Abstract: A garment hanger is provided comprising a middle section with a hanging member such as a hook mounted thereon and two end sections with means for engaging a garment. At least one of the end sections is arranged for sliding movement relative to the middle section between a retracted position and an extended position. In particular, the end section may be telescopically mounted within the middle section. The end section is urged towards the extended position by an elastomeric band. In one aspect of the invention, the elastomeric band, when in the retracted position of the end section, is longer than the length of overlap between the said end section and the middle section. In another aspect of the invention, the band is trained in a path such that, as it stretches, an increasing proportion of the material of the band extends between the end section and the middle section to urge those sections apart.

Abstract: A clothes-hanger for skirts or trousers has a central body (1) with two side walls (12) which define between them an axial channel (10) for accommodating at least one compression spring (7). The hanger further has an end piece (2) inserted in each end of the central body, and a hook (5) mounted on the central body. The displacement of the end piece by means of the compression spring out of the central body is restricted by stop means consisting of cooperating lugs (8, 11) at least one (8) of which is provided on the central body and at least one (11) of which is provided on the end piece. The lug (8) on the central body is provided on one of the side walls (12) thereof. When mounting the end piece in the central body, the lug on the end piece can freely pass the lug on the central body by urging it and, hence, the side wall (12) outwardly. After the lug on the end piece has passed the lug on the central body, the latter lug will snap in behind the former.

Abstract: A collapsible coat hanger formed of plastic includes a hook supported by a body member having right and left hanger arms attached thereto by hinges. The body includes a stop member and outer stop shoulders. Right and left symmetrical hinged locking arms are connected by hinges to inner surfaces of the left and right hanger arms and are connected together at their upper inner edges by a center hinge. Each locking bar has an upper boss with a perpendicular bearing surface. The ends of a C-shaped integral spring are attached to the left and right locking arms, respectively, by hinges on either side of the center hinge. When the hanger is collapsed, the spring is in its relaxed configuration, and the center hinge is below the spring hinges. When the hanger is in its open configuration, the center hinge is above the spring hinges and engages the stop member. The bearing surfaces engage shoulders of the stop member, locking the hanger in its open configuration.

Abstract: A hanger for garments of the type having a waistband has a rigid body resistant to compression loads applied lengthwise thereof. The ends of the hanger are so designed that the waistband of a garment can be wrapped around them and then resiliently pulled with sufficient force that the garment seats firmly against the end faces of the hanger body. The hanger has one or more hooks to engage the waistband and a resilient stretchable member to apply tension to the waistband by means of the hook. The end faces of the hanger are so designed that the garment, once tensioned along its waistband, will have no tendency to slide either upwardly or downwardly with respect to the hanger body.

Abstract: Hanger for trousers, comprising: (a) a tensioning member (1) having two tensioning arms (3) which move apart and have carrying pieces (4) on the ends, and (b) a U-shaped or virtually U-shaped attachment (2) having two limbs. Both parts are intended to grip onto the waistband (11) of a pair of trousers, and in such a way that the attachment grips with the limbs onto the waistband at the point of the front folds (13) thereof, while the tensioning member grips on the one side with its carrying pieces onto the waistband via the limbs of the attachment, thereby clamping free parts (12) of the waistband, and on the other side grips directly onto the waistband at the point of the rear fold (14) therein. The dimensions of carrying pieces and attachment are adapted to each other such that, at least after being fitted on a pair of trousers, a carrying piece (4) cannot pass between the limbs (8) of the attachment.

Abstract: A hanger for garments with a waistband having at least a limited degree of stretchability has a compression resistant body with dependent end members having garment gripping end faces. Between the end members, the hanger body has a plurality of dependent fingers arranged in two groups, one on each side of the center of the hanger body. The fingers are arranged at spacings to accommodate a variety of garment sizes, the waistbands of which are wrapped around both ends of the hanger and anchored to a selected pair of the fingers. In a modified construction, the fingers are hinged so they can be pivoted out of the plane of the hanger body to facilitate mounting and removal of the garments.

Abstract: A garment hanger for suspending garments from their waistband is provided with a hollow tubular beam-like body suspended from a hook at its center. A pair of end members are telescopically slidably seated, one in each end of the body. Each end member is individually urged into extended position by an elastic tension member which is anchored at the outer end of the body and operatively engages the inner of the end member. Preferably, the tension members are endless loops, the closed ends of each of which are hooked to the end of the body and at their centers are wrapped around the inner ends of the end members. The body and end members have interfitting flanges for guiding and stabilizing the end members.

Abstract: A garment hanger is particularly designed for grasping the waistband of trousers. The hanger includes spaced apart clamps having serrated grasping jaws to effect a secure attachment between a hanger and the trousers. The jaws include the use of both rounded and pointed serrations.

Abstract: A garment hanger includes a support bar; suspension means adapted to suspend the support bar from a support rail; and a number of garment support elements located spaced apart at least at one end of the support bar. These garment support elements are located at various distances from such end of the support bar. At least some of the garment support elements have an engagement formation adapted to support a garment when engaged therewith and being pulled towards that end of the support bar where such support element is located. Thereby different widths of garments can be suspended from garment hangers, having the same size, so that all suspended garments have a neat appearance and have the same width.

Abstract: A collapsible coat hanger formed entirely of molded polypropylene includes a hook supported by a body member having right and left hanger arms attached thereto by hinge straps. The body includes a stop member and outer stop shoulders. Right and left symmetrical hinged locking arms are connected by hinge straps to inner surfaces of the left and right hanger arms and are connected together at their upper inner edges by a center hinge strap. Each locking bar has an upper boss with a perpendicular bearing surface. The ends of a C-shaped integral spring are attached to the left and right locking arms, respectively, by hinge straps on either side of the center hinge. When the hanger is collapsed, the spring is in its relaxed configuration, and the center hinge strap is below the spring hinge straps. When the hanger is in its open configuration, the center hinge strap is above the spring hinge straps and engages the stop member.

Abstract: A garment hanger has a base with a hook and a trousers mount. A connector connects the base and the trousers mount in such a way that one end of the mount is open and a space for hanging and removing trousers is formed between the base and the mount. The ends of the mount are provided with elements which engage and hold the trousers only when the hanger is tilted so as to prevent the trousers from sliding off the mount.

Abstract: The slip-proof trouser hanger faultlessly stretches trousers hung thereupon. The legs of the trousers cannot slide off from stretching prongs of the trouser hanger and the material of the trousers is not undesirably deformed or distorted by the trouser hanger. Differences in the width of the trousers' legs are permitted and compensated for by one movable pair of stretching prongs at a stretching rod of the trouser hanger. It is of significance in the design of the trouser hanger that engaging edges for engaging the legs of the trousers in the movable pair of stretching prongs are rearwardly offset with respect to a pivot axis of such movable pair of stretching prongs, i.e. in a direction towards the other pair of stretching prongs, by an amount in the range of about 3 to about 4 mm.

Abstract: A garment hanger has an elongate bar structure (3) having a hook (5) by which the hanger can be suspended; a pair of limbs (9) each carry a garment retaining element (17) and are hingedly secured to a respective end portion of the bar structure by at least two parallel links (13) such that the portions of the limbs are substantially parallel to the end portions of the bar structure. Each limb has resilient means (for instance by being a leaf spring) which resist inward movement of the limb in the direction towards the other limb. The hanger can readily be formed from a single plastics moulding. The construction provides for garments of different size to be hung at the same level and avoids creep in the garment.

Abstract: Holding rods (4) are mounted to swing on a supporting device (1 to 3), the upper end portion (4.1) of which rods is inclined upwards at an angle .alpha. between 10.degree. and 30.degree. to the horizontal. On each of these upper end portions (4.1) there can be put a coat hanger (5), which is intended to receive a garment to be displayed. For this purpose the coat hanger (5) is provided with a reception opening (9), which is formed along one of the two carrier arms (5.1), in its interior. The end portion (4.1) is provided with a circumferential latching groove (42), in which the bolt (46) of a locking device (10) is intended to engage, when the coat hanger (5) has been fully pushed onto the holding rod (4) up to an end abutment (49). The coat hanger (5), together with the garment on it, can only be removed from the holding rod (4) after unbolting of the locking device (10) has been effected.

Abstract: A garment hanger having flexibly hinged support arms to which an upper pair of lever arms are secured. The lever arms and support arms both include a medial hinge that provide for the upward pivoting of the support arms when the lever arms are converged. An elongated, resilient biasing rod is secured between the support arms in order to bias the support arms to a generally planar configuration and thereby tension the support arm outer ends against the garment. The lever arms include gripping segments that are oriented and spaced in order to permit the gripping segments to be grasped and squeezed in one hand in order to converge the support arm outer ends.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for stretching a localized area of a garment. The apparatus comprises a pair of pads and a pair of screws engaged with a barrel for forcibly urging the pads away from one another to stretch the localized area. The pads engage only a localized area of the garment, and are retained against rotation by the area itself.

Abstract: A heating coat-hanger for drying damp garments after washing having a pair of lateral branches connected to a central neck. Ducts formed in the central neck and lateral branches, as well as other openings, permit hot air blown into the duct formed in the central neck to be distributed over a suspended garment.

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: 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 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 swingable hanger support member comprises a laterally extending longitudinal member provided at one end thereof with a downturned portion adapted to be received in an aperture for pivotal movement thereabout. The other end of the longitudinal member is provided with a formation which defines with the longitudinal member a pair of V-shaped apertures which are adapted to wedgingly engage spaced portions of a hook of a conventional hanger so as to releasably support the hanger in a vertical plane substantially coplanar with the vertical plane defined by the longitudinal member and the downturned portion.

Abstract: A hanger for displaying trousers on a display rack and including an elongated arm on the outer end of which a sleeve is mounted, the trousers being suspended by the waist from the arm and the sleeve being longitudinally adjusted relative to the arm to tension the waist portion of the trousers for locating the trousers in an extended and suspended display position.

Abstract: A necktie hanger, formed of a single continuous length of wire, has an attachment hook and a pair of downwardly extending, coplanar spaced limbs with a crossarm extending between the limbs. The crossarm is of a length commensurate with the width of a lateral midportion of a necktie to be draped over the crossarm and suspended from the hanger. An eye located between the hook and the limbs is provided for tethering the hanger to a suitable anchor.

Abstract: A plastic hook mechanism which inserts into a piece of cardboard secured to an item of merchandise is disclosed. The cardboard is secured to the merchandise by wrapping both the cardboard and the merchandise in a clear plastic which is subsequently heat treated to shrink it. Thereafter, the plastic hook is inserted through the sealed plastic and into a hole in a crease formed by a folded-over flap at one end of the cardboard. The hook is collapsible so as to fit through the hole even though the hole is far smaller than the hook's shoulderlike support members. After insertion, the hook's shoulders resume their uncollapsed shape and support the cardboard piece, while the hook protrudes through the small hole to allow the plastic wrapped merchandise to be hung on a display rack.

Abstract: A pants hanger is formed with parallel spaced first and second elongated support portions depending from a third support portion having a hook adapted to engage a horizontal clothes bar. The second support portion is cantileveredly positioned above the first support portion and is integrally connected by the first support portion to the third support portion. The free end of the second support portion extends past the integral connection of the first and third support portions to form a guide. In one embodiment, the support portions of the hanger are formed by bending a one-piece metal rod. The hanger is attached to a pair of pants by inverting both the pants and the hanger and then moving the hanger so that the second support portion slides onto one side of the pants, and the first and third support portions slide onto the other side of the pants. When the hanger is rotated to an upright position, the pants wrap around the second support portion and are retained in a depending position below the hook.

Abstract: A hanger for garments or other articles such as shoes having loops or web-like portions from which said articles may be suspended, includes a body member equipped with a hook, the body member being generally of U-shaped configuration when folded for use and having a central web and a pair of wings. Each of the wings defines a slot opening through one end thereof and extending generally horizontally when the hanger is suspended from its hook for engaging the loops or a web-like portion of an article. The upstanding hook is formed integral with the body member to permit suspension of the hanger from a support rod or the like.

Abstract: A clothes hanger has a hook, legs extending downward from the hook, and laterally extending garment engaging arms, at least the hook and the legs preferrably being bent from a single length of spring wire. Each arm is urged outward by one of the legs which has its lower end connected or integrally formed with the inner end of the arm, and each arm is slidable supported by the lower end of the other leg. In all embodiments of this invention, the arms are connected to the legs to be resiliently urged outwards thereby so that the outer ends of the arms may engage the inside of the waistband of a garment to support it. Some embodiments of this invention are fabricated from a single length of spring wire bent and formed according to a given process, the center of the wire being bent double to form the hook with the remainder of the wire forming the legs, the arms, and even additional telescoping garment support bars.