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US 6,672,491 B1Granted
Garment hanger
OwnerDonald Guglerinventor
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Abstract
The garment hanger has first and second shoulder bars and has first and second telescoping arms thereon which permit shoulder width adjustment of the garment hanger for proper support of garments having different shoulder width. In one configuration, the hanger is supported by a support tube on the top of the hanger, with the support tube telescopically engaging on an outwardly directed hanger anchor in the closet.
Claims14
A garment hanger comprising:
- first and second oppositely directed shoulder bars, said shoulder bars being angularly downwardly directed so as to be suitable for hanging a shouldered garment thereon, said first and second shoulder bars respectively having first and second ends which define the width across said shoulder bars;
- support structure connected to said shoulder bars for supporting said shoulder bars;
- first and second telescoping arms, said first and second telescoping arms being respectively in telescoping interconnection with said first and second shoulder bars so that said telescoping arms can be moved outward to provide garment shoulder support of greater width than said width across said shoulder bars;
- said support structure comprising a support tube secured to said shoulder bars and a leg onto which said support tube is engaged in sliding relationship and hanger anchor structure for holding up said leg.
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A garment hanger comprising:
- first and second shoulder bars, said first and second shoulder bars being directed away from each other and being secured together, said shoulder bars being angularly directed so as to be suitable for the engagement thereon of the shoulders of a garment, said shoulder bars having ends which determine the width across said shoulder bars, said shoulder bars being tubular and being open at said ends;
- first and second telescoping arms respectively telescoped within said tubular shoulder bars, said telescoping arms being positionable so that they extend out of said first and second shoulder bars so as to increase the effective width of said garment hanger to support garments having wider shoulders;
- said first and second telescoping arms respectively having lock structure thereon so that they can be locked in a selected extended position.
A garment hanger comprising:
- first and second shoulder bars, said first and second shoulder bars being directed away from each other and being secured together, said shoulder bars being angularly directed so as to be suitable for the engagement thereon of the shoulders of a garment, said shoulder bars having ends which determine the width across said shoulder bars, said shoulder bars being tubular and being open at said ends;
- first and second telescoping arms respectively telescoped within said tubular shoulder bars, said telescoping arms being positionable so that they extend out of said first and second shoulder bars so as to increase the effective width of said garment hanger to support garments having wider shoulders;
- said support structure comprising a support tube secured to said shoulder bar and there is a hanger anchor, said hanger anchor having an upper leg and a lower leg, said upper leg being for attachment for support and said lower leg being configured to receive said support tube on said garment hanger so that said support tube can be moved on and off said lower leg.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.