Clothes hanger with slidable side attachments

• US 5,992,713 A
• Filed: 10/23/1998
• Issued: 11/30/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gregorio S. Manabat
• Original Assignee: Gregorio S. Manabat
• Inventors: Manabat, Gregorio S.
• Primary Examiner(s): MOHANTY, BIBHU R
• Application Number:
  US09/177,927
• Time in Patent Office: 403 Days
• Field of Search: 223/95, 223/96, 223/91, 223/90, 223/85
• US Class Current: 223/91
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 25/485 with a plurality of clips integral with, or supported by, the trouser-supporting bar

Abstract

A garment hanger having a body with a top hook and a hanging rod, including a pair of clamps rotatably and slidably held on the hanger rod, by a pair of supporting arms and hanging elements to support various portions of garments on or from the hanging rod of the hanger, in selected positions. The hanging rod may include a shaped opening having a liner held therein to slidably hold top portions of the hanging elements and the pair of supporting arm and the hanging elements may include releasable-shaped areas and complementary recessed areas to enable the supporting arms and clamps to be incrementally rotated.

Claims

1. A garment hanger including a body with a top apex having a wire hook rotatably secured therein, first and second free formed shoulders, a first flattened end and a second flattened end supporting a hanging rod therebetween;

the improvement comprising;

a first clamping element slidably secured in the hanging rod;

a second clamping element slidably secured in the hanging rod;

a first elongated arm secured to the first clamping element; and

a second elongated arm secured to the second clamping element;

whereby the first clamping element and the second clamping element may be both slid and rotated to various positions along the hanging rod, to aid in supporting a garment on or from the hanging rod.

2. The garment hanger of claim 1, further including sliding elements supporting the first clamping element and the second clamping element in an opening formed in the hanging rod.

3. The hanger of claim 2 wherein the sliding elements include upper portions and lower portions, and the first elongated arm and the second elongated arm are releasably secured in the lower portions by shaped portions cooperating with corresponding recessed portions.

4. The garment hanger of claim 3 wherein the shaped portions include a plurality of lobes and the recessed portions are a plurality of complementary shaped areas on the lower portions.

5. The garment hanger of claim 4 wherein the upper portions include beaded portions slidably held in a liner secured in a keyhole-shaped elongated opening formed in the hanging rod.

6. A garment hanger including a body with a top apex having a wire hook rotatably secured therein, a pair of shoulders and a pair of ends supporting a hanging rod therein;

the improvement comprising;

a first clamping means rotatably and slidably secured on the hanging rod;

a second clamping means rotatably and slidably secured on the hanging rod;

the first clamping means and the second clamping means including a rotatable elongated arm having an elongated slot formed therein;

a hanging element rotatably supporting the elongated arm; and

a clamp element slidably mounted in the elongated slot; and

the hanging element of the first clamping means and the second clamping means being slidably secured in an opening formed in the hanging rod.

7. The garment hanger of claim 6 wherein the hanging element includes an upper portion and a lower portion, with the upper portion secured in a liner held in the opening formed in the hanging rod, and the lower portion supporting the elongated arm therein.

8. The garment hanger of claim 7 wherein the lower portion and the elongated arm are releasably secured together by mating shaped portions having a plurality of shaped lobes and complementary shaped recessed portions.

9. The garment hanger of claim 8 wherein the plurality of shaped lobes and the complementary shaped recessed portions may be separated to allow the elongated arm to be rotated.

10. The garment hanger of claim 9 wherein the first clamping means and the second clamping means are comprised of two wing handles, held together by an axial rod, and are rotatably and slidably held in an elongated opening formed in the elongated arm to which they are attached.