Hat and uniform caddy

#1. Field of the Invention

#This invention relates to transportable caddies for containing hats, uniforms and related items neatly for transportation either assembled with the hats, uniforms and related items on them or unassembled for separate transportation and storage.

#2. Relation to the Prior Art

#This invention is described by appended claims in relation to description of a preferred embodiment with reference to the following drawings which are explained briefly as follows:

#FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway side elevation view of a hat-and-uniform caddy having open sides and containing hats and uniforms in containers for protection;

#FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway top view of the hat-and-uniform caddy having a single hanger rod;

#Listed numerically below with reference to the drawings are terms used to describe features of this invention. These terms and numbers assigned to them designate the same features throughout this description. 1 1. Hat-and-uniform caddy 2. Vertical supports 3. Horizontal girders 4. Horizontal supports 5. Hanger rod 6. Notches 7. Clothes hangers 8. Garments 9. Swivel keepers 10. Slide keepers 11. Retainer walls 12. Base framework 13. Swivel casters 14. End legs 15. Floor surface 16. Center wheels 17. Jack 18. Off-centered axle 19. First side 20. Second side 21. Boxes 22. First end wall 23. Second end wall 24. Side wall 25. Roof wall 26. Plastic sheets 27. Fastening positions 28. Inside structural wall 29. Doors 30. Hinges 31. End angle beams 32. Side angle beams 33. Wheel fasteners 34. Upright angle beams 35. Upright fasteners 36. End plate 37. Angle braces 38. Rod bases 39. Bar keeper 40. Wing nut 41. Slot 42. Bar riser

#Referring to FIGS. 1-3, a hat-and-uniform caddy 1 has a caddy framework that includes vertical supports 2 attached to horizontal girders 3. The horizontal girders 3 include horizontal supports 4 that are shelf like for containing items positioned on the caddy framework. At least one hanger rod 5 is supported horizontally on the vertical supports 2.

#Retainers on the hat-and-uniform caddy 1 retain items thereon in place to deter damage that includes falling off, wrinkling, squashing, bending, breaking, contamination and unauthorized removal predeterminedly when being transported, stored and used selectively. The retainers include hanger notches 6 that are spaced apart predeterminedly for spacing of clothes hangers 7 to deter wrinkling from excessively close position of garments 8 that include uniforms hung on the clothes hangers 7.