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US 4,711,488 AGranted
Garment hanger
OwnerStephen Ohanessianinventor
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Abstract
A garment hanging apparatus which can be built into an upholstered chair of standard design or, alternatively, can be attached to a chair of standard design which has been modified to receive the apparatus. The design of the apparatus is such that it can be used to properly support garments, such as suit coats, without in any way interfering with the normal use of the chair.
Claims4
An upholstered chair comprising:
- (a) a seat portion;
- (b) a back portion connected to said seat portion, said back portion being provided with an internal chamber having spaced apart front and back walls;
- (c) a first member having first and second ends, said first member being disposed within said internal chamber, said first end thereof being connected to said back portion;
- (d) second member having first and second ends said second member being slidably interconnected with said first member for sliding movement between a first retracted position wherein said second member is fully disposed within said internal chamber and a second extended position wherein said second end of said second member extends rearwardly of said back;
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- (e) garment hanging means carried proximate said second end of said second member.
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A chair comprising:
- (a) a seat portion;
- (b) a back portion connected to said seat portion, said back portion being provided with an internal chamber, generally "T" shaped in plan, having spaced apart front and back walls said back wall having a recess provided therein;
- (c) a first member having first and second ends, said first member being disposed within said internal chamber;
- (d) a generally "T" shaped second member having first and second ends, said second member being slidably interconnected with said first member for sliding movement between a first retracted position wherein said second member is closely contained within said internal chamber and a second extended position wherein said second end of said second member extends rearwardly of said back;
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- (e) biasing means carried within said internal chamber for yieldably urging said second member toward said front wall of said internal chamber when said second member is in said first retracted position, said biasing means comprising a coil spring disposed within said recess provided within said back wall of said internal chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.