# US 2014/0197287 A1 · Clothes stand

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- Number: US 2014/0197287 A1
- Document ID: US20140197287A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/238,119
- Filed: 2011-08-10
- Published: 2014-07-17
- Earliest claimed: 2011-08-10
- Inventors: Corrado Visinti
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140197287A1

## CPC

- A47G 25/06: Clothes hooks; Clothes racks; Garment-supporting stands with swingable or extending arms (with lockable hooks E05B69/02)
- A47G 25/0685: {Collapsible clothes racks, e.g. swingable, foldable, extendible (A47G25/0671 takes precedence; wardrobes with extensible garment holders A47B61/02)}
- Y10T 29/49826: Assembling or joining
- A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B)
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A clothes stand is described including a main body adapted to be attached to a vertical surface, and a support element, for hanging a dress thereon, which is coupled to said body so as to be able to move from a first retracted position to a second position in which it protrudes more outwardly from the body. The clothes stand is compact, light, not bulky and aesthetically pleasant.

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

1-19. (canceled)

### Claim 20

Clothes stand comprising
a main body adapted to be attached to a vertical surface;
a support element, for hanging a dress thereon, which is coupled to said body so as to be able to move from a first retracted position to a second position in which it protrudes more outwardly from the body.

### Claim 21 (depends on 20)

Clothes stand according to claim 20, wherein the support element is extractable from the main body.

### Claim 22 (depends on 20)

Clothes stand according to claim 20, wherein the support element is hinged and/or articulated to the main body.

### Claim 23 (depends on 20)

Clothes stand according to claim 20, wherein the support element is coupled through a flexible element to the main body.

### Claim 24 (depends on 23)

Clothes stand according to claim 23, wherein the flexible element is a cable, and the main body is optionally equipped with means for rewinding the cable.

### Claim 25 (depends on 20)

Clothes stand according to claim 20, wherein the support element comprises a telescopically extendable portion.

### Claim 26 (depends on 20)

Clothes stand according to claim 20, wherein the support element is movably inserted inside a cavity of the main body.

### Claim 27 (depends on 20)

Clothes stand according to claim 20, wherein the support element comprises a stop or end-of-travel element adapted to establish the maximum projection of the support element in the second position.

### Claim 28 (depends on 20)

Clothes stand according to claim 20, wherein the main body is substantially hollow.

### Claim 29 (depends on 20)

Clothes stand according to claim 20, wherein the support element comprises a rod movably inserted in a seat present in the main body.

### Claim 30 (depends on 29)

Clothes stand according to claim 29, wherein the rod comprises a head or knob or handle at the free end external to the main body.

### Claim 31 (depends on 29)

Clothes stand according to claim 29, wherein the rod has one end inside the body, from which it protrudes via an opening, the rod comprising at the end inside the body a knob or thickening having dimensions larger than those of the opening.

### Claim 32 (depends on 20)

Clothes stand according to claim 20, wherein the main body comprises a light source inside.

### Claim 33 (depends on 32)

Clothes stand according to claim 32, comprising a battery or a solar panel to power the light source.

### Claim 34 (depends on 20)

Clothes stand according to claim 20, comprising two or more support elements and a mechanism for simultaneously moving all the support elements from/to the second position.

### Claim 35 (depends on 20)

Clothes stand according to claim 20, comprising motor means for serving a or each support element.

### Claim 36 (depends on 20)

Clothes stand according to claim 20, comprising a chain, rope or pulley displacement system for lifting and/or withdraw a or each support element.

### Claim 37 (depends on 20)

Clothes stand according to claim 20, comprising elastic means for withdrawing a or each support element in the retracted position.

### Claim 38

Method for creating/mounting a clothes stand, comprising
coupling a main body, attachable to a vertical surface preferably at a certain height from the ground, to a support element to which a garment can be hung, the coupling being such that the support element can move from a first retracted position to a second position in which it protrudes more outwardly from the body.