Foldable And Telescopic Patents (Class 223/89)
  • Patent number: 6964360
    Abstract: A clothes hanger is provided. The clothes hanger includes a first main arm connected with a second main arm. Each main arm forms an adjustment element and a primary track. The clothes hanger also includes first and second adjustable arms each movably and pivotally connected with one respective main arm. Each adjustable arm includes a locator element engageable with a respective adjustment element and a primary sliding member received in each primary track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Casey J. Tubman, David G. Cockrell, Michael A. Dirlam, Dale E. Mueller
  • Patent number: 6722538
    Abstract: An adjustable clothing hanger is a clothes hanger that is adjustable in size. Each side of the hanger has an adjustment mechanism, thus allowing for a variable width. The adjustment mechanism consists of a series of spring loaded pushbuttons (or snap fasteners) on a smaller diameter tube that engages a series of orifices or apertures on a larger diameter tube. It allows for the hanging of larger sized shirts, blouses, jackets, coats and the like without allowing the shoulder sections to sag. The adjustable clothing hanger also provides a swivel joint near the hook of the hanger where it joins the horizontal section. This joint allows the hanger to swivel in the closet and allows the hanger to be at any angle to the closet rod versus the perpendicular manner as required of conventional hangers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Inventors: Hayward Autry, Carole Autry
  • Patent number: 6688503
    Abstract: An adjustable garment hanger is provided which includes a body, a pair of fixed arms extending from the body, such that an upper end of each fixed arm includes a guide rail, and a mid-section of each fixed arm includes an indexing track. The adjustable garment hanger also includes a pair of telescoping arms slidingly disposed on the guide rail for each fixed arm, wherein the telescoping arm includes two side walls joined by an upper wall, and a plurality of opposed indexing arms that travel in the indexing track of the fixed arm to retain a position of the telescoping arm relative to the fixed arm. The adjustable garment hanger further includes a stop integral with the fixed arm for limiting the travel of the telescoping arm relative to the fixed arm in a fully extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas Viazanko, Robert Gilling, Thomas Kenny
  • Patent number: 6675997
    Abstract: A garment hanger which is suitable for packaging and merchandising intimate apparel such as ladies panties. The garment hanger is formed as one integrally molded plastic piece which includes a main body about which the apparel is folded by a pair of foldable arms which extend from opposite sides of the main body. The apparel is initially secured to the garment hanger by resilient retainer clips formed on the distal ends of the foldable arms which are initially outstretched, and then the apparel and the arms are simultaneously folded about the main body of the garment hanger. The garment hanger also includes locking tabs formed on the main body of the garment hanger which engage the folded arms, and function to retain the folded garment and arms in a folded shape which is suitable for retail display and merchandising of the apparel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Spotless Plastics Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Stanley F. Gouldson, Olaf Olk
  • Patent number: 6672491
    Abstract: The garment hanger has first and second shoulder bars and has first and second telescoping arms thereon which permit shoulder width adjustment of the garment hanger for proper support of garments having different shoulder width. In one configuration, the hanger is supported by a support tube on the top of the hanger, with the support tube telescopically engaging on an outwardly directed hanger anchor in the closet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Inventor: Donald Gugler
  • Patent number: 6644520
    Abstract: An adjustable garment hanger (100) is disclosed having movable arms (103, 107) which move laterally from a medial portion (105). The movable arms move as a result of engagement between a pair of linkage tongues (104, 106) and a medially positioned adjustment mechanism. The linkage tongues are positioned inside a U shaped guiding channel (113) positioned parallel to a pair of supporting arms extending from the medial portion of the garment hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Inventor: Peter Ar-Fu Lam
  • Patent number: 6540121
    Abstract: A collapsible garment hanger including a hook, first and second supporting arms, at least one spring element, and in some versions, a base. The first and second supporting arms are each connected to the hanger by means of integrally molded hinges. Each spring element is hingedly attached to the hook or base at one terminal point and to the first or second supporting arm at the opposite terminal point. The first and second supporting arms can be collapsed with one hand by forcing supporting arms to pivot at their hinge point, thereby allowing for easy insertion into the neck of a garment. This collapsing of the arms causes each spring element to elastically stretch or compress depending on its orientation creating an upward force on the arms which returns them to their original extended position once the user lets go of the supporting arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Harvey & Harvey, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin A. Harvey
  • Patent number: 6457615
    Abstract: Embodiments of garment hangers are disclosed to have a configurable secondary attachment hooks (320) and an adjustment knob (311). The secondary attachment hook stays within the thickness region of the garment hanger in a storage mode and protruded to receive the suspension member of another hanger in a second functional mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Inventor: Peter Ar-Fu Lam
  • Patent number: 6431419
    Abstract: A suit hanger includes a hook having a straight portion and a frame connected to the hook. The frame has an articulating section in a middle thereof, thereby allowing the frame to be folded at the articulating section along a pivotal axis that is at an angle with an extending direction of the straight portion of the hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Taya Company Limited
    Inventor: Haruo Sugita
  • Patent number: 6409058
    Abstract: An adjustable garment hanger (100) is disclosed having movable arms (107) which move laterally from a medial portion (102). The movable arms move as a result of engagement between a pair of linkage tongues (110, 125) and a medially positioned adjustment mechanism (103, 133). The linkage tongue 110 guided by a channel (113), extends beyond the remote terminal (105) of the supporting arm and connected to the remote region (108) of the movable arm (107).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Inventors: Peter Ar-Fu Lam, Andrew Y. K. Siu
  • Patent number: 6343726
    Abstract: A hanger set includes a round main base and several hanging rods. The main base is connected to a main hanging rod hooked on a stationary holding object so as to be held at an elevated position, and has an upper sloping surface and a lower sloping surface. The upper sloping surface has elongated holes radially spaced out thereon, and the elongated holes each has a protruding part and a gap part opposing the protruding part on the lateral edges. The lower sloping surface has several pairs of upper and lower elongated holes radially spaced out thereon, and the upper and the lower elongated holes of each pair are aligned with each other to face a corresponding one of the elongated holes of the upper sloping surface with a pivotal part being interposed between each pair of elongated holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Inventor: Tung-Yuan Wu
  • Patent number: 6328186
    Abstract: A formable garment hanger includes a foam tube over a malleable wire. The shape of the hanger is formable by hand manipulation to adapt the hanger to clothing articles of varying size and materials. The flex characteristics of the formable hanger are controlled so that the proximal section of the arms nearest the center is relatively more rigid and the distal section of the arms furthest from the center is relatively less rigid. In one embodiment, an external skeleton adds rigidity. In another embodiment, a variable diameter malleable wire provides the desired rigidity profile. In yet a third embodiment, an internal tube between the malleable wire and the tubular foam housing adds rigidity to the section of the hanger arms nearest the center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Inventor: Kathleen A Wing
  • Patent number: 6293443
    Abstract: A foldable garment hanger has shoulder support members that can be folded together while supporting a garment thereon. The foldable hanger allows the garment to be quickly folded in half about the centerline of the backside of the garment where the garment can then be folded horizontally one or more times so as to fit into a conventional carry-on baggage. The foldable hanger is further provided with a hook configured such that a traveler can unpack and unfold the garment by simply hanging the foldable hanger on a conventional hanger rod or hook and unfolding the shoulder support members of the invention. When unfolded, the invention can be used in a manner similar to a conventional garment hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: TRG Accessories, LLC
    Inventor: Cory O. Nykoluk
  • Patent number: 6244478
    Abstract: A clothes hanger capable of hanging together upper clothes and lower clothes of various suit. In case either when taking off upper and lower clothes from clothes hanger to put on the clothes upon going out, or else taking off the upper and lower clothes and haging up upon coming back after going out, in order to make to be able to pick up and put on from the clothes hanger as it is in response to an order of wearing the clothes, and to hang up to the clothes hanger as it is in response to an order of taking off the clothes, the invention is made such that the lower clothes hanger is automatically projected by a returning resilient force whereby be stood erect and distanced apart and thereby optimum state to hang up the lower clothes is obtained, and once the lower clothes is hung up, the lower clothes hanger is naturally closely contacted to the clothes hanger main body whereby the clothes hanger volume is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Inventor: Jae Hwon Lee
  • Patent number: 6206254
    Abstract: A garment rack structure including a hanging hook, a locking bar, two movable plates, two transverse beams, a locating screw and two support frames. The garment rack can be conveniently used to suitably hang various sizes of clothes thereon. The width of the garment rack can be quickly adjusted in accordance with the size of the clothes. The bottoms of the support frames are disposed with sleeves in which transverse beams are fitted. Two extension arms are disposed at two ends of the support frames for elongating the length of the garment rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Inventor: Jack Lin
  • Patent number: 6179174
    Abstract: An adjustable hanger is provided having a V-shaped hanging member and two V-shaped connectors, the V-shaped hanging member having a hook portion attached to two shaft members. Optionally, the hook portion may be pivotally attached to the two shaft members via a swivel. The V-shaped connectors are slidably engageable with the V-shaped hanging member and each other providing the user with an easy to use hanger that can be adjusted from eighteen inches to twenty-eight inches accommodating numerous different sizes of clothes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Inventor: Laura L. Kandl
  • Patent number: 6164504
    Abstract: A clothes hanger extender which attaches to standard plastic clothes hanger so as to be able to adjust for different sized garments. The channel end has a hollow interior with a substantially elliptical cross section. The first portion of the channel, the channel locking portion, has a locking portion width which is smaller than the channel end's interior diameter. The second portion of the channel, the channel transition portion, connects the channel locking portion with the channel adjustment portion to make a continuous channel. The last portion of the channel is the channel adjustment portion. The channel adjustment portion allows the clothes hanger extender to slide over a standard plastic clothes hanger. The channel adjustment portion alternatively terminates at the shoulder end, or is the shoulder end, depending upon whether the shoulder end is a separate component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Inventor: Michael J. Richard
  • Patent number: 6158634
    Abstract: A clothes hanger device is disclosed for hanging clothes from a support rail. The device includes a hook having a base, the hook removably cooperating with the support rail for supporting the device from the support rail. A frame is suspended from the base of the hook, the frame having a first and a second end. The first end of the frame defines a first hole and the second end of the frame defines a second hole. The arrangement is such that the base of the hook rotatably extends through the frame between the ends thereof A first arm has a first and a second extremity, the first arm slidingly extending through the first and second holes. The second extremity defines a stop for limiting travel of the first arm relative to the frame. A biasing device is anchored to the first arm for biasing the first arm through the first and second holes. A second arm has a first and a second side, the second arm slidingly extending through third and fourth holes defined by the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Inventor: Anna H. Kelroy
  • Patent number: 6073819
    Abstract: A hanger with a rigid hook and neck centered perpendicularly to a shoulder has left and right opposing arms protruding at an angle from the shoulder portion. The stationary arms are made of a sturdy rigid material to provide the support necessary to hold garments of a heavy weight such as overcoats and wet sweaters. A flexible arm portion at the end of each stationary arm of the hanger is contorted by hand to any shape, which shape is retained without the aid of external support. The rigid stationary arms and the flexible arm portions are covered with flexible foam with an outer non-slip surface. The diameter of the flexible foam is made sufficiently ample to support a weighty garment and distribute the weight of the garment, in addition to providing a sufficiently large non-slip surface. The flexible hanger is adjustable and re-adjustable to conform to the shape of the desired garment and retain its shape without external support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Inventor: Kathleen A Wing
  • Patent number: 6068166
    Abstract: An adjustable garment hanger having two sliding bars(12) and a hanger body(10) with stationary strap hooks and support gussets. The sliding bars(12) fit the top bar of the hanger body(10) by way of grooves and use only contact friction to remain in selected positions once they are adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Inventors: Jeanne Kilian, Mary E. Morris
  • Patent number: 6062445
    Abstract: A garment hanger with extendable shoulder wings for permitting adjustable lengthening and shortening of the span between the shoulder wings of a garment hanger. The garment hanger includes a mast member having upper and lower ends, and a longitudinal axis extending between the upper and lower ends. A hook upwardly extends from the upper end of the mast member. A pair of elongate arms outwardly extend from the mast member adjacent the lower end of the mast member. A pair of shoulder wings are provided each having a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end of each of the shoulder wings has an elongate bore therein. One of the arms is inserted into the elongate bore of one of the shoulder wings. Another of the arms is inserted into the elongate bore of another of the shoulder wings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Inventor: Eric H. Nakamoto
  • Patent number: 6026998
    Abstract: A hanger which has foldable side portions which can be folded around a garment to protect the garment from wrinkling while packed in a suitcase. In addition, the hanger has adjustable members to adjust the hanger to fit different size garments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Inventor: Alfonso Brooks
  • Patent number: 6021932
    Abstract: An adjustable garment hanger comprising a pair of supporting arms and a pair of distal arms configured to travel relative to the supporting arms so as to adjust the width of the hanger. Each of the supporting arms and/or distal arms comprises of at least a plastic member and a non-plastic member. The plastic member offers the advantage of thermoforming the sophisticated shape of the hanger width adjustment mechanism and the non-plastic member provides the advantages of rigid support and better decoration effect. When supplying in kit, the plastic and non-plastic parts can be readily assembled by an end user to form a garment hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Inventor: Peter Ar-Fu Lam
  • Patent number: 5996862
    Abstract: The device for hanging pants and similar garments foldable in two parts is composed of a rigid frame which is provided with a central hook and in the lower part thereof with a rod, the rod being intended to support the garment folded in two parts. The device is characterized by the fact that the frame (1) is formed of a cross-piece (2) and uprights (3) at the extremities, the cross-piece (2) being located at the extremities of the uprights, which act as a guide for the rod (4). The rod is capable of moving along the uprights to be in a lower position and in a raised position in contact with the cross-piece. The blocking of the rod in different positions is achieved by means of a joint of the saw type with teeth which is unidirectional and the toothed surface (5) is located on each of the uprights while the toothed spike is formed on the sleeve (7) which serves as a guide for the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Mainetti Tecnologie S.p.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Peruzzo, Bernardino Parise
  • Patent number: 5979721
    Abstract: A garment hanger having downwardly foldable, pivoted arms uses a spring between the pivoted arms which is compressed when the pivoted arms are in an operative position and a preferably slidable switch/control latch to control off-axis movement of a central portion of the spring to positively control movement of the pivoted arms between an operative position and a folded position and vice-versa. A hollow lower portion of the central portion of the garment hanger provides a shroud which covers all moving parts to improve ease of use and to prevent damage to garments and, if resilient, provides ease of assembly. The relatively few moving parts cooperate without closely fitting or critical dimensions (thus being unaffected by wear on the relatively few bearing surfaces). The functionality of the garment hanger is improved by resiliently conforming to a garment placed thereon and can be shaped, at will, for aesthetic purposes or to simulate the shape of the human shoulders or upper torso.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Inventor: Jennifer Alexandra Curtis
  • Patent number: 5941429
    Abstract: An extendable hanger (10) having a central body (12) which has a central body top (12T) and a central body bottom (12A) and a central body front (12F) and a central body back (12B) and a central body right member (12R) having at least one central body right member indent therein and a central body left member (12L) having at least one central body left member indent therein. A hollow right extender (14R) is slidably positioned on the central body right member (12R). The hollow right extender (14R) further has at least one extender ratchet positioned on an inside surface complimentary to the at least one central body right member indent. The at least one extender ratchet functions to engage the at least one central body right member indent holding the hollow right extender (14R) in a set position on the central body right member (12R). A hollow left extender (14L) is slidably positioned on the central body left member (12L).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Charles R. Koons
    Inventor: Charles R. Koons
  • Patent number: 5901888
    Abstract: The invention includes a device, method, and system for clothing organization that includes a hanging structure, such as a large hook, attached to a hanger body, arms attached to the hanger body that can be unlatched and swung to a horizontal position, and a latching system to hold the arms in place. Several conventional hangers can be attached on each arm, allowing clothing to be hung by hangers on the device in an organized fashion, such as by outfits. In addition, the invention provides for vertical positioning of the arms with conventional hangers hung on the arms, which allows a compression of the clothing on the conventional hangers and efficient space saving. The hanger body of the invention also includes attached c-shaped accessory holders that allow easy organization and retrieving of accessories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: Brainy Ideas, Inc.
    Inventors: Boris Schneider, Dean Sheaffer
  • Patent number: 5893493
    Abstract: A foldable and collapsible hanger includes a pair of articulated upper branches pivotally coupled to, and extending from, opposite sides of a central hub which carries a hook. An articulated lower branch is pivotally coupled to, and extends between, distal ends of the upper branches to form a conventional hanger when deployed. The hanger may be folded along joints present in the upper and lower branches into a compact configuration that facilitates easy storage of the hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1999
    Inventor: Jean-Luc G. Noiray
  • Patent number: 5836487
    Abstract: Adjustable garment hanger embodiments (20) are disclosed having arms (22, 24) which each include a proximal portion (32) joined to a hanger medial portion (26) and a distal portion (34) carried by the proximal portion. The arms have a garment supporting width (36) and their distal portions are configured for physical distortion to facilitate adjustment of that width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Inventor: Peter Ar-Fu Lam
  • Patent number: 5826759
    Abstract: The invention provides a hanger including two loops for suspending a garment. The length of an extension, extending from an end of each loop, projecting from a supporting part for supporting the extension is adjustable, so that the crosswise dimension of loops corresponding to the breadth of the shoulder of a garment can accord with the size of the garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: NKG Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Ohsugi
  • Patent number: 5813578
    Abstract: A foldable suit hanger is composed of a hooked body, a retaining seat, two arms, and two side wings. The retaining seat is fastened at one end thereof with the hooked body, and at another end thereof with the arms. The arms are fastened pivotally and respectively with the side wings. The side wings are made up of two wing bodies which are connected by a plurality of connection rods such that the wing bodies are separated by a gap greater than the width of the arms. The wing bodies are provided respectively and correspondingly in the underside thereof with a recess. The hooked body, the retaining seat, the arms, and the side wings can be folded to join together such that the hooked body is received in the recesses of the wing bodies, and that the retaining seat and the arms are received in the gap of the side wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Inventor: Sing-Fuh Hsieh
  • Patent number: 5727718
    Abstract: An adjustable garment hanger comprising a pair of supporting arms and a pair of distal arms configured to travel relative to the supporting arms so as to adjust the width of the hanger. Each of the supporting arms and/or distal arms comprises of at least a plastic member and a non-plastic member. The plastic member offers the advantage of thermoforming the compound shape of the hanger width adjustment mechanism and the non-plastic member provides the advantages of rigid support and better decoration effect. When supplying in kit, the plastic and non-plastic parts can be readily assembled by an end user to form a garment hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Inventor: Peter Ar-Fu Lam
  • Patent number: 5718362
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the telescopic sleeve overlay for a garment hanger is used in conjunction with a common type hanger. Common hangers usually are made of wire or stiff rods which form a shallow, inverted U-shape depending from an inverted U-shaped hanger head. The hanger head is adapted to be hung on a clothing rod. The sleeve overlay includes an inverted U-shaped base and two longitudinally movable inverted U-shaped sleeves. The sleeves move inboard and outboard on the base and move with respect to a centrally located cut-out on the base. The hanger head from the hanger extends through the cut-out. The base extends longitudinally over substantially the entire length of the hanger wire. In one embodiment, the sleeves are guided on the base by guides formed either at the lower edges of the sleeves or at the lower edges of the base. Inboard and outboard stops prevent the sleeves from being completely withdrawn from the base or being forced towards the apex of the hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Inventor: Harvey I. Silverman
  • Patent number: 5718358
    Abstract: A clothes hanger (10) has a base (16) and shoulder pieces (18) which slidable couple to the base (16). A suspending member (20) rotatably couples to the base (16). The base (16) is wide and is shaped to roughly conform to the human body in the vicinity of the neck and shoulders. A texturized top surface (28) resists garment slippage. The shoulder pieces (18) have an inner section (46) and an outer section (48). The inner section (46) engages a receiving region (40) of the base (16). A knob (58) on the inner section (46) engages one of several holes (56) in the base to secure the shoulder piece (18) in a selected position relative to the base (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: Sedo Trust
    Inventors: Nelson W. Long, Reed C. Lowman, Charles S. Lord
  • Patent number: 5711464
    Abstract: A length-adjustable clothes hanger includes a flexible arm has an elongated restraining member. The flexible arm has a plurality of first engaging members which are formed adjacent to each of the end portions of the flexible arm, and a hook which is connected to the intermediate portion of the flexible arm. The elongated restraining member has two second engaging members. Each of the second engaging members is connected to one of the first engaging members adjacent to a respective one of the end portions of the flexible arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Inventor: Raymond Huang
  • Patent number: 5690257
    Abstract: A folding hanger to be employed in the hanging of garments and the like is provided. The hanger includes a first wing portion and a second wing portion which fold about a central pivot. The central pivot may be a living hinge or a pin element which rotates in a bearing. The hanger has a simple folded and unfolded configuration. Latching means are provided for the hanger when in the unfolded configuration. The latching means includes a simple flexible tongue element which is received in a socket. The flexible tongue element includes a protrusion proximal the tip which will be positively retained in the socket. By depressing the flexible tongue the protrusion will be brought out of retention in the socket permitting the hanger to be folded about the central pivot. A J-shaped hook depends from one of the wings which permits the hanger to be hung in a conventional fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Inventor: Jim Ward
  • Patent number: 5680972
    Abstract: A wardrobe hanger system having a first, upper section for suspending coats, jackets, shirts, and the like, and for suspending slacks or pants, and a second, detachable lower section for suspending a skirt, or the like. The second, lower section holds the skirt, by means of a pair of spring-biassed, extensible arms. The lower section is attached to the upper section by means of a cooperating tongue-and-groove connection. Tabs at the ends of the runner of the upper section prevent the lower section from escaping from the upper section until one of the tabs is depressed, allowing the lower section's runner to clear past the tab, and to therefore, be removed from the upper section. When the lower section is detached from the upper section, it may be used separately and independently of the upper section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Inventor: George Clarke
  • Patent number: 5664710
    Abstract: An adjustable garment hanger (688) is disclosed having extension members (664, 666) which move laterally from a medial portion (650). The extension members move as a result of engagement between a pair of tongues (668, 670) and medially disposed pinions (658, 660). Disclosed embodiments include manual adjustment knobs (380) and bidirectional electric motors (402) coupled to the pinion. Embodiments also include apparatus for indicating hanger size obtained by movement of the extension members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Inventor: Peter Ar-Fu Lam
  • Patent number: 5664709
    Abstract: A hanger particularly suited for use with garment sets such as a coat and trouser garment set or a coat and skirt garment set. The hanger includes an upper attachment member which is preferably hook shaped for attachment with a closet rod or the like and a main hanger body which is joined with the attachment member and includes an intermediate section and two shoulder sections extending outwardly to opposite sides of the intermediate section so as to support the garment piece that includes shoulders. The invention further includes a pivoting garment holder for the other garment piece in the set. The pivoting garment holder is supported at an upper end by the intermediate section either by an interface section provided at an upper portion of the intermediate section or by a cavity formed in a mid region of the intermediate section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Inventor: David C. Graham
  • Patent number: 5645200
    Abstract: A garment hanger for garments and the like such as a jacket, wherein the garments are suspended from the same hanger, includes a hanger body member having arms extending in generally opposite directions and inclined with respect to each other and adapted to receive and support a jacket and the like. Pivotable rod means are mounted on the hanger body member below the arms for receiving another garment and supporting the same in spaced relation to the arms. Hook means on the hanger body member support the garment hanger on a hook receiving support. The rod means include a rod section located vertically below said arms whereby a garment may be positioned on the rod means absent displacement of a jacket supported by the arms in order to place a garment on the rod means. The arms include angled apertured mating end faces received in the body member and spring biased means are received in the body member, the hook including a portion which passes through the aperture in the end faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: McDowell Bros.
    Inventors: Philip Richard McDowell, Robert Wilson McDowell, Matthew Fife McDowell
  • Patent number: 5632422
    Abstract: An improved triangular-shaped garment hanger having two legs of approximately equal length, a base member, and at least one pair of opposed flex points, one flex point of each pair located on the base member and its paired flex point located in an opposed position on one of the legs to allow it to temporarily fold into a nearly flat configuration for fast insertion into the neck opening, the flex points comprising flexible devices securely attached over the one of the legs and the base member, the flexible devices being attached to the leg and base member hanger frame by means such as adhesive or force fitting the flexible devices over ribs on the distal ends of one of the legs and the base member to obviate the need for a sleeve to hold the flexible devices in place, the garment hanger also having brackets positioned between each leg and the base member to add strength to the garment hanger configuration so that it can support heavy garments without sagging and drooping of a garment and for insertion without
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Inventor: Paul J. Csengeri
  • Patent number: 5620127
    Abstract: A portable garment carrier with a handle portion and a garment holder portion which are connected by a central hook attachment that attaches to the garment hook on the interior of a vehicle. The handle portion folds down over the central hook attachment when it is suspended from a car hook. The garment carrier is fabricated from flexible material. The garment carrier can also be made from rigid material with a hinge mechanism to allow the handle portion to fold during use or for more convenient storage. An optional gap in the handle allows the handle to be suspended from a closet clothing rack. Alternate embodiments allow written information such as advertising messages to be displayed on the central hook attachment, folding handle grips which provide more comfortable handling, and specialized handles which can also be used to suspend the garments in a closets. The device may be fabricated as a disposable or reusable unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1997
    Inventor: Robert MacKenzie
  • Patent number: 5613628
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hanger device that is adapted to maintain a garment in a fixed and wrinkled free position. The hanger of the present invention comprises a hook that is secured to a pair of shoulder supports. The shoulder supports extend outwardly in opposite direction from the hook. A supportive sleeve extender extends from the shoulder support. These sleeve extenders are displaced from the shoulder support and extend inwardly and back towards each other, providing a gap to be located between the sleeve extenders and shoulder supports rendering the sleeve extenders and shoulder supports to be on different planes. A second gap is also located between the ends of the sleeve extender. This will enable a user to secure a garment for the upper body on the device in a worn position so that the back of the garment contacts the sleeve extenders. Once secured, the user tilts the hanger forward and inserts their hand between the sleeve extenders and the shoulder support, one side at a time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Inventor: John C. Burkhalter
  • Patent number: 5603438
    Abstract: An improved garment hanger for adjustably displaying, transporting and storing multiple articles of clothing. The hanger supports an upper garment and a lower garment. The lower garment is supported and located away from a plane formed by the supported upper garment, both horizontally and vertically. The position of the lower garments relative to the upper garments may be adjusted through the use of telescoping members. The degree of extension of the telescoping members is controlled by restraining the telescoping members in a variety of positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1997
    Inventor: Bruce M. Jugan
  • Patent number: 5598957
    Abstract: An adjustable hanger has a hanger body, opposed carrying arms that are slidably extendable from the hanger body to increase or decrease the size of the hanger, and a connecting rod that is rotatable to cause the carrying arms to be extended or retracted from the hanger body. The connecting rod can be a hollow tube wherein the ends of the opposed carrying arms are inserted into the connecting rod and wherein oppositely wound spiral grooves on the inside of the connecting rod mate with projections on the ends of the carrying arms so that rotation of the connecting rod causes the carrying arms to be extended or retracted from the connecting rod. Alternately, oppositely wound spiral grooves formed on the outside of the carrying arms may mate with projections on the inside of the connecting rod so that rotation of the connecting rod causes the carrying arms to be extended or retracted from the connecting rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Inventor: David C. Bell
  • Patent number: 5584421
    Abstract: A garment hanger which can be manufactured from inexpensive materials on a mass production basis which is extendable and contractible as many times as desired by the user throughout its useful life by a camming system formed by the interaction of cam drivers on each of two arms which engage with a cam follower carried in a central housing, the components being quickly and easily assembled but, when assembled, virtually impossible to disassemble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: Batts, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell O. Blanchard, John H. Batts
  • Patent number: 5582387
    Abstract: A primary hanger has a hook portion for receiving a hanging rod and a first retention structure, a fold line segment depending from the hook portion and a sideward opening communicating with the hook portion opening and a flap segment depending from the fold line segment, the flap segment defining a second retention structure cooperative with the first retention portion to retain the flap segment with the hook portion upon folding of the flap segment about the fold line segment. The flap segment and the hook portion define a passage therebetween upon the folding of the flap segment about the fold line segment. A secondary hanger has an upper part which is sized to enter the sideward opening of the flap segment and which has openings therethrough registrable with the first and second retention structures to be captured thereby upon folding of the flap segment about the fold line segment, the second hanger thereby being hung from the first hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: B&G Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chester Kolton, Stuart S. Spater
  • Patent number: 5579964
    Abstract: The hanger extension kit includes at least one extension member arranged for adjustable securement relative to a conventional hanger at a junction of the hanger's base rod to a side rod, with the extension member having a generally U-shaped configuration, with a semi-circular junction defining spaced rod members, wherein the spaced rod members each include a plurality of resilient fasteners. The resilient fasteners are arranged to engage the hanger member's base and side rod structure. The kit further includes at least one L-shaped hook member having first and second legs, with the second leg fixedly received within a clamp body, and the clamp body of resilient construction having an elongate groove parallel to the second leg, and the elongate groove of a generally semi-circular cross-sectional configuration arranged to engage the base rod permitting the first leg to extend beyond the hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Inventor: Lester Fochtman
  • Patent number: 5538166
    Abstract: A combination doll and clothes hanger assembly includes an elongated frame member of a dimension to hang clothing. The frame member can have articulated joints to permit movement so that in one mode, it can act as a toy object, while in the other mode, it can be positioned to support the hanging of clothing. A doll member is integrally connected to the frame member and is configured to provide a plush toy for the enjoyment of the child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Assignee: Matsuri Corporation
    Inventors: Iwakichi Ogawa, Shunnosuke Terui
  • Patent number: RE37715
    Abstract: A hanger particularly suited for use with garment sets such as a coat and trouser garment set or a coat and skirt garment set. The hanger includes an upper attachment member which is preferably hook shaped for attachment with a closet rod or the like and a main hanger body which is joined with the attachment member and includes an intermediate section and two shoulder sections extending outwardly to opposite sides of the intermediate section so as to support the garment piece that includes shoulders. The invention further includes a pivoting garment holder for the other garment piece in the set. The pivoting garment holder is supported at an upper end by the intermediate section either by an interface section provided at an upper portion of the intermediate section or by a cavity formed in a mid region of the intermediate section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Cam-Tech, L.L.C
    Inventor: David C. Graham