Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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The present finding concerns a clothes hanger of the type
provided with a clip in the upper part of both shoulders.
The clothes hangers used to hold clothing items with
shoulders are all, in their most simple conformation, made of
a rigid, az~ch-shaped structure equipped with a central hook,
which terminates w~.th a substantially round shape on both
sides.
For hung items provided with straps such as, for example,
light clothes, underwear and similar items, hangers are
employed equipped with a clip in the part above bath
shoulders, known in technical terms as a "notch", which forms
the attachment of said straps.
Such hanger types are considerably lacking from the
performance standpoint when they are used as common hangers
for clothes with shoulders, in particularly those of light
type, such as shirts, T-shirts and other similar clothes
articles, since for their specific conformation and for the
reduced arch dimensions they are unable keep the articles
hanging.
The object of the present finding is to achieve a hanger of
the type equipped with upper clips or "notches" which
eliminate such a drawback, that is which manifest an anti-
slip action when used to hang clothes with shoulders, even of
light type.
A further object of the finding is to achieve a hanger of the
type equipped with upper clips which result from easy and
simple moulding manufacturing.
The first object of the finding is achieved by providing a
hanger of type with upper clips in which the anti-slip action
is obtained by covering the two same clips with an anti-slip
material.
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The anti-slip material, such as rubber, may be applied on the
clips using diverse methods, fox example by over-moulding, by
pasting or through smearing, all well-known at the state of
the art and noz;mally employed in other types of clothes
hangers.
The second object of the finding is achieved by providing a
hanger of type with upper clips in which two clips form two
separate elements with respect to the arch-shaped body.
With this structural solution it is therefore possible to
ld make clips equipped with an anti-slip covering through a
moulding operation different from the moulding operation of
the arched hanger body; only subsequently are they applied on
the shoulder of said body to form the final object.
Such working procedure, even if requiring two distinct
moulding operations, that for achieving the arched body and
that for achieving the clips equipped with anti-slip
material, is however considerably advantageous with respect
to a single operation moulding, followed by the application
of anti-slip material, since it permits the use of more
simplified and thus .less costly moulds, while the time
required to attach the two clips to the body, with automatic
assembly systems, results quite reduced and therefore
insignificantly effects the final cost of the object.
The finding will be more clearly understood with reference to
its particular embodiment, given only as a non-limiting
example, with the help of the attached drawings, whexe:
- figures 1 and 2 (Plate I) depict a hanger with upper
clips equipped with anti--slip material from a frontal
and a planar view, respectively;
3D - figure 3 (Plate IZ) depicts a hanger with extractable
upper clips from a frontal view;
-- figures 4 and 5 (Plate III) depict two detailed views of
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the hanger end of figure 3, in exploded and assembled
form, respectively;
- figures 6 and 7 (plate IV) depict two possible
conformations of the separate clip.
As is evident in figures 1 and 2, the hanger according to the
finding, indicated in its entirety with 1, is composed by an
arch-shaped body 2, at whose ends, on the upper part, clips 3
are present, covered by a layer of anti--slip material 4,
deposited by over-moulding, smearing or pasting.
As is evident in figures 3-5, in a particular embodiment of
the hanger 1 the clips 3 are elements separated from body 2,
to which they are attached by way of an elastic dap joint
connection, preferably of the so-called "clip" type, achieved
with pins 5, projecting below the header 6 of the clip, said
pins engaging in the xecesses ? made in the same body.
As is evident in figures 6 and ?, the clip 3 may have the
header 6 covered with an anti-slip material, in a partial
manner 4' (only on the upper part) or completely 9", in order
to confer an anti-slip action even to the straps of the hung
clothes.
The method of manufacturing the hanger according to the
finding and equipped with separate clips foresees the
following work phases:
+ moulding of the arched body 2, equipped with the recesses
7;
+ moulding of the clips 3;
+ over-moulding, deposit by smearing or pasting on the c~.zps
3 of the anti-slip material 4;
+ mounting of the clips 3 on the body 2.
Clearly, embodiments of the finding different from that
described are possible, a.n particular the anchoring of the
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clip 3 to the body 2 may occur through mechanical means,
laser welding, by pasting or other systems adapted for such
purpose and known at the state of the art without departing
from the scope of the subsequently defined claims.
