Device for conveying articles of clothing
AssigneeSurbiton Pty, Ltd.
InventorCharles R. New
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Abstract
A device to hold and hang garments, particularly trousers, and to maintain them ironed in any type of travelling bag, even in small soft bags, comprises at least two, preferably rectangular, frames of metallic wire, the long inner sides of which are both hinged in one central sleeve. Each outer long side of said frames is formed of overlapping portions of wire and is inserted in a separate sleeve. A third frame with a top hook can also be hinged in said central sleeve. The device can be inserted into an envelope-like container.
Claims7
A flexible, deformable and pressure resistant garment holding device to hold and support garments, particularly trousers, and to maintain them in a pressed, unwrinkled condition in travelling bags, particularly soft bags and sacks, comprising:
- two rectangular frames each formed of a single length of steel wire bent four times, each frame having two long sides and two short sides, one of said long sides of each frame being a central long side and the other outer long side being formed at least partly by overlapping end portions of the steel wire, said long sides having substantially the same length and the short sides of one frame having a slightly different length than the short sides of the other frame;
- a central sleeve of tubular plastic material loosely enclosing at least partially said central long sides to form a hinge means so that said frames are pivotable with respect to each other substantially about the longitudinal axis of said central sleeve;
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- two sleeves of tubular plastic material each loosely enclosing at least partially one of the outer long sides having overlapping end portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.