US556814A - Suit-hanger - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

MFA. GATES SUIT HANGER.

,814. Patented Mar. 24,1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT Orricn MARCUS A. GATES, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SUIT-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 556,814, dated March 24, 1896.

Application filed August 23, 1894. Serial No. 521,128. (No modeL) To aZZ whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, MARCUS A. GATES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Suit-Hanger, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of garment-supporters which are designed to hold the clothes or garments in extended position, so that they will retain their shape, and it particularly consists in a device for supporting trousers, the construction of which will be fully described hereinafter, and finally embodied in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure This a front elevation of my invention, showing it in the act of supporting a suit of mens clothes; Fig. 2, an enlarged perspective of the supporter, showing it unemployed; Fig. 3, a perspective view of the trousers weight and securer; Fig. 4, an end elevation of a portion of the hanger, showing the construction for projecting the suit away from the wall against which it may be hung.

The device is formed of steel or other wire in three sections, A, B, and O. The main section A is bent at its middle to form the supporting-loop 1 by which the supporter is suspended. Immediately below the loop 1 the wire is twisted at 2 and then looped on each side to form the arms 3, which extend out laterally and oppositely and which are provided to form a support for the coat and vest of the suit supported bymy device. Below the arms 3 the wire A is again twisted and thence formed with straight portions 4:, two in number, and proceeding oppositely from each other, their ends terminating in downwardlyextending portions 5. These downwardly-extending port-ions 5 comprise the ends of the wire A, and are provided at their extremities with the eyes 6, which project laterally beyond the vertical line of the portions 5 and in the same direction.

Formed in the section A, just below the loop 1, is a forwardlydisposed curve 26, which extends to a point nearly commensurate with the front end of the arm 8, of subsequent mention, and which operates to throw the loop 1 rearwardlyof the remaining portion. The

7 more vfully described hereinafter.

purpose of this construction will be hereiir after set forth.

The wire B is shorter than the wire A, and has its middle formed with a loop 7, which serves as an enlargement or head in the operation of the clamping device, as will be Adjacent to the loop 7the wire B is coiled at 8, and this coiled portion is extended diagonally downwardly and toward the perpendicularlycoiled portion of the wire A, and has its lower end formed into the straight horizontal portions 9, which are two in number, and which ext-end parallel with and just below the straight portions 4 of the wire A, their ends terminating at points slightly beyond the corresponding ends of the straight portions 4.

The extremities of the parts 9 are formed with the downwardly-extendiiig portions 10,

which are in turn parallel with the portions 5 and formed with the inwardly-projecting eyes 11, which pass through the eyes 6, and whereby the wire B is pivotally connected to the Wire A. Thus it will be seen that the horizontal portions A and 9 and the vertical portions 5 and 10 form a pair of U-shaped jaws or clamps between which the upper portions of the trousers are to be secured, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Owing to the pivotal connection effected by the eyes 6 and 11, the section or wire B will be capable of easily swinging on the section or wire A in clamping or releasing the trousers. The wire or section 0 is preferably of a smaller gage than the wires A and B and is bent or elongated to form a link for holding the coiled portion 8 of the wire B in position. This is effected by joining the ends of the wire 0, as at 12, and by forming one end of the link with an eye 13, adapted to embrace the coiled portion 2 of the wire A at the curve 26, while the remaining end of the link is formed with an eye 14, capable of and adapted to embrace the loop or enlargement 7 of the wire B, and the loop or enlargement 7, when engaged bythe link G, forms a supporting-hook for a cane, umbrella, or the like. By these means the wire B may be clamped against the wire A and with suilicientforce to securely hold the trousers in place.

The wire or section B is formed with a spring tendency which will enable it to be yieldingly yet strongly clamped against the section A, thus holding the trousers with more effect than would be the case if there were no resiliency in the wire. 7 r

In the use of the invention the device is suspended from the loop 1 by'enga'ging 1t with any suitable hook or projection and so 7 position, the curve .26 will make it possible the'seotion B may be returned and clamped. V against-its companionby the operation of the 7 link or section (1, all of which will be'underproper position for the collar of the coat, at the rear thereof, to lie well forward and retain its usual and \Vere' it not for this construction the collar would be forced back, and, together with the whole of the coat. thrown out "of shape; but by its means this evil is avoided and the coat, its collar inparticular, kept ingood shape. By placing the loop 1 slightly rearward of the remainder of the de: vice the garments are held away from the surface uponwhich the supporter is hung and crowding at the rear prevented."

To secure the trousers the section 0 should I be raised so as 'to disengage its eye let and the enlargement 7'. Thiswill permit'the section 0 to swingaway from the section A and allow the'insertion of the upper portion of the trousers between the two parts, whereupon stood.

It will be obvious that the primary purpose of my invention is to support in an orderly manner suits of mens clothing. It will be observed, however, that it is possible to support other clothes, all of which will readily suggest itself to persons skilled in the art, and does not require further mention. It will be further observed that the invention is capable of undergoing various changes in the size, proportion, and arrangement of parts without departing from the substance thereof. Therefore I do not limit myself to the precise construction here shown and described, but consider myself entitled to all such variations as come within the spirit and scope of my invention.

In Figs. 1 and 3 I have shown a device for use in connection with the trousers-supporting portion of my invention, and this consists of two wire sections and 16. The section 15 consists of a straight portion 17, having the bent ends 18 formed with loops 19, which receive corresponding loops 20 on the section 16, which are formed at the ends of the arms 21 of such section. The arms 21 are formed by bending the ends of the straight portion 22, which has at its middle the twisted part 23, similar to the twisted portion 8 of the trousers-supporter. The section 15 is formed with an arm at its middle, which is provided with an eye 24, above which the link.

25 is pivotally connected. The link 25 is similar to the link 0 of the trousers-supporter.

and is adapted to be connected with the arm 23' of the section 16. By these means the lower ends of the pantaloons may be secured or weighted, and'by hooking the loop 2i to any suitable retaining device they maybe stretched. plication of the trousers-supporting portion of. the invention and may or may notbe used in conjunction therewith. r

This device is essentially a du-' Having thus described the invention, '1 7 claim-- a 1. In a device of the class described, the

trousers clamp consisting 'of a pair of U-@ shaped jaws, each made of a single lengthor' at an intermediate point with twisted shanks.

the twisted shank of one jaw being disposed wire and pivotally connected together at their opposite extremities, said jaws bein gprovided at an angle to the shank of the other jaw and 7 provided with a loop-head, one of said jaws being also wider than the other jaw to dispose the horizontal portions of the jaws in parallel length of wire and essentially comprising .1,

vertically-disposed shank portion having supports for the clothing, a curved or bent portion disposedabo'vethe supports to form a pocket for the. reception of the collar of the coat, and a supporting-loop extended above said curved or bent portion and disposed out of alignment with and in a plane parallel to the main portion of the shank to hold the clothing supported by the hanger off from the wall or other object to which the hanger is attached, substantially as set forth.

3. A suit -hanger consisting of a single length of wire twisted upon itself -to form It vertically-disposed twisted shank, provided at its lower end with a clamp for trousers, a pair of oppositely-extending coat and vest supporting arms above said clamp, a curved or bent portion 26, disposed directly above the coat and vest supporting arms, to form a pocket for the reception of the collar of the coat, and a supporting-loop extended above said curved or bent portion and disposed out of alignment with and in a plane parallel to the main portion of the twisted shank, substantially as set forth.

4:. A suit-hanger consisting essentially of a single length of wire twisted to form a vertically-disposed twisted shank provided at its lower end with a trousers-clamp, the movable member of which clamp is provided with an offstanding shank portion having a loophead, said vertically-disposed twisted shank being further provided at an intermediate point with apair of oppositely-extending coat and vest supporting arms, and a supportingloop formed above said arm, and a connect- :ing-link pivotally connected at one end to In testimony that I claim the foregoing as the twisted shank above the coat and vest my oWnI have hereto afiixed my signature in supporting arms and adapted to detachably the presence of two Witnesses.

engage over the loop-head of said offstanding MARCUS A. GATES. shank portion of the clamp member, and Witnesses:

forming therewith a supporting-hook for a E. G. GERHARD,

cane or the like, substantially as set forth. WILLIAM RYAN.

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