Clothes hanger
OwnerPeter Bengschinventor
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Abstract
A clothes hanger with a suspension hook, where a continuous slot, lying essentially in the plane of the hook, is situated in the area of the top of the curve of the suspension hook. A rod is pivotably mounted in this slot in such a fashion that its free end can swing between two terminal positions, in which it extends below or above the curve of the hook.
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A suspension hook having a generally inverted U-shaped configuration having two generally downwardly depending legs and a connecting top which connects upper parts of said legs, means defining a slot in said hook extending generally in the plane of said hook, said slot extending into said connecting top and into one of said legs, pivot means located at said connecting top within said slot, and rod means pivotably supported by said pivot means for pivotable movement between a lower position disposed below said connecting top and an upper position above said connecting top, said rod means passing through said slot upon being pivoted between said two positions.
A clothes hanger comprising a suspension hook having a generally inverted U-shaped configuration having two generally downwardly depending legs and a connecting top which connects upper parts of said legs, means defining a slot in said hook extending generally in the plane of said hook, said slot extending into said connecting top and into one of said legs, pivot means located at said connecting top within said slot, and rod means pivotably supported by said pivot means for pivotable movement between a lower position disposed below said connecting top and an upper position above said connecting top, said rod means passing through said slot upon being pivoted between said two positions, and clothes support means mounted on one of said legs.
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