Trolley and bag assembly for transporting hanger-hung garments
AssigneeA. Rifkin Co.
InventorsArnold S. Rifkin, George W. Williams, John Hutnick
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Abstract
A trolley and bag assembly adapted to transport hanger-hung garments on overhead rails from an initial point to other points, the bag protectively shrouding the transported garments. The trolley includes a pair of rolling sheaves that ride on the rails and a spaced pair of side arms depending from the sheaves to support a horizontal load bar onto which is hooked a set of hanger-hung garments. Bridging the side arms is a retractable hold-down bar which when raised above the load bar then permits the hangers to be hooked onto the load bar, and when lowered then clamps the hooks of the hangers so that the garments cannot be dislodged from the trolley.
Claims9
A trolley and bag assembly for transporting along an overhead rail a set of garments each hung on a hanger having a hook;
- said assembly comprising:
- A. a trolley provided with a pair of spaced sheaves riding on the rail and a pair of arms depending from the sheaves to support below the rail a horizontal load bar;
- B. a retractable hold-down bar bridging the pair of arms, said hold-down bar being raisable to a raised position to permit the hooks of the set to be hooked onto the load bar to suspend the garments therefrom, and being lowerable to a lowered position to clamp the hooks onto the load bar to prevent displacement of the garments;
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- C. a bag having an open upper end raisable over the garments to enshroud the set, said bag being provided with detachable means to secure the bag to the trolley.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.