Garment hanger

Abstract

To provide a foldable / extendable hanger that is more compact than conventional ones, and allows one-touch folding, and in which an arm portion is extendable and contracts without unintended shrinkage due to resistance when a garment is passed through the hanger when the hanger is extended.SOLUTION: A gearless opening / closing mechanism 70 is employed using support members 72 and 73 and mounting members 74 and 75, and thereby the size of a body 50 can be reduced. In a closed state, sleeves of a garment are passed through a pair of arms 10 and 30, and by opening the pair of arms 10 and 30, the garment can be hung thereon. By pressing a lever 76, the arms 10 and 30 are closed, allowing the garment to be removed. Since the right and left arms 10 and 30 can be each independently opened and closed, a user can sequentially place the arms 10 and 30 in an open state, and thereby, the hanger with improved usability can be provided.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a hanger for clothing used for drying and displaying clothing.

Background Art

[0002] Conventionally, hangers described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 have been known. The hangers described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 have two arms that are passed through the sleeves of the clothing and a gear interposed between the two arms. The hanger of Patent Document 1 has a mechanism in which the two arms are interlocked by the gear to perform folding / unfolding.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

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Patent Document 1

Patent Document 2

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0004] Since the hangers described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 have a built-in gear, there is a problem that the mechanism part becomes too large due to the physical size of the gear. Although Patent Document 2 describes that miniaturization is possible by eliminating the link part, as described above, since the gear itself hinders miniaturization, the problem cannot be solved. Therefore, a first object of the present invention is to further compact the mechanism for folding / unfolding the arm.

[0005] Further, in Patent Document 2, the arm has stretchability by storing the extension arm, but since there is no mechanism for holding it at the extended end, there is a problem that the extension arm is unintentionally stored due to the resistance when passing the sleeve of the clothing. Therefore, a second object of the present invention is to provide a hanger in which the telescopic arm is not unintentionally accommodated.

Means for Solving the Problem

[0006] To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a hanger for clothing, comprising a pair of arms through which the sleeves of the clothing are passed, a body interposed between the pair of arms, and an opening and closing structure provided between the body and each arm for opening and closing the pair of arms. The opening and closing structure includes a pair of cam portions connected to each of the arms and disposed between each arm and the body, a pair of ratchet portions for locking each of the cam portions when each of the arms is in an open state, and an operation portion for rotating each of the ratchet portions in a direction to release the locking of the cam portions. The pair of ratchet portions is characterized by comprising a stopper portion that abuts against the inner wall of the body to prevent the rotation.

[0007] Further, in the present invention, each of the arms includes a first arm extending in a tubular shape and another arm extending in a tubular shape with a smaller diameter than the first arm and coaxially arranged with the first arm. Each of the first arm and the other arm has a base end portion provided on the body side and a tip end portion provided on the side opposite to the base end portion. The base end portion of the other arm is engaged with the tip end portion of the first arm.

Advantages of the Invention

[0008] According to the present invention, the mechanism for folding / unfolding the arms can be further compacted. Further, according to the present invention, the telescopic arms are not inadvertently accommodated.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

[0010] Hereinafter, a clothes hanger according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0011] The clothes hanger according to the present embodiment (hereinafter simply referred to as "hanger") is a hanger used for drying or displaying clothes, and the clothes are typically shirts, knits, or trainers. In the following description, in the state where the hanger is hung, the state seen from the front side thereof is referred to as the front view.

[0012] As shown in FIG. 1, the hanger 100 of the present embodiment includes a hook 71, a pair of arms 10 and 30, and a body 50.

[0013] The pair of arms 10 and 30 are members that are passed through the sleeves of clothes, and include a right arm 10 that is passed through the right sleeve of the clothes and a left arm 30 that is passed through the left sleeve of the clothes. Since the configurations of the right arm 10 and the left arm 30 are the same, hereinafter, the right arm 10 will be described, and the description of the left arm 30 will be omitted. The right arm 10 extends in a cylindrical shape, and its diameter is formed to be large enough to be inserted into the sleeve of the clothes. The length of the right arm 10 can be expanded and contracted according to the length of the sleeve of the clothes by the expansion and contraction structure described later. Each of the pair of arms 10 and 30 is attached to the body 50 via an opening / closing structure 70 described later.

[0014] The body 50 is a portion interposed between the pair of arms 10 and 30. The outer shape of the body 50 in the present embodiment is formed in a substantially trapezoidal shape when viewed from the front, but the outer shape is not limited to a trapezoid. As shown in FIG. 2, a lever opening 501 through which a lever 76 described later passes is formed at the center of the lower surface of the body 50. Mounting member openings 507 and 508 for mounting members 74 and 75 described later are formed on the left and right sides below the body 50. A mounting hole 502 for mounting the hook 71 is formed on the upper surface of the body 50. In addition, a pair of lower bearings 503 and 506 are formed on the lower side of the body 50, and a pair of upper bearings 504 and 505 are formed on the upper side of the body 50. The upper bearings 504 and 505 are formed closer to the inside of the body 50 than the lower bearings 503 and 506. The mounting members 74 and 75 described later are attached to the lower bearings 503 and 506. Further, the support members 72 and 73 described later are attached to the upper bearings 504 and 505. The body 50 is formed by joining a front housing 51 arranged on the front side and a rear housing 52 arranged on the rear side. Note that the mounting members 74 and 75 have the same shape and are arranged to be rotationally symmetric about the vertical direction as the axis from the center of the mounting hole 502 of the body 50. Also, the support members 72 and 73 have the same shape and are arranged to be rotationally symmetric about the vertical direction as the axis from the center of the mounting hole 502 of the body 50.

[0015] The hook 71 is a member for hanging on a drying pole or the like and is present at the upper end of the body 50. A locking portion 711 is formed at the lower end portion of the hook 71, and the hook 71 is attached to the body 50 by arranging the locking portion 711 in the mounting hole 502 on the upper surface of the body 50. The hook 71 rotates about the vertical axis.

[0016] Here, the hanger 100 of the present embodiment includes an opening / closing structure 70 that causes a pair of arms 10 and 30 to open and close with respect to the body 50. The opening / closing operation means that the pair of arms 10 and 30 change from a closed state (folded state) in a vertical posture as shown in FIG. 3 to an open state in a substantially horizontal posture in which they are deployed left and right with respect to each other as shown in FIG. 4. As shown in FIG. 2, the opening / closing structure 70 of the present embodiment is configured by attaching a pair of attachment members 74 and 75, a pair of support members 72 and 73, a lever 76, and a spring 77 to respective portions provided on the body 50.

[0017] Each of the attachment members 74 and 75 is a member for attaching each of the arms 10 and 30 to the body 50. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, it is composed of housing portions 741 and 751 and rotating portions 742 and 752. The housing portions 741 and 751 are portions for housing the base end portions 15 and 35 (FIG. 1) of the arms 10 and 30. The housing portions 741 and 751 of the present embodiment are formed in a cylindrical shape with an open bottom and a closed top. The base end portions 15 and 35 of the arms 10 and 30 are inserted from the opening side of the housing portions 741 and 751, and the base end portions 15 and 35 of the arms 10 and 30 are fixed within the housing portions 741 and 751. The rotating portions 742 and 752 are members that rotate around the lower bearings 503 and 506 of the body 50, and include horizontal shafts 743 and 753 supported by the lower bearings 503 and 506, peripheral walls 744 and 754 formed around the horizontal shafts 743 and 753, and base portions 745 and 755 extending between the horizontal shafts 743 and 753 and the peripheral walls 744 and 754. The peripheral walls 744 and 754 have inner side walls 7441 and 7541 and outer side walls 7442 and 7542 extending from the upper end portions of the housing portions 741 and 751. The inner side walls 7441 and 7541 have straight wall portions 74411 and 75411 that linearly extend from the upper ends of the housing portions 741 and 751 to the horizontal shafts 743 and 753, and curved wall portions 74412 and 75412 that curve outward from the straight wall portions 74411 and 75411. The outer side walls 7442 and 7542 have straight wall portions 74421 and 75421 that linearly extend from the upper ends of the housing portions 741 and 751 to the horizontal shafts 743 and 753, and curved wall portions 74422 and 75422 that curve inward from the straight wall portions. The curvature of the curved wall portions 74422 and 75422 of the outer side walls is formed to be smaller than that of the curved wall portions 74412 and 75412 of the inner side walls, and the tips of the inner side walls 7441 and 7541 and the tips of the outer side walls 7442 and 7542 are connected via stepped portions 7443 and 7543. Thus, stepped portions 7443 and 7543 are formed on the peripheral walls 744 and 754, and the stepped portions 7443 and 7543 are formed to protrude toward the inside of the body 50 and function as locked portions to be locked to the bent portions 7222 and 7322 of the wall portions of the support members 72 and 73 described later. Further, the rotating portions 742 and 752 of the attachment members 74 and 75 function as a pair of cam portions provided at the base end portions 15 and 35 of the arms 10 and 30.

[0018] As shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, the support members 72 and 73 are members that function as a ratchet portion for supporting (locking) the attachment members 74 and 75 in the open state, and are composed of a horizontal shaft portion 721, 731, a wall portion 722, 732, a stopper 723, 733, and pins 724, 734. The horizontal shaft portions 721 and 731 are portions attached to the upper bearings 504 and 505. The wall portions 722 and 732 are portions that extend from the horizontal shaft portions 721 and 731 and are disposed opposite to the peripheral walls 744 and 754 of the attachment members 74 and 75, and are composed of an inclined portion 7221, 7321 that linearly extends downward and inward from the horizontal shaft portions 721 and 731, and a bent portion 7222, 7322 that extends inward from the inclined wall portions 7221 and 7321. In the open state, as shown in FIG. 8, the bent portions 7222 and 7322 abut against the stepped portions 7443 and 7543 of the attachment members 74 and 75. Thus, the wall portions 722 and 732 function as a locking portion that locks with the stepped portions 7443 and 7543 of the attachment member when the arms 10 and 30 are in the open state. The stoppers 723 and 733 are portions that suppress the rotation of the horizontal shaft portions 721 and 731 by abutting against the inner wall surface of the body 50 when the arms 10 and 30 are in the open state. The stoppers 723 and 733 are provided so as to extend from the horizontal shaft portions 721 and 731. The pins 724 and 734 are portions connected to the surrounding portion 761 (FIG. 7) of a lever described later, and are provided so as to be in a horizontal posture from an extending portion extending from the horizontal shaft portions 721 and 731.

[0019] As shown in FIGS. 2 and 7, the lever 76 is a portion that functions as an operation portion for rotationally operating the ratchet portion in a direction to release the locking of the cam portion. The lever 76 is provided at the lower portion of the body 50 and is composed of a surrounding portion 761 and a rod-shaped portion 762. The surrounding portion 761 is a portion formed in a horizontally long rectangular shape in a front view and is disposed at the central portion inside the body 50. Inside the surrounding portion 761, the pins 724 and 734 of the support member are disposed. The rod-shaped portion 762 is a portion that linearly extends so as to protrude from the lower end of the surrounding portion 761 toward the outside of the body 50.

[0020] The spring 77 is disposed between the upper surface of the surrounding portion 761 of the lever and the lower end of the hook 71 disposed in the upper part inside the body 50, and is provided to urge the lever 76 downward in the vertical direction. The hanger 100 operates as follows. As shown in FIG. 9, in the closed state where the pair of arms 10, 30 and the mounting members 74, 75 are in a vertical posture, inside the body 50, the spring 77 urges the lever 76 downward. Since the pins 724, 734 of the support members are disposed on the surrounding portion 761 of the lever, the biasing force of the spring 77 is transmitted to the support members 72, 73 via the lever 76, and the support members 72, 73 are biased to rotate outward about the horizontal shaft portions 721, 731. When the hanger 100 shifts from the closed state to the open state, the user operates the pair of arms 10, 30 and the mounting members 74, 75 in the opening direction. At this time, inside the body 50, since the peripheral walls 744, 754 of the mounting members urge the wall portions 722, 732 of the support members inward, the support members 72, 73 rotate inward about the horizontal shaft portions 721, 731. Along with the rotation of the support members 72, 73, the lever 76 is pulled upward by the pins 724, 734, and the spring 77 contracts. As shown in FIG. 8, when the pair of arms 10, 30 and the mounting members 74, 75 are in the open state (open state), the bent portions 7222, 7322 of the wall portions of the support members fit into the stepped portions 7443, 7543 of the peripheral walls of the mounting members (to be in the locked state), and the stoppers 723, 733 of the support members abut against the inner wall of the body 50. Thereby, even when a downward force acts on the arms 10, 30, the rotation of the mounting members 74, 75 is suppressed by the support members 72, 73, so that the open state of the arms 10, 30 is maintained. In the above open state, when the lever 76 is pushed upward, the pins 724, 734 move upward along with the upward movement of the lever 76, and the support members 72, 73 rotate inward. Thereby, the locked state between the mounting members 74, 75 and the support members 72, 73 is released, and the mounting members 74, 75 and the arms 10, 30 can be returned to the vertical posture (closed state) as shown in FIG. 9.

[0021] When using the hanger 100 of the above embodiment, in the closed state, pass the sleeves of the clothing through the pair of arms 10 and 30, and by opening the pair of arms 10 and 30, it becomes possible to hang the clothing. Also, by closing the arms 10 and 30, it becomes possible to remove the clothing. According to the hanger 100 of the embodiment, by adopting the opening and closing structure 70 without gears, the size of the body 50 can be reduced. In addition, since each of the left and right arms 10 and 30 can be opened and closed independently, the user can sequentially open the arms 10 and 30, providing a user-friendly hanger.

[0022] Moreover, each of the pair of arms 10 and 30 of the hanger 100 of the embodiment is stretchable. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, each of the pair of arms 10 and 30 includes a first arm 11 and 31, a second arm 12 and 32, and a third arm 13 and 33. The first arm 11 to 31 to the third arm 13 to 33 are formed in a pipe shape that extends linearly on the same axis. The inner diameter of the second arm 12 and 32 is formed larger than the outer diameter of the first arm 11 and 31. The inner diameter of the third arm 13 and 33 is formed larger than the outer diameter of the second arm 12 and 32. Therefore, the first arm 11 and 31 can be accommodated inside the second arm 12 and 32, and the second arm 12 and 32 can be accommodated inside the third arm 13 and 33. The base end portions 15 and 35 of the third arm 13 and 33 are accommodated in the storage portions of the mounting members 74 and 75.

[0023] Caps 14 and 34 are attached to the tips of the first arms 11 and 31. Hereinafter, the right arm 10 will be described, and the description of the left arm 30 will be omitted. As shown in FIG. 10, an engaging member 21 is attached inside the base end portion 111 of the first arm. The engaging member 21 includes a fitting portion 211 that is fitted and fixed inside the base end portion of the first arm, and a columnar press-fitting portion 212 having an outer diameter slightly larger than that of the fitting portion. A engaged member 22 is attached inside the tip portion 121 of the second arm. The engaged member 22 includes a cylindrical portion 221 that is fitted and fixed inside the tip portion of the second arm, and a flange portion 222 formed at the tip of the cylindrical portion. The inner diameter 223 of the cylindrical portion is formed to be approximately the same size as the outer diameter of the press-fitting portion 212 of the engaging member. When extending the first arm 11, the tip of the first arm is pulled out from the second arm 12, and the press-fitting portion 212 of the engaging member of the first arm is press-fitted into the inner diameter 223 of the cylindrical portion of the engaged member of the second arm, so that the base end portion of the extended first arm 11 is engaged with the tip portion of the second arm 12.

[0024] Inside the base end portion of the second arm 12, an engaging member is provided in the same manner as inside the base end portion 111 of the first arm. Also, inside the tip portion of the third arm 13, an engaged member is provided in the same manner as inside the tip portion 121 of the second arm. Therefore, when extending the second arm 12, the second arm 12 is pulled out from the third arm 13, and the press-fitting portion of the engaging member of the second arm 12 is press-fitted into the cylindrical portion of the engaged member of the third arm 13, so that the base end portion of the extended second arm 12 is engaged with the tip portion of the third arm 13.

[0025] Since the pair of arms 10 and 30 of the hanger 100 in this embodiment can be expanded and contracted, the pair of arms 10 and 30 can be passed through the sleeves of the clothing in a contracted state, so the hanger 100 is easy to handle. Also, when the sleeves of the clothing are long, the pair of arms 10 and 30 can be extended, so it is possible to dry the clothing without wrinkles in the sleeves. Further, the expandable and contractible arms 10 and 30 are not inadvertently accommodated.

[0026] Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and for example, embodiments with the following modifications may be used.

[0027] <Modification Example 1> In the above embodiment, each of the pair of arms 10 and 30 includes the first arm 11, 31 to the third arm 13, 33, but is not limited to this aspect. For example, each of the pair of arms 10 and 30 may include only the first arm and the second arm, or may include the first arm to the fourth arm.

[0028] <Modification Example 2> In addition to the above embodiment, an arm that can be deployed in the back direction of the clothing so that the hood part such as a parka can be dried without overlapping may be provided.

Explanation of Reference Numerals

[0029] 100 Hanger 10 Right Arm 11 First Arm 12 Second Arm 13 Third Arm 21 Engaging Member 22 Engaged Member 30 Left Arm 31 First Arm 32 Second Arm 33 Third Arm 50 Body 70 Opening and Closing Structure 71 Hook 72 Support Member 73 Support Member 74 Mounting Member 75 Mounting Member 76 Lever 77 Spring

Claims

1. A hanger for clothing, comprising: A pair of arms that pass through the sleeves of the clothing; A body interposed between the pair of arms; An opening and closing structure provided between the body and each arm for opening and closing the pair of arms; The opening and closing structure includes: A pair of cam portions connected to each of the arms and disposed between each arm and the body; A pair of ratchet portions for locking each of the cam portions when each of the arms is in an open state; An operating portion for rotating each of the ratchet portions in a direction to release the locking of the cam portion; The pair of ratchet portions includes a stopper portion that abuts against the inner wall of the body to prevent the rotation. A hanger for clothing.

2. Each of the arms includes: One arm extending in a cylindrical shape; Another arm extending in a cylindrical shape with a smaller diameter than the one arm and arranged coaxially with the one arm; Each of the one arm and the other arm has: A base end portion provided on the body side; A tip end portion provided on the side opposite to the base end portion; The hanger for clothing according to claim 1, characterized in that the base end portion of the other arm is engaged with the tip end portion of the one arm. ​ ​ ​ ​

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