Foldable shirt hanger with reinforced collar
OwnerRobert J. L. Nicholasinventor
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Abstract
A foldable shirt hanger includes a frame having a bottom portion foldable to the rear upon itself with the shirt. Wings are secured to the lateral uppermost part of the frame for folding the arms of the shirt. A collar element is secured to a stem extending from a hook element to support the shirt collar, whether hanging from a support or being packed for shipment. The collar element pivots about a pair of pins to either lie flat against the shirt frame or be tilted away from it.
Claims8
An improved foldable shirt hanger for use in packing a shirt, comprising;
- (a) an open two piece foldable shirt body frame constructed and arranged to fit within a shirt and having a stem portion secured to an upper central portion thereof for engaging a hook element;
- (b) a pair of wing forms hingedly secured to the two uppermost lateral edges of said shirt body frame for swinging behind said shirt body frame, said wing forms constructed and arranged to fit in the upper portion of the sleeves of a shirt;
- (c) a retractable hook element constructed and arranged to move in a first direction to a first position and engage said stem for hanging said shirt body frame from a support and to retract said hook element within said stem portion upon further movement in a second direction when packing said shirt body frame in a second position;
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- (d) a single piece detachable collar element having securing means formed on the inside of said collar element to communicate with said stem portion and pivotally secure the same to said stem portion.
An improved foldable shirt hanger with reinforced collar for use in packing a shirt, comprising:
- (a) an open two piece foldable shirt body frame having a front, back, and sides and constructed and arranged to fit within a shirt and having a stem secured to the upper central portion thereof for engaging a retractable hook element, the upper portion of said frame extending upwardly and terminating in a pair of bores formed therein, and a pair of extensions extending from the front of the upper central portion of said shirt body frame;
- (b) a pair of wing forms hingedly secured to the two uppermost lateral edges of said shirt body frame for swinging behind said shirt body frame, said wing forms constructed and arranged to fit in the upper portion of the sleeves of a shirt;
- (c) a movable hook element constructed and arranged to engage said stem in a first position for hanging said shirt body frame from a support and to retract said stem from said shirt body frame in a second position for packing said shirt body frame;
- (d) a pair of releasably engagable pin elements extending transversely through said two piece foldable shirt body frame permitting pivotal movement upwardly;
- (e) and a detachable collar element adapted to fit within the collar of a shirt having a pair of pins formed at the sides thereof for engaging the bores of said upper portion of the frame, said collar element including an elongated strip with a bendable securing element secured to each end thereof for collapsing said collar element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.