Loading patent…
AssigneeAndiamo, Inc.
InventorsJay E. Myers, Dennis L. Grudt, Luis R. Urquidi
Estimating the term…
A clothes hanger support for a garment bag or other similar item of luggage includes a depending bracket member pivotally supporting a lower jaw member with hanger-supporting features. A closure member and latch handle cooperates with the bracket and jaw members in a closed position to hold the latter in a hanger-retaining position. Alternatively, the closure member latch handle may be pivoted to allow the jaw member to itself pivot to an open position for insertion or removal of hangers on the support. Pivotal return of the closure member latch handle to the closed position also moves the jaw member to its hanger-retaining position by cooperation of a ramp surface and ramp-follower surface of the closure member latch handle and jaw member, respectively. Preferably, the entire hanger support may be made of four unitary components which are formed of injection molded engineering polymer.
A clothes hanger support comprising a depending bracket member, a jaw member pivotal on said bracket member adjacent one end of the latter and having a hanger-supporting arm in a first position generally horizontally disposed below said bracket member, and a handle member pivotal on said bracket member adjacent an opposite end of the latter, said bracket member and said jaw member defining cooperating means for in a second position providing cantilever support of the latter with said hanger-supporting arm pivotally inclined, and said handle member and jaw member defining cooperating means for moving the latter from said second to said first position in response to pivoting of said handle member between respective first and second locations.
A clothes hanger support comprising:
The invention of claim 26 wherein said jaw member and said closure member handle further include cooperating inclined surface means engageable one with the other in response to weight on said hanger-supporting arm portion to detent said jaw member and handle in said first position and location, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.