the walls of the latter until they slip into the grooves 2|. The straight upper end of the hook I9 is disposed between the under side of the arm i0 and the adjacent surface of the mid portion l5 of the bracket [4, and mounted on the end which may be threaded is a nut 22. This allows freedom of adjustment of the hook along the bracket M to accommodate garments of different sized waist lines or special spacing of belt loops.

To put the present hanger into use especially to accommodate a pair of trousers, the topor waist band thereof is folded so as to bring the front and back crease lines of the legs together and in this position there will be two belt loops in front which will be brought together and two in back for engagement over the depending hooks i 9, the latter having been adjusted in the slots H to the proper spacing. Thus, the garment will hang in a normal position from its top or waist line, leaving the creases in the legs to hang freely without being lost, and being assured that nothing will accidentally fall from the pockets.

Having described my invention and the manner in which the same may be put in use, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a garment hanger having oppositely projecting arms, the combination with means for suspending a garment beneath the arms, comprising substantially U-shaped brackets attached at their ends to the undersides of the arms and provided with slotted mid portions spaced from the said undersides of the arms, hooks adjustably 3 mounted in said slots and depending from the brackets to engage with the belt loops of a garment whereby the latter may hang in proper condition.

2. A garment hanger, as claimed in claim 1, in which each hook comprises a shank portion projecting through said slot in the bracket and having opposite transverse grooves embracing the side walls of the slot to allow longitudinal adjustment and prevent rotation of the hook.

SALVATORE DAIRO.

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

5 UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 505,578 Sweeney Sept. 26, 1893 1,262,280 Stoddard Apr. 9, 1918 10 2,283,530 Bohachef May 19, 1942

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