Claims
- 1. A garment hanger having an elongated body of non-circular cross section and means for suspending said body from a support, article clamps slidably mounted on and for movement along said body, each of said article clamps having means on a first leg holding said clamp against pivotal movement about the longitudinal axis of said body and a second leg pivotally secured to said first leg at a point above said body and forming a vertically elongated article receiving chamber between said legs; said body extending through said chamber between said first and second legs and spaced from both the top and bottom of said chamber; said means on said first leg holding said clamp against pivotal movement and engaging said body for sliding movement therealong and having an opening exposing the face of said body facing said second leg to the exterior of said chamber; means on said second leg for pressing a garment against the exposed portion of said body; the face of said body facing said second leg having a plurality of vertically arranged closely spaced ribs projecting toward said second leg and exposed through said opening and forming a plurality of pockets between said ribs for engaging and gripping a garment pressed against them with a portion of the garment being displaced into said pockets when said second leg is shifted to clamp closing position and means for pressing said second leg into closed article clamping position toward said first leg.
- 2. A garment hanger having an elongated body and means for suspending said body from a support, said body having a pair of straight, oppositely extending arms of non-circular cross section, article clamps slidably mounted on and for movement along said arms, said article clamps each having front and back jaws pivotally joined at a point spaced from and above said arms forming an article receiving and clamping chamber between them and releasable means for holding said front jaw in closed position; each of said arms extending laterally through the chamber of one of said clamps, support means on said back jaw of each of said clamps closely fitting around an arm of said body and providing an opening exposing the face of said arm to the interior of said chamber and slidably supporting said clamps while holding them against pivotal movement about the longitudinal axis of said arm; the faces of said arms facing into said chambers having gripping means forming a plurality of recessed pockets in the face of said arms opening toward said front jaws, each of which pockets being surrounded by ridges some of which are generally vertical and extend toward said front jaws, said front jaws each having an inwardly extending portion for pressing a garment against said gripping means and at least partially into said pockets when said clamps are closed and said releasable means is in jaw closing position for holding the garment against slippage both lengthwise and vertically of said arms.
- 3. The garment hanger described in claim 2 wherein said support means are straps forming passages for said arms of generally rectangular cross section.
- 4. The garment hanger described in claim 3 wherein stop means are provided at each end of said body to prevent said straps from being moved off the end of said body.
- 5. The garment hanger described in claim 4 wherein said straps have limited resiliency and said stop means are wedge shaped having a face forming a ramp facing the adjacent end and a shoulder facing toward the midpoint of said body which is perpendicular to the axis of said body whereby said clamps can be assembled to said body by resilient deflection of the back jaws of said clamps in the area of said straps but prevented from detachment by said shoulders.
- 6. The garment hanger described in claim 5 wherein said arms are of generally I-beam cross section and a substantial portion of the rearward extension of said stop means is recessed within the back face of said arms.
- 7. The garment hanger described in claim 2 wherein the front faces of said arms have forwardly extending upper and lower flanges forming a longitudinally extending recesses between them, said vertical ones of said ridges being ribs extending between said flanges in said recesses.
- 8. The garment hanger described in claim 7 wherein said ribs are equally spaced.
- 9. The garment hanger described in claim 8 wherein the forward faces of said ribs are co-planar with the forward faces of said flanges.
- 10. A garment hanger having a body characterized by a pair of elongated rectangular arms and means intermediate the ends of said body for suspending it from a support, a clamp mounted on each of said arms; each said clamp having a pair of jaws one of which is pivotally secured to the other forming a garment receiving chamber therebetween; the other of said jaws having a pair of spaced apart straps extending into said chamber, one adjacent each side edge of said other jaw and defining a passageway through which an associated one of said arms may move slidably with the inner face of said arm exposed between said straps to a garment received in said chamber, the inner face of each said arm directed toward said one jaw having an irregular surface forming garment gripping means at least some of which extend vertically and against which a garment is pressed by said one jaw when it is in closed position and means for holding said one jaw in closed position.
- 11. The garment hanger as described in claim 10 wherein said irregular surface is a plurality of alternating recesses and ridges.
- 12. The garment hanger as described in claim 10 wherein said irregular surface is a longitudinal rib intermediate the top and bottom of each said arm, said rib having a surface formed of a plurality of teeth facing toward said one jaw.
- 13. The garment hanger as described in claim 12 wherein said teeth are rounded.
- 14. The garment hanger as described in claim 12 wherein said arms are each of I-beam cross section.
- 15. The garment hanger described in claim 10 wherein said straps are adjacent the bottom of said other jaw, said one jaw having an article gripping tooth adjacent its free end positioned to force the garment against said irregular surface of the associated arm passing through said straps.
- 16. A garment hanger having a body characterized by a pair of elongated rectangular arms and means intermediate the ends of said body for suspending it from a support, a clamp mounted on each of said arms; each said clamp having a pair of jaws one of which is pivotally secured to the other forming a garment receiving chamber therebetween; the other of said jaws having a pair of straps extending into said chamber, said straps being faced apart with one being adjacent each side edge of said other jaw and defining a passageway through which an associated one of said arms may move slidably with the inner face of said arm exposed to a garment received in said chamber, said straps being adjacent the bottom of said other jaw, th inner face of each said arm directed toward said one jaw having an irregular surface forming garment gripping means extending both vertically and horizontally and said other jaw having an article gripping tooth adjacent its free end positioned to force the garment against said irregular surface of the arm passing through said straps and means for holding said one jaw in closed garment pressing position.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 941,090, filed Dec. 12, 1986, now abandoned.
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