Clothes hanger

Abstract

To provide a clothes hanger suppressing changeover from a developed state to a folded state when clothes are hung thereon.SOLUTION: A body section with an annular part and a hanging section are integrally molded. The annular part includes: first and second rigid bodies; a hinge lock part constituted by interconnection between first and second connecting parts linked to the first and second rigid bodies and capable of changing over between allowing and restricting relative rotational turn of the first and second rigid bodies; and an elastic part that is at least a part in an opposite side of the hinge lock part with respect to the first and second rigid bodies and is elastically deformable. When the body section is in a developed state, the clothes hanger can hold the body section in the developed state by regulating the relative rotational turn of the first and second rigid bodies via the hinge lock part, and can change over the body section between the folded state and the developed state with the relative rotational turn of the first and second rigid bodies via the hinge lock part and the elastic deformation of the elastic part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present disclosure relates to clothes hangers. [Background technology]

[0002] A clothes hanger has been proposed that includes shoulder support bars made up of left and right shoulder support bars that support the shoulders of clothes, a hanging attachment provided in the center of the shoulder support bars, and a lower connecting bar made up of left and right lower connecting bars that connect the outer ends of the shoulder support bars together (see Patent Document 1). In this clothes hanger, the left and right shoulder support bars are connected to an upper connecting part that is convex upward, the left and right lower connecting bars are connected to a lower connecting part, and the outer ends of the left and right lower connecting bars are connected to the left and right shoulder support bars via left and right connecting parts that are convex outward, respectively. The upper connecting portion, lower connecting portion, left side connecting portion and side connecting portion are elastic, and when the left shoulder support bar and the right shoulder support bar are pressed closer to each other, the left lower connecting bar and the right lower connecting bar also move closer and are folded, and when the pressure is released, the left shoulder support bar, right shoulder support bar, left lower connecting bar and right lower connecting bar return to their original positions. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Utility model registration No. 3174738 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] In the above-mentioned clothes hanger, the load-bearing capacity of the clothes depends on the bending stiffness of the upper connector, lower connector, left connector, and side connector. Therefore, if a heavy piece of clothing is hung on the hanger, it may be folded.

[0005] The main purpose of the clothes hanger of the present disclosure is to prevent the hanger from switching from an unfolded state to a folded state when clothes are hung on the hanger. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The clothes hanger of the present disclosure takes the following measures to achieve the above-mentioned main object.

[0007] The clothes hanger of the present disclosure comprises: A clothes hanger comprising a main body having a loop and a hanging part connected to the main body, the main body being switchable between a folded state and an unfolded state, The main body and the hanging portion are integrally formed, the annular portion has first and second rigid portions, a hinge lock portion configured by connecting first and second connecting portions connected to the first and second rigid portions and capable of switching between allowing and restricting relative rotation of the first and second rigid portions, and an elastic portion that is at least a part of the first and second rigid portions on the opposite side of the hinge lock portion and is elastically deformable; The clothes hanger is capable of holding the main body in the unfolded state by restricting the relative rotation of the first and second rigid parts via the hinge lock parts when the main body is in the unfolded state, and is capable of switching the main body between the folded state and the unfolded state by the relative rotation of the first and second rigid parts via the hinge lock parts and the elastic deformation of the elastic part. The gist of the present invention is as follows.

[0008] In the clothes hanger of the present disclosure, when the main body is in an unfolded state, the relative rotation of the first and second rigid parts is restricted via the hinge lock parts, thereby maintaining the main body in the unfolded state. This makes it possible to prevent the main body from switching from the unfolded state to the folded state when clothes are hung on the main body. In addition, the main body can be switched between the folded state and the unfolded state by the relative rotation of the first and second rigid parts via the hinge lock parts and the elastic deformation of the elastic part. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a front view of a clothes hanger according to a first embodiment. [Diagram 2] FIG. 1 is a front view of a clothes hanger according to a first embodiment. [Diagram 3] FIG. 1 is a front view of a clothes hanger according to a first embodiment. [Figure 4] 2 is a perspective view of the clothes hanger of FIG. 1, seen from the right front. FIG. [Diagram 5] 2 is a perspective view of the clothes hanger of FIG. 1, seen from the left rear. FIG. [Figure 6] 11 is an explanatory diagram showing the state around the hinge lock portion when the main body portion switches from a folded state to an unfolded state. FIG. [Figure 7] FIG. 13 is a front view of a modified clothes hanger. [Figure 8] FIG. 13 is a front view of a modified clothes hanger. [Figure 9] FIG. 13 is a front view of a modified clothes hanger. [Figure 10] FIG. 11 is a front view of a clothes hanger according to a second embodiment. [Figure 11] FIG. 11 is a front view of a clothes hanger according to a second embodiment. [Figure 12] FIG. 11 is a front view of a clothes hanger according to a second embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0010] [First embodiment] A first embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. Figs. 1 to 3 are front views of a clothes hanger 10 of the first embodiment. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the clothes hanger 10 of Fig. 1, seen from the lower right front. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the clothes hanger 10 of Fig. 1, seen from the lower left rear. Fig. 1 shows the clothes hanger 10 at the time of molding (before assembly), Fig. 2 shows the clothes hanger 10 after assembly with the main body part 12 in a folded state, and Fig. 3 shows the clothes hanger 10 after assembly with the main body part 12 in an unfolded state.

[0011] The clothes hanger 10 of the first embodiment is an integrally molded product, and is molded by, for example, injection molding, blow molding, extrusion molding, 3D printing, or the like, of a resin material (see FIG. 1). As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the clothes hanger 10 includes a main body 12 and a hook portion 90 (hanging portion). The main body 12 includes a left shoulder support portion 20 (elastic portion), a right shoulder support portion 30 (elastic portion), and first and second connecting portions 40, 60.

[0012] The left shoulder support part 20 and the right shoulder support part 30 are connected to each other via a connecting part 14, and the hook part 90 is also connected to the connecting part 14. The left shoulder support part 20 and the right shoulder support part 30 are formed with lower rigidity (low strength) than the first and second rigid parts 42, 62 of the first and second connecting parts 40, 60, and are elastically deformable along a plane extending in the up-down and left-right directions. It is sufficient that at least a part of the left shoulder support part 20 and the right shoulder support part 30 is elastically deformable, but it is more preferable that the whole part is elastically deformable. If only a part of the left shoulder support part 20 and the right shoulder support part 20 is elastically deformable, the thickness of that part needs to be thinner than the other parts, which may increase the difficulty of manufacturing by injection molding or the like. On the other hand, by configuring the whole of the left shoulder support part 20 and the right shoulder support part 20 to be elastically deformable, such concerns can be eliminated. The rigidity of the connecting portion 14 may be similar to that of the left shoulder support portion 20 and the right shoulder support portion 30, or may be different.

[0013] The first and second connecting parts 40, 60 have first and second rigid parts 42, 62, first and second connecting parts 44, 64, claw parts 52, 72, and latched parts 54, 74. The first rigid part 42 is connected to the end part (first part) of the left shoulder support part 20 opposite the connecting part 14. The second rigid part 62 is connected to the end part (second part) of the right shoulder support part 30 opposite the connecting part 14. When the first and second rigid parts 42, 62 are cut on a plane extending in the front-rear and up-down directions, the cross sections are both formed in a T-shape. As a result, the first and second rigid parts 42, 62 are formed to have higher rigidity (higher strength) than the left shoulder support part 20 and the right shoulder support part 30. The cross section is not limited to a T-shape, and may be a cross shape, etc.

[0014] The first connecting portion 44 is connected to the end of the first rigid portion 42 on the opposite side to the left shoulder support portion 20 side. The first connecting portion 44 has a flat plate portion 45 and a protruding portion 46. The flat plate portion 45 is formed in a flat plate shape extending along the extension direction of the first rigid portion 42 with a constant thickness in the front-rear direction. The protruding portion 46 is formed so as to extend forward from the flat plate portion 45. When the central portion in the front-rear direction of the protruding portion 46 is cut by a plane extending in the up-down and left-right directions, the cross section is formed in a shape in which a pair of arch shapes are cut out from a circle of radius R1. Specifically, this cross section is formed in a shape having an outer shape of a pair of arcs of radius R1 and a pair of straight lines (chords of the arch shape) parallel to each other with an interval of a distance L1 shorter than twice the radius R1. Hereinafter, this portion of the protruding portion 46 is referred to as a predetermined outer shape portion 47. At the tip (front end) of protrusion 46, a rectangular flat convex portion 48 is formed, which has a width of a distance L2 (for example, the same as distance L1) that is shorter than twice the radius R1 and a constant thickness in the front-to-rear direction, and extends toward the second connecting portion 64 side (left side in FIG. 2) in a direction (left-right direction in FIG. 2) perpendicular to the extension direction of first rigid portion 42 (up-down direction in FIG. 2) and the extension direction of protrusion 46 (front-to-rear direction in FIG. 2) after assembly of clothes hanger 10 and in the folded state of main body 12 (see FIG. 2).

[0015] The second connecting portion 64 is connected to the end of the second rigid portion 62 on the opposite side to the right shoulder support portion 30 side. The second connecting portion 64 has a flat plate portion 65, first and second hole portions 66, 67, and a protrusion portion 68. The flat plate portion 65 is formed in a flat plate shape extending along the extension direction of the second rigid portion 62 with a constant thickness in the front-rear direction. The first hole portion 66 is formed in a circular shape with a radius R2 slightly larger than the radius R1. The second hole portion 67 is formed so as to extend from the first hole portion 66 to the second rigid portion 62 side (the lower side in FIG. 2) with a width of a distance L3 shorter than twice the radius R1 and slightly longer than the distances L1 and L2. The protrusion portion 68 is formed so as to extend forward from the tip side of the first hole portion 66 of the flat plate portion 65.

[0016] When the predetermined shape portion 47 of the protrusion 46 is positioned within the first hole 66, the predetermined shape portion 47 is rotatable within the first hole 66, and the relative rotation of the first and second rigid portions 42, 62 is permitted. When the predetermined shape portion 47 is positioned within the second hole 67, the rotation of the predetermined shape portion 47 is restricted within the second hole 67 and the predetermined shape portion 47 is movable along the extension direction of the second hole 67, and the relative rotation of the first and second rigid portions 42, 62 is restricted. Therefore, by connecting the first and second connecting portions 44, 64 to each other, specifically, by positioning the predetermined shape portion 47 within the first hole 66 or the second hole 67, a hinge lock portion 82 is formed that can switch between allowing and restricting the relative rotation of the first and second rigid portions 42, 62. The right shoulder support portion 30 (elastic portion), the connecting portion 14, the left shoulder support portion 20 (elastic portion), the first rigid portion 42, the hinge lock portion 82 (first and second connecting portions 44, 64, specifically, the specified outer shape portion 47 and the first and second hole portions 66, 67), and the second rigid portion 62 form a ring-shaped (single continuous) ring-shaped portion 80.

[0017] The claw portion 52 and the locked portion 54 are formed on the first rigid portion 42, and the claw portion 72 and the locked portion 74 are formed on the second rigid portion 62. The claw portion 52 and the locked portion 74 are formed in positions that align with each other after the clothes hanger 10 is assembled and the main body portion 12 is folded, and the claw portion 72 and the locked portion 54 are formed in positions that align with each other after the clothes hanger 10 is assembled and the main body portion 12 is folded. The claw portions 52, 72 are formed in a shape that allows them to be caught by the locked portions 74, 54, and the locked portions 74, 54 are formed in a shape that allows the claw portions 52, 72 to be caught and locked. With the first and second connecting parts 44, 64 connected to each other, the claw parts 52, 72 are engaged with the latched parts 74, 54, respectively, thereby holding the main body 12 of the clothes hanger 10 in the folded state (see FIG. 2). That is, the claw parts 52, 72 and the latched parts 74, 54 form a holding part 84 that can hold the main body 12 in the folded state.

[0018] The clothes hanger 10 is molded as a single piece, so that it is in the molded (before assembly) state (see FIG. 1). By molding the clothes hanger 10 as a single piece in a shape similar to the folded state of the main body 12 (see FIG. 2), the length of the clothes hanger 10 in the left-right direction when molded is shorter than when the clothes hanger 10 is molded as a single piece in a shape similar to the unfolded state of the main body 12 (see FIG. 3), so that it is possible to reduce the size of the molding die and improve the yield.

[0019] Next, the predetermined outer shape portion 47 and the convex portion 48 of the protrusion 46 are aligned with the first and second hole portions 66, 67 by an operator or the like (the protrusion 46 is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise from the state in FIG. 1 and moved to the left side in FIG. 1), the protrusion 46 is inserted into the first and second hole portions 66, 67, and when the predetermined outer shape portion 47 is positioned in the first hole portion 66, the first and second connecting portions 44, 64 are connected. Then, when the deformation of the main body portion 12 is permitted, the main body portion 12 is brought into a folded state (see FIG. 2) close to the state at the time of molding, with the relative rotation via the hinge lock portions 82 (the first and second connecting portions 44, 64) of the first and second rigid portions 42, 62 and the elastic deformation of the left shoulder support portion 20 and the right shoulder support portion 30. Furthermore, when the claws 52, 72 are engaged with the engaged portions 74, 54, respectively, that is, when the holding portion 84 performs its function, the main body portion 12 is held in the folded state. If the main body portion 12 is held in the unfolded state, creep that occurs in the elastically deformed support portions 20, 30 may cause the main body portion 12 to not return to its initial folded position when returned to the folded state. In contrast, by using the holding portion 84, it is possible to hold the main body portion 12 in the folded state even if creep occurs in the left shoulder support portion 20 and the right shoulder support portion 30.

[0020] Thereafter, when the claws 52, 72 are released from the latched portions 74, 54 by an operator or the like and a force (force for putting the main body 12 into the unfolded state) is applied to separate the first and second rigid portions 42, 62 from each other, the main body 12 switches to the unfolded state (see FIG. 3) with the relative rotation of the first and second rigid portions 42, 62 via the hinge lock portions 82 (the first and second connecting portions 44, 64) and the elastic deformation of the left shoulder support portion 20 and the right shoulder support portion 30. When the main body 12 is in the unfolded state, the extension direction of the first rigid portion 42 and the extension direction of the second rigid portion 62 become substantially the same, so that the main body 12 has a triangular shape as a whole. The left shoulder support portion 20 and the right shoulder support portion 30 may be formed so as to be linear or curved when the main body 12 is in the unfolded state.

[0021] 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the state of the periphery of the hinge lock part 82 when the main body part 12 switches from the folded state to the unfolded state. As shown in the figure, when the main body part 12 switches from the folded state to the unfolded state, a force (axial force) in a direction in which the first and second rigid parts 42, 62 press against each other is generated in the hinge lock part 82 (the first and second connecting parts 44, 64) via the first and second rigid parts 42, 62 due to an elastic force generated with the elastic deformation of the left shoulder support part 20 and the right shoulder support part 30, and the predetermined outer shape part 47 of the protrusion part 46 moves from inside the first hole part 66 to inside the second hole part 67. As a result, the relative rotation of the first and second rigid parts 42, 62 via the hinge lock part 82 is restricted, and the main body part 12 is in the unfolded state.

[0022] When the main body section 12 is in the unfolded state, the elastic force of the left shoulder support section 20 and the right shoulder support section 30 generates a force (axial force) in a direction in which the first and second rigid sections 42, 62 press against each other in the hinge lock section 82 (first and second connecting sections 44, 64) via the first and second rigid sections 42, 62, and the predetermined outer shape section 47 of the protrusion 46 is held within the second hole section 67. This holds the main body section 12 in the unfolded state. Furthermore, when clothes are hung on the main body part 12 in the unfolded state, a force (gravity) acting from the clothes on the left shoulder support part 20 and the right shoulder support part 30 causes the elastic force of the left shoulder support part 20 and the right shoulder support part 30 to generate a larger force (axial force) in a direction in which the first and second rigid parts 42, 62 press against each other in the hinge lock part 82 via the first and second rigid parts 42, 62, and the predetermined outer shape part 47 is held within the second hole part 67. This holds the main body part 12 in the unfolded state. That is, when clothes are hung on the main body part 12, it is possible to suppress the main body part 12 from switching from the unfolded state to the folded state.

[0023] When the main body portion 12 is in the unfolded state, an operator or the like brings the protrusion portion 46 of the first connecting portion 40 and the protrusion portion 68 of the second connecting portion 60 closer to each other and moves the predetermined shape portion 47 of the protrusion portion 46 from within the second hole portion 67 into the first hole portion 66, thereby allowing relative rotation of the first and second rigid portions 42, 62 via the hinge lock portion 82, and enabling the main body portion 12 to be switched from the unfolded state to the folded state.

[0024] When the main body 12 is in the folded or unfolded state, or when the main body 12 switches between the folded and unfolded states (when the predetermined shape portion 47 of the protrusion 46 rotates within the first hole 66), the predetermined shape portion 47 and the convex portion 48 are not aligned with the first and second hole portions 66, 67. This prevents the protrusion 46 from coming out of the first and second hole portions 66, 67, i.e., prevents the connection between the first and second connecting portions 44, 64 from being released.

[0025] In the clothes hanger 10 of the first embodiment described above, the hinge lock part 82 is configured in the main body part 12 by mutual connection of the first and second connecting parts 44, 64 of the first and second connecting parts 40, 60, which can switch between allowing and restricting the relative rotation of the first and second rigid parts 42, 62 of the first and second connecting parts 40, 60. The right shoulder support part 30 (elastic part), the connecting part 14, the left shoulder support part 20 (elastic part), the first rigid part 42, the hinge lock part 82 (first and second connecting parts 44, 64), and the second rigid part 62 configure the annular part 80. Therefore, in the clothes hanger 10, when the main body part 12 is in the unfolded state, the main body part 12 can be held in the unfolded state by restricting the relative rotation of the first and second rigid parts 42, 62 via the hinge lock part 82. This makes it possible to prevent the main body 12 from switching from the unfolded state to the folded state when clothes are hung on the main body 12. Furthermore, in the clothes hanger 10, the main body 12 can be switched between the folded state and the unfolded state by the relative rotation of the first and second rigid parts 42, 62 via the hinge lock parts 82 (the first and second connecting parts 44, 64) and the elastic deformation of the left shoulder support part 20 and the right shoulder support part 30.

[0026] In the first embodiment described above, the clothes hanger 10 has the main body 12 in an unfolded state in such a way that the extending direction of the first rigid part 42 and the extending direction of the second rigid part 62 are the same, so that the main body 12 has a triangular shape as a whole. However, as shown in a modified clothes hanger 110 in FIG. 7, when the main body 12 is unfolded, the first and second rigid parts 42, 62 may extend obliquely upward from the left shoulder support part 20 and the right shoulder support part 30 toward the first and second connecting parts 44, 64, so that the main body 12 has a rectangular shape as a whole. Also, as shown in a modified clothes hanger 210 in FIG. 8, when the main body 12 is unfolded, the first and second rigid parts 42, 62 may extend obliquely downward from the left shoulder support part 20 and the right shoulder support part 30 toward the first and second connecting parts 44, 64, so that the main body 12 has a rectangular shape as a whole. Note that Figures 7 and 8 show the state just before the specified outer shape portion 47 of the protrusion 46 of the first connecting portion 44 moves from within the first hole portion 66 of the second connecting portion 64 into the second hole portion 67 when the main body portion 12 switches from the folded state to the unfolded state.

[0027] In the first embodiment described above, the clothes hanger 10 has the first and second rigid parts 42, 62 connected to the ends of the left shoulder support part 20 and the right shoulder support part 30 on the opposite side to the connecting part 14, and the right shoulder support part 30, the connecting part 14, the left shoulder support part 20, the first rigid part 42, the hinge lock part 82 (the first and second connecting parts 44, 64), and the second rigid part 62 forming the annular part 80. However, as shown in a modified clothes hanger 310 in FIG. 9, the first and second rigid parts 42, 62 may be connected to the intermediate parts 20a, 30a of the left shoulder support part 20 and the right shoulder support part 30, respectively. In this case, the separated parts 21, 31, which are the parts of the left shoulder support part 20 and the right shoulder support part 30 farther from the connecting part 14 than the intermediate parts 20a, 30a, are not included in the annular part 80. The rigidity of the separated portions 21, 31 may be similar to that of the portions from the ends of the left shoulder support part 20 and the right shoulder support part 30 on the connecting part 14 side to the intermediate parts 20a, 30a, or may be different.

[0028] In the first embodiment described above, the clothes hanger 10 has a first connecting part 40 connected to the left shoulder support part 20 that includes a first rigid part 42 and a first connecting part 44 having a protrusion 46, and a second connecting part 60 connected to the right shoulder support part 30 that includes a second rigid part 62 and a second connecting part 64 having first and second holes 66, 67. However, the first connecting part 40 may include the second rigid part 62 and the second connecting part 64, and the second connecting part 60 may include the first rigid part 42 and the first connecting part 44.

[0029] In the first embodiment described above, the clothes hanger 10 has a holding portion 84 that can hold the main body 12 in the folded state, which is formed by the claw portions 52, 72 and the locked portions 74, 54 of the first and second connecting portions 40, 60. However, the clothes hanger 10 may not have such a holding portion.

[0030] [Second embodiment] A second embodiment of the present disclosure will be described. Figures 10 to 12 are front views of a clothes hanger 510 of the second embodiment. Figure 10 shows the clothes hanger 510 in a molded state, Figure 11 shows the clothes hanger 510 after assembly with the main body part 512 in a folded state, and Figure 12 shows the clothes hanger 510 after assembly with the main body part 512 in an unfolded state.

[0031] The clothes hanger 510 of the second embodiment is an integrally molded product molded in the same manner as the clothes hanger 10 of the first embodiment. As shown in Figures 10 to 12, the clothes hanger 510 includes a main body 512 and a hook part 590 (hanging part). The main body 512 includes a left shoulder support part 520, a right shoulder support part 530, and a connecting part 540 (elastic part).

[0032] The connecting part 540 is connected to an end part (first portion) of the first rigid part 522 of the left shoulder support part 520 opposite the first connecting part 524, and an end part (second portion) of the second rigid part 532 of the right shoulder support part 530 opposite the second connecting part 534. The connecting part 540 is formed with lower rigidity (low strength) than the first and second rigid parts 522, 532, and is elastically deformable along a plane extending in the up-down and left-right directions.

[0033] The left shoulder support part 520 and the right shoulder support part 530 have first and second rigid parts 522, 532 and first and second connecting parts 524, 534. The first and second rigid parts 522, 532 are connected to one end and the other end of the connecting part 540. The cross sections of the first and second rigid parts 522, 532 cut by a plane extending in the front-rear and up-down directions are both formed in a T-shape. As a result, the first and second rigid parts 522, 532 are formed to have higher rigidity (higher strength) than the connecting part 540. Note that this cross section is not limited to a T-shape, and may be a cross shape, etc.

[0034] The first connecting portion 524 has a flat portion 525 and a protruding portion 526 (predetermined outer shape portion 527 and a protruding portion 528 (reference numbers are omitted in Figs. 10 to 12)) in the same manner as the first connecting portion 44 of the clothes hanger 10 of the first embodiment having a flat portion 45 and a protruding portion 46 (predetermined outer shape portion 47 and a protruding portion 48). The flat portion 525 and the predetermined outer shape portion 527 of the protruding portion 526 are formed in the same shape as the flat portion 45 and the predetermined outer shape portion 47 of the protruding portion 46, respectively. The protruding portion 528 is formed in the same shape as the protruding portion 48, except that the protruding portion 528 extends from the tip portion (front end portion) of the protruding portion 526 to a side substantially opposite to the side where the protruding portion 48 extends from the tip portion of the protruding portion 46. That is, convex portion 48 extends from the tip of protrusion portion 46 toward the second connecting portion 64, while convex portion 528 extends from the tip of protrusion portion 526 toward the side away from second connecting portion 534.

[0035] The second connecting portion 534 has a flat plate portion 535 and first and second holes 536, 537, similarly to the second connecting portion 64 of the clothes hanger 10 of the first embodiment having a flat plate portion 65 and first and second holes 66, 67. The flat plate portion 535 and the first and second holes 536, 537 are formed in the same shape as the flat plate portion 65 and the first and second holes 66, 67, except that the relative positions of the first and second holes 536, 537 are reversed from the relative positions of the first and second holes 66, 67. That is, the first and second hole portions 66, 67 are arranged in the order of the second and first hole portions 67, 66 from the second rigid portion 62 side, whereas the first and second hole portions 536, 537 are arranged in the order of the first and second hole portions 536, 537 from the second rigid portion 532 side. A hook portion 590 is connected to the flat plate portion 535.

[0036] As a result, when the predetermined outer shape portion 527 of the protrusion 526 is positioned within the first hole 536, the predetermined outer shape portion 527 is rotatable within the first hole 536, and the relative rotation of the first and second rigid portions 522, 532 is permitted. When the predetermined outer shape portion 527 is positioned within the second hole 536, the rotation of the predetermined outer shape portion 527 is restricted within the second hole 537 and the predetermined outer shape portion 527 is movable along the extension direction of the second hole 537, and the relative rotation of the first and second rigid portions 522, 532 is restricted. That is, by connecting the first and second connecting portions 524, 534 to each other, specifically, by positioning the predetermined outer shape portion 527 within the first hole 536 or the second hole 537, a hinge lock portion 582 is configured that can switch between permitting and restricting the relative rotation of the first and second rigid portions 522, 532. The left shoulder support portion 520, the hinge lock portion 582 (the first and second connecting portions 524, 534), the right shoulder support portion 530, and the connecting portion 540 (the elastic portion) form an annular portion 580.

[0037] Clothes hanger 510 is molded as a single piece, so that it is in the molded (before assembly) state (see FIG. 10). By molding clothes hanger 510 as a single piece in a shape similar to the folded state of main body 512 (see FIG. 11), the length of clothes hanger 510 in the left-right direction when molded is shorter than when it is molded as a single piece in a shape similar to the unfolded state of main body 512 (see FIG. 12), so that it is possible to reduce the size of the molding die and improve the yield.

[0038] Next, the predetermined outer shape portion 527 and the convex portion 528 of the protrusion 526 are aligned with the first and second hole portions 536, 537 by an operator or the like (the protrusion 526 is rotated about 45 degrees counterclockwise from the state in FIG. 10 and moved to the left side in FIG. 10), the protrusion 526 is inserted into the first and second hole portions 536, 537, and the predetermined outer shape portion 527 is positioned in the first hole portion 536, whereby the first and second connecting portions 524, 534 are connected. Then, when the deformation of the main body portion 512 is permitted, the main body portion 512 is brought into a folded state (see FIG. 11) close to the state at the time of molding, accompanied by the relative rotation via the hinge lock portions 582 (the first and second connecting portions 524, 534) of the first and second rigid portions 522, 532 and the elastic deformation of the communication portion 540.

[0039] Thereafter, when an operator or the like applies a force to move the first and second rigid portions 522, 532 away from each other (a force to place the main body portion 512 in the unfolded state), the main body portion 512 switches to the unfolded state (see FIG. 12 ) accompanied by relative rotation via the hinge lock portions 582 (first and second connecting portions 524, 534) of the first and second rigid portions 522, 532 and elastic deformation of the communication portion 540. When the main body 512 is switched from the folded state to the unfolded state, a force in a direction in which the first and second rigid parts 522, 532 pull each other is generated in the hinge lock part 582 (the first and second connecting parts 524, 534) via the first and second rigid parts 522, 532 due to an elastic force generated by the elastic deformation of the connecting part 540, and the protrusion part 526 moves from inside the first hole part 536 to inside the second hole part 537. As a result, the relative rotation of the first and second rigid parts 522, 532 via the hinge lock part 582 is restricted, and the main body 12 is in the unfolded state. In the unfolded state of the main body 512, the main body 512 is triangular as a whole. The left shoulder support part 520, the right shoulder support part 530, and the connecting part 540 may each be linear or curved.

[0040] When the main body 512 is in the unfolded state, a force (axial force) in a direction in which the first and second rigid parts 522, 532 pull each other is generated in the hinge lock part 582 (first and second connecting parts 524, 534) via the first and second rigid parts 522, 532 due to the elastic force of the connecting part 540, and the protrusion 526 is held in the second hole part 537. This holds the main body 512 in the unfolded state. Furthermore, when clothes are hung on the main body 512 in the unfolded state, a force (gravity) acting from the clothes on the left shoulder support part 520 (first rigid part 522) and the right shoulder support part 530 (second rigid part 532) generates a force in a direction in which the first and second rigid parts 42, 62 pull each other in the hinge lock part 82, and the protrusion 526 is held in the second hole part 537. This allows the main body portion 512 to be held in the unfolded state. That is, when clothes are hung on the main body portion 512, it is possible to prevent the main body portion 512 from switching from the unfolded state to the folded state.

[0041] When main body portion 512 is in the unfolded state, if an operator or the like moves predetermined shape portion 527 of protrusion portion 526 from within second hole portion 537 to within first hole portion 536, predetermined shape portion 527 becomes rotatable within first hole portion 536, thereby allowing relative rotation of first and second rigid portions 522, 532 via hinge lock portion 582, and enabling main body portion 512 to switch from the unfolded state to the folded state.

[0042] When main body 512 is in the folded or unfolded state, and when it switches between the folded and unfolded states (when predetermined shape portion 527 of protrusion 526 rotates within first hole 536), predetermined shape portion 527 and convex portion 528 are not aligned with first and second hole portions 536, 537. This prevents protrusion 526 from coming out of first and second hole portions 536, 537, i.e., prevents first and second connecting portions 524, 534 from being disconnected.

[0043] In the clothes hanger 510 of the second embodiment described above, the hinge lock section 582 is configured in the main body 512 by mutual connection of the first and second connecting sections 524, 534 of the left shoulder support section 520 and the right shoulder support section 530, which can switch between allowing and restricting the relative rotation of the first and second rigid sections 522, 532 of the left shoulder support section 520 and the right shoulder support section 530. The left shoulder support section 520, the hinge lock section 582 (the first and second connecting sections 524, 534), the right shoulder support section 530, and the connecting section 540 (the elastic section) configure the annular section 580. Therefore, in the clothes hanger 510, when the main body section 512 is in the unfolded state, the main body section 512 can be held in the unfolded state by restricting the relative rotation of the first and second rigid sections 522, 532 via the hinge lock section 582. This makes it possible to prevent main body section 512 from switching from the unfolded state to the folded state when clothes are hung on main body section 512. Furthermore, in clothes hanger 510, main body section 512 can be switched between the folded state and the unfolded state by the relative rotation of first and second rigid sections 522, 532 via hinge lock sections 582 (first and second connecting sections 524, 534) and elastic deformation of communication section 540.

[0044] In the second embodiment described above, the clothes hanger 510 has the connecting portion 540 connected to the ends of the left shoulder support portion 520 and the right shoulder support portion 530, and the left shoulder support portion 520, the hinge lock portion 582 (first and second connecting portions 524, 534), the right shoulder support portion 530, and the connecting portion 540 (elastic portion) form the annular portion 580. However, the left shoulder support portion 520 and the right shoulder support portion 530 may extend outward beyond the connecting portion with the connecting portion. In this case, the separated portion, which is the portion of the left shoulder support portion 20 and the right shoulder support portion 30 that is farther from the hinge lock portion 582 than the connecting portion with the connecting portion, is not included in the annular portion. The rigidity of the separated portion may be the same as or different from that of the first and second rigid portions 522, 532.

[0045] In the second embodiment described above, the clothes hanger 510 has a left shoulder support part 520 including a first rigid part 522 and a first connecting part 524 having a protrusion 526, and a right shoulder support part 530 including a second rigid part 532 and a second connecting part 534 having first and second holes 536, 537. However, the left shoulder support part 520 may include the second rigid part 532 and the second connecting part 534, and the right shoulder support part 530 may include the first rigid part 522 and the first connecting part 524.

[0046] In the second embodiment described above, the hook portion 590 of the clothes hanger 510 is connected to the second connecting portion 534. However, the hook portion 590 may be connected to the first connecting portion 524.

[0047] In the second embodiment described above, the clothes hanger 510 does not have a structure corresponding to the holding part 84 of the clothes hanger 10 of the first embodiment. However, the clothes hanger 510 may have a structure corresponding to the holding part 84.

[0048] In the first and second embodiments described above, the hook portion 90, 590 of the clothes hanger 10, 510 or the like is capable of being hung (hooked) on a bar or the like without deformation (in the shape at the time of molding). However, the hook portion 90, 590 may be capable of being hung on a bar or the like by elastic deformation.

[0049] The correspondence between the main elements of the embodiments and the main elements of the invention described in the section on means for solving the problems will be described below. In the first embodiment, the annular portion 80 corresponds to the "annular portion", the main body portion 12 corresponds to the "main body portion", the hook portion 90 corresponds to the "suspended portion", the first and second rigid portions 42, 62 correspond to the "first and second rigid portions", the first and second connecting portions 44, 64 correspond to the "first and second connecting portions", the hinge lock portion 82 corresponds to the "hinge lock portion", and the left shoulder support portion 20 and the right shoulder support portion 30 correspond to the "elastic portion". In the second embodiment, annular portion 580 corresponds to the "annular portion", main body portion 512 corresponds to the "main body portion", hook portion 590 corresponds to the "hanging portion", first and second rigid portions 522, 532 correspond to the "first and second rigid portions", first and second connecting portions 524, 534 correspond to the "first and second connecting portions", hinge lock portion 582 corresponds to the "hinge lock portion", and connecting portion 540 corresponds to the "elastic portion".

[0050] Note that the correspondence between the main elements of the embodiment and the main elements of the invention described in the Means for Solving the Problem column does not limit the elements of the invention described in the Means for Solving the Problem column, since the embodiment is an example for specifically explaining the form for implementing the invention described in the Means for Solving the Problem column. In other words, the interpretation of the invention described in the Means for Solving the Problem column should be made based on the description in that column, and the embodiment is merely a specific example of the invention described in the Means for Solving the Problem column.

[0051] The above describes embodiments for implementing the present disclosure, but the present disclosure is not limited to these embodiments, and it goes without saying that the present disclosure can be implemented in various forms without departing from the gist of the present disclosure.

[0052] [Note] [1] The clothes hanger of the present disclosure is a clothes hanger comprising a main body having a looped portion and a hanging portion connected to the main body, and the main body can be switched between a folded state and an unfolded state, the main body and the hanging portion being integrally molded, the looped portion being configured by connecting first and second rigid portions and first and second connecting portions connected to the first and second rigid portions, and a hinge lock portion configured by connecting first and second rigid portions and capable of switching between allowing and restricting the relative rotation of the first and second rigid portions, and a hinge lock portion configured by connecting first and second rigid portions ... The clothes hanger has an elastic part which is at least a part of the side opposite the hinge lock part and is elastically deformable, and when the main body part is in the unfolded state, the clothes hanger can hold the main body part in the unfolded state by regulating the relative rotation of the first and second rigid parts via the hinge lock part, and can switch the main body part between the folded state and the unfolded state with the relative rotation of the first and second rigid parts via the hinge lock part and the elastic deformation of the elastic part.

[0053] In the clothes hanger of the present disclosure, when the main body is in an unfolded state, the relative rotation of the first and second rigid parts is restricted via the hinge lock parts, thereby maintaining the main body in the unfolded state. This makes it possible to prevent the main body from switching from the unfolded state to the folded state when clothes are hung on the main body. In addition, the main body can be switched between the folded state and the unfolded state by the relative rotation of the first and second rigid parts via the hinge lock parts and the elastic deformation of the elastic part.

[0054] [2] In the clothes hanger of the present disclosure (the clothes hanger described in [1] above), the first connecting portion may have a protrusion, and the second connecting portion may have a first hole portion that allows the protrusion to rotate, and a second hole portion that is connected to the first hole portion and restricts the rotation of the protrusion.

[0055] [3] In the clothes hanger of the present disclosure (the clothes hanger described in [2] above), the first and second hole portions may be formed such that, when the main body portion is switched from the folded state to the unfolded state, a force acting on the hinge lock portion via the first and second rigid portions due to the elastic force of the elastic portion moves the protrusion portion from within the first hole portion to within the second hole portion.

[0056] [4] In the clothes hanger of the present disclosure (the clothes hanger described in [2] or [3] above), the first and second hole portions may be formed such that, when the main body portion is in the unfolded state, the elastic force of the elastic portion acts on the hinge lock portion via the first and second rigid portions, thereby holding the protrusion portion within the second hole portion.

[0057] [5] In the clothes hanger of the present disclosure (the clothes hanger described in any one of [2] to [4] above), the first and second holes may be formed such that when the main body is in the unfolded state and clothes are hung on the main body, the force acting on the main body from the clothes causes the protrusion to be held within the second hole.

[0058] [6] In the clothes hanger of the present disclosure (the clothes hanger described in any one of [2] to [5] above), the hinge lock portion may be configured to enable the main body to be switched to the folded state by moving the protrusion portion from within the second hole portion into the first hole portion when the main body is in the unfolded state.

[0059] [7] In the clothes hanger of the present disclosure (the clothes hanger described in any one of [1] to [6] above), the main body has a left shoulder support part and a right shoulder support part connected to each other via a connecting part, a first connecting part connected to a first portion of the left shoulder support part, and a second connecting part connected to a second portion of the right shoulder support part and connected to the first connecting part, the hanging part is connected to the connecting part, one of the first and second connecting parts has the first rigid part and the first connecting part, the other of the first and second connecting parts has the second rigid part and the second connecting part, the left shoulder support part and the right shoulder support part have the elastic part, and the main body has a triangular or rectangular shape in the unfolded state.

[0060] [8] In the clothes hanger of the present disclosure (the clothes hanger described in any of [1] to [6] above), the main body has a left shoulder support part and a right shoulder support part connected to each other, and a connecting part connecting a first portion of the left shoulder support part and a second portion of the right shoulder support part, at least a portion of one of the left shoulder support part and the right shoulder support part has the first rigid part and the first connecting part, and at least a portion of the other of the left shoulder support part and the right shoulder support part has the second rigid part and the second connecting part, the connecting part has the elastic part, the main body has a triangular shape in the unfolded state, and the hanging part is connected to one of the first and second connecting parts.

[0061] [9] The clothes hanger of the present disclosure (the clothes hanger described in any one of [1] to [8] above) may further include a holding portion capable of holding the main body in the folded state. [Explanation of symbols]

[0062] 10,110,210,310,510 Clothes hangers, 21,521 main body, 80,580 loop portion, 90,590 hook portion.

Claims

1. A clothes hanger comprising a main body having a loop and a hanging part connected to the main body, the main body being switchable between a folded state and an unfolded state, The main body and the hanging portion are integrally formed, the annular portion has first and second rigid portions, a hinge lock portion configured by connecting first and second connecting portions connected to the first and second rigid portions and capable of switching between allowing and restricting relative rotation of the first and second rigid portions, and an elastic portion which is at least a portion of the first and second rigid portions on the opposite side of the hinge lock portion and is elastically deformable; The clothes hanger is capable of holding the main body in the unfolded state by restricting the relative rotation of the first and second rigid parts via the hinge lock parts when the main body is in the unfolded state, and is capable of switching the main body between the folded state and the unfolded state with the relative rotation of the first and second rigid parts via the hinge lock parts and elastic deformation of the elastic part. Hanger for clothes.

2. 2. The clothes hanger according to claim 1, The first connecting portion has a protrusion, The second connecting portion has a first hole portion that allows the protrusion portion to rotate, and a second hole portion that is connected to the first hole portion and restricts the protrusion portion from rotating. Hanger for clothes.

3. 3. The clothes hanger according to claim 2, the first and second holes are formed such that, when the main body is switched from the folded state to the unfolded state, a force acting on the hinge lock portion via the first and second rigid portions due to an elastic force of the elastic portion causes the protrusion to move from within the first hole to within the second hole. Hanger for clothes.

4. 3. The clothes hanger according to claim 2, the first and second holes are formed such that, when the main body is in the deployed state, the protrusion is held in the second hole by a force acting on the hinge lock portion via the first and second rigid portions due to an elastic force of the elastic portion. Hanger for clothes.

5. 3. The clothes hanger according to claim 2, the first and second holes are formed such that, when the main body is in the unfolded state and a garment is hung on the main body, the protrusion is held in the second hole by a force acting on the main body from the garment. Hanger for clothes.

6. 3. The clothes hanger according to claim 2, When the main body is in the unfolded state, the hinge lock portion allows the main body to be switched to the folded state by moving the protrusion from the second hole portion into the first hole portion. Hanger for clothes.

7. 2. The clothes hanger according to claim 1, the main body portion has a left shoulder support portion and a right shoulder support portion connected to each other via a connecting portion, a first connecting portion connected to a first portion of the left shoulder support portion, and a second connecting portion connected to a second portion of the right shoulder support portion and coupled to the first connecting portion; The hanging portion is connected to the connecting portion, one of the first and second communication portions has the first rigid portion and the first connecting portion, the other of the first and second communication portions has the second rigid portion and the second connecting portion, The left shoulder support portion and the right shoulder support portion have the elastic portion, The main body portion has a triangular or rectangular shape in the unfolded state. Hanger for clothes.

8. 2. The clothes hanger according to claim 1, the main body portion has a left shoulder support portion and a right shoulder support portion that are connected to each other, and a connecting portion that is connected to a first portion of the left shoulder support portion and a second portion of the right shoulder support portion, At least a portion of one of the left shoulder support portion and the right shoulder support portion has the first rigid portion and the first connecting portion, At least a portion of the other of the left shoulder support portion and the right shoulder support portion has the second rigid portion and the second connecting portion, The communication portion has the elastic portion, The main body portion has a triangular shape in the deployed state, The hanging portion is connected to one of the first and second connecting portions. Hanger for clothes.

9. 2. The clothes hanger according to claim 1, The folding device further includes a holding portion capable of holding the main body portion in the folded state. Hanger for clothes.

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