Garment hanger
AssigneeBraitrim (UK) Limited
InventorsWilliam Joseph Hunt, Christopher Barlow
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Abstract
A garment hanger has a body 1 with a longitudinal axis. A movable first arm 2 is slidably mounted on the body for free movement with respect to the body substantially along the longitudinal axis. A constant or decreasing force spring 4 applies a resilient force to the first arm to urge the first arm outwards of the body so that the first arm is able to move between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the body. The resilient force exerted by the garment hanger remains substantially constant or increases between a fully retracted position and a fully extended position.
Claims40
A garment hanger comprising a body having a longitudinal axis, a movable first arm slidably mounted on the body for free movement with respect to the body substantially along the longitudinal axis, means for applying a resilient force to the first arm to urge the first arm outwards of the body so that the first arm is able to move between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the body wherein the resilient force remains one of substantially constant and increases between the retracted position and the extended position;
- a second arm mounted on the body for slidable movement along the longitudinal axis in an opposed direction relative to the first arm, wherein the first and second arm each include a respective toothed portion engagable with a common centrally located gear wheel rotatably mounted in the body such that movement of the first arm in a first direction moves the second arm in a second direction opposed to the first direction and the first and second arms move in opposite directions simultaneously.
A garment hanger comprising a body having a longitudinal axis, a movable first arm slidably mounted on the body for free movement with respect to the body substantially along the longitudinal axis, one of a first constant and decreasing force spring for applying a resilient force to the first arm to urge the first arm outwards of the body so that the first arm is able to move between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the body wherein the resilient force remains one of substantially constant and increases between the retracted position and the extended position;
- a second arm mounted on the body for slidable movement along the longitudinal axis in an opposed direction relative to the first arm, wherein the first and second arm each include a respective toothed portion engagable with a common centrally located gear wheel rotatably mounted in the body such that movement of the first arm in a first direction moves the second arm in a second direction opposed to the first direction and the first and second arms move in opposite directions simultaneously, and wherein the hanger is further provided with one of a second constant and decreasing force spring such that the one of a first constant and decreasing force spring acts directly on the first arm and the one of the second constant and decreasing force spring acts directly on the second arm.
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