Claims
- 1. An improved garment holder for holding articles of clothing in a hanging position, comprising:
- a coil member,
- a vertically oriented torsion bar member attached to and extending through said coil,
- a tail stabilizer article hanging bracket member attached to the bottom end of torsion bar,
- a suspension eye member fixed to the top of said torsion bar,
- ceiling hoist and suspension means for raising and lowering said garment holder, and
- means for fixing said garment holder at variable elevations.
- 2. The garment holder of claim 1 wherein said coil member is made of wire.
- 3. The garment holder of claim 1 wherein said coil member is made of plastic coated wire.
- 4. The garment holder of claim 1, further comprising retention means for fixing the elevation of said garment holder at one of at least two heights.
- 5. The garment holder of claim 1 wherein said coil member, said torsion bar, said tail stabilizer, and said suspension eye member are fabricated from a single piece of wire.
- 6. The garment holder of claim 1 wherein the ceiling hoisting suspension means is an electric motorized hoist with control means.
- 7. The garment holder of claim 1 wherein the ceiling hoist suspension means is a venetian blind type hoist.
- 8. The garment holder of claim 1 wherein the ceiling hoist means is a suspension rope, further comprising spindle means between said suspension eye member and said suspension rope.
- 9. The garment holder of claim 1 wherein said coil means and said torsion bar are separate pieces adapted for being snapped together to form the garment holder.
- 10. The garment holder of claim 8 further including a locking pulley, said suspension rope being provided with knots therein or protrusions thereon for engagement with said locking pulley.
- 11. The garment holder of claim 10 wherein said pulley has a housing, further comprising an arrestor arm pivotally mounted on said housing, said arrestor arm including means engageable by said rope knots or protrusions for locking and releasing the garment holder.
- 12. The garment holder of claim 11 wherein the locking and releasing means is a stationary fork hitch having upper and lower tracks incorporated into the pulley housing.
- 13. The garment holder of claim 11 wherein the locking and releasing means is a triangular member integral with said arrestor arm, and having an upwardly extending apex.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/120,588, filed Nov. 13, 1987, now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (7)
Continuation in Parts (1)
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