Clothes hanger

Abstract

The invention relates to a clothes hanger (2) with left-hand and right-hand shoulder support edges (4, 6) and a clothes rail hook (8, 10) between the two edges. The invention is characterized in that • - the clothes hanger (2) has a surface (12) made of a flat flexible material with a substantially constant thickness, • - the surface (12) is foldable or can be deformed so as to have a U-shaped cross-section between a substantially flat storage form (16) and a clothes rail form (18) with a U-shaped cross-section, and • - the surface (12) has a first edge contour with a first left-hand and a first right-hand shoulder support edge (4) and a first clothes rail hook (8) between the two edges and a second edge contour with a second left-hand and a second right-hand shoulder support edge (6) and a second clothes rail hook (10) between the two edges, wherein the first and second left-hand shoulder support edges (4, 6) are arranged in a mirror symmetrical manner relative to each other, and the first and second right-hand shoulder support edges are arranged in a mirror symmetrical manner relative to each other along the same line of symmetry such that the edges lie on top of one another in a congruent manner when the surface is folded or deformed in a U-shaped manner along a straight arched folding region, which extends along the line of symmetry, and can be locked together in the clothes rail form and released by a locking device (24).

Description

[0001] coat hanger

[0002] The present invention is directed to the technical improvement of a clothes hanger.

[0003] Clothes hangers are an extremely widespread and proven tool. Particularly in clothing stores, a common disadvantage is that large numbers of unused hangers are difficult to store and transport, for example, because they get caught in one another or because their shape makes them difficult to grip or combine into groups for storage or transport.

[0004] The present invention is based on the object of creating a clothes hanger whose handling and function are improved, particularly with regard to these disadvantages. This object is achieved by a clothes hanger having the features of claim 1. Preferred embodiments are specified in the subclaims.

[0005] Also, a clothes hanger according to the invention has a left and right shoulder support edge or contour and a collar of the bar hooks therebetween.

[0006] According to the invention, a clothes hanger is characterized by the following:

[0007] The coat hanger has a surface made of flexible flat material with a substantially constant wall thickness. This can be, for example, a thermoplastic such as PE, PP, especially high-density material, especially recycled material, and especially with a uniform wall thickness, for example, from 1 mm to 5 mm, especially 1.5 mm to 3 mm, and particularly preferably 1.5 mm to 2.5 mm.

[0008] In particular, due to the material properties of the flat material, the surface is foldable or deformable in a U-shape in cross-section between a substantially flat storage shape (in which the device, which may then be barely recognizable as a coat hanger and / or may be unusable, can be easily stacked) and a U-shaped coat hanger shape in cross-section - in which the folding or U-shaped curvature provides geometric stiffening, namely through the resulting section modulus of the effective cross-section of the coat hanger shape.

[0009] And the surface has a first edge contour with a first left and a first right shoulder support edge and with a first pair of bar hooks in between. And the surface has a second edge contour with a second left and a second right shoulder support edge with a second pair of bar hooks in between. The first and second left shoulder support edges are arranged mirror-symmetrically to one another, as are the first and second right shoulder support edges, specifically along the same line of symmetry. This means they can be placed on top of one another so that they are congruent (when the surface is folded or deformed into a U-shape along a straight fold curvature area that extends along the line of symmetry) - and can be locked together and released again in this coat hanger shape by a locking device.

[0010] This creates a coat hanger that can be hung on a rod, for example, by means of the first and second hooks and, thanks to the improved section modulus (from the folding or curvature), provides rigid support with little material expenditure - support of the first and second shoulder support edges, which are arranged essentially congruently along one another in the coat hanger shape.

[0011] In the coat hanger form, the coat hanger is preferably secured and releasable by a cord with a spring clip as a locking device. A snap fastener or another, particularly positive-locking, locking device, is also contemplated. The cord is then preferably threaded through openings in the flat material, which are arranged in pairs mirror-symmetrically to one another along the line of symmetry, so that they can be placed congruently on top of one another, with the surface folded along the fold curvature area or deformed into a U-shape. The cord can then be "tightened" into a loop, for example, using the spring clip, and holds the paired openings together.

[0012] If particularly preferably a pair of the passages in the flat material is arranged such that the line of symmetry is oriented horizontally, if the clothes hanger in the clothes hanger shape is mounted hanging solely on the one pair of passages, the clothes hanger according to the invention can also be hung alternatively on the cord and not only on the hooks.

[0013] The first and second hooks of the bar hooks have a concave hook contact edge, which (like the shoulder support edges) are arranged mirror-symmetrically to each other along the line of symmetry, so that, with the surface folded or deformed into a U-shape along the fold curve, they can be placed congruently on top of each other (and in this coat hanger configuration, can be locked and released together by the locking device). Thus, when used as intended, both hooks engage simultaneously, for example, with a hook of the bar.

[0014] According to the invention, the first and second parts of the rod hooks are arranged mirror-symmetrically to one another along the line of symmetry such that they can be placed on top of one another (the surface folded or deformed into a U-shape along the fold-curvature region) so that they are congruent with one another, with the hook shank of the first clothes rod hook on the one hand and the hook shank of the second clothes rod hook on the other hand, from the hook contact edge. Because the hooks are also contained in the surface, i.e. are made of the flexible flat material, they can be elastically “bent to the side” a little when hung on a clothes rod - and then hung up, the weight of the item of clothing is transferred on both sides of the clothes rod upwards into the hook contact edges and there into the part of the rod. The surface particularly preferably has at least one or more recesses in the fold-curvature region that extends along the line of symmetry.On the one hand, these can promote folding or bulging, particularly only or mainly along that area.

[0015] However, one recess can, for example, extend essentially over the entire length of the folding curvature area and thus forms, with an edge contour that is elongated and essentially horizontal in the shape of the clothes hanger, a trouser support contour for threading and thus hanging up trousers - as with conventional suitably equipped clothes hangers.

[0016] Particularly preferably, the recess extending substantially over the entire length of the folding curvature region has one or two tab edges extending substantially over the entire length of the folding curvature region, which can be folded downwards in the clothes hanger shape as a trouser support contour or can be deformed in an arcuate cross-section - and thus in turn brings about, through the improved section modulus (from the folding or curvature), with little material expenditure, a rigid support of the tabs which are folded or curved substantially downwards in the clothes hanger shape.

[0017] The surface can, for example, also have at least two recesses in the folded arch area that extends along the line of symmetry - with at least one pair of lugs (as spaghetti strap or skirt loop hooks) in the edge contours of the recesses, which are equidistant from the center of the length of the folded arch area (approximately or, especially for pendulum hanging, even better exactly), are arranged on the line of symmetry and point towards or away from each other.

[0018] Further advantages, embodiments and details of the invention are described below in the description of exemplary embodiments with reference to the attached figures.

[0019] Figure 1 is a plan view of a first embodiment of a clothes hanger according to the invention in storage form,

[0020] Figure 2 is a sectional side view of the clothes hanger according to the invention in storage form from Fig. 1,

[0021] Figure 3 is a perspective view of the first embodiment of a clothes hanger according to the invention as shown in Figure 1 in the form of a clothes hanger,

[0022] Figure 4 is a sectional side view of the clothes hanger according to the invention in the shape of the clothes hanger according to Fig. 3,

[0023] Figure 5 shows the side view of the clothes hanger according to the invention in the clothes hanger shape of Figure 4 rotated by 90°,

[0024] Figure 6 is a sectional side view of a second embodiment of a clothes hanger according to the invention in the shape of a clothes hanger, and Figure 7 is the side view of the second embodiment of a clothes hanger according to the invention in the shape of a clothes hanger from Figure 6 rotated by 90°.

[0025] According to the figures, a clothes hanger 2 according to the invention also has a left and right shoulder support edge 4, 6 or contour and a collar of the bar hooks 8, 10 therebetween.

[0026] According to the invention, a clothes hanger is characterized by the following:

[0027] The coat hanger 2 has a surface 12 made of flexible flat material with a substantially constant wall thickness.

[0028] The surface 12 is foldable, particularly due to the material properties of the flat material, or deformable in a U-shaped cross-section 14 between a substantially flat storage shape 16 (in which the device, which may then be barely recognizable and / or possibly unusable as a coat hanger, can be easily stacked) and a U-shaped cross-section coat hanger shape 18 - in which the fold or U-shaped curvature 14 provides geometric stiffening, namely through the resulting section modulus of the effective cross-section of the coat hanger shape 18.

[0029] And the surface 12 has a first edge contour with a first left and a first right shoulder support edge 4 and with a first pair of bar hooks 8 in between. And the surface 12 has a second edge contour with a second left and a second right shoulder support edge 6 with a second pair of bar hooks 10 in between. The first and second left shoulder support edges are arranged mirror-symmetrically to one another, as are the first and second right shoulder support edges, specifically along the same line of symmetry 20. They can thus be placed on top of one another so that they are congruent (if the surface is folded along a straight fold-curved area 22 or deformed into a U-shape that extends along the line of symmetry 20) - and can be locked together and released again in this coat hanger shape 18 by a locking device 24.

[0030] This creates a coat hanger which can be hung on a rod (not shown) by means of the first and second hooks 8, 10, for example, and which, due to the improved section modulus (from the fold or curvature 14), provides a flexurally rigid support of the first and second shoulder support edges 4, 6, which are arranged essentially congruently along one another in the coat hanger shape 18, with little material expenditure.

[0031] In the coat hanger configuration 18, the coat hanger 2 is secured and releasably secured by a cord 26 with a spring clip 28 as a locking device. The cord 26 is threaded through passages 30 in the flat material, which are arranged in pairs mirror-symmetrically to one another along the symmetry line 20, so that they can be placed congruently on top of one another when the surface 12 is folded along the folded curvature area 22 or deformed into a U-shape 14. The cord 26 can then be "tightened" into a loop, for example, using the spring clip 28, and holds the paired passages 30 together.

[0032] Because a pair of the passages 30 in the flat material is arranged such that the line of symmetry 20 is oriented horizontally when the coat hanger 2 in the coat hanger shape 16 is suspended solely from the one pair of passages 30, the coat hanger 2 can also be suspended alternatively from the cord 26 and not only from the hooks 8, 10.

[0033] The first and second hooks 8, 10 have first and second concave hook contact edges 34, which (like the shoulder support edges) are arranged mirror-symmetrically to one another along the symmetry line 20, so that, with the surface folded or deformed into a U-shape along the fold curvature area, they can be placed congruently on top of one another (and can be locked and released again in this clothes hanger configuration by the locking device). Thus, when used as intended, both hooks 8, 10 engage simultaneously, for example, with a clothes rail (not shown).

[0034] Particularly preferably, the first and second clothes rail hooks 8, 10 are arranged mirror-symmetrically to one another along the line of symmetry such that they can be placed on top of one another (the surface folded or deformed in a U-shape along the fold curvature area) in a congruent manner with the hook shaft 36 of the first clothes rail hook 8 on the one hand and the hook shaft 36 of the second clothes rail hook 10 on the other hand from the hook contact edge 34. Because the hooks are also contained in the surface, i.e. are formed from the - flexible - flat material, they can be elastically "bent to the side" a little bit when hung on a clothes rail - and then hung up, the weight of the item of clothing is transferred on both sides of the clothes rail upwards past the hook contact edges and from there into the clothes rail.

[0035] Particularly advantageously, the surface 12 has one or more (four shown) recesses 38 in the folding curvature region 22, which extends along the symmetry line 20. On the one hand, these can promote folding or curvature, particularly only or essentially along this region.

[0036] One recess 38 extends substantially over the entire length of the folding curvature region 22 and thus forms, with an edge contour 40 which is elongated and substantially horizontal in the shape of the clothes hanger, a trouser support contour for threading and thus hanging up trousers (not shown) - as with conventional correspondingly configured clothes hangers.

[0037] Particularly advantageously, the recess 38 extending essentially over the entire length of the folded, curved region has two edge flaps 42 extending essentially over the entire length of the folded, curved region 22, which can be folded downwards in the coat hanger shape as a trouser support contour or can be deformed into an arcuate cross-section. These edge flaps can be curved downwards toward one another such that their edges again lie on top of one another and are thus fastened to one another by means of a cord (threaded through passages 30) and a spring clip. This, in turn, provides rigid support for the flaps 42, which are essentially folded or curved downwards in the coat hanger shape, due to the improved section modulus (due to the folding or curving), with minimal material expenditure.

[0038] Alternatively, the surface 12 in the folded arch area 22, which extends along the line of symmetry, but also has, for example, at least two recesses 38 (four shown) - with two pairs of lugs 44 (as spaghetti strap or skirt loop hooks) in the edge contours of the recesses 38, which are exactly equidistant from the center of the length of the folded arch area 22, for swinging hanging, are arranged on the line of symmetry 20 and point towards or away from each other.

[0039] All features, words and descriptions of the embodiments described here with the figures are also according to the invention, individually or in any combination, in combination with a clothes hanger according to the main claim, as long as there is no functional contradiction to the contrary.

[0040] Unless otherwise stated, all directions and orientations throughout this application are meant in the orientation of the device for its intended use, as shown in the figures and named in the list of figures.

[0041] Reference symbol

[0042] 2 coat hangers

[0043] 4, 6 left and right shoulder support edge or contour

[0044] 8, 10 Small bar hooks

[0045] 12 Surface made of flexible flat material

[0046] 14 U-shaped deformation

[0047] 16 Dam shape

[0048] 18 coat hanger shape

[0049] 20 Symmetry line

[0050] 22 Folding curvature area

[0051] 24 Locking device

[0052] 26 cord

[0053] 28 spring clamp

[0054] 30 passage

[0055] 34 Hook contact edge

[0056] 36 hook shank

[0057] 38 recess

[0058] 40 edge contour, especially for trousers

[0059] 42 edge flap

[0060] 44 Nose

Claims

Claims Clothes hanger (2) with left and right shoulder support edges (4, 6) and a part of the bar hooks (8, 10) therebetween, characterized in that the clothes hanger (2) has a surface (12) made of flexible flat material of substantially constant wall thickness and that the surface (12) is foldable or deformable in cross-section into a U-shape between a substantially flat storage shape (16) and a cross-sectionally U-shaped clothes hanger shape (18) and that the surface (12) has a first edge contour with a first left and a first right shoulder support edge (4) with a first part of the bar hooks (8) therebetween and a second edge contour with a second left and a second right shoulder support edge (6) with a second part of the bar hooks (10) therebetween, wherein the first and the second part of the bar hooks (8, 10) have a concave hook contact edge (34),which are arranged mirror-symmetrically to one another along a line of symmetry (20), so that the first and second concave hook contact edges (34), the surface (12) folded or U-shaped along a straight folded curvature region (22) extending along the line of symmetry (20), can be placed congruently on one another, namely with the hook shank (36) of the first clothes rail hook (8) on the one hand and the hook shank (36) of the second clothes rail hook (10) on the other hand from the hook contact edge (34), and wherein the first and second left shoulder support edges (4, 6) are arranged mirror-symmetrically to one another along the line of symmetry (20) and the first and second right shoulder support edges are arranged mirror-symmetrically to one another along the same line of symmetry (20), so that the first (4) and second (6) left shoulder support edges and the first (4) and second (6) right shoulder support edges,The surface (12) can be folded or U-shaped along the folded curvature area (22) and can be placed congruently on top of one another and can be locked and released again in this coat hanger shape (18) by a locking device (24). Clothes hanger according to claim 1, characterized in that the locking device (24) is a cord (26) with a spring clip (28) or a snap fastener. Clothes hanger according to claim 2, characterized in that the cord (26) is threaded through passages (30) in the flat material, which are arranged in pairs mirror-symmetrically to one another along the line of symmetry (20), so that they, the surface, folded along the folded, curved region (22) or deformed into a U-shape, they can be placed congruently on top of one another. Clothes hanger according to claim 3, characterized in that a pair of passages (30) in the surface are arranged such that the line of symmetry (20) is oriented horizontally when the clothes hanger (2) in the clothes hanger shape (18) is mounted suspended solely from the one pair of passages (30). Clothes hanger according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the surface (12) has at least one recess (38) in the folded, curved region (22) extending along the line of symmetry (20). Clothes hanger according to claim 5, characterized in that the one recess (38) extends substantially over the entire length of the folded, curved region (22) with an elongated, substantially horizontal edge contour (40) in the clothes hanger shape (18) as a trouser support contour.Clothes hanger according to claim 6, characterized in that the one recess (38) extending substantially over the entire length of the folded, curved region (22) has one or two edge tabs (42) extending substantially over the entire length of the folded, curved region (22) and which, in the clothes hanger shape (18), can be folded downwards as a trouser support contour or can be deformed in an arcuate cross-section. Clothes hanger according to claim 5, characterized in that the surface (12) in the folded, curved region (22), which extends along the line of symmetry (20), has at least two recesses (38) with at least one pair of lugs (44) as spaghetti strap or skirt loop hooks in the edge contours of the recesses (38), which are equidistant from the center of the length of the folded, curved region (22), are arranged on the line of symmetry (20), and point toward or away from one another.

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