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SPECIFICATION
1. The present invention relates to a clothing and textile
hanger, primarily designed for hanging pants, skirts, ties, scarves
and other textile articles.
2. Clothes hangers, particularly pant and skirt hangers, of the
type which hold the garments by means of two clips affixed to
either end of a horizontal bar, while commonly used by the public,
are inconvenient to use, particularly in removal of the garment
from the hanger. While it is possible to simply pull the garment
out of the clips, there is a risk of damage to the garment. To avoid
the risk of damage, a user must remove the hanger from the closet
rod, and release the clips one at a time using one hand to open the
clip and the other hand to pull the garment away from the hanger
once the clip is opened.
3. Pant and skirt hangers of the type employing one large
clamp to hold the garment are also inconvenient to use. They
require the user to remove the hanger from the closet both to hang
the garment and to remove the garment from the hanger. Further,
this type of hanger is likely to cause wrinkles across the surface of
the garment.
4. Hangers of the type used to hang ties are cumbersome to
use, usually requiring the user to thread the narrow end of the tie
through a slot or over a horizontal bar.
5. The present invention permits a person to hang pants,
skirts, ties, scarves and other textile articles quickly, without
having to remove the hanger from a closet rod. Instead of clips,
it utilizes a retaining cylinder which grips the garment against a
flat surface. The retaining cylinder is housed between the walls of
a vertical arm, but moves freely up and down, rolling along a
channel in one of the walls.
6. To hang an article, the article is pushed up between the
retaining cylinder and the flat wall of the vertical arm. As the
retaining cylinder rolls up along the channel, it recesses into the
concave shape of the channel, thereby allowing the article to slide
past the retaining cylinder. When the article is released, the
retaining cylinder will slide downward, holding the article in place.
The light pressure used to hold the textile article minimizes
wrinkling of the article. The article can be released easily without
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removing the hanger from the closet rod, by pulling the article
upwards and to the side.
7. The present invention can be made with two vertical arms
at either end of the horizontal member. This structure would be
suitable for pants and skirts. The present invention can also be
made with many vertical arms, suitable for use as a tie or scarf
hanger. To be used as a hanger to be hung on a closet rod, the
length of the horizontal member is limited by the depth of the
closet. The present invention can also be mounted on to a wall, in
which case the length of the horizontal member and therefore the
number of vertical arms is limited only by the available wall
space.
8. For a fuller understanding of the nature of the present
invention, reference should be had to the following detailed
descriptions taken in connection with the accompanying drawings
in which Figure I is a top view, Figure II is an isometric view,
Figure III is a front view and Figure IV is a side view of the
present invention.
9. The invention comprises one or more vertical arms each of
which holds a retaining cylinder. Figure III shows a front view of
a hanger which has two vertical arms.
10. The retaining cylinder rolls freely up and down between the
two walls of the vertical arm. Figure 4 shows the retaining
cylinder which rolls upward along the concave channel described
as Surface 3. As the clothing article is pushed upward, it slides
between Surface 4 and the retaining cylinder. The retaining
cylinder will recess into the channel as the clothing article pushes
it out of the way. When the clothing article is released, it slides
downward, as does the retaining cylinder. When the retaining
cylinder comes to a stop, it grips the clothing article between the
retaining cylinder and Surface 4. The surface of the retaining
cylinder is staked or knurled to provide a rough surface to better
grip the article between the retaining cylinder and the wall shown
as Surface 4.
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11. The article can be removed by grasping it and lifting it
upward towards either side of the hanger.
12. In the drawings, two retaining cylinder structures are
shown, suitable for use as a pant or skirt hanger. The present
invention can be made with more retaining cylinder structures
attached, to use for hanging many smaller items such as neckties
or scarves.
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