Telescopic garment hanger
AssigneeBatts, Inc.
InventorRussell O. Blanchard
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Abstract
A garment hanger for suspending garments from their waistband is provided with a hollow tubular beam-like body suspended from a hook at its center. A pair of end members are telescopically slidably seated, one in each end of the body. Each end member is individually urged into extended position by an elastic tension member which is anchored at the outer end of the body and operatively engages the inner of the end member. Preferably, the tension members are endless loops, the closed ends of each of which are hooked to the end of the body and at their centers are wrapped around the inner ends of the end members. The body and end members have interfitting flanges for guiding and stabilizing the end members.
Claims13
A garment hanger having an elongated, hollow beam-like body member and a pair of slide elements one slidably and telescopically mounted in each end of said body member and forming the ends of said hanger, said body member having a central support hook and mounting means therefor;
- the upper face of said body member defining a central narrow slot extending from each end to adjacent said mounting means, said slot being defined by inwardly directed rims of said body member;
- said slide elements adjacent their upper edges having vertically spaced flanges defining a track for receiving said rims and guiding said slide elements as they are moved lengthwise of said body member;
- elastic tension members and means securing one end of each of said tension members to said body member adjacent each of the open ends of said body member, said tension members each engaging the inner end of one of said slide elements for stretching said tension members as said slide elements are moved toward the center of said hanger, interengaging means at the inner end of each of said slide elements and adjacent each of the opposite ends of said body member for limiting outward movement of said slide elements;
- the outer ends of each of said slide elements having an outer face shaped to engage and grip the inside surface of the waistband of a garment surrounding the hanger.
A garment hanger having an elongated, hollow beam-like body member and a pair of slide elements one slidably and telescopically mounted in each end of said body member and forming the ends of said hanger, said body member having a central support hook and mounting means therefor;
- said body member at each end having a pair of bosses, said bosses of each pair extending inwardly from the sides of said body member and spaced to form a passage therebetween through which a respective one of said slide elements can be moved;
- a pair of elastic tension members, one for each of said slide elements;
- each of said tension members engaging the inner end of a slide element and being secured to said bosses for urging said slide element into extended position;
- the inner end of each of said slide elements having a head portion adapted to engage said bosses for limiting outward movement of said slides.
A garment hanger having an elongated, hollow beam-like body member and a pair of slide elements one slidably and telescopically mounted in each end of said body member and forming the ends of said hanger, said body member having a central support hook and mounting means therefor;
- web means joining the sides of said body member adjacent said hook mounting means;
- means connecting the sides of said beam-like body member adjacent each of its ends for supporting said slide elements from beneath;
- the top of said body member having inwardly directed leg members defining a central slot extending lengthwise of said body member from each of its ends to a point adjacent said hook mounting means;
- said slide elements each having a pair of flanges extending from both the front and back faces thereof, the flanges of each pair being vertically spaced to form a channel to receive and seat closely about said legs for supporting and guiding said slide elements;
- said slide elements each having an upwardly extending hand grip at its inner end extending through a corresponding one of said slots;
- a pair of resilient means, each engaging one of said slide elements and urging it into extended position;
- interengaging means at the inner end of each of said slide members and adjacent each of the opposite ends of said body member for limiting outward movement of said slide members;
- the outer ends of said slide elements having garment gripping surfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.