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US 4,792,071 AGranted
Garment display device
AssigneeBenetton S.p.A.
InventorsAfra B. Scarpa, Tobia Scarpa
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Abstract
A coat hanger structure with a variable configuration provided with an accessory-holder mainly for the display of garments in general includes a plurality of tubular elements that can modularly combine in various ways and an upper support element and a lower suport element for the garments, which can be positioned in various ways on a straight portion of one of the tubular elements.
Claims4
A garment-display hanger, comprising:
- a tubular structure adapted to stand on a floor and including at least one generally upright tubular element;
- an upper garment support mounted on said element and shiftable vertically thereon, said upper garment support including means defining shoulders for supporting shoulder regions of a garment adapted to hang from said upper garment support;
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- a lower garment support vertically shiftable on said tubular element and spaced below said upper garment support, said lower garment support including:
- a central cylindrical body surrounding said tubular element and shiftable vertically along and rotatable about said tubular element,
- means for fixing said central cylindrical body to said tubular element,
- a pair of tubular members rigid with said central cylindrical body and extending generally perpendicular to said tubular element in opposite directions away from said central cylindrical body,
- respective pads guided on said tubular members, each of said pads having a rod received slidably in the respective tubular member, and an enlarged head on the respective rod engageable with the garment,
- a respective spring in each of said tubular members braced against the respective pad and urging said pads away from said central cylindrical body to permit said pads to accommodate automatically to the size of the garment engaged thereby, and
- means for limiting the displacement of said pads outwardly by said springs, and wherein
- said means for fixing said central cylindrical body to said tubular element includes:
- an elastically deformable bushing received between said central cylindrical body and said tubular element, and
- a screw member threaded into said body and bearing upon said bushing to clamp said body and said bushing against said tubular element;
- said enlarged heads are each covered with a fabric-gripping material, and
- said means for limiting the displacement of said pads includes:
- a slot formed in each of said rods, and
- a respective screw member threaded into each of said members and engaging in the respective slot.
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