Low friction hanger system and hangers for use therewith
OwnerMark A. Presser, Harry Zimmerman +1inventors
InventorsMark A. Presser, Harry Zimmerman, David Harilela
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Abstract
A low friction hanger system for reducing the lateral force required to move a hanger on a rod. The system includes a friction reducing element located between a hanger hook of the hanger and a supporting rod. The friction reducing element can include a roller or low friction material either integral with the hanger hook or retrofitted thereto. The friction reducing element can also include low friction material on the rod which is either integral therewith or retrofitted thereto. Optionally, lateral force displacement magnets or laterally extending arms will aid in the lateral displacement the hanger relative to other hangers.
Claims12
A low friction clothes hanger system for reducing the lateral force required to move a clothes hanger on a supporting clothes hanger rod having an outer surface with an uppermost edge surface, comprising:
- a friction reducing element located between a clothes hanger hook of a clothes hanger and a supporting rod, the friction reducing element comprising, a roller on the clothes hanger hook which roller has a preformed concave rolling surface with an apex, which apex rolls generally on the uppermost edge surface of the supporting clothes hanger rod, or a plurality of rollers with rolling surfaces which contact and roll on the supporting clothes hanger rod.
A low friction clothes hanger system for reducing the lateral force required to move a clothes hanger on a supporting clothes hanger rod having an outer surface with an uppermost edge surface, comprising:
- a friction reducing element located between a clothes hanger hook of a clothes hanger and a supporting rod, the friction reducing element comprising, a roller on the clothes hanger hook which roller has a preformed concave rolling surface with an apex, which apex rolls generally on the uppermost edge surface of the supporting clothes hanger rod, or a plurality of rollers with rolling surfaces which contact and roll on the supporting clothes hanger rod;
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- a lateral displacement means located in the hanger to aid in the lateral displacement the hanger relative to other hangers hanging on the supporting rod.
A method for providing a friction reducing feature to the upper curved portion of a clothes hanger hook which is to be hanged on a clothes rod having an outer surface with an uppermost edge surface, comprising:
- finding the approximate point at which the upper curved portion of the clothes hanger hook will make contact with the clothes rod;
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- attaching a friction reducing means to the upper curved portion so that the friction reducing means will make contact with the clothes rod and carry all or some of the load of the clothes hanger, wherein the friction reducing element is positioned on a clothes hanger hook of a clothes hanger and comprises, a roller having a preformed concave rolling surface with an apex, which apex rolls generally on the uppermost edge surface of the supporting clothes hanger rod, or a plurality of rollers with rolling surfaces which contact and roll on the supporting clothes hanger rod.
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