Hanger

Jan. 7, 1958 h. a. fauteux 2,818,624

HANGER Filed Feb. 3. 1953

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Attorney

2,818,624

Patented Jan. 7, 1958

United States Patent Office

2,818,624 HANGER⁵

Henri Andre Fauteux, Hawkesburjy Ontario, Canada Application February.3; 1953; Serial No; 334,913 3 Claims. (CI.24—137)

This invention- relates to new-· and- useful improvements in a* hanger- and appertains' particularly to one adapted for use as a clothes pin for suspending articles of apparel- and the- like from a clothes line;

An object of the invention-is- to provide a clip or removable. suspension &gt; from a line in- which the article to be held may be quickly inserted, held securely and easily removed.

A further object of the invention is to provide a clothes pin-like hanger; that, may.- be - attached: to. and removed from the. clothes indoors and, when loaded, snapped on,or detached from the clothes line, thereby facilitating the task of hanging out the wash in freezing and inclement weather, and. eliminating the danger, of. damaging-frail articles .by removing them from direct .application -to. the line when frozen.

A still further object of the. invention, is to. provide; a clothes pin of the nature and for. the purpose described that is characterized by structural simplicity, durability, efficiency and. low cost of manufacture,.whereby the.same is rendered commercially desirable.,.

To the accomplishment of these .and related, objects as shall become apparent as the description proceeds,-: the invention resides in the construction,; .combination.· and arrangement,.of parts as shall be.hereinafter rnore-f Lilly described,, illustrated in the accompanying drawings·,· .and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

The invention will be best understood and can be more clearly described when reference is had to the drawings forming a part of this disclosure wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a simple, preferred form of the clothes pin;

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof;

Figure 3 is a vertical section through the pin °.s taken on fine 3—3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is an elevation of the upper hook portion of a slightly modified form;

Figure 5 is a vertical section on line 5—5 of Figure 4;

Figure 6 is a side elevation, half in section, of a further modification of the hanger embodying a plurality of gripping members; and

Figure 7 is a bottom plan view of this modification.

Most clothes pins are of bifurcated form with a spaced pair of legs straddling the clothes line or consist of a pair of spring connected jaws that grippingly close on the line. In either case, a portion of the garment is usually doubled over the line and compressed on it by opposite parts of the pin. In very cold weather the clothes secured by such pins frequently freeze to the line or pins or both so that their removal can cause trouble and discomfort and in being removed in frozen condition the garments themselves are subject to damage.

In my present clothes pin, the garment is secured by the pin or hanger quite independently of the hook part that engages the lines so that the pins may be applied to and’removed from-the-wash-indoors and'thus· connected to the clothes-may be easily and· quickly hooked on or unhooked from the line- outside,·· completely avoiding possible damage to the fabrics. Furthermore, in this invention the cloth is-gripped in a novel‘way by the spring actionof a-hinged or displaceable leaf’so that'heavy garments op clothes flapping- in a strong; wihd Tend to tighten the hanger’s grip instead of falling off or blowing away, care being also taken* to· avoid injury to the fabric by rounding the⁵ confronting and- clothes-engaging edges of the· pin.

Referring particularly, to· the - drawings;⁵ the preferred form shown in Figures’ 2 and 3^: is made of flexible non-rustable · metal - or· treated to prevent - corrosion such as* galvanized or ' Coated·⁵ spring steel;’ If; consists of a relatively thin wide flat strip or body portion · 1* with a short arm 2 rolled into a-hook at the top with a flaring end 3 to provide an’ open mouth -to facilitate hooking it on-the clothes· line.· Thehbok 2 is made with a transverse arc or curve 4,¹ which·· extending- longitudinally Of the'clothesdihe'designated'at· 5^fitends-to bind.thereon and prevent the‘creeping of-the clothes pin therealong.; In Figures 4 and 5, the similarly -hooked tend of a'clothes ρΐή composed of plastie' is- shown.i andj to-strengthen.the hbok'and·'reinfbrce it^{: ;}where”it'straddles’&gt;the lihe; a shallows recess- or- · seat 6'is- provided¹ in-the ;inside' of .the rounded hook end‘thereof; midway- of'the- sides-and’an inverted'.U-shaped· spring metal member 7^Jinserted-therein, holding its position against accidental displacement by the outward pressure of the arms of the- inverted· U.

Of· Whatever material’this-hooked pin is made, the lower or-suspended 'reach-of the bbdy'portion'T’contains a long · narrow depending -tongue- 8'·;connecting -ydth the body by its upper end- i^biitsevered -from..though- surrounded by, the body· around its opposite sides 10’and'll and the bottom 12. To increase the flexibility of' the tongue,· it is narrowed' approximately mid Way of its height by. forming the sides 10 ^Jand I F with inwardly - extending arcsasshbWn:·

Thedtottom*12 or-middle oneOf the thtee ffeersides of thb-tongue ds cut· on an angle-to provide a-bevelied’tend 13 sloping downwardly to the back so that the tongue may hinge rearwardly but not come through forwardly. Front and rear edges of this bevelled end are preferably rounded to prevent cutting the clothes but this will be adequately cared for in the coatings of those made of ferrous metal. Beyond the bottom end 12 of the oneway hinging tongue 8, the marginal part of the body portion is formed in a transverse roll 14 on its forward side, terminating with its upper side flush with forward side of the bevelled bottom edge of the tongue. In use, the garment or piece of fabric is pressed against the front of the tongue 8 displacing it rearwardly and a part of the fabric caused to hang momentarily over the marginal roll 14 then the tongue or leaf is released to swing back to engage the fabric and clamp it between the bevelled end 13 of the tongue and the marginal part of the body portion 1, the weight of the fabric or garment being borne by the roll 14 and the tug of it causing the tightening of the clamping grip of the pin thereon.

A hanger having a hinged spring tongue struck out from a relatively flat portion of its body, free along three sides and displaceable only in one direction from its normal coplanar position, as here shown and described is capable of assuming many different shapes and forms such as the modification shown in Figures 6 and 7. In this modified form, with a plurality of gripping members, the body 15 is of hollow, semi-spherical form, with its open mouth 16 directed downwardly and finished with an outwardly turned roll edge 17. Extending upwardly toward the top of the dome of the body from this roll

2,818,624 edge are a plurality of circumferentially spaced spring fingers or tongues 18, free along their bottom edge 19 and opposite inwardly curved sides 20 and 21. As in the preferred form, the bottom edge of the leaf or tongue tapers inwardly and downwardly from the level of the 5 top of the roll rim 17. A hook 22 for suspending the hanger rises from the top of the semi-spherical body and may be stamped out of or otherwise formed integral with the dome but is here shown as an individual part, secured by a nut and bolt assembly 23 which depending 10 through the vertical axis serves also to unite a handle grip 24 by which the dome-like hanger may be held or steadied when clothes are being applied to or removed from it. When made of plastic, I provide an underlying reinforcing spider 25 with radial arms 26 equal in 15 number to the hangers or spring leaves 18, with one arm underlying each leaf. The spider conforms generally to the shape and inside dimensions of the dome-like body portion.

In use, this multiple gripper hanger is very similar 20 to the simple preferred form, except that many garments or pieces of apparel may be applied to it, preferably in circumferentially spaced or balanced arrangement if it is not completely loaded, and the handle grip will be found convenient both in loading it and in raising it to pass 25 the hook 22 over the line.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be manifest that a hanger is provided that will fulfill all the necessary requirements of such a device, but as many changes could 30 be made in the above description and many apparently widely different embodiments of the invention may be constructed within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matters contained in the said accompany- 35 ing specification and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limitative or restrictive sense.