Abstract: A wire clothes hanger is provided with a U-shaped handle portion extending downwardly from the hanger to enable use of the hanger in a conventional closet by handicapped persons confined to a wheelchair.

Abstract: There is provided a multiple garment hanger transfer and clamping device, adaptable for suspending a number of hanger-hung garments for vertical rope-sling loading, which transfer device is adaptable for skimming, in one continuous motion, a multiplicity of garment hangers from either a garment trolley bar or a garment storage bar, and clamping them firmly together for transfer to said rope sling.

Abstract: A one-piece molded plastic garment hanger has upper and lower bars connected at one end by a hinge. The hanger has a support hook generally centered between the ends of the hanger and integral with the lower bar. The hinge is designed with inner and outer spaced spring members separated by a gap with the inner spring member serving as the pivot and the outer one having a rigid web in its apex serving as a stiffener. The entire hinge in open position being inclined downwardly at an acute angle to the axis of the lower bar. When the hanger is closed and the bars generally parallel, the hinge is pivoted upwardly into substantial alignment with the lower bar axis.

Abstract: An upper torso frame includes a pair of vertical members with a waist well extending between and connected to the lower end portions of the vertical members. A shoulder member is positioned on the vertical members upper end portions. The shoulder member is connected to the upper ends of the vertical members for forward and backward pivotal movement. A pivot carrying link is connected by friction hinges at one end to each vertical member upper end portion and at the opposite end to the upper portion of an arm member so as to pivotally connect a pair of arm members to the upper torso frame. The pivot carrying link is pivotal on the torso frame and each arm member is pivotal on the pivot carrying link to thereby provide multiple degrees of pivotal movement of the arm members relative to the upper torso frame.

Abstract: An accessory for secure attachment upon a wire coathanger to provide an enlarged area for support of a shoulder of a garment, and comprising a two-part hollow moulded body having an enlarged support surface for the garment, a slot in one side for the entry of the wire at a lower corner of the coathanger, and a post formed in two parts integrally with respective halves of the moulded body and having a gap narrower than the wire diameter and defined by confronting oppositely inclined chamfers through which the wire is forcibly entered for positioning of the accessory upon the coathanger.

Abstract: A garment hanger for shaping the front and rear of a garment supported thereon by garment shaping sections that are connected in separated spaced relation to each other.

Abstract: A garment hanger comprises an assembly of a handle extending in the opposite direction of a hook from a pivot in the hanger. The position of the hook and handle can be changed with each other so that one of them is toward the upper part of hanger. This structure has the double function of hanging and carrying.

Abstract: A tie hanger comprising a closet hanger having a lower horizontal bar with a non-circular cross-section, and a plurality of hanger cards having holes conforming to the non-circular cross-section of the bar, the cards being mounted on the bar via said holes for sliding movement thereon. Each card is symmetrical about a vertical plane passing through the support hole, and has parallel pairs of wings with slots between them for supporting ties. The lower wings are wider than the upper wings to facilitate insertion and removal of ties, and the hanger bar has an I-shaped cross-section and an openable end. A pair of protuberances extends into the support hole to frictionally engage the sides of the hanger bar, so as to prevent the card from sliding along the bar and bunching up with other cards.

Abstract: A long-term security system for use with a horizontal pole rack utilizes a hanger having a standard open loop portion and opposed inclined shoulder confronting portions. The system comprises, in addition to the hanger: a chain of sufficient length so that the chain ends may be passed over the pole, outwardly to the ends of the shoulder confronting portions of the hanger, downwardly through the sleeves of the garment, and inwardly towards each other; hooks at the ends of the shoulder confronting portions of the hanger for supporting the chain so that the segments passing through the sleeves hang freely; and a lock for locking the ends of the chain together to form a closed loop around the pole and through the garment. This system is preferably implemented in combination with a garment bag of the standard zippered variety. The garment bag is provided with a fabric tongue that carries a rigid panel that engages the chain at the sleeve ends to help maintain the chain segments in the sleeves vertical.

Abstract: The folding clothes stand comprises first and second rod-like elements, adapted to support a coat and trousers, which are mutually hinged together, and being effective to be arranged in a first position, of use, in which the rod-like elements lay on mutually substantially perpendicular planes, and in a second position, of rest or non-use, in which one of the rod-like elements is totally included within the outline defined by the other of the rod-like elements.

Abstract: A unitary garment hanger system fabricated in monolithic form in a single molding step to include a plurality of relatively spaced hanger elements that are formed unitary with and integrally connected by struts that join the hanger elements together for articulation between selected positions on opposite sides of each other and at relatively different heights for the attractive individual display of garments supported thereon.

Abstract: A three dimensional plastic garment hanger is molded with an original shape for the display of a garment, but is reshapeable at the site of the display of the attractive details of other garments, as the need arises. The garment hanger includes selectively releasable connections that retain the garment hanger in its originally molded three dimensional shape with front and rear sections fixed from relative movement. The invention further includes a method of making the hanger to enable the same to be reshaped to that of different garments at the site of display of such garments.

Abstract: A one piece semi-flexible garment hanger having a flexible strap adjacent the hook of the hanger. The strap may be doubled and fastened in a loop to hold the bottom bar of the hanger to the top bar and hook in tensed, stiffened condition, or further hangers can have the hooks thereof engage the loops of prior hangers to make a multiple hanger construction.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a hanger having an elongated shaft with a hook located on each end of the shaft. A flange is positioned on the elongated shaft and the flange extends radially outward from the shaft. A keying means is positioned on the shaft adjacent to the flange. A garment supporting portion is positioned on the shaft. The garment supporting portion defines an aperture in which the shaft is positioned. The aperture has a configuration that mates with the keying means on the shaft. The flange acts to retain the keying means on the shaft in alignment with the aperture.

Abstract: Apparatus having a pair of arms that are oppositely directed and which are adapted to suspend a garment includes a hook that is located intermediate the free ends of the arms for suspending the hanger and garment from a rail. In one embodiment, a bar that is substantially rigid and inflexible has one end secured to the hook and extends downwardly therefrom. Another embodiment includes a crossmember that joins the free end of the arms and the secured end of the bar is swingably attached to the crossmember. A further embodiment retains the bar in a swingably captive position on the crossmember. In still another embodiment, the arms, crossmember, hook and bar comprise an integral, unitary structure that is more simple to construct. The bar in each embodiment has a smooth, regular surface to prevent snagging the garment and it is sufficiently long to prevent rolling up the hanger and garment into a small size which otherwise would facilitate its theft.

Abstract: A portable hat supporting device is disclosed for displaying soft wool hats and providing a support for a soft hat which does not distort the hat. The device is suitable for home use and for display in stores. The device comprises a frame having at least one suspension means adapted to support the frame, the frame including at least one member extending downwards from the suspension means terminating at a horizontal cross bar, hat support means extending up from the cross bar, the hat support means having a curved profile and adapted to support a soft hat below the suspension member.

Abstract: A garment hanger is constructed so that its width adjacent to its hook is adjustable whereby coats or other garments on the hanger cannot be squashed together and the number of garments hanging on a rack can be ascertained without counting. The adjustability enables the same number of hangers to be on a rack regardless of the thickness of the material from which the garment is made. The adjustable member may be an integral part of a new hanger or may be a separate attachment to an existing hanger.

Abstract: A multi-functional clothes hanger adapted for wall mounting comprises a rear mounting bracket having an upper shelf portion for receiving small articles extending outwardly therefrom, an upper portion extending outwardly from beneath the small article receptacle and curving upwardly therefrom terminating in a recessed hook portion to receive a hat or coat hanger thereon, and a pants hanger affixed to the bracket at one end with an intermediate portion extending outwardly therefrom and an outer portion with a free end extending substantially parallel to the bracket. The clothes hanger also includes a recessed central portion in the bracket adapted to receive the mating upper end of a multi-purpose hanger with a portion thereof located in a slot in the upper portion and an outwardly projecting members at the outer ends of the multi-purpose hanger to accommodate coat hooks and the like.

Abstract: A garment hanger structure which is adapted for positioning in a garment bag comprising a pair of arms diverging from a top central portion, a hook, and means connecting said hook to said top central portion for selective movement about a pair of mutually perpendicular axes.

Abstract: A clothes-hanger is disclosed having a fixed hook member which pivotably supports a second hook member. The second hook member can pivot to a position in which it locks the hanger on a rail, but can be released by operating handle portions provided on the hook members.

Abstract: A multiple hanger for garments such as blouses, shirts and the like, includes a plurality of generally parallel hanger elements on which the garments are hung. A connecting rod is pivotally connected to each of the hanger elements, and a guiding rod is pivotally connected to each of the hanger elements parallel to and spaced from the connecting rod to thereby provide a parallelogrammatic linkage such that the hangers are pivotal simultaneously in parallel array.

Abstract: A garment frame for folding garments, such as suit jackets and trousers, to be packed into a suitcase, comprising a body formed by a plurality of thin and flat panels hinged together, to which a pair of elongated elasticized arms are attached. A suit jacket is draped over the body, which fills and lightly stretches the jacket when its breast buttons are buttoned, and the arms are inserted through the jacket sleeves, crisscross the body, and then are fastened thereto. Additional garments, such as trousers, may be hung on the body inside the jacket. Each panel may be folded into face-to-face relation with an adjoining panel, the arms being stretched around the outside of the folded body.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to garment hangers and particularly to a shoulder support attachment for use with coat hangers of the conventional bent wire type and that is intended as a throw away device along with the wire hanger after the garment has been removed therefrom.

Abstract: A garment hanger includes a central head portion and outwardly extending arms. Each of the arms defines adjacent their ends a socket for receipt of the ends of a pants bar. The pants bar includes at each end a resilient detent finger having a barbed head. The barbed head snaps into an aperture formed in the wall of the socket to thereby positively lock the pants bar to the hanger. The pants bar is detachable upon intentional manual shifting of the resilient locking fingers.

Abstract: A hanger has an elongated hanger body which includes a pair of shell-shaped hanger halves which are separated from one another along a longitudinal plane of symmetry of the hanger body. Male and female connecting elements in form of pins and sleeves for receiving the pins extend across the plane of symmetry and engage one another when the two hanger halves are assembled. The marginal portions of the hanger halves are formed with grooves and bulges, the bulges being received with snap action into the grooves of the associated one of the hanger halves when the two hanger halves are assembled with one another. The hanger halves are formed with partial bearings which together form a full bearing for receiving a support portion of a shaft of a suspension element of hook-shaped configuration, which bearing is adjacent to and communicates with an opening which leads to the exterior of the assembled hanger body.

Abstract: A wire clothes hanger is provided in which the horizontal rung is provided with an encircling serrated sleeve adapted to grip garments draped thereover. To prevent the sleeve from slipping about the horizontal rung the sleeve and horizontal rung are provided with positive interlocking means.

Abstract: A necktie hanger for holding a plurality of pre-tied neckties such as would be used to store them in a closet or hold them on display for sale. A top half loop is provided for attaching the hanger to some form of support while positioned horizontally across the bottom of the hanger there are a plurality of loops for holding the ties. The narrow part of the loops are spaced together close enough to hold the knot of a pre-tied necktie and deep enough to act as a slot for holding the same. The holder portion of the hanger as well as the structure of the slots may be either in two parts or in one separate structure.

Abstract: A garment hanger having a first member with a pair of shoulders which extend in opposite directions laterally from the hook member. The shoulders also extend downwardly from the support member and each have at the free end thereof a fastening element. A trouser bar is provided which is elongated and has at each end thereof a fastening element which enables securement of the trouser bar to the first member by aligning the fastening elements of the trouser bar with the fastening elements of the shoulder and pressing the elements together whereby the bar is snapped together with the first member.

Abstract: Two ordinary wire clothes hangers are held together to make one better hanger by two plastic parts, one of which stretches over the two hook ends and the other over the two lower bars.

Abstract: A garment hanger construction wherein a hook is adapted to be releasably secured in a hanger body and adapted to swivel with respect thereto. The hook includes an elongated shaft having projecting flanges substantially intermediate the lengthwise extent of the shaft. The flanges are adapted to be collapsibly flexed toward each other. The hanger body includes bearing loops defining a bearing sleeve for receiving the hook shaft, one of the loops being engaged by at least one of the flanges to rotatably secure the hook in the hanger body.

Abstract: A garment hanger includes a wire frame formed into a lower member, a pair of upper members and an intermediate hook. The lower member is provided with upwardly extending lugs spaced to accommodate the waistband loops of pairs of trousers of various sizes so that the trousers can be suspended from the hanger and conveyed through laundering apparatus.

Abstract: A multiple garment support has a single handle and at least two generally triangular clothes hanger frames of wire construction; the two frames which define two planes and the handle are all pivotable relative to each other about a single axis at a hinge junction situated between the tops of the hanger frames and the bottom of the handle. In upright orientation of this device, the bottoms of the frames are horizontal rods that remain parallel to each other and to said pivot axis when either frame is pivoted relative to the other or to the handle; the top edges of the two frames remain a fixed distance apart while the bottom edges are pivotable away from each other.