Garment hanger
OwnerMartin G. Hazenveldinventor
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Abstract
A garment hanger having a base element which comprises two upwardly inclined tensioning arms destined for carrying garment at their free ends, said tensioning arms being connected to each other or to a central body by means of hinged junctions, and a top element which comprises two downwardly inclined connecting arms of half the length or substantially half the length of the tensioning arms, said connecting arms being connected to each other or to a central body by means of hinged junctions and being connected to the tensioning arms at places halfway these tensioning arms by means of hinged junctions. Further, spring means (preferably realized by forming the hinged junctions as spring junctions) are provided for urging the top element and base element together, and a suspension hook is present for suspending the hanger and garment.
Claims10
A garment hanger comprising a base element including two upwardly inclined tensioning arms having adjacent ends and remote ends, first means for hingedly connecting together said adjacent ends, a top element including two downwardly inclined connecting arms of substantially half the length of said tensioning arms, said connecting arms having adjacent ends and remote ends, second means for hingedly connecting together said connecting arms adjacent ends, third means for hingedly connecting one of said connecting arm remote ends to one of said tensioning arms substantially medially of the adjacent and remote ends of said one tensioning arm, fourth means for hingedly connecting another of said connecting arm remote ends to another of said tensioning arms substantially medially of the adjacent and remote ends of said another tensioning arm, means for urging said top element and said base element relatively toward each other, and means connected directly to only said top element contiguous said second hinge connecting means for suspending said hanger from a suitable support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.